Thursday, March 10, 2011

Rider on the ice




My buddy Roland from work told me about a ride he goes on a couple of times each winter. He says he rides his KLR 650 from Spanish fork to Lincoln beach. Then he heads out across the ice to a place called Bird island. I've never heard of bird island but the ride out sounds bad ass.

He says He cruises it around 70 mph. On one trip he said a guy in a small airplane followed him almost the whole way out to the island. He invited me to go and I'm all for it, But I'm not sure the sporty could make it. Especially since this is how his last trip ended.


He says you have to cross a couple of cracks in the ice to get out there. This time he didnt make it and had to call his son to bring out the 4 wheeler and pull out his KLR.
Here's a random picture he took. I'm not sure if this was what he rides out to Bird island for or not. But it's pretty Effin cool anyhow.



Wednesday, March 9, 2011

something breaks or rattles off every time i ride

i was on my bike for maybe 45 mins today and a bolt on my triple tree rattled off, which i noticed after the fact...then i was pulling up to a stop light and my bike wouldn't stop, dodged to the right real quick, traffic timing was in my favor and i made it to a parking lot...decided a was only a few miles from home and i still had the 1st gear braking system...10 intense(ish) minutes later i was pulling into the neighborhood a little hot, layed out a super sharp right turn, clipped my foot pedal and she went flying...thats the second foot pedal to do so, which bums me out because they are one of my favorite parts on my bike...guess i'll be looking to upgrade, anyone got any ideas?,