Afternoon ride through Kings Valley

This afternoon I took the PC800 out for a quick romp through Kings Valley via Airlie.  On the way there I filled up with gas.  It took 2.77 gallons of gas.  The last tank lasted 129.5 miles giving me a fuel economy of 46.75.  Not too bad considering I was having a lot of fun on the throttle all of those miles.  Tonight’s ride was about 46 miles total.

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Gravel roads on the PC800

This afternoon I went on a quick 50 mile jaunt over some of my favorite close back roads. To get between two of the roads I took about a 4 mile stretch of gravel, compacted mud, and dirt. The bike was a little squirrely in the front end but did fine overall. It’s pretty fun having mud streaks down the side of a street bike!

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Kings Valley with Carl and Emily

This afternoon once the sun came out and burned off all of the fog, Carl, Emily, and I jumped on our motorcycles and rode out through Kings Valley.  Even with the sun, it was still very cold in the shadows and shade.   This was Emily’s first time on a real motorcycle in many years.  She discovered that Carl’s passenger seat was not the most comfortable place to sit for a 75 mile ride.  Several times we stopped to give her a stretch break.

When we got back to Corvallis, my roommate’s boyfriend came out to talk motorcycles with us.  He has a highly-modded Suzuki V-Strom 650 that he takes off road into some crazy stuff.  He also happens to have a very nice 06 or 07 stock V-Strom for sale.  I’m considering buying it if I can find $4000 to spend so frivolously.  It’s about time that I upgraded to a bigger bike.

Before heading out of town we stopped for gas.  I filled up with 72.7 miles showing on the trip odometer.  The bike took 1.599 gallons for a fuel economy of 45.4 MPG.  Not bad considering I’ve idled my bike quite a bit to remind it what it feels like to run in between these infrequent winter rides.

We rode about 75 miles.

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