Recent content by PerryRObray

If you are looking for ideas to ride the central Sierra Nevada Mountain Range (California/Nevada, USA) area, this link is kinda a photo guide to some places. https://pixels.com/profiles/promedias?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=1220952

If you use enough throttle, you don't need a rearview mirror. hahahahahahahaha

Excellent overview in a very concise explanation.

"Same at Lake Tahoe, haven't seen a USFS gate that looked inviting yet. Checked 4 different places on south shore recently." (6/5/2025) As of 6/7/2025 all the major USFS gates on south shore Lake Tahoe were open. I didn't check the USFS gate at the Spooner Summit, Nevada area near the fire...

I ride my 2023 Honda XR650L mostly on federal and state pavement. My first summer I went off pavement about once a week on USFS roads, logging roads, user created 4X4 roads, quad runner type single track, ...... I dropped 5 teeth on the rear sprocket, put in a wider front sprocket to cover all...

If one is looking at Doubletake so you can actually tell what is on the mirrors, dampening the handlebars might be a viable option. Some kind of relatively stout material, like a very strong plastic that is somewhat pliable between the handlebars and the handlebar mounts, might be added...

I'm very satisfied with my authentic Doubletake mirrors with a lifetime warranty. They have gone through things that should have never happened and still ready for things that shouldn't happen. The copies are much less priced on Amazon, but almost certainly without the lifetime warranty. If you...

"a well adjusted sealed chain will last up to 10k miles." I've gotten 50K miles on a RK racing X-Ring chain. Albeit on a rice rocket. But, it was ridden in sand dunes, Sierra Nevada mountain range off pavement,..... It saw some duty at sustained 80 MPH for hours too. The chain I used was the...

Most guys on these type of pages definitely go for the knobbies. Seems they last around 1K-3K miles. With my 90% or more rice rocket experience on motorcycles, I prefer the big block tread pattern (Continental TKC70, Shinko 705, .....) I have used since the 1970s. Obviously the big block tread...

Apparently the northern part of Tahoe all the way to the Oregon border area had elevated levels of snow this spring. Attributed to the La Nina weather pattern of last winter.

Garmin Tread® 2, Powersport Navigator, 6" I particularly like the landowner feature. Personally think it is a relatively intuitive device. The screen is awesome, can always read it during the daytime, can operate it easily with gloves on. Free updates.

Same at Lake Tahoe, haven't seen a USFS gate that looked inviting yet. Checked 4 different places on south shore recently.