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Shots from yesterday's Don Quixote run. Mostly pavement as everything is still saturated from this week's monsoons. Water was all over FM-4 north of Santo. Palo Pinto Lake spillway was overflowing and had Lakeview Rd white capping. North of Graford, we took Barton Chapel to Kinder Mountain Rd for a flyby of the wind farm. That spit us out somewhere on 380 around Bryson. Headed west to Jacksboro and then turned back south to Fort Worth...

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Pic taken in hand. Read that it's the servo motor that control s the focus. Gives a constant vibration . 1.5 year old moto g4 plus. Too new to pitch yet. Just an idea of the roads on this part of the loop. It's the Salavador Dali filter. Ha
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Tourmeister, you will be happy to know I pulled that "rotten tooth" camera module out of my Moto g4 smart phone and replaced it. Pics are back to normal without the"wiggles" as you put it😁. 🤞It holds up but I think the main problem was the shocker and vibration being attached to the handle bars which I will avoid doing from now on. Just putting this out there in case anyone has a similar issue with their smart phone camera
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Seems like it used to focus on closer distances too. This is closest it seems to focus. I know, pretty poor pic but I'm happy I got what I did and didn't destroy my phone during the replacement surgery.
 
Gravel Guy and I rode the Alcoa loop from Thorndale to Lexington and back. Lot of tore up gravel roads by recent heavy rains. Saw some huge hogs and Mark found a rusty crescent wrench in the road. Made in the USA.. I need a new back tire it was a squirrely ride for me and there ain't no body gonna catch Gravel Guy on his home roads. Sand mud and gravel, oh my! I need a new camera phone233618

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Gravel Guy and I rode the Alcoa loop from Thorndale to Lexington and back. Lot of tore up gravel roads by recent heavy rains. Saw some huge hogs and Mark found a rusty crescent wrench in the road. Made in the USA.. I need a new back tire it was a squirrely ride for me and there ain't no body gonna catch Gravel Guy on his home roads. Sand mud and gravel, oh my! I need a new camera phoneView attachment 233618

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That tire looks alittle slick.

I like my shinko 244s on the xr, nice and cheap. I've got atleast 3k on the rear with alot of life left

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Enjoyed my ride this weekend, but got to take time to plan better routes. I don't mind short highway stints, but high speed roads are no fun to me. Can't take in scenery because you MUST stay on highest alert. 65 -70 mph quickly turns into 80+ for the car traffic. Booooooo!
 
synthlegend said:
Just made it back home...too much...about 9.5 hrs in the saddle. Not doing that again!😭😭🤪
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The more you do it, the easier it gets ;-) Of course, a good seat can make a BIG difference! Also, how comfy is your Strom when you stand? I can go for many miles while standing on my GS and it is quite comfy. That helps a lot with the tender tush and sore legs.
 
Bars are a little low when I'm standing. I'm 6'2...simd risers could help that I guess, assuming cables are long enough. Will look at seats after comm system, windshield upgrade, gps and tires.
 
synthlegend said:
Bars are a little low when I'm standing. I'm 6'2...simd risers could help that I guess, assuming cables are long enough. Will look at seats after comm system, windshield upgrade, gps and tires.
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Peg lowers too, only 1 inch however.
 
synthlegend said:
That might be a better option. Won't have to worry bout cables....also I think my knees will feel better after a long ride.
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I bet you can manage with the cables too. Am at 5.11 and I fit ok, but would be nice to have wide pegs and risers. I just Just make do
 
Many bikes can handle risers of about 1-2" before cable really get to be a problem. You might have to reroute the cables near the triple clamps, but usually you don't have to get longer cables. I put 2" risers on both of my R1200 GSs and they still have the stock cables. The risers make a big difference. I've never tried lower pegs. But, I can see that helping as well, especially with the knees. I just wonder about how it makes operating the gear shift and rear brake levers?
 
2" Rox risers on my 12 DL650 & no longer cables or hoses needed. Id bet yours is the same. Dont think Susy spent any money on different bars...upper clamp..or cables n hoses for the newest 650....same ol stuff. Pegs too. Only the seat/luggage rack changed to more closely match the DL1000 seat/rack

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Tourmeister said:
Many bikes can handle risers of about 1-2" before cable really get to be a problem. You might have to reroute the cables near the triple clamps, but usually you don't have to get longer cables. I put 2" risers on both of my R1200 GSs and they still have the stock cables. The risers make a big difference. I've never tried lower pegs. But, I can see that helping as well, especially with the knees. I just wonder about how it makes operating the gear shift and rear brake levers?
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Lowers come in kit with extending and adjustment stuff for the controls. Was no big deal and made a little nicer on the strom
 
Hmmm.....think I will do both and upgrade windshield. This one that's on there is doing absolutely nothing!
 
Mine currently has a Metz Karoo 3 on the front...& a Conti TKC70 rear....
I really like the front...even on the pavement....rear is ok...but not long lasting

In retrospect...I prob shouldve put the set of E 07 Dakars (old style) I had on the Strom...& kept with the Mich Anakee 3s on the Tenere for long mileage on both bikes

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