So now I have 7hours riding time on the nice computer that in the good old days used to be just a speedometer and if you were lucky a revcounter.
Compared to the KLR I traded (which was and still is a good machine) in for this bike its more than a 100 pounds lighter and has about the same power in the smaller engine, so power to weight ratio is a huge difference and I have to remember not to throttle up like the old machine or I could be in trouble.
Today's ride was a real eye opener as the first time out it seemed to be very light on both ends but after a rethink on what to do with said throttle I found the bike responded much better to keeping the RPM up a bit and just tweeking the power in and out as needed that also required carefully selecting the right gear to be used.
Safe to say I came home with wet feet and a smile on my face, why wet feet? well jumping puddles on the trails is tricky so you just slow down a bit and drive through hoping it wont get too deep.
By now you are wondering what this machine is I guess, good job I took a picture five minutes before it got wet and dirty (thats what they are for so you get to wash them)
So see below and know that I am having a VERY good year :-))
At the South end of the K&P trail.
