KLR Rides
We took a little test ride on the bikes yesterday. Casey, Chad, Mike and I went up the ridge and wandered around for about 6 hours. Mike and Casey have both ridden sidecars with me before; Mike has owned a number of sidecars in the past and we have ridden both on and off pavement together for years. Casey has been monkey for me on several rides, including a Rat Dog Dualsport rally. He recently completed the Adventure Sidecar S/TEP training . Chad has ridden motorcycles, but the sidecar was a new experience.
Casey did great, jamming through the rough stuff like an old pro!
...This double berm on a steep uphill grade
traps everyone the first time they attempt it. Casey got a little sideways but
was able to top the hill
Mike and I had scouted the link between the
top of the grade and another abandoned road last week. A short offroad ride on
an ATV track hooked us back up with the road
It was a little technical, a very tight track twisting through the trees and manzanita with a big berm in the middle...
I managed to miss a turn
on the way to Ketchum Road. We took a vote and decided to press on rather than
turn back We eventually came out in The Dalles on Mill Creek Road- a 2 hour
detour over some very rough ground.
It was 8:30 when we finally rolled back home. The consensus seemed to be we had a great time!
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