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By golly now that you mentioned the TKC70s that would make a great tire for an Alaskan FJR trip. I put them on my Tenere before going to Colorado to attend NAFO in 2016 and just took them off before we went to Baja. These tires have close to 6000 miles on them. The front tire tread is blocked...

Stories always age well and get better with time, but it was only three squad cars and a white pickup full of angry people who dropped the dime claiming we were doing something foolish like passing on a double yellow. Police were totally cool and did their best to make it appear to the...

Damn it! I was thinking about a combination EOM / SFO ride in late September but it looks like I got roped into riding the Black Hills with the Dakota Dual Sport Riders this weekend. I introduced a friend to Black Hills Dual Sport riding this spring at the spring rally and I promised him I...

Sounds like the typicality weather I'm greeted with every time I go to the Black Hills. Last week we were hailed on 4 or 5 times and at least one torrential down pour every day. Great day out on a dirt bike riding in golf ball plus size hail. Thank goodness there is a lot of trees to take...

See ya Monday Russ. Unfortunately I'm going to have to bug out Friday night or extremely early Saturday Morning to attend a wedding back in North Dakota. I wish I had things sorted out completely. The Beta has been up on the lift for a few days looking for time to install the 4 gallon IMS...

He was riding a trusty DRZ400 and also has a KLR but he was doing a lot of lusting at the Beta bikes that were attending last weekends dual sport get together. He says his old bikes are too heavy to pick up when they tip over.

The younger guy was riding too fast on a gravel road and ran into a decreasing radius turn with a 15 foot drop off behind it so he hit the deck while trying to scrub off speed rather than go over the edge. The older guy is usually a hell of a rider and just went down on a straight piece of...

A former coworker and I made it down to the Black HIlls last weekend to join the group from the dakotadualsportriders.com for the spring rally. We had some great riding and I finally got a chance to really break in the new Beta 500. I've got a new nickname for the Beta 500. Since the thing...

If there is no change in the bikes, all you have to do is remove the seats and left saddle bag. remove left side panel by removing four Phillips head push pins and three 4mm allen head screws. Don't miss the push pin behind the center stand lift handle connecting the red tail piece to the...

I'm not sure about the 2017 but the Vizi-Tech was plug and ride simple on my 2014 ES. There should be a wire harness connection plug that goes to the back of the bike located under the left side panel. I would have to take a look since its been a few years but I seem to remember clearly that...

Lucky dog!

I had it completed but after midnight one night and in a dreary moment of exhaustion, somehow I deleted the whole ******* ride report with the exception of the first 6 days that I had saved over into word. I lost about 6 hours of work last night with stroke of an errant finger guided by a...

While passing through Spearfish on a DakAL dual sport ride last September Bigjohnsd asked if I would like to ride dual sport / Adventure bike in Baja California in February. I probably could've pointed out Baja California on the map but had no knowledge of or had ever given thought to riding...

It looks like we should have a nice sized manageable group of 6 or 7 for this DakAL ride. So far I see mrbill, Abercrombie, bseelbach, extrememarine, CJ, russperry, and bigjohnsd have expressed interest in riding all or part of the DakAL over four days from Tuesday to Friday.

Looking forward to seeing you there, sorry the DakAL portion of the trip won't work out for you.

Quote from bigjohnsd "I want to hear Josh's story," Well we could hear Josh's side of the story but it probably wouldn't be as good as my slightly embellished one sided version.

As I rode through Fort Abercrombie about 6:00 tonight I was reflecting on the fact that I was home safe from a solo cross country trip of nearly 3200 miles and had a wonderful weekend with a bunch of strangers I met on the internet. Fridays ride was with a great group of 7 led by Bob. Saturday...

My roommate had to bail out last minute so if anyone needs a last minute room for fri - Sun night let me know.

Thanks Joe! Now I just have to figure out what the difference is between ST.gpx and .gpx and fumble through getting them loaded.

Did any of the kind rocket surgeons put together any GPX files of Marietta area for lost idiots like me to follow?