Dan, Kyle, and I went on a quick ride along the Coffee Loop. We tacked on some extra by doing Witham Hill as well. According to my computer we did 19.6 miles, I hit a maximum of 40.3 mph, the average speed was 14.8 mph, and it took us about 1:20 to do the whole route. My cycling computer tells me I burned 1050 calories. That should help work off a few of the beer calories from last night’s fun.
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Tags: bicycle, Coffee Loop, Dan D, Kyle, Philomath, Witham Hill
This morning when I woke up I was pretty sick. After a few sudafeds I didn’t feel any better. I couldn’t clear my ears and was feeling pretty rotten. Today I was supposed to drive up to Washington to go diving for the weekend. Not wanting to get everyone sick, I stayed in Corvallis. In the afternoon I was still feeling yucky but I decided it was time to get out and do something. In retrospect it probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do but I jumped on the PC800 and took off to points unknown.
The total ride was about 130 miles. I got gas in Junction City. The bike took 2.88 gallons. The last fill-up was 112.8 miles before. That would give me 39.1 mpg. However, I lost a fair amount of gas to the maintenance I performed over the last month.
Tags: 1989 Honda PC800 Pacific Coast, Albany, Alpine, Belfountain, Chester, Junction City, Monroe, Motorcycle, Philomath
I went on a road ride today to try and remember what it feels like to work out. My course took me through Philomath and back. In total I went about 16 miles.
Today I went on a short ride to try out the new crash guards I bought on Ebay last week. Halfway through the ride I decided to stop at Fred’s Honda in Corvallis to pick up a pair of cheap highway pegs to mount on the guards. They aren’t perfect but they work pretty well. To make them better, I’ll need to pony up the money to get a pair of forward-hanging pegs.
More on the crash guard installation will be posted later.
Distance: 35-ish miles.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Fred's Honda, Motorcycle, Philomath
I went out on a test drive of my freshly-changed oil, and with a tank full of Seafoam, along the Kings Valley Highway. Being late in the day and desiring to get a move on, I didn’t bother calling up anyone else to see if they wanted to ride with me. Hopping on my bike, I took off from Samantha’s house out along Western Boulevard to Highway 20/34 through Philomath. Past Philomath, I took the Highway 233 Kings Valley turn. On an earlier ride with Jaime, we had encountered a very long stretch of road construction. This time, the road was smooth but somewhat slick from the freshly laid down oil and tar. I don’t plan to try that portion of the route again until after a few good rain storms clean things up.
Just before Dallas, I went past a road for Falls City. Looking down the road, it looked well paved and banked but I didn’t turn down it. Maybe next time I’m out that way, I’ll go and visit Falls City.
Going through Dallas, I went straight as I was heading out of town toward 99W where I should have gone left. I ended up crossing the railroad tracks and heading up a hill. All looked fine as it was paved. I thought that perhaps I had stumbled upon a nice little back road to Monmouth. This was the case. However, at the top of the hill, the road turned to gravel. Rather than turn around I kept on going with the hope that the gravel would soon run out. Luck was not with me. After a long and nerve-wracking parade at 25 mph, I ended up on a paved road that dropped down into Monmouth and right onto the northwest edge of the Western Oregon University (WOU) campus.
This was my first time in Monmouth and my first visit to WOU. The campus itself is rather small by comparison to Oregon State University. However, it is very cute and extremely lush. Everywhere everthing was green. It reminded me a lot of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachussetts. I toured around campus on my bike before I headed back out to 99W. The ride back to Corvallis was largely uneventful.
My bike performed like a champ. I didn’t notice much in the way of oil burning this time, either. Perhaps that problem is solved.
My odometer recorded about 73 miles.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Dallas, Falls City, Kings Valley, Monmouth, Motorcycle, Philomath, seafoam, WOU
Rode with Carl. From my house out along 53rd avenue to Highway 20. Turned off on Highway 34 just past Philomath. Turned onto Dekart Road after missing the turn. Something hit Carl in the shin. It most likely was a chrome bullet cover for my license plate holder. Turned south at the end of Dekart road and went to Belfountain where we took a right and rode out until we hit a dead end at an old ramshackled lumber mill. Rode back to Belfountain and then on farther east to 99W. Came up 99W back to Corvallis and home.
50ish miles.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Belfountain, Motorcycle, Philomath
First ride on my bike and first real ride after having taken the Basic Rider Training Course back in May. Carl and I practiced a bit in the parking lot at the grade school next to my house before heading out along 29th to Walunt, around to 53rd, along the back road to Philomath, turning left onto Western Blvd all the way back through campus to 14th to 11th then up to my house. Good ride. Had to really adjust the crap out of the handle bars a couple of times. Couldn’t see out of my mirrors because the bars were a wee bit too low.
15 miles.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Carl, Motorcycle, Philomath
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