VFR Headed Home

Heard from the shop yesterday that the VFR has a bad stator.  It should be done on Friday or Saturday.  Looking forward to having it back again.  I miss the smooth power delivery and lack of vibration compared to the KLR.  I'm planning a trip to Pennsylvania in a month so it will be perfect for a long distance trip.

This weekend some friends and I are going to ride the Trans-Mass Trail so the KLR will still be getting some love.

Surveying Irene

I only had a couple of hours today to ride and managed to get a great one in.  I wanted to see how the reconstruction of Route 2 went and I found a few nice dirt roads to fill in the boring parts.

ADV Ride Report

The KLR might be the perfect motorcycle.  I can ride the daylights out of it on the twisty parts of Route 116 and tackle anything that counts as a road around here.  It allows me to see everything I want to.

Quiet March

A month later and not much is going on.  I spent a lot of time on the VFR, replaced the rectifier/regulator, but it still won't charge the battery.  My friend Doug and I spent a day on it, going through the service manual, but couldn't find the problem.  The bike is now at the dealer.  They've had it for a week and no word yet.

The KLR is running great.  A couple weeks ago I took a day ride to Connecticut and put 275 more miles on it.  It handles the twisty roads pretty well and is fairly comfortable for a day of riding.  It's well sorted out.

Been thinking about replacing the VFR, but not sure with what.  There's a few good sport-touring bikes on my short list.