Spring Laurel Fork Campout

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There was a big turnout for this year's spring Laurel Fork campout. We had an excellent ride down on Friday. Half way through Saturday's ride I hit an innocent looking little puddle that turned out to be a bottomless pit with a rock embedded in the side. The rock bent my front rim and sent me over the bars. Luckily the tube held air and the big KTM was still rideable. I decided to limp the bike back to camp after that so I didn't get much video on Saturday. This trip was also a shakedown run for my Rockies trip. Other than the weak front rim, everything else worked great. All of my camping gear easily fit on the bike and the luggage I am planning on using seems like it will work for me.

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Video: Dual Sport Ride 4/12/2014

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I've been behind on editing some video I've shot over the last month or so. Here is the first I needed to complete. I was testing out an external mic with the GoPro on this one. I get a lot more wind noise on the KTM than I did on the DRZ. The external mic does a much better job of picking up more than just wind blast.

The 2014 Riding Season

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Well, after the winter that would never end, it appears that the 2014 riding season has begun. It's time to wake myself from winter hibernation and get to work. I'm already a few ride reports and videos behind. I spent the winter months prepping the KTM 950 for my trip out west in July. I still have a few more bits to finish, but it's almost ready. In a couple of weeks I'll be riding it down to Laurel Fork with all the camping gear strapped on as a shake-down.

Besides my Rocky Mountain Loop trip, a few other things I have planned for this season:

Rides:

Laurel Fork
Canada
Michigan

Reviews:

Alaska Leather Butt Pad
Slavens skid plate
Sena SMH10 helmet communicator

Projects:

950 Adventure rear rack
Gas Gas EC250 top end rebuild
Rekluse left hand rear brake

I'll try to go back and add hyperlinks to this post as I complete these.

Stay tuned!

Lake Riding

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I finally got around to trying out the ice screws I've had on my desk for over a year. I put about 800 in my knobbies and headed up to Conneaut Lake to do a little riding. I played around with my jetting a bit before I left and ended up going too rich, so I have a little tuning to do before I go out riding in the cold weather again. Check out the video below to see how it went.