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This evening I took the motorcycle out for a quick blast around Lewisburg Saddle and Kings Valley. It was nice to be out and riding. I scraped my pegs a couple of times on some tight corners at high speeds. 🙂
Total distance: about 50 miles.
Also should note I put my ADV sticker on the back of my motorcycle 🙂
Gas purchase: 2.08 gallons @93.4 miles for 44.9 mpg (probably low because of going up Mary’s Peak and carrying Emily as a passenger).
Yesterday I rode about 92 miles with a passenger. Emily was a willing test subject to see if I know how to pilot a bike with someone sitting behind me. We went part way up Marys Peak to where Rich and Greg were with a bunch of other Something Awful goons shooting off massive amounts of ammunition. I had the opportunity to shoot a couple of different pistols and an AK-74 (I think?). All were fun. We were right at the snow line, too. Rather surreal. It felt a little like Kosovo.
On the way back into town we decided to do the Kings Valley route. It was all quite fun!
Today Seth and I went on a leisurely jaunt up the Kings Valley highway and then back through Albany to Corvallis. This was the test ride for my newly rebuilt shocks and improved helmet. Both performed well.
The whole ride was about 81 miles.