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This evening I took the motorcycle out for a quick blast around Lewisburg Saddle and Kings Valley. It was nice to be out and riding. I scraped my pegs a couple of times on some tight corners at high speeds. 
Total distance: about 50 miles.
Also should note I put my ADV sticker on the back of my motorcycle
Gas purchase: 2.08 gallons @93.4 miles for 44.9 mpg (probably low because of going up Mary’s Peak and carrying Emily as a passenger).
Tags: 1989 Honda PC800 Pacific Coast, Kings Valley, Lewisburg Saddle
This afternoon I went on a quick 50 mile jaunt over some of my favorite close back roads. To get between two of the roads I took about a 4 mile stretch of gravel, compacted mud, and dirt. The bike was a little squirrely in the front end but did fine overall. It’s pretty fun having mud streaks down the side of a street bike!
Tags: 1989 Honda PC800 Pacific Coast, Kings Valley, Lewisburg Saddle, Motorcycle
I took a long ride around the valley yesterday on some interesting and stunningly beautiful roads. The country around Perrydale in particular is gorgeous this time of year.
In total I road about 125 miles. I also stopped and got some gas. My fuel economy was 45.5 mpg. Not too surprising considering the fun I’ve been having lately.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Amity, Dallas, Independence, Lewisburg Saddle, Monmouth, Motorcycle, Perrydale, Salem
Today I rode my bike to school and then on for a little fun in the twisties up on Lewisburg Saddle. On the way back, a Ninja in the 500-750cc range pulled up next to me at a stoplight. He revved his engine a few times and motioned that we should race. The light turned green and we took off the line. I watched the look of surprise on his face in my rear view mirrors as I pulled away.
Pretty good for a scrappy old bike from 1984!
Total mileage: 25-ish
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Lewisburg Saddle, Motorcycle, Surprise a Ninja
Samantha and I went for a short hike on the Old Growth Trail in the McDonald-Dunn Forest the other day. An okay map of the forest is available from the College of Forestry website.
The trees are quite beautiful although the grove is rather small in comparison with others I’ve visited. We found a beer bottle quite a distance off the trail which we picked up and disposed of in a recycling bin back in Corvallis.
I should also note that this is the first time that I am using Gallery2 in a post that is being crossposted to Livejournal. If for some reason, the thumbnails don’t come across correctly, please view the original post at my website for the photos.
Tags: Gallery2, Hiking, Lewisburg Saddle, Livejournal, McDonald-Dunn Forest, Old Growth Trees, Photography, Samantha
Went up to 35th then down Harrison to 29th then over to Grant and back along the diagonal street to the Towne Pump gas station. Then out Lincoln to Witham Hill Drive, over Witham Hill to Walnut. East on Walnut to Highland Drive out past Crescent Valley. Up over Lewisburg Saddle and down Soap Springs road. Went out the rifle range road until it turned to gravel. Turned around and went out to 99W. 99W back to Corvallis. Turned onto 9th street and paraded down to Jefferson then to 11th then 15th then A street and Samantha’s. Bike ran just like a dream.
36 miles total. Rode alone.
Stopped at gas station. 80.4 miles since last fill. 1.967 gallons purchased. Fuel economy of about 40 mpg. Not great but that’s from all of the 1st gear riding, idling, and working the gears in the parking lot.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Crescent Valley, Lewisburg Saddle, Motorcycle, Samantha, Witham Hill
After the oil change where I drained out the seafoam and replaced the filter, it was time for a test ride. First stop was at the gas station to get some gas. I put in 1.967 gallons on 80.4 miles driven. That worked out to about 40mpg which is not bad considering all of the riding I did in 1st gear at very high RPM in Walla Walla and the long session of parking lot riding to break the clutch loose.
From difficulties on a previous ride finding a paved connector between the Camp Adair Road and the Kings Valley Highway, I decided to try and find a route from the other direction. No such route presented itself. After a few miles, Tampico Road turns into gravel. I turned around at this point and headed back out to 99W and back to Corvallis.
The bike ran like an absolute dream. It shifted very well, was responsive, and handled quite admirably.
My odometer read 36 miles for the ride.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, garbage dump, Lewisburg Saddle, Motorcycle, seafoam
From my house to Jaime’s house to pick her up. We went out Highway 20 to the Highway 223 (Kings Valley Highway) turn. Jaime’s bike can only go a maximum of 55mph which makes it interesting to drive on the main highways. Highway 223 had about 10 miles of loose chip gravel on the road surface as they were repaving it. It was a rather miserable part of the ride. We turned right at one point where the road takes a sharp left to stay on the main highway. Out in the country, we tried taking several different roads to connect over to Sulfur Springs Road and Lewisberg Saddle but each ended in gravel which we didn’t want to try. We ended up going out to 99W and down to the road past the garbage dump. We took it and went out Sulfur Springs Road and over Lewisburg Saddle. Then we road back into Corvallis via Highland.
65 miles total.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Jaime, Kings Valley, Lewisburg Saddle, Motorcycle
Rode with Carl out past Crescent Valley High School, up Lewisburg Saddle, down along Sulfur Springs Road to the garbage dump then out through old Camp Adair to Independence Highway. We went south along the highway till we met up with Highway 20 which we took back into Corvallis and back to my place. Lots of bugs in the creek bottoms and out by Camp Adair. Really fun on the twisties but maybe I was a bit aggressive for only my second real ride!
30ish miles.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Camp Adair, Carl, Lewisburg Saddle, Motorcycle
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