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Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« on: June 01, 2014, 03:33:52 PM »
A desert dirty KX is a happy KX

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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2014, 01:13:46 PM »
No, I don't ride the kx100...
Well.... sometimes  :lol:



Dad, still riding the dunes at 70

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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2014, 03:15:54 AM »
It was about 80 degrees and ultra clear..



The Old man gettin some  :-D

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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2014, 04:26:35 AM »
Your dunes are small

What were your temps now??
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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2014, 04:50:42 AM »
Quote from: Motorrad on June 03, 2014, 04:26:35 AM
Your dunes are small

Yep... but low traffic if you exclude the Jack rabbits, Antelopes, and Coyotes  :lol:

Quote from: Motorrad on June 03, 2014, 04:26:35 AM
What were your temps now??

Through the roof... comparatively speaking...
Air temp 80 deg.. don't know the humidity
Average head 270F
Average coolant after cooling 145
Max head 290F
Max coolant after cooling 205F

More on this later....
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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2014, 06:08:08 AM »
The differences between this time and the time previous were as follows.

Bike
Stock engine
Chinese rads
55 pilot 168 main (Too rich)
PC pipe
fmf arrestor

Elevation 4317ft
Last years Christmas Valley temps:
Air temp 100F
The max all time temps were as follows:
Head 224F
Coolant 202F
Average running temps trail riding 2nd to 4th gear:
Head 185-195
Coolant 165-175
50/50 green stuff


This time..

Bike
Semi Stock engine (Stock timing and porting)
Larry modded head (Love my compression release)
Wossner windowed piston
stock rads
41mm carb 58 pilot 168 main (I believe it was really rich, I'll know more in a few days)
PC pipe
fmf arrestor

Elevation 4317ft
Last years Christmas Valley temps:
Air temp 80F
The max all time temps were as follows:
Head 290F
Coolant 205F
Average running temps trail riding 2nd to 4th gear:
Head 260-270
Coolant 145-155
100% Engine Ice

The air temps were 20F cooler but my head temps were much higher then I have ever seen them.
Coolant temps were a little cooler this time over last time which seems right based on the air temps.
I noticed that the head temp was very responsive to throttle usage.. Much more so then previously.
Next I will try 50/50 green stuff and see how it reacts..
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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2014, 09:00:39 AM »
Quote from: sandblaster on June 03, 2014, 03:15:54 AM


wow...never see anything like that on the Eastern "end zone"!!...that is an awesome pic/view.
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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2014, 12:15:52 PM »
You should come for a visit...
There is so much more to see and I could use some time off work  8-)
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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2014, 12:38:33 PM »
I'd probably never leave.
I remember my parents traveled the west coast in 07 I think...and they both decided if they ever sold their house, that the Oregon coast was were they'd live out the rest of their lives.
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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2014, 12:46:09 PM »
Pristine! My dunes still have rocks scattered about!
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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2014, 06:20:38 PM »
The sand was extremely horse power robbing.
I have rode in the sand since 1977 and I have never seen it this loose and power robbing.
Good thing I ride a bike with a lot of power 8-)



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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2014, 07:13:06 PM »
That looks awesome.  I've got to get out of NJ
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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2014, 12:01:14 PM »
7 decades ago technology...



Shameless selfie

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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2014, 06:37:44 AM »
It's never good when you see this and realize that you know the person..
Especially a 25 year old mother of two who endowed her Warrior 350 and was ran over by it...



Getting hurt out in the middle of nowhere is real bad...

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Re: Christmas Valley ride 6-2014
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2014, 06:43:54 AM »
Quote from: sandblaster on June 05, 2014, 06:37:44 AM
Getting hurt out in the middle of nowhere is real bad...


yup...thank God for cell phones/internet, fast vehicles and med-flight!!
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