>Mariola, >My HJC LT-12 is the lightest helmet I've had to date. I'm >particularly sensitive to a helmet's weight, as I have had a 5- >vertebrae laminectomy in my neck. They are also super strong, being >made out of a fiber-composite shell, and very comfortable and fit (my >head) very well. > >Try one on somewhere, the plain ones are probably less than $200. > >Backroad Bill > >Just in the last hour I took delivery on my new HJC LT12 that I found on >Ebay, Beldon Motorsports has all sorts of HJC's. My LT12 top of the line >with graphic (nice) was $150 delivered. I was wearing an AGV Quasar which >retailed well over $300, medium, the HJC large fits well. There are some >areas where this midprice helmet isn't as high quality but then it costs >way less, gets very good reviews (motorcycle consumer news- best mid >price, better than many higher), looks nice, and is one of the lightest. >I'll be seeing how it works in the real world.
hard to start - non klr
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At 01:10 AM 11/23/00 +0000, Backroad Bandit wrote:
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Hello Everybody!
I am really satisfied with the weather since I{m in Mexico. Right now I
e-mail from the main library of La Paz, Baja California Sur. It{s a free
e-mail access, if you ask nicely and tell them that you are a traveller from
far away. Ask directions to the >La biblioteca de la teatro>. I{m sorry, I
don{t know the address here.
All right, where was I? Last e-mail was sent from Phoenix, I believe.
Right? Let me get my map and my dear diary.
I haven{t seen much of Phoenix, there was no place to stay, I even got fined
for not parking my bike in the designated spot. Cops all over, and security
people at the university, so I could not spend the night there. I left, and
found a nice spot on a back road on a native rez. While I fiddled with the
parking, somehow I hooked my glove on the on'off switch on my bike, and
ripped it off. Damn! Next day morning I found the pieces, but one was
missing. Anyway I fixed it in the ON position with some electrical tape.
Good enough for now. In Tucson, AZ, I went to some bike shops, and asked
about it. No chance! But I bought a new chain, Takasago RX ring 520xso,
$70 US, and new rear tires: Kings KT 966 (because they didn{t have IRC
GP110) $60 US. This is less aggressive as my D606, but still okay. Any
coments on this? I didn{t change tires yet, because it still looks great!
Front has about 4000 km left and rear will be okay to be changed before
Barranca de Cobre. ... too bad, I would have prefered this aggressive one
for that roadless road.
I love Arizona! It was perhaps the most scenic of all the states I{ve seen,
and the countryside is not developed, just what I need. Gas prices were the
cheapest, too, in Tucson I filled up for 1.56 usd/gal.
I crossed the USA-Mexico border at Lukeville-Sonorita (at Organ Pipe Cactus
Nat. Monument) I didn{t buy insurance, and so far I haven{t been asked
about, even though the police today stopped me because of running through a
red light. I didn{t! So I refused to pay. But he insisted, and I got my
license back only if I pay 798 Peso at the police or ... you know. I gave
him all my money, 270 Peso. Just be patient, and explain things over and
over again.
Back to where I was: Sonorita on Nov.17th at 3pm. The border crossing
happened at about 20 km/hr, since I was just waved through. That{s it? ...
yep, that was it. I{m in! Bienvenidos a las Estados Unidos Mexicanos! I
took Hwy 2 west, and after an hour I looked for a place to camp. Desert all
over. I left the highway towards the mountains, north, straight into the
desert. I ran into a river bed. Deeeeeeep saaaaand! the bike tire sank
about 20 cm in, and I stall the engine. Damn! and this is not all, I
couldn{t hold the bike, and my feet were sinking. Oh, no! and I slowly
leaned the bike to the left. I couldn{t believe it! ... oh well, I removed
everything I could from the bike, and carried them all on the shore, where
it was somewhat firmer ground. Then for the second trial I managed to lift
the bike. I was scared not to be able to ride out of here, but the KLR is a
Great bike!!! give it high rpm, and can do anything!
During the night, around midnight, I woke up to engine noize and lights!
Oh, sh#t! what{s going on? >Good evening, sir, US border patrol.> ...
what? in Mexico? ... turned out, that they have seen my tire tracks, and
they thought I{m smuggling something. After a few questions we started to
talk about desert riding and Africa and Chris Scott and his great book,
Desert Travel. We didn{t shake hands, but I felt I have a new friend. Even
here!!! And all because I{m riding a KLR650. I love this bike! and I{m so
happy I{m doing this trip!
Off to Tijuana, on the free roads. The only >Cuota> or toll hwy I took was
between Mexicali and La Rumorosa, because on the map looked more windy. I
wasn{t disappointed. For 9 Peso I had a great ride! and wonderful scenary.
Tijuana is ... noizy, busy, smelly, funny, colourful, poor, rich, unusual,
latino, american, ... crazy! Go and see it for yourself! Rosarito was more
like a mexican paradice built on and for US dollars. Go there to buy
things. The expression Ride Scared got a new meaning here!
Ensenanda, then Hwy 3 and 5. From Puerticitos the road will scare you!
huge sharp rocks where the road suppose to be between the see and the
mountain. Make sure you take a KLR between your legs, and you{ll have lots
of fun! after about the first 20 km the road becomes more merciful, but
keep up the rpm in the sand. And there will be more rocks, huge ones, so
you better equip that KLR with MSR Bash plates. (MSR, please contact me to
give you my bank account where to send your cheque. Thank you!) I{m not
kidding, the bash plate bounced off some serous problems from the engine.
The D606 tire is a blessing on this terrain. Try it!
Santa Rosalia was nice, but I didn{t like the Santa Barbara church designed
by G. Eiffel. Sorry, Mr. Eiffel! What I noticed, that the early settlers
first built churches and missions, really beautiful ones, before the people
actually built proper houses for themselves. I admire their devotion to
God.
I arrived to La Paz on Hwy 1. Tomorrow I{ll ride around south a little more
to see the rest of the peninsula, then I{m off to Los Mochis. Then I{ll
see, I{m not sure what will be the route to Batopillas, then Monterey.
I wish you all the best, my Friends, take care, ride scared if you ride, and
do realize your dreams. ... because YOU CAN!
Cheers,
istvan+Eh13(Csardas)
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This was my biggest turn-on & surprise with my first DS. I was living in
Houston, TX in 85 and had a Honda 250. Got caught in one of Houston's famous
and daily traffic jams and suddenly the realization hit me "I don't have to
sit here." After that I looked for ways home off the pavement. Amazing what
you can find with a little exploring, empty lots, power line right-of-ways,
etc.. Loads of fun you simply can't have on any other vehicle.
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RR tracks, creks and crek levys, hiker's paths (when no one is around), construction sites, sometimes a court will have a pass through, farms, pastures, RR spurs no longer used, school campuses will have pedestrial accesses, get in - get out quick, undeveloped land, SRVAs, RV parks, parking lots, shopping centers(ever seen the back side?), track housing under construction (I think they build them fences with me in mind), If it aint fenced in or guarded, I've been there.
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In a message dated 11/28/2000 1:30:33 PM Pacific Standard Time,
wingrj@... writes:
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And you wonder why more and more places are off limits to our sport?????