Blackdog DS and 312 miles on the TE511 for the weekend.

Dude, I have been running those MT43 trails tires for 1000 miles. Where you been freaking pay attention fool.



I did feel special all weekend (as many people did) as i was on a kick ass bike, in a kick ass area, with kick ass friends, doing a kick ass event. Was a KILLER weekend for sure. Awesome way to kick off summer riding. Single track Friday, 216 miles of street, gravel, views and trail Saturday, more single track Sunday, come home to my wonderful family and a clean house. Was pretty much a perfect weekend. Only thing better would be if a few other friends they were supposed to be there could have made it. The group that puts this on are hard core riders and good friends. It is a fun atmosphere, cool / fun people and Hood River is Beautiful and full of fun stuff to do. there Adventure bikes, side cars, everything. Real cool event. Will not miss it if i can.

Get your butt up here late summer for some of this fun

more vid...

http://motosportz.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/6-4-11-Blackdog/17413612_Zjb8kP#1326752515_wCqMLXv-A-LB

Unfortunately no.

Got your Pm thanks. We will hook up and ride one day.

I went with the trials tires because i wanted something that would last on the road but work good int he dirt. Knobs get chewed up real fast. These get good traction and work well, far from the ultimate tires but far from sucking ether so a good balance of tire life and traction on all surfaces. Not near as sticky as a 803 but lasts WAY longer on the street. Was an experimant on my part and I do think the trade of and balance for my use is good. Rear one is about done at 1000 hard miles and the front looks new.

Yes i was stunned at the 45mpg. I kept waiting for the lite to come one, the bike to sputter and me to coast to the side of the road to add fuel. If i pack fuel I usually dump it ASAP when there is room but wanted to see how far i could go. I rolled up tot he pump and still had .2 gallon so I still had another 9 miles. which would put me at almost 100 miles. Amazing. Bikes seems to have gained power as well.

Very impressive machine for sure.

It is a far better bike than I had hoped. I was fully prepared for it to be a big POS BMW abortion so I got the DS model to DS as anything can DS. What I learned is it is a fantastic off road bike and I have not rode any of them other bikes since. It is that good. I was 90% in 2 stroke mode and now 99% in 4 stroke mode. It is very good on many levels. Excellent EZ to use motor / EFI, one of the best trail suspensions stock i have ever rode and many comment the same thing, Uber stable, turns solid and confident, and just overall so accommodating and fun to be on / never wears you out. It's a great machine. Quality seems up too. Almost nothing has come loose or broke or anything in 1300 miles.

Tom Niemella and the crew alway do an outstanding event, and this is along with all the other work Tom does to keep off-road riding in Oregon viable. Great that you had fun Kelly and many thanks to Tom.

Yep, tom is a great guy. I just sent him 2 DVD's of gopro stuff from the weekend to add tot he DVD they are making about the event.