Hawaii_Ed
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Today was quite the trip! We planned on just rolling up to the northshore, but then went over to kaena point to check it out. Once we got there we decided to just keep going. This was a tough trip! Very rocky Jeep trail most of the way, but then we hit the nature preserve and it was all sand. No motors allowed, but it was not rideable anyway. We pushed about a mile through the sand, and then hit a washout point on the trail. There was a bypass that was a rocky single track up the mountain with several large rocks in the way, and a dangerous drop off. I managed to get my Trek over most of them since it is only 50lbs, but the heavy Dragon lady took a two man lift. The All wheel drive on Dragon Lady did very well in the dirt! We then continued down the west coast of Oahu, stopping for some much needed A/C and refreshments!
I had one Waianae gentleman slam on the horn at me, depsite the fact I was rolling 43 in a 35 MPH! I guess he was not happy with a bike in his road! Plus there were two lanes south bound and only moderate traffic. He could easily pass me!
I had some problems with my engine last night, the slant head blew the plug hole. Rigged up an old head to work, and it rode better than I though it would today. I did have some chain alignment issues to work out, and 5-7 ended the day with a flat close to my house.
Still, it was a major adventure, and an excellent ride! 5-7 is a great riding partner!
I installed an expansion pipe/air cleaner on my bike, and tuned the carb for it. Dragon Lady really did not leave me at all, most of the time I throttled back to stay behind. One HUGE advantage of my setup is freewheeling down hill. 5-7 had to keep the RPM's up while I was idling going down the long hill to the Northshore, plus the ease of pushing my bike was a huge help.
Here is a map of out journey's so far, just to put it in prespective. We have a huge hole in the north and east side to cover
Vids from today to come soon! I got a bigger memory stick and took a lot of vid today!
Ed
I had one Waianae gentleman slam on the horn at me, depsite the fact I was rolling 43 in a 35 MPH! I guess he was not happy with a bike in his road! Plus there were two lanes south bound and only moderate traffic. He could easily pass me!
I had some problems with my engine last night, the slant head blew the plug hole. Rigged up an old head to work, and it rode better than I though it would today. I did have some chain alignment issues to work out, and 5-7 ended the day with a flat close to my house.
Still, it was a major adventure, and an excellent ride! 5-7 is a great riding partner!
I installed an expansion pipe/air cleaner on my bike, and tuned the carb for it. Dragon Lady really did not leave me at all, most of the time I throttled back to stay behind. One HUGE advantage of my setup is freewheeling down hill. 5-7 had to keep the RPM's up while I was idling going down the long hill to the Northshore, plus the ease of pushing my bike was a huge help.
Here is a map of out journey's so far, just to put it in prespective. We have a huge hole in the north and east side to cover
Vids from today to come soon! I got a bigger memory stick and took a lot of vid today!
Ed