Desert riding....

Los Angelos /  Barstow /  Vegas

The plan...is the day after Thanksgiving, I'll be joining a throng of other riders....to ride thorough  desert for two days....

Pictures borrowed from the La/ Barstow / Vegas site.

Side dogs....

Past....and not so far past...

Stole these from the web...then manipulated them...and posted to Instagram...and then borrowed them for here....well, the top pic of me and my old dog Pete....was mine...taken by a co-worker...still disconcerting to see myself out there in the web-zone.....

Time to get busy...on the XR 200R project

Rode the XR 200R up to the local Taco Bell...for a breakfast burrito. The bike starts first kick, off choke in about 4 seconds...runs like a champ and shifts through the gears smoothly.

 

Time to tear into it , and install the heavier springs front and rear.I miight hold off on installing the parts that will give me about 3 more inches of ground clearance. As you can see it has quite a bit of clearancec as it sits....we will see. Thinking of fashioning a skid plate and maybe some sort of small rack on the back. Also have an electronic speedometer/ odometer to design a mounting for....Stay tuned.

Got parts from Newbolds Bike Shop...

Some parts for the XR 200R project arrived.

These are some after market parts to stiffen up the suspension...and add a few inches of clearance. I bought these from Travis Newbold who I met at the first DirtQuake US a year ago. Travis has a motorcycle shop in Colorado that he runs when he isn't out somewhere racing or playing on motorcycles. Travis is also Sideburn Magazines Poet...a man of many talents. I have till Thanksgiving to get these parts in the XR, so I can chase Travis and some others through the desert...be back with more as progress is made. My computer is still down...so posts are laboriously posted via cel phone still.

As Travis is fond of saying "Sticker placement is key"

The computer has died, long live the cel-phone...

Testing....testing...test....test...

Yep..the computer was giving me odd messages and now refuses to boot up other than in the "bare minimum mode"... and my phone has also been acting up ...we'll see if I can accomplish this quick posting with the 'phone'....

The pic was snapped at my local McDonalds...stole it from my Instagram account...a young ladies pack...containing all her wordly possesions. I felt sorry for her, but at the same time a bit jealous of the simplicity of it all...she seemed to be able to pay her own way...more than can be said of some others in the area....

Well...let's see if this will publish. It's certainly a troublesome way to run a blog.