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01-11-2016, 11:38 AM | #1 |
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XR100 in the white $%#@
We had some white $%#@ a couple of weeks ago. Thank God it was gone in a couple days but despite temps in the teens I wanted to ride the local hills in my neighborhood.
I have new very aggressive soft terrain tires on the XR's and they made riding in the snow (maybe an inch deep, not much) a lot of fun. Riding on the snow covered pavement was more slippery that in the snow covered dirt. I hate winter.
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01-11-2016, 01:10 PM | #2 |
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Good for you, Doc. Indeed, riding with knobby tires on snow covered dirt works well. I don't enjoy riding a motorcycle on snow covered pavement; it scares me.
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01-11-2016, 01:16 PM | #3 |
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I put-putted on the pavement. I didn't go any faster than I wanted to fall. Just visited the neighbors and pulled a couple neighborhood kids on sleds.
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01-11-2016, 03:45 PM | #4 |
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"I didn't go any faster than I wanted to fall."
Good call, Doc. This was right about the point in my life when I figured I'd finally reached maturity.
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Thanks for the pics, Doc. Pulling the kids must have been fun.
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01-11-2016, 06:23 PM | #6 |
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X2.
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01-12-2016, 11:00 AM | #7 |
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It was fun.
One of the nice things about an XR is that it is geared so low there is almost no limit to it's ability to pull, although at a modest speed.
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