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My husband and I would love to move to Chama. We loved northern NM when we drove through it.
Makes me have an itch I can't scratch (aka I want my Sherpa........ ) QUOTE]
TS, Your "Super Sherpa" has a TALL order to fill, when you finally get your hands on it.
Looks to me like you need to go ahead and be saving up those nickles & dimes for the bigger brother 650 KLR!
But I'm shortTS, Your "Super Sherpa" has a TALL order to fill, when you finally get your hands on it.
Looks to me like you need to go ahead and be saving up those nickles & dimes for the bigger brother 650 KLR!
But I'm short
I think the 250 will work well for me, mostly because I am vertically challenged And I've heard some folks say the the Sherpa will go places even the 650's can't go.
I guess I'll have to find that out, won't I?
Re-jetting the carbs? I remember a few KLR riders mentioning doing this for riding at high altitude (with attitude -sorry, couldn't resist) Colorado.Up here, altitude is the problem. Think about a three percent loss in power per thousand foot in altitude. Most of these shots were taken about nine or ten thousand foot. A thirty percent loss in power of a 250 doesn't leave much. I can really feel the loss on my 650.
Well, I already did that to the Whee, but no high heeled anythingThere are tricks for us shorties. Shaved seat, lowering links, high heeled riding boots.
Hi,
Those are all excellent pictures.
I too went DS'ing earlier this summer in New Mexico. A lovely route is taking the next road (Van Bremmer) going south on 64 (south of Raton). That road has lots of "sub-roads" and at one point ended up on Ted Turner's land. Apparently he has purchased large tracts of land near Cimarron. I also ended up on a really off the beaten track on CR 21.1. It was a very rugged surprise.
I even tried to ride up the desolate ski mountain called Cuchara near the New Mexico and Colorado border. With the V-Strom I could not quite make it to the top, even with TKC-80 tires....just a little too heavy!
Do you have a GPS file or CR names in which you traveled in New Mexico?
RB
and west of Alamogordo.
Didn't think there was anything west of there except the White Sands Missile Range...
You guys are so lucky to be able to rode together in such a great place to explore! I really miss the days when Beth and I could just hop on the bikes and go... It is not that the kids aren't worth it, they are, I just miss it... Awesome pics... Like Elzi, they make me itch in a bad way
Hah! Now *that's* the ticket! I suspect that if my daughter ever decides to move close by, she'd be tempted to do the same! And she can fit on one; she's six inches taller than IThat's because we already did the kid raising thing...and sometimes, he comes along for the exploration on his own KLR.
Hah! Now *that's* the ticket! I suspect that if my daughter ever decides to move close by, she'd be tempted to do the same! And she can fit on one; she's six inches taller than I
And she's a bike mechanic, too. Hmm.... I think we need to tempt her here and ride with us. Then we'd have a mechanic on the trail, too
I meant east...did I say west?
sometimes, he comes along for the exploration on his own KLR.
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A question for Sandy. When are you going to be moved back to Texas? I think I'm going to meet a couple of my brother-in-laws in Cloudcroft in Sept. Will you still be there? If not, can I PM you to pick your brain on some places to ride? Can you give me an idea of what will the weather be like? All I've found is that the average daily high between Sept and Oct drops 15 degrees, so I'm guessing that Sept is when it starts cooling down.
HA! Got it right that time Chuck!
We'll be moved back to Texas by mid-August. As to riding places, what kind of riding are you going to want to do? My husband has done a small amount of single track riding here (I have too, but only lasted a few minutes before I squawked "this isn't any fun on a KLR.") We've done some ATV trails, but more often than not on ATVs rather than KLRs. Mostly, the KLRs are great fun for the fireroads, paved twisties and jeep trails.
I'm always following my husband around, so I really couldn't tell you much, other than what I told the other who asked the same...South of Cloudcroft, North of Timberon and East of Alamagordo.
HA! Got it right that time Chuck!
Oh yeah...weather in September? Having only been here for one September so far, I could only guess that there will be almost daily afternoon rain showers, possibly more, possibly less. You saw that it snowed up near Cloudcroft just this last weekend, not much...but that's in July. Come prepared for all kinds of weather, from warm to wintry...and expect to see all kinds.
Hi Curtis,
I saw several tech day reports from your place. Looks like all had a good time. Somebody should have brought y'all some pie!
Maybe you could get Melissa a small off road only motorcycle and let her practise around the home place til she gets comfortable, then slowly graduate her up in bikes, work on some street skills (in a parking lot), get her enrolled in the safety course, licensed and out there riding with the rest of us.