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Trails at Oakland

It was a fun day on the trails on Saturday. We had a great time until we came across two fires with unknown origins. All said and done we spent about 3 hours fighting fires but luckily it was towards the end of the day anyway. No parts were harmed on Saturday and other than the fires it was just an all around nice ride. The weather was just about perfect out and the park was not too crowded. Although as we left even more folks were showing up. I think that maybe we got out while the getting was good.

The kdx ran great all day without ever missing a beat. It was a blast to ride. My only criticism of the bike might be that first gear can be a bit much at times. I spent most of the day cruising in second or third. It was still wheelie happy in second but first was great at keeping the tire lofted for the duration of the trail. I can't wait to get Jessie out on the trails. I may re-gear the bike with a +1 counter sprocket gear just to take a bit of the edge off for her when she is riding. I was a bit worried that the kdx would be incapable of just cruising the trails at a relaxed pace but towards the end of the day I spent a fair amount of time just exploring at a slow pace and the bike had no issue just cruising around. I can't wait to throw a new header pipe on though. I think it will make the bike into a tractor for when Jessie rides it and smooth it out quite a bit. All around the bike is better than I could have even hoped for the price we paid. 

Next weekend it is going to get a more thorough test while chasing a bunch of orange bikes owned by some friends. We are headed down to Disney, OK and I can't wait. Although, I don't relish being gone for yet another weekend, it is still going to be a wonderful time!

Oakland is a great place to ride but I wish there were more climbs and obstacles. You spend most of the day running the same trails looking for anything new and steadily going faster and faster. It is a great beginner riding area though. You could not find a better place to practice basic skills and improve. It has a few climbs and can be VERY muddy if it is wet but overall the park doesn't have much to offer to challenge an intermediate rider unless you just want to get faster. I don't need to run trails at light speed myself and so would love a little more variety. My brother ran the trails on his KLR and had almost no issues with anything that the park has to offer. It is almost KLR friendly once you get proficient on dirt.

Finally done with bike work...for now

New Parts!

All cleaned up and ready to play!

 It has been a long week. Changed oil on the drz and kdx, installed rim locks on the drz, replaced rear rotor protector on the drz, new tire on the v-strom, new rear wheel bearings on the kdx, new k&n air filter, and now I am finally done for a few days at least. I am hoping to get out to an off road park tomorrow to run the kdx around. Jessie is planning on her second riding lesson today, when she gets home from work. Hopefully it goes as well as the first did. She was very confident and walked away feeling positive after the first time. I am trying to make sure I don't get too excited and pitch her off in deep end unintentionally. I can't wait to see what the kdx can do in the woods. I can't have too much fun with it though because the bike is headed down to Disney, Oklahoma next weekend for some serious fun!

            Working in the garage as much as I have has worked out well though. I keep coming inside and finding the house cleaner and cleaner thanks to my awesome wife! We are finally getting everything cleaned up after being gone every weekend for the past month. Being absent that much and constantly packing and unpacking had taken a serious tole on the house. It doesn't help that we both despise cleaning :)

                The only hard part of the bike work this week was the rear wheel bearings. The snap ring in the hub came apart and it took forever to get it removed. The previous owner may have never done anything with them and it is very obvious that the bike sat for a long time without any attention. I think the only thing that saved it was that he stored it indoors. If it had been outside there would not be much left.