Back in Action

Been apart all winter, couple long days/nights its up and running again. Added and subtracted a few things, fits a little better. Still ugly, still comfortable and fast.

Deer

Does your town have one of these signs?

Viewdale

Viewdale drive in. Overgrown with weeds, forgotten about, and for sale. Was riding around and noticed the gate was open so I snuck in... Nobody around. I'm sure this piece of history will be swiftly removed and replace with something "better". Glad I got to have a moment with it before its gone. On a better note I remembered I can get non-ethanol gas and even 110 octane from one of the local gas places. Burned a tank on purpose just to try it out, bike ran killer. I'll be going back to get 5 gallons of TRICK to mix with some premium...I pulled up and the guys that run the place were checkin out the Z using phrases such as "extended swingarm" and "dragbike" reminiscing about their buddies that used to run 900's and 1000's back in the seventies and early 80's. Pretty cool.

4th of July ride

Leavenworth-Waterville-Douglass-Chelan and back. Super fun ride, Waterville is like an abandoned Mayberry. I think people get it stuck in their heads that Washington is Seattle. Rainy etc. While Seattle is cool, the Eastern side of the state has a way lower population, and much drier high desert like climate. Anyway, all of you that don't live here just keep thinking it rains all the time. Its terrible here, really. Oh, and its funny watching people cringe and make spazzy gestures when the Kerker screams by their open car windows on an uphill pass.

Beaver

Hill. One of the best rides around here, perfectly banked uphill smooth pavement, with perfectly linked left and right handers. On a side note the KZ got an oil and filter change, and some fresh K&N's. Who knows how long its been since the oil was changed in that thing!? The Emgo pod's that were on it were well over 10 years old....top end acceleration was shit, was falling on its face. Now it breathes like it should, and if you have ever ridden an old KZ you know that sound when it starts sucking in gobs of air and the Kerker is rippin' ....Pulls hard at 90+ But I still got run down by some dude on a BMW adventure bike.