Wilsons Sandbox

All, Saturday AM came waaay too early, and I knew the task ahead would be pretty ugly... Wake up and ride the KLR down to The Springs in near freezing tempetures on the KLR. Once the ride to the springs was complted the rest of the day would be a hoot. So I woke, put on the warm clothes, warm gloves, warm socks, etc... So I left the house bundled up and headed down to The Springs, feezing all the way (My Slave.errr.brother was at the Gerbing open house buying me a nice warm gerbing jacket.) Got to The Springs, met with Ned and Tom and loaded the My KLR to join Tom's KLX and Neds Thunderpig on the trailer and off to Villa Grove for some exploring. We left villa grove for the Bonanza area to do some goofing around on the fire roads there. Heading up one of the hills we were doing fine, hitting the frost heaves (mogul sized dirt piles to prevent water from running all the way down the trail) and riding out the front end. (just a little whack on the throttle to lift the front wheel at the top of the frost heave) so anyways I'm making my way up the hill, having some fun, when WHACK, both feet off the pegs bike sliding side to side whilst I get things under control. Both feet back on the pegs, I grab the next stop I can to settle things down in the groin area (ever hit the top bar on your ten speed? you know what I mean then) and Ned comes up yelling, "shut off the motor!" I kill the engine, and look back down the trail. Oil slick. The oil slick leads to a broken rock. (Yes, broken rock) I quick check under the motor shows that my Moose Bashplate has a hole in it, that also opened the engine case, freeing it of oil. Great. Ned and Tom went into disaster mode, Tom heading back for the truck, Ned and I coasting down the hill. KLR's jump better with no oil and the engine not running. I didn't want to slow down and loose momentum, so I jumped the front heaves on the way down too. . Once we reached level ground Ned towed me back towards Villa Grove to throw the bike up on the trailer. Ned and Tom I'd like you both to know that I really appreciate all of the help you guys gave me, and I am sorry we had to turn around so quickly after starting out... I couldn't ask for better riding partners. I'll be taking the motor out soon, and taking pictures of the holes in the motor and in the bashplate. Take Care! T ===== Terry Mc IBA HSTA AMA Etc 96 KLR650 95 R1100RSL 84 KLR600 (For Sale) No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough. - HST __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1