KX Riders
General => Riding Stories => Topic started by: sandblaster on June 01, 2014, 03:33:52 PM
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A desert dirty KX is a happy KX
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1900)
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No, I don't ride the kx100...
Well.... sometimes :lol:
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1903)
Dad, still riding the dunes at 70
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1904)
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It was about 80 degrees and ultra clear..
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1905)
The Old man gettin some :-D
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1906)
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Your dunes are small
What were your temps now??
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Your dunes are small
Yep... but low traffic if you exclude the Jack rabbits, Antelopes, and Coyotes :lol:
What were your temps now??
Through the roof... comparatively speaking...
Air temp 80 deg.. don't know the humidity
Average head 270F
Average coolant after cooling 145
Max head 290F
Max coolant after cooling 205F
More on this later....
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The differences between this time and the time previous were as follows.
Bike
Stock engine
Chinese rads
55 pilot 168 main (Too rich)
PC pipe
fmf arrestor
Elevation 4317ft
Last years Christmas Valley temps:
Air temp 100F
The max all time temps were as follows:
Head 224F
Coolant 202F
Average running temps trail riding 2nd to 4th gear:
Head 185-195
Coolant 165-175
50/50 green stuff
This time..
Bike
Semi Stock engine (Stock timing and porting)
Larry modded head (Love my compression release)
Wossner windowed piston
stock rads
41mm carb 58 pilot 168 main (I believe it was really rich, I'll know more in a few days)
PC pipe
fmf arrestor
Elevation 4317ft
Last years Christmas Valley temps:
Air temp 80F
The max all time temps were as follows:
Head 290F
Coolant 205F
Average running temps trail riding 2nd to 4th gear:
Head 260-270
Coolant 145-155
100% Engine Ice
The air temps were 20F cooler but my head temps were much higher then I have ever seen them.
Coolant temps were a little cooler this time over last time which seems right based on the air temps.
I noticed that the head temp was very responsive to throttle usage.. Much more so then previously.
Next I will try 50/50 green stuff and see how it reacts..
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(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1906)
wow...never see anything like that on the Eastern "end zone"!!...that is an awesome pic/view.
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You should come for a visit...
There is so much more to see and I could use some time off work 8-)
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I'd probably never leave.
I remember my parents traveled the west coast in 07 I think...and they both decided if they ever sold their house, that the Oregon coast was were they'd live out the rest of their lives.
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Pristine! My dunes still have rocks scattered about!
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The sand was extremely horse power robbing.
I have rode in the sand since 1977 and I have never seen it this loose and power robbing.
Good thing I ride a bike with a lot of power 8-)
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1907)
More views..
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1908)
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That looks awesome. I've got to get out of NJ
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7 decades ago technology...
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1909)
Shameless selfie
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1910)
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It's never good when you see this and realize that you know the person..
Especially a 25 year old mother of two who endowed her Warrior 350 and was ran over by it...
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1911)
Getting hurt out in the middle of nowhere is real bad...
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1912)
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Getting hurt out in the middle of nowhere is real bad...
(http://www.oem-cycle.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1912)
yup...thank God for cell phones/internet, fast vehicles and med-flight!!
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The last time I rode Christmas Valley, you didn't need a flag.... :roll:
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That was most likely before they fixed the road getting there.
It use to be you almost needed four wheel drive to get out there.
Now it's a nice gravel road.
The good thing is it is still a ways out there and it is rarely crowded.
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When we first moved to Lake county in '93, the road really bad. We got our motorhome with a trailer full of atv's stuck in a mud hole. My Dad was able to get some county folks to change up the budget a little and he did some persuading to maintain and improve the road. So, you can see what ended up happening. He did not want to get stuck again. My Dad is pretty cool, sorry, had to brag.
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I think 1998 was the last year I was out there. A few old timers (65+ guys) in our club usually head out there in February and Memorial Day weekend. Much easier for me to hit the Oregon Dunes about 3 hours to the coast.
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When we first moved to Lake county in '93, the road really bad. We got our motorhome with a trailer full of atv's stuck in a mud hole. My Dad was able to get some county folks to change up the budget a little and he did some persuading to maintain and improve the road. So, you can see what ended up happening. He did not want to get stuck again. My Dad is pretty cool, sorry, had to brag.
That is cool....