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Today I rode my bike to school and then on for a little fun in the twisties up on Lewisburg Saddle. On the way back, a Ninja in the 500-750cc range pulled up next to me at a stoplight. He revved his engine a few times and motioned that we should race. The light turned green and we took off the line. I watched the look of surprise on his face in my rear view mirrors as I pulled away.
Pretty good for a scrappy old bike from 1984!
Total mileage: 25-ish
Samantha and I went for a short hike on the Old Growth Trail in the McDonald-Dunn Forest the other day. An okay map of the forest is available from the College of Forestry website.
The trees are quite beautiful although the grove is rather small in comparison with others I’ve visited. We found a beer bottle quite a distance off the trail which we picked up and disposed of in a recycling bin back in Corvallis.
I should also note that this is the first time that I am using Gallery2 in a post that is being crossposted to Livejournal. If for some reason, the thumbnails don’t come across correctly, please view the original post at my website for the photos.
After the oil change where I drained out the seafoam and replaced the filter, it was time for a test ride. First stop was at the gas station to get some gas. I put in 1.967 gallons on 80.4 miles driven. That worked out to about 40mpg which is not bad considering all of the riding I did in 1st gear at very high RPM in Walla Walla and the long session of parking lot riding to break the clutch loose.
From difficulties on a previous ride finding a paved connector between the Camp Adair Road and the Kings Valley Highway, I decided to try and find a route from the other direction. No such route presented itself. After a few miles, Tampico Road turns into gravel. I turned around at this point and headed back out to 99W and back to Corvallis.
The bike ran like an absolute dream. It shifted very well, was responsive, and handled quite admirably.
My odometer read 36 miles for the ride.