Riding Log – Page 35 – Not Your Average Engineer

August 11, 2008December 23, 2008

Kings Valley and Lewisburg Saddle

From my house to Jaime’s house to pick her up. We went out Highway 20 to the Highway 223 (Kings Valley Highway) turn. Jaime’s bike can only go a maximum of 55mph which makes it interesting to drive on the main highways. Highway 223 had about 10 miles of loose chip gravel on the road surface as they were repaving it. It was a rather miserable part of the ride. We turned right at one point where the road takes a sharp left to stay on the main highway. Out in the country, we tried taking several different roads to connect over to Sulfur Springs Road and Lewisberg Saddle but each ended in gravel which we didn’t want to try. We ended up going out to 99W and down to the road past the garbage dump. We took it and went out Sulfur Springs Road and over Lewisburg Saddle. Then we road back into Corvallis via Highland.

65 miles total.

July 23, 2008December 23, 2008

Chrome bullet hits Carl

Rode with Carl. From my house out along 53rd avenue to Highway 20. Turned off on Highway 34 just past Philomath. Turned onto Dekart Road after missing the turn. Something hit Carl in the shin. It most likely was a chrome bullet cover for my license plate holder. Turned south at the end of Dekart road and went to Belfountain where we took a right and rode out until we hit a dead end at an old ramshackled lumber mill. Rode back to Belfountain and then on farther east to 99W. Came up 99W back to Corvallis and home.

50ish miles.

July 16, 2008December 23, 2008

Bumpy road on old 99W

Trip with Carl from my house on 18th street in Corvallis, Oregon out along the Independence Highway to Independence, Oregon. Then to Monmouth, Oregon where we turned southbound on Highway 99w for a few miles before taking a right turn and then a left onto the old 99w complete with very bumpy cement road surface. Just after the old 99w rejoins the new 99w, we turned right and ran out along a country road for a ways before we turned around on account of Carl being a bit low on gas. Returned to Corvallis on 99w. Stopped for gas at the Towne Pump near Fred Meyers. Got 2.214 gallons at $4.199/gallon for $9.30 of gas. Total miles on that tank was 114.6. Fuel economy was ~52mpg. That was city driving, mountain roads, highway driving, and testing the bike while we finished repairing it. Total tank capacity is 3.5 gallons meaning I had 1.2ish gallons till bone dry.

Total of 65 miles.