WOW time is really flying by now. Only four months to go before the 2009 IBR. My FJR is about as ready as I can get it sorry to say I'm not as prepared as I would like to be.
I still have a couple of things to complete but she is ready to go. I did have my auxiliary light switch fail (should have known better than to use a non-water proof toogle switch). I'm still struggling with the location of my hydration system, I'm thinking of mounting it to the fuel cell mount. Then I could get a duffle bag to cover both. I have bottomed out on tires and decided to go with the pilot 2's. I have 9500 miles on them now and they look like I could go another 2000-2500 miles nore. They are starting to show a litle uneven wear but nothing to bad.
Last weekend I went for a nice ride 200 miles the weather was great and this weekend I'm planning a 250-350 miles ride just depends on which direction North or South I decide to go. Weather looks great for this weekend so it should be a great ride.
I'm still trying to get my mapping software loaded on my new Netbook I received for my aniversary. Since it doesn't have a CD/DVD drive I have to get an external drive that is compatible with my Asus Eee Netbook.
Well I went for the lower mileage ride this week, me and a couple of buddies did about 270 miles. Our loop took us through some great twisties. I did have one corner that I took a little faster than I normally do and I ended up catching my boot and dragging my peg. I'm normally not that agressive in the corners but decided to push a little harder than I normally do. When we sat down for lunch my buddy behind me asked if my foot was ok. He said I was shaking it for two turns before I left it on the peg. Our stop was a little hole in the wall place in Jemez, New Mexico (Los Ojo's bar and grill). If you ever get to New Mexico you need to stop in at Jemez and have the Ojo's special trust me.
Well I'm at 9900 miles on the PR2 and they still look good, I'm starting to see alittle uneven wear on the front tire but nothing that bad. The bike is still handling well in the corners (as this past weekend ride showed me).
Well this week was a bust I really didn't do to much of anything. I did get the new switch installed and found a duffle bag that will cover the fuel cell. So I guess the weekend wasn't a total waste. I'm planning to make a run up to Red River this weekend for the Memorial weekend. They have a good size rally there and the enchanted circle is a great ride from home.
I do have an interesting last week on the month coming. My wife and I will be taking a trip up to Durango, CO. This will be a four day trip, we will home camp in Durango and do several loops checking out the sites. My wife has never been on a motorcycle road trip so it should be entertaining. I haven't showed her the rides I'm planning but we will be doing the million dollar highway and a few other interesting rides. IT should be interesting to see if she is still talking to me after we get back home.
What a great ride last weekend. I made a run to Red River and the enchanted circle in New Mexico. This is the weekend for the Memorial Day Rally in Red River. They start on Thursday and run through Monday closing the rally with a parade to Angel Fire and the Vietnam War Memorial. This a great weekend and they usually have 3-5K motorcycles in town. We only went up for the day so round trip works out to 350 miles. I went with a couple of friend the weather couldn't have been better. It was overcast so the temps stayed in the low to mid 70's. Did have one scarey moment when a pick-up truck was passing and didn't do a good job of getting out of my lane, I had to swing out as he crossed back over into his lane. It diffiently casued a little pucker factor. We stopped in Red River for lunch checking out the bikes and the vendors. The place really starts to pick up Friday afternoon and only gets crazier. Once we left Red River we did what they call the enchanted circle a great little ride that hits the major ski town in Northern New Mexico. The road twists through the mountains with several 180 degree turns. Once you drop out of the mountians the road switches to big sweepers that you can really wind it up.
On the trip home one of the guys dropped off to see family in Taos and the other at Embuido Station so I high tailed it the rest of the way by myself. The roads were in excellent shape so I turned it up a notch on the way home. We ran with the threat of rain all day and I only saw maybe 15 minutes of rain.
Well the bike is ready for this weekends 2-up ride, the wife and I are heading for Durango, CO for a 4 day vacation. We are planning to run the million dollar highway, check out Mesa Verde National Park and hang around Durango taking in the sites. This will be her longest road trip, so I decided to head to somewhere we both enjoy.
I'm still running the same PR2, I now have a little over 10.5K on the tires and the still look pretty good. Afer the Durango trip which I think will end up adding around 1000 miles I'll change them out. They are cupping a little up front but not bad, this 2-up trip should be no problem since my wife doesn't like agressive riding we will be taking it easy.
Well this wil be my last post for May, we will not be back from Durango until June.
Well until next week ride safe.
