Actually the tannins are really high in my area now. We had a super wet summer. The creek usually looks like this. BTW it is much deeper than it looks. This was shot underwater at the spring in my earlier post
I"M IN.. Husky Terra Club "HTC" Simple $10k joining fee, Done 57 km already after picking up and putting bits together, I am gonna love this. Its got herbs
I went on a 150 mile ride through the Sierras yesterday with a friend from another forum. What a great time. About 70 percent trail and 30 percent pavement. The weather was perfect. Temperature ranged from 45 to 65 degrees. The bike ran great and I even rode through some snow and on a beach. The highest elevation we hit was right around 8400 ft (Verdi Peak). Here are just a few pics. More are to come.
I wonder if that is why the air is soooooooo damn hazy here today!? The majority of the crud in the air that we get is from the North (bay area and such).
It wasn't a large burn area. If more people rode motorcycles instead of driving cars there would be far less haze. Good excuse to tell the girlfriend when I buy another bike, "I'm saving the planet" .
Might have been true in the past, but I believe that emission reduction in cars has far outstripped that in bikes (in many places, including Australia, motorcycles have been exempt from emissions reduction laws), and if everyone was on a motorcycle the haze would be far worse. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/11/autos/hy-throttle11 The mythbusters did an episode on car vs bike emissions too. (But don't let that stop you using it as an excuse to buy more bikes )
I did not know this. You would think with the greater fuel efficiency of motorcycles they would produce less emmissions. Good to know Nev
It's true that bikes are less mass than cars and any time you're moving around less weight...you're going to generally burn less fuel. Yes, if you're a soccer mom and take you're brood to a game on a TR650 you're totally going to use less fuel than a minivan, but that's just not practical. But, that minivan that gets 20mpg has far more engineering to get to that MPG point. Also, not all emissions are just about MPG. Carbon Monoxide, NOx, and CO2 are also not totally related to MPG or mass of vehicle. Finally, motorcycles are horribly unaerodynamic....even crotch rockets compared to a typical Camry are relative barn doors as speeds raise.
My wife and I went to a rally this weekend in the Mitchell River National Park. http://goo.gl/maps/T9E22 I have to give my wife credit for the wildlife photos. First is of an echidna. They're shy little fellas and hard to get a good pic of one. This was at the rally site in the morning. A large mob of grazing roos scattered as the first bike left.
A little Sunday cruise up Whidbey Island with a quick coffee break at Deception Pass. Perfect PNW November ride.
Nice shot. We live in the same area, my son in Kirkland, and me near Renton. We have been having untypically dry weather for November. Perfect riding conditions.
Ok, it was a month ago now, but have had a month of crap to deal with at work Went up Mt Barrow. Ben Lomond gets all the attention in these parts and the ADV tourists due to the reputation of Jacob's Ladder, but Mt Barrow has a nice, narrow switchback road up to the top with a bit more of a challenge Approaching Patersonia along Prossers Forest Rd, Mt Barrow in distance Looking back South along the Tasman Highway, glimpse of Mt Barrow in the distance. The road goes up to the left of the main peak between the saddle Off the highway and ascending through farmland and into the forest, things start to thin a bit before the reserve. The road emerges from the trees among the rock scree slope TV Antennas and Ben Lomond in the distance. There is a boom gate up ahead preventing access along the road to the towers. I have been around it on a previous occasion on my XT600 but can't be bothered today
Atop the peak above the access road sits a number of communication buildings and towers pointing directly down to Launceston Airport Looking down the road, lots of smoke haze, large fire off to the North You could probably make it up there in a car, bit rough in spots. Tried out the Wolfman Small Expedition Tank Bag. Whilst good for sitting down, was right at crotch level when standing for the climb. Still not completely sold on it. The tail bag would have been better for this trip
Didja have nay problems keeping up to the mighty TW200? I just ordered one and I'm pretty close to grabbing a TR too.
