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Old Man, Clean Record USAA 2013 KAWASAKI ZR1000 / Z1000 Bodily Injury & Property Damage Liability: $100,000 each person $300,000 each accident $50,000 each accident Medical Payments: No Coverage Enhanced Injury Protection: No Coverage Comprehensive: $250 deductible Collision: $250 deductible Included with Comprehensive and (if purchased) Collision: Disappearing Deductibles Uninsured Motorist Property Damage: No Coverage Roadside Assistance: Selected with Trip Interruption Carried Contents®: No Coverage Accessory coverage: $3,000 (included) Total rate for this vehicle: $299.00 Per Year

Bubba, Nice video. I love riding down thru KY. I have completed the full KAT once and two Half KAT's. I have a custom suspension set up from "EPM" Hyperpro Shock and spring set for my weight and riding likes. The rear is 1" longer and my front run's a 30mm sag. 10W Fluid. Klaus from EPM did my stuff on my 04 DL1000 with wilbers shock and race tec springs. I am happy with the mods and the bike. I also run Mitas E-07 Dakar tires as my primary but go with the stock Battlewing when I do long asphalt trips with the wife.

Great ride today. A little chilly at the start but turned out great. Gravel was very heavy and wet. Some slick rutted spots with clay but all in all great ADV conditions

Very Nice Bike, Hope to see you out scratching the adventure back roads with us. I rented a dr650 down in Townsend, TN. and road the SM500 3day's had a blast.

I have had the Symtec, Oxford and OEM heated grips and love them all, Cant do without. But the new heated seat is the bomb. As you can see with out the heat my body core temp fall to the "freezing my ass off" with a serious turtle situation. When you have a heated seat things become normal. Without Heat: With Heated Seat:

Justin, Thank you for the info. You are right. there are many nice new trailers out on the market just looking for a used one for her to try it out on our trip out west. My bad. I should have stated Looking for a USED small M/C pull behind trailer.

Looking for a small M/C pull behind trailer for my wife's Can Am Spyder. Hard time finding a used one. The new Can Am trailers are high dollar. I have seen the small diamond plate ones that look nice. Please PM me if you have info, Thanks brian

When I remove rotors from the wheel I take a punch and give each fastener a solid tap with the ball peen hammer to shock the lock tight or corrosion on older equipment. This helps them back out much easier. (YMMV) Great looking Dog, bye the way.

Once again the start of the 2018 Adventure & Off-Road season starts down in Tennessee. Some of the best riding for ADV Bikes and Off-Road single track. The on-site field events are fun as well. Looks like there are about 6-8 Adv-Ohio folks going down for some fun. I know we have the O.R. street epic trip but this is for the up and coming ADV riders that are lurking here with one foot in the door. Training classes available at this event. Also, bike rental from https://gsmmotorent.com/ Plenty of videos on youtube. Here is the link. http://www.marchmotomadness.com/index.htm

Out, truck maintenance kicked my butt. Need more yoga.

2006: 220K care free miles.

Moved the motorcycles over to the other side of the garage so I can replace the timing belt and assorted components for the second time on my Honda Ridgeline.

Today the Wife suggested that the Driveway needed to be cleared of snow. I went outside to the garage and got sidetracked. The driveway can wait, It's getting warmer anyway. P.S. I finally found a usage for the nanny Traction Control option, Playing in the snow. Also my Epic Ride Hoodie with no writing on the front.

Nice report Brian. You road over many of my old stomping grounds when I lived in El Paso, TX. and Scottsdale, AZ. As much as Craig likes Peggy sue pie's here in Ohio I can't believe you missed PieTown, AZ. on 60W out of 191 Springerville. This report brought back many memories for me. thanks.

Let’s be clear. When you blew by me at M.R.T. I got caught in your wake turbulence that pulled me along at a higher speed than I normally go. It’s best to just ride out the tail wind vortices and wait for a stop sign or something to calm things down. It’s all about the Coriolis Effect, Your Honor……. P.S. I turn 60 this month so as a certified Old Fart I will be slowing down and smelling the roses.

Give me a shout when the weather breaks. I'm just up the road in the Hock. I have a naked analog Kawa Zik and would be happy to ride rear guard for ya.

Yamaha WR250 or Honda AT

Speaking of front ends. Yamaha is forward looking. Remember this 93-94 Yamaha GTS-1000 I came close to getting one but got the FZR1000

We can do the hall of fame museum but no moto sales show....

Wife and I are subscribed, Have not been to this place, Any Bimota's.

Played in the Snow Bigfoot Sighting!

In order to keep this from becoming 3 full pages of Garmin GPS vs Smartphone MotionX I will just say it's personal preference.

Greetings from Hocking Hills, I wish you the best on your power-sports endeavor, It's a tough business from what I've been told. Not much Adventure stuff here but it's growing slowly. I hope you are able to find time to ride this next season. I had a 04 Strom1000 for 82K miles and loved it. Brian.

Unwrapped Christmas Presents for the garage steeds.

Hi Mike, I have been a V-Strom owner since 2004. Givi makes a great assortment of top cases as well as another company called Shad. Most are easily mounted to your rear rack so if you find a used one for another bike keep in mind they are easily installed. Top Boxes are great for touring and commuting but just remember to keep the weight down to a minimum especially if you are doing any off asphalt because the high weight can cause some stability issues for new riders. I had a Givi luggage on my 04 and had no issues. Take a look at the V-Strom site: http://www.stromtrooper.com/ The folks over there will tell you what you should do, what you need to do, how you should ride and of course give you at least 500 options as to what is available for your bike even if you did not ask. Also you will receive a lot of opinions of what the V-Strom can't do or should not be tried. Blah Blah Blah. Check out the V-Strom Rally at Ironhorse lodge. http://www.stromtrooper.com/events/396298-2018-eastern-v-strom-rally-stecoah-nc-may-17-20-2018-a.html My Givi Top Case, "empty" on the Dragon 2008