Forum: Canada
05-08-2013, 01:28 PM
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Cultural tour comments
Lee, thanks for the comments. I was pleased with how the high fender worked out and I was happy with it throughout the trip. I was worried that it would change how the bike tracked in the wind, but...
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Forum: Canada
05-07-2013, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 3,356
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Photos from my Southern Alberta Cultural Tour
Spent 5 days touring around southern Alberta last week visiting cultural sites. Did just over 1,800 kms, most of it gravel and secondary highways. Lots of highlights, just a few lowlights, mostly...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
05-06-2013, 10:02 PM
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Chief Mountain
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
05-06-2013, 10:00 PM
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Views: 475,557
Southern Alberta
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
05-06-2013, 09:43 PM
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Riding on the river
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
05-06-2013, 09:40 PM
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Cute dinosaur
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
05-06-2013, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 3,271
Views: 764,694
Southern Alberta
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Forum: Orange Crush
04-27-2013, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-22-2013, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 1,711
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Slightly better fare!
Sheridan, Wyoming - Good Mexican Restaurant
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-22-2013, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 1,711
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Amazing what you will eat when you're desperate!
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Forum: Orange Crush
04-19-2013, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-19-2013, 06:19 PM
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-19-2013, 06:17 PM
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Jimmyy, nice bike!
I had an identical 2011 Black Beauty. It was also my first adventure motorcycle and was the perfect way to get into this great lifestyle. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Have fun with the...
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Forum: Orange Crush
04-19-2013, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 6
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Stadden440 - welcome!
I see you are relatively new to the forum. Welcome, and thanks for the info. I should probably have just ordered the parts and done the install myself. The dealer is going to submit it under...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-19-2013, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 753
Views: 142,754
Bear Glacier
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Forum: Orange Crush
04-19-2013, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 6
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Thanks for the info
Lycan1, I had managed to live with them leaking when closed since new. Probably just got unlucky with a rock on the way home. I may tinker with a shield or do as you suggest and just zip tie...
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Forum: Orange Crush
04-19-2013, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 6
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Petcock Failure
Background: 2010 KTM 990 Adv purchased Oct. 2011
Current odometer reading 18,710 kms
From first time removal of gas tanks both petcocks leaked when shut off, just a drop every 10-15 seconds. It...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-16-2013, 07:31 PM
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Not a highway, but....long and lonely!
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Forum: Orange Crush
04-13-2013, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 20
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Block and Tackle
I carry a block and tackle along with extra rope in case I need to extend the reach of the pulley system. I have had to use it a couple of times, once when fully loaded and the only issue was that I...
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Forum: Orange Crush
04-13-2013, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 44
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10,000 kms and probably another 5,000 kms left
I also suffer from a weak right hand. I spend a lot of time running backroads at 80 to 100 kms on as much gravel as possible. Even on highways I tend to run at the speed limit and only occasionally...
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Forum: Canada
04-11-2013, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 15
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Question for the Bestcoasters
I would like to do a week of riding on the island in September. I am on a KTM 990 Adv and what I have seen from your collective posts on this and other threads tells me I should probably focus...
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Forum: Canada
04-11-2013, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,538
Nice!
Lycan1, nice photo! Reminds me a bit of this one taken south of Calgary as well. Yours has that great front range backdrop, while mine just has the bike.
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-08-2013, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 2,053
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Laguna Beach
Last night
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Forum: Canada
03-31-2013, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 3,356
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Socio-political Comment
I was out for a ride yesterday north and west of Calgary, wandering aimlessly through the secondary paved and gravel roads between Highway 1A on the south, 22 on the east, and the FTR on the west as...
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Forum: Canada
03-29-2013, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Liard Hot Springs
A word of caution. This place has a gazillion mosquitoes, due to the topography where the run off from the hot springs flows out into a marshy area all the way to the campground. We were there in...
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Forum: Canada
03-27-2013, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,538
Critters
Here are a few pictures of wildlife I saw on my travels in BC and Alberta during 2012.
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Forum: Canada
03-27-2013, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 3,356
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Spot GPS
XSoCal, I have a Spot GPS and wouldn't leave home alone without it. My wife insists that I carry it so she carry recover the body and collect the life insurance. Just be sure to use lithium...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-26-2013, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 2,053
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Three from a trip to Turkey last year
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-26-2013, 10:15 PM
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Forum: Canada
03-26-2013, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 3,356
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Hwy 532 to Forestry Trunk Road
XSoCal, with the amount of snow we have had this winter it will be interesting to hear whether you can make it across to the Forestry Trunk Road on 532 Last year I did that ride on March 20th, and...
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Forum: Canada
03-25-2013, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 78
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What to prepare for....
This is near the top of the pass on Hwy 532 southwest of Calgary. It was an easy ride all the way over the summit down to the junction with the Forestry Trunk Road, which was still closed for the...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-11-2013, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 7
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Rosebud Battlefield
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-11-2013, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 26
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Northern Wyoming
A few from last year
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-06-2013, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 640
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Suzanne Lake, BC
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-06-2013, 09:37 PM
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-06-2013, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 66
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I'll Play.
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-04-2013, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 152
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An interesting day
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-04-2013, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 15,815
From another post
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
03-04-2013, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 1,711
Views: 439,407
Campfire food
A great evening meal, far from the madding crowd. The key to this meal is washing it down with single malt Scotch (in the Nalgene bottles)
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Forum: Canada
03-01-2013, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 2,889
The better question is
what will the weather and road conditions be in the Yukon and Alaska at the end of May, assuming you carry on up the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek through northern BC, pass through Watson Lake,...
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