Gray Man, Inc.
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Idaho's own Popcorn Sutton. "Rocky Mountain Moonshiners". Sounds like something that would be on the Discovery channel.
Not to brag, but I could totally pull off the shirtless overalls look.
Sounds like a great outfit to take one of the bikes for a ride on a hot summer day
Did some of my spring starts today. Just standard garden stuff. A couple squash varieties, 3 different tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, brussels sprouts, egg plant, and I'm going to try okra this year. Mother in law gave me a bunch of okra seed varieties. She's in an area of Oklahoma that has similar summer to my garden spot and it grows like mad for her. I'll probably do some more starts tomorrow or Sunday.
I did a sprocket swap on the rear of the TW to see if I can find the magic ratio. New engine has more torque so I went taller. I pulled the 55T that makes it a climbing machine for a stock 50T that I had on the shelf.
Then I decided it was time to put some break-in miles on it. Rode up Sunny Slope to top off the tank with fresh ethanol-free, then over to Homedale, and took the long way home.
The more I rode it, the better it ran. I'm thinking the low speed surge I had might have mostly just been stale gas. It's no fire-breather, but there's a noticeable increase in power. The way it's geared right now I have a 10.29 compound low. Previously it was an 11.09. The added torque seems to even the score, and it has no problem leaving stop signs in 2nd. Where it really improved was the cruise speed. With the previous 14/55 combination it was running pretty hard at 45mph and tapped at 50. The way it's balanced now, with 15/50s and the extra 6th gear, the comfy cruise speed is 52-54mph. At 60 it isn't working too hard and I'm at about 80-90% throttle. Top speed on level ground is 63mph. Granted, I throw out a pretty big sail on such a little bike sitting upright.
34 mile round trip and it got me home, like it always does. No smoke, no leaks, no noises.
I did a sprocket swap on the rear of the TW to see if I can find the magic ratio. New engine has more torque so I went taller. I pulled the 55T that makes it a climbing machine for a stock 50T that I had on the shelf.
Then I decided it was time to put some break-in miles on it. Rode up Sunny Slope to top off the tank with fresh ethanol-free, then over to Homedale, and took the long way home.
The more I rode it, the better it ran. I'm thinking the low speed surge I had might have mostly just been stale gas. It's no fire-breather, but there's a noticeable increase in power. The way it's geared right now I have a 10.29 compound low. Previously it was an 11.09. The added torque seems to even the score, and it has no problem leaving stop signs in 2nd. Where it really improved was the cruise speed. With the previous 14/55 combination it was running pretty hard at 45mph and tapped at 50. The way it's balanced now, with 15/50s and the extra 6th gear, the comfy cruise speed is 52-54mph. At 60 it isn't working too hard and I'm at about 80-90% throttle. Top speed on level ground is 63mph. Granted, I throw out a pretty big sail on such a little bike sitting upright.
34 mile round trip and it got me home, like it always does. No smoke, no leaks, no noises.
Trail test today. No drama.
When I got home I washed it and did my 100-ish mile break-in oil change. It was dark but not low. Filter had the expected amount of debris on it. I'll probably do another change in 1-200 more miles.
When I got home I washed it and did my 100-ish mile break-in oil change. It was dark but not low. Filter had the expected amount of debris on it. I'll probably do another change in 1-200 more miles.
If I ever get out your way I'm bringing dad's DT250 and asking you for a trail map!
On today's episode of Why I'm Always Broke...
100' of progress. Threw a track. Waited 2 hours for the service truck to show up and fix it.
Then 200' more.
Now I can get someone else's water into the canal without flooding me out. Hooray!
100' of progress. Threw a track. Waited 2 hours for the service truck to show up and fix it.
Then 200' more.
Now I can get someone else's water into the canal without flooding me out. Hooray!
