So I decided to take a gamble and go to California to retrieve the KTM I purchased 3 weeks ago. It is a 2006 KTM 950 Adventure with 4000 miles on the clock. The weather reports looked OK, if not stellar, but I have good gear, and I warned my boss that i might not get […]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
First Garden Report
Last fall we dug up and divided a lot of overgrown plants. Among them a patch of iris so thick that it took a tree saw to hack it apart. All eight sections have begun to grown nicely. I’m not sure how much bloom we’ll get this year. They’re going to look great at the […]
Event Report: Ice Trial, 7 Feb 2010, Walker Valley
Headed out the door at oh-dark-fifteen for our second club trials of the season, the Ice Trial. Weather looks like it won’t live up to it’s name, although it has in past years. Get to the site, get unloaded in a light drizzle, and warm up. A little practice, and some time dialing the carb […]
Maintenance Observations
A short story of deferred maintenance, dirty carbs, and broken kickstarters. At the last trials a few weeks ago, I noticed that my ’04 sherco was becomming a little hard to start and was occasionally kicking back during starting. So I got on the horn and ordered a few parts for some maintenance, and some […]