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This evening I went out on a motorcycle ride. The sunset was amazing. I pulled over north of Camp Adair on the Independence Highway to snap a few photos of the sunset. Even with the unseasonable rainy weather we’ve been having, Oregon is an incredibly beautiful place.
This 180 degree panorama is worth viewing at a higher resolution. Click on it to go to the full-sized version.
I ditched studying and work for a bit to go for a quick motorcycle ride this afternoon. The loop took me up through Kings Valley, Dallas, Rickreal, and Salem. Then I turned south through Independence and Camp Adair back to Corvallis. In total it was about 90 miles.
This morning I backed my motorcycle out of the garage for a quick jaunt up past Camp Adair and back again. The air was cold and I was a bit concerned that my bike wouldn’t turn over. Three cranks and it was fired up. After about five minutes of warming the engine in the 40 degree F air, I was ready for a ride.
My thermal layers consisted of spandex tights, spandex cycling bibs, long johns, ski socks, a long sleeve shirt, my motorcycle jacket, a neck warmer, fleece undergloves, and my normal riding gloves. I was only slightly chilled even when keeping up with the speeding traffic along 99W. For a colder or longer ride, I think I will wear my fleece pants and maybe one more layer under my jacket. A baklava might also be handing to keep my chin from getting cold.
The clear visor on my helmet kept fogging up today. Every ride it gets a little more bothersome. I’ve got some anti-fog stuff that I use on my SCUBA mask and my snowboarding goggles that I’m going to give a shot. Does anyone have any other ideas of what I should try?
One sad note of the ride was the loss of my left plastic side panel. I have a note on that over in my maintenance log.
In total, my ride was about 33 miles long and very fun!