TNWalker and I have been jonesing to get out and ride so the plan was to get out early and ride some dirt stay in the shade as much as possible. He lives about 75 miles from me so he trailered over knowing it would be a real hot ride home. We ate a good breakfast and took off about 0930 not early enough to beat the heat. It was comfortable in the hollows following the creeks but that doesn't last forever.
I had been wanting to scout some roads on google maps in a huge track of woods. I thought they would be logging type roads. We came around a curve to a gated driveway but no house just large barns in the distance. The road was straight ahead but not maintained in years grass had taken it over. A few places woods had taken it over. This is on google maps, hard to see the road.
We were riding along and I saw a deer in this field and kept watching it. Watched it to long and centered these holes.
Brilliant! We had a good laugh and picked the beast up and continued on. A plug for Alt ride bars and ACD plate. I've dropped my bike a bunch and this stuff works. Very happy with this set up for the off pavement riding. We came to one section that had eroded and I high centered the Tenere
it stood all by itself. Steve being on the DR went down in the ditch around me and came back up in front of me. We took a break in the shade as it was hot!!!! We both pulled the Ten forward by the crash bars and unstuck it. A little more ruff stuff and got on a good logging road. We ended up coming out at the edge of someone yards. Oops! Then it was off to find some air conditioning and pie. The Log Cabin exit 148 I 40 was just what we needed and only 4 miles away. Sorry great pie but no pics. Here's Steve
Another fun day with a Tenere brother after pie it was just to hot to ride we came back to my place and cooled off. It was an exhausting morning. Steve hope you feel alright today I was wiped out. Last night I dreamed Sidney Poitier was riding with us and I introduced him to my mother in law and she was tickled. That's how hot it was!
I had been wanting to scout some roads on google maps in a huge track of woods. I thought they would be logging type roads. We came around a curve to a gated driveway but no house just large barns in the distance. The road was straight ahead but not maintained in years grass had taken it over. A few places woods had taken it over. This is on google maps, hard to see the road.
We were riding along and I saw a deer in this field and kept watching it. Watched it to long and centered these holes.
Brilliant! We had a good laugh and picked the beast up and continued on. A plug for Alt ride bars and ACD plate. I've dropped my bike a bunch and this stuff works. Very happy with this set up for the off pavement riding. We came to one section that had eroded and I high centered the Tenere
it stood all by itself. Steve being on the DR went down in the ditch around me and came back up in front of me. We took a break in the shade as it was hot!!!! We both pulled the Ten forward by the crash bars and unstuck it. A little more ruff stuff and got on a good logging road. We ended up coming out at the edge of someone yards. Oops! Then it was off to find some air conditioning and pie. The Log Cabin exit 148 I 40 was just what we needed and only 4 miles away. Sorry great pie but no pics. Here's Steve
Another fun day with a Tenere brother after pie it was just to hot to ride we came back to my place and cooled off. It was an exhausting morning. Steve hope you feel alright today I was wiped out. Last night I dreamed Sidney Poitier was riding with us and I introduced him to my mother in law and she was tickled. That's how hot it was!
) This is where we high centered Mark's bike while trying to get it over one of the ruts. We decided to take a bit of a breather as it was now full on Tennessee hot and humid, with no breeze at all at this point. We then got his bike through by pulling it from the excellent Alt Rider crash bars that made a great handle to tug on. The ACD skid plate performed great too. marks bike is a testament o what the Tenere', properly kitted, can do.
