front fender issue

[Will]

Any stories or info on the of this ride? How about riding across your own state???

[Trail-Snail]

Will, Lots of good info here on the Oregon Discovery Route: http://www.omra-online.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1191 Also check out the Oregon_DSR for more info from folk's that have rode it to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oregon_DSR Dave Oregon

[West Hovland]

Many folks have done some or all of the route. The route is no longer marked and you have to find your way with maps or GPS routes you can buy from Cycoactive.com. Most folks have quite a time staying on track. West Eugene, Oregon

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[Bill Watson]

Erik, that 100/0 ethlyene glycol and water mixture definitely hurts you. I see a solid 10 degrees plus when going from 50/50 EG/water to 10/90 EG and distilled water... I'd expect another 10 degrees if I had gone the other way (100/0) like you did. IE - there's 20 degrees in it for you if you run 90% distilled water and 10% Zerex Super racing coolant (Valvoline part number VV858, available at NAPA) instead of pure coolant. Bill Watson Phoenix erik wrote:

> Also, I think I may try the UFO fender you describe here. I live in Los > Angeles, and it was 100+ degrees this weekend. Ouch.

Yeah, the heat's been real fun. I took a friend on the back of the bike to see Radiohead at the Greek on friday and had some heat related issues. After getting past all the places where I could lane split/filter, I was just slowly poking along in line. Temp gauge was up near the top already, and after a few blocks of stop & stop, it started to idle really low and die when I let off the throttle. Luckily we were only a block or so away from the bike lot, so she hopped off and walked while I limped the rest of the way. After the show and the heat were over, it ran fine. I just got done flushing and refilling the coolant since it was due anyway, and friday evenings adventure told me I should just go ahead and do it. I also had cluelessly refilled it at some point with 100% antifreeze, so I know it wasn't cooling as well as it should've been. It's a much happer 50/50 mix now instead of somewhere inbetween 50/50 and 100/0 - I hope it handles the heat better. erik --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]