Friends of Joe
Posted: February 4, 2012 Filed under: Ride | Tags: 150, 230, bikes, dirt, friends, Honda, motorcycle, playbikes, ride, trail, TT-R, weekend, woods, Yamaha Leave a comment »Buddies Walter and Doug and I took our play bikes to Saint Joe State Park. The weather forecast was dismal, but wrong. While the ground was wet, we didn’t get a single drop of rain, and we enjoyed a high of 55 degrees, making for a great day of riding.
Walter picks a course
I had a funny thing happen. In our second hour of riding, I found that my bike was acting funny – hesitating at more than half throttle at high rpms. Out of gas? Bad gas? I topped off the tank. No real improvement. Over time, it got a bit better, but not much. I had visions of piston ring replacement, or hunting down a intake leak. What could it be?
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- Walter waits for us
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- All three of us attack the hill
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- rocketing up
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- Doug hits a muddy trail head
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- Doug sprays us with sand
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- A February St Joe vista
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- Doug stops to unfog his glasses
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- winding down
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- The ruts became puddles
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- Walter picks a course
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- Walter charges a water hole
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- fast on wooded hills
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- Down out of the woods
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- Climbing up after Walter
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- roots and slime are everywhere
The post ride bike wash revealed a blocked spark arrestor – more than 70% was caked in mud. No wonder it didn’t run right!
Shhh! Mommy's making beer.
