Thursday, August 27, 2015

Sturgis trip recap.

The last leg of my trip on Weds the 26th was just a nice morning ride of 140 miles. I got home rite after noon, good timing, egg salad sandwitch for lunch.
I only took a few photos on the last leg home. Pictures.

The Minnesota river valley at Granite Falls, MN.
Large gun at VFW in ? Somewhere around bird Island MN on US212.
A few grain elevators along US212 in Minnesota.
Interesting! 70mph/70 degrees; mileage 034567; time 11:12.
Here I am, just arrived in time for lunch.
Sooooo today when I pulled the side bags off and started washing the bike, when I got to the back wheel I found this in it. How many miles had it been there? I quess it could be up to several thousand. I now have just over 8300 miles on this set of tires. If the back tire doesn't leak I'm going to wear it out. I should be able to get about another 2000 miles out of the set. Trip totals; 6072 miles, 134 gallons of fuel, $395 dollars for fuel. 45.354 average mpg for the trip. $2.95 average cost per gallon. Great time and good memories.

2 comments:

  1. John, deck screws are no substitute for studded tires. Were you trying to improve your traction on hard left turns??? I'd recommend shorter screws!

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  2. Interesting spot for a screw in the tire. At least it didn't go flat on your ride.

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