Destination Echo Canyon CO

[jwhughes3]

Spent alot of the day on US64, finished up on US50. See you soon.

John

[Bonz]

Spent my day westward winging on a "big 'ol jet airliner" from Philly to Denver. At home now, after a great visit with my folks n PA. Getting into full rally mode after I get the replacement radiator into the 2000 Grand Cherokee tomorrow.

Hey JeffH, you will have the best minds in the XS universe to compare notes with and many hands make light work when it comes to doing any tuning.

Likin' the cup holder!

Guys, take note it's gonna be HOT out here so liquid close at hand is a great idea!

The bike looks great in the pictures!

[kboehringer]

Wish I was tagging along....

Ride west is going well. Had another great weather day. Just beautiful.

Jeff

Darn that's a nice country road! That's the way to travel! If I could look at that scenery I'd stay off the highways completely! But, as you said, got to get to Colorado eventually.

KURT

[madmax-im]

Jeff..I'm sure you've checked it before leaving...but a dirty air filter will make the bike stumble off idle...JAT

[JeffH]

Air filter pristine so its not that. Its just the way I tuned it last time. Bike doesn't like the heat or over heating. I never ride it in towns and stop & go so any issue from heat doesn't show up. Usually in mountains and rolling along. Monday it got touchy when it got real hot looking around towns and in traffic. My old Honda's were worse. Extremely sensitive to heat.

Water Cooled:
Today I got rain and a lot of 70 degrees. Bike ran like a rocket. Have had like 4 tanks of Shell & 4 tanks of Mobil and 1 tank of Chuckles. No really Chuckles gas. Nice station but I got 35.5 mpg vs 38.5 or 39 on Mobil or Shell. In north Georgia the Mobil - Shell - Chevron I always run "may" contain the dreaded nasty. As Greg said, some places it "do" contain it.

So this Morning I started off with like 938 miles to go. Now its down to 593 miles to Echo Canyon. I had a real blast today. A real great ride on some nice roads. Tomorrow night is Steak Night in Dodge City. A real Kansas T-Bone or Rib Eye would be a treat. Any of the locals suggest a place? Is Casey Cow Town good?

Going to try and post a few pictures here in a few minutes. Bike running great today. Rain & cool. I checked the pick-up coil wires this AM and they are fine. Before Key West I had purposely jacked around with the carbs just playing around and taking some measurements. Never went to the mountains with that setup as intended. Did KW and now CO which I hadn't intended on doing and ran out of time to go back and put them the way that works best on the Cherohala Skyway. Will get to try it at SE Rally.

Jeff

[BA80]

The bike is tuned for near sea level too Jeff. Kansas is pretty near the same though. You're not riding a fuel injected, computer controlled robobike.

BTW, Kansas gas sucks.

I rode up to Harry's last weekend. and got about 25mpg, give or take. But, I was running 80 - 90 most of the time. You are doing fine.

[JeffH]

Joys of LD Riding

Woke up this morning expecting to have a leisurely slow paced day. Weather on Monday night was sunny and nice. This AM instead of a couple cups of coffee then some breakfast I got up to a skies of black. A wall of black. So quickie-quickie chop-chop I loaded my gear and zoomed off. (that's why Kansas Steak night tomorrow in Dodge City) a riders got to eat & have a pint of suds

Some real nasty stuff brewing


Hit the wall of water a few miles ahead



Left in such a rush I didn't put on my rain gear. Socks got a tad mushy. It rained for about 65 miles. Ended up a nice day of riding & I had fun. in fact exceeded expectations on todays ride.

btw: I call it dramatic, but the guys who live in tornado alley call it Ho - Hum
Luckily today I didn't get into any lightening or horrible crosswinds. That would have been trouble.

Jeff

[jwhughes3]

I was fortunate Jeff through that same country only about 2 hours of rain but it was the WIND trying to blow me off the road that tuckered me out.

Ride safe see you soon. I am drinking beer in Denver. Might head South tomorrow after I touch base with Joe and CZ.

John

[motoman]

I was fortunate Jeff through that same country only about 2 hours of rain but it was the WIND trying to blow me off the road that tuckered me out.

Ride safe see you soon. I am drinking beer in Denver. Might head South tomorrow after I touch base with Joe and CZ.

John

Dang John........ya musta' 'lowered the boom' on that scoot gettin' up here.

[BA80]

I had one of those big rolling clouds roll over me headed south out of KC a couple years ago at 5AM, coming home from The Lost Rally. Wind kicked up and I was riding sideways through a blinding rain. Followed a pickup's tail lights until I saw the lights of a little country store in the middle of now where Kansas. Spent the next hour or so in a tiny, and I mean tiny like a large walk in closet, country store with 3 or 4 good ol' boys and had some coffee until the bad stuff blew over.

I was on The Green Hornet then.

[BA80]

Dang John........ya musta' 'lowered the boom' on that scoot gettin' up here.

Eh...... it's only 700 miles, that's a day trip. He left here yesterday, that's only 350 miles a day. We do that before lunch.

[JeffH]

Botched my Ride Plan

My easy no-fail Ride Plan: travel west across the heartland on US50 and turn left into Echo Canyon parking lot.
I thought that was pretty idiot proof. Only one LEFT turn required. Till I saw this.


Must not have been paying attention and just kept going west on US50


Hate to admit it, but I'm pretty sure I missed that one and only left turn
I guess I was having fun. Better make a call to CHP in case i'm confused or something.
Must have shot right by motomans too. (without even waving)

Jeff

[rdmcguy]

You have to be kidding !

I'm not sure I believe you Jeff , the mileage from Tenn to the Ca. line seems like a LOOOOOOOOOOONG one days ride .Not only that but you would have to get on I- 70 outside Grand Junction...I hope you are kidding us ...unless you got directions from XJOK2PLAY "Turn right"

[JeffH]

I did get Route Tips from Bob.

....... and yup, can really click off some miles when riding like the OK boys.

Actually I had to stop. In California Missouri. Guess I could have pulled it off until we heard Monarch Pass is closed due to the fire. That's was my waterloo on the scam.


See y'all soon
Jeff

[kboehringer]

Ho-Hum?

btw: I call it dramatic, but the guys who live in tornado alley call it Ho - Hum
Jeff

Jeff,
If I had seen skies like that in my path I'd have been looking for a tornado shelter and a new pair of shorts.
KURT