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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2557 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Turn right at the dirt road.. 09/28/10 at 09:54:12 Ohhh.. you meant "THE DIRT ROAD", not "the dirt road" This is not a dirt bike, this is not a dirt bike, this is not a dirt bike... Well, yes it was.. again. I really hate turning around when I run out of pavement.
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Reply #1 - 09/28/10 at 18:42:48

I had a Kawa 750 twin I used to take down some serious dirt roads out in w. texas. Ive sat & waited for cows to amble across the rod several times. I was having problems with wobbling in sand. A friend told me, lean back & accelerate a bit, keep the front tire up on top & it wont "hunt" thru the sand. That worked, but in West Texas, some sand stretches are enough to get a guy to almost 70,, even accelerating gently.

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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: Turn right at the dirt road.. Reply #2 - 09/28/10 at 19:08:42 Then ride at seventy. phelonius
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Lupo Senior Member Offline Posts: 356	Re: Turn right at the dirt road.. Reply #3 - 09/28/10 at 19:11:44 Any street bike can be used as a dirt machine as long as you backtrack so you can pick up all the crap that fell off the bike
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29282 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Turn right at the dirt road.. Reply #4 - 09/28/10 at 19:20:29 Lupo wrote on 09/28/10 at 19:11:44: Any street bike can be used as a dirt machine as long as you backtrack so you can pick up all the crap that fell off the bike If it fell off and you kept goin',.. how important is it really?... ...
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Re: Turn right at the dirt road..
Reply #5 - 09/28/10 at 19:23:48

Serowbot wrote on 09/28/10 at 19:20:29:

Lupo wrote on 09/28/10 at 19:11:44:

Any street bike can be used as a dirt machine as long as you backtrack so you can pick up all the crap that fell off the bike Huh

If it fell off and you kept goin',.. how important is it really?... Grin

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Well, if it wuz the brakes, you WOULD keep goin,, right?

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drharveys - FSO Serious Thumper Offline Greetings from San Luis del Norte! Posts: 1776 St Louis MO Gender:	Re: Turn right at the dirt road.. Reply #6 - 09/28/10 at 19:40:35 I gotta admit that while I don't shun a dirt or gravel road, I have my limits. Here's where I turned back on the Mosquito Pass Road: But I did go back with Mrs Doc and the Xterra a few days later!
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Turn right at the dirt road.. Reply #7 - 09/28/10 at 22:56:11 looked like the Mrs was a bit chilly in that last oicture.
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drharveys - FSO Serious Thumper Offline Greetings from San Luis del Norte! Posts: 1776 St Louis MO Gender:	Re: Turn right at the dirt road.. Reply #8 - 09/30/10 at 08:05:19 mick wrote on 09/28/10 at 22:56:11: looked like the Mrs was a bit chilly in that last oicture. It does get a bit nippy above 13,000 feet, even in the summer! Further down, it was warmer and the wind was blocked: The view was still darned good!
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Jerry Eichenberger Serious Thumper Offline 2006 S40. OEM windshield, saddle bags, Sportster Posts: 2919 Columbus, Ohio Gender:	Re: Turn right at the dirt road.. Reply #9 - 09/30/10 at 13:18:33 Where is this place, Mosquito Pass?
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Reply #10 - 09/30/10 at 15:23:08

drharveys - FSO wrote on 09/30/10 at 08:05:19:

mick wrote on 09/28/10 at 22:56:11:

looked like the Mrs was a bit chilly in that last oicture.

It does get a bit nippy above 13,000 feet, even in the summer!

Don't think I've been that high, at least that I could verify, but I noticed when I was camping this summer, there's a big difference between 9500' and 10,000'! Temp felt like it dropped 10° at least! Shocked

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Reply #11 - 09/30/10 at 15:35:19

Jerry Eichenberger wrote on 09/30/10 at 13:18:33:

Where is this place, Mosquito Pass?

It's in Colorado, between Leadville and Alma. It's the highest pass with a road over it in the U.S. There's other roads that are higher, like Pike's Peak or Mt Evans, but they go up a mountain and you have to turn around and go back down.

And it can be done on a motorcycle -- just not mine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyjCzBAg0KI

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John_D FSO Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' and smilin' Posts: 1658 Vancouver, WA Gender:	Re: Turn right at the dirt road.. Reply #12 - 10/01/10 at 00:48:09 Wow, cool video! That'd be a blast, but definitely not on my bike. I'd think F.I. would be a plus, if you're changing that much elevation.
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