Had a quick ride thru the mountains today
great pic.....getting to know all those wonderful trails now?.....id get fkg lost for sure, but maybe thats not a bad thing eh.....oh, colour coordinated helmet..
Yes have been lost a few times but nothing serious. That helmet is way way pre dating this bike and has been a great lid. Sadly you cant get them anymore and the lid is very close to having to be replaced. I use the same lid on my red street glide so color co ordination is out the window there.
Found this little cutie, 1980 XL250 when I was cleaning out the Obi shed before I sold the place. I knew it was in there somewhere, just hadn't been able to see it for 10 years. It hadn't run for about 15 years, hadn't had the tyres pumped up for about 12 years. Moved it out to the old school. A couple of months ago I pumped up the tyres and a week later saw they were still holding air. Wondered if it would start. Checked the oil, poured in some 40:1 two stroke mix for top end lubrication in case it did start, kicked it over...... This isn't a fairy tale, so it didn't start. The next day though after pulling out an oilsoaked rotting air filter and a small dose of starting ether, the mild mannered put put putting of a Honda single filled the air.
Bet your not missing going down the obi on weeks like this Steve.
Just went down the obi this morning....as normal the dirt is shut and the traffic diverted via the tar side. When you get to the bottom road closed signs. Anyway heading towards your old joint EVERY bridge had water over it with the deepest perhaps only 30-60cm. When you turn left towards Kenilworth the road has gooooone!
I was generally OK with doing the down road no matter what the weather, I just wasn't happy when they "repaired it" by dumping clay rich sludge on it, rolled it then put the watertruck over it before knocking off for the day. It was as slippery as greased batshit until the fines washed out. At other times....... well my 1.5km driveway was steeper.
Yeah, that one is shaded all day, no direct sunlight at all, never dries out.
OK, this is another one of my bikes, sitting in front of the old school I bought when I sold up at Obi Obi.
looks like a piano accordian.....lol
