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- Rich
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- Simmons
Went here this weekend with some fellow TWT'ers to do some dual sporting:
http://www.ozarkdualsport.com/
Our little group from Texas, included. 3 KLR's, 2 TW200's and 2 GS650's.
Linda went with me. We visited 3 Winery's on the way up near Altus, Arkansas, and Linda went antique shopping with a buddy of mine's wife during the day.
The fall colors were bad this year. It hasn't been cold enough up there yet.
The riding was great both on the blacktop and on the dirt roads. I am amazed at how well the KLR handles on blacktop with knobbies on it.
Our hotel in Clarksville was at about 400 feet. Most of the riding we did was between 1800 and 2500 feet. You could ride for years up there and never hit all of the dirt roads and 4 -wheeler trails. There were about 75 riders this year and it looked like everyone was having a great ride. I had just under 300 miles for 2 days of riding. Unlike riding in Texas, there were no bump gates, regular gates or fences that needed to be opened and closed. Just miles and miles of dirt roads and 4- wheeler trails with great scenery.
I picked a bad line through a mud hole on Friday. From the looks of the aftermath, it looks like it was almost disasterous. I knew the mud hole was deep because I almost got stuck and the muffler was under water coming out of the mud hole. Glad I had full knobbies on.
When I was servicing the bike and changing the wheels out when we got home, I found a mess in the airbox. I forgot to take a picture of the air filter, but it had so much mud on it that I am surprised the bike still ran. Both drains in the air box were clogged with dried mud, which meant one more deep mud hole or water crossing and I probably would have filled the motor with water. That said, the bike never missed a beat all weekend.
Air box photo:
For a slide show of all the photos:
http://rides.webshots.com/slideshow/561211708EodkbN
Also click on the link below, then click "HYBRID", then zoom out to get an idea of the geography of the land.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=catal...osoft:en-US&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl
I can't speak for everyone else, but I had a great time again this year. Mr. Lemke does a great job with organizing a "non-event".
I would highly recommend this area for anyone looking to do some dual sporting or street riding.
http://www.ozarkdualsport.com/
Our little group from Texas, included. 3 KLR's, 2 TW200's and 2 GS650's.
Linda went with me. We visited 3 Winery's on the way up near Altus, Arkansas, and Linda went antique shopping with a buddy of mine's wife during the day.
The fall colors were bad this year. It hasn't been cold enough up there yet.
The riding was great both on the blacktop and on the dirt roads. I am amazed at how well the KLR handles on blacktop with knobbies on it.
Our hotel in Clarksville was at about 400 feet. Most of the riding we did was between 1800 and 2500 feet. You could ride for years up there and never hit all of the dirt roads and 4 -wheeler trails. There were about 75 riders this year and it looked like everyone was having a great ride. I had just under 300 miles for 2 days of riding. Unlike riding in Texas, there were no bump gates, regular gates or fences that needed to be opened and closed. Just miles and miles of dirt roads and 4- wheeler trails with great scenery.
I picked a bad line through a mud hole on Friday. From the looks of the aftermath, it looks like it was almost disasterous. I knew the mud hole was deep because I almost got stuck and the muffler was under water coming out of the mud hole. Glad I had full knobbies on.
When I was servicing the bike and changing the wheels out when we got home, I found a mess in the airbox. I forgot to take a picture of the air filter, but it had so much mud on it that I am surprised the bike still ran. Both drains in the air box were clogged with dried mud, which meant one more deep mud hole or water crossing and I probably would have filled the motor with water. That said, the bike never missed a beat all weekend.
Air box photo:
For a slide show of all the photos:
http://rides.webshots.com/slideshow/561211708EodkbN
Also click on the link below, then click "HYBRID", then zoom out to get an idea of the geography of the land.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=catal...osoft:en-US&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl
I can't speak for everyone else, but I had a great time again this year. Mr. Lemke does a great job with organizing a "non-event".
I would highly recommend this area for anyone looking to do some dual sporting or street riding.