Where did you ride today?

Likewise. Short trip to Costco. I got a chance to fully use the Shad SH38X side cases and Shad 58X top box. The side cases collapse to about 25L and the top box to 46L. When expanded, you get 38L in each side case and 58L in the top box.

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I learned a lesson though. The bike was really top heavy and the CG had shifted quite a bit rearward. Almost dropped it. I think if I had, the front end would've come off the ground before the bike pirouetted on its side.
 
Larry Fine said:
I can't imagine why. :unsure: Put the heaviest item on the passenger seat.
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It's called "laziness". New cases. And can it handle something like this? I put a Costco sized box of bird seed in a top case on a scooter years ago and it did just fine. But I suspect the weight was just a tad forward. :D No one said I was smart. I'm just alive for some reason. :D :D :D

I've never had "expandable" cases before. I've always had fixed capacity cases. And with the potential of 38L+38L+58L...what will that do? Well, I found out. :D

Chris
 
I eliminated that problem by adding a trailer. I take that shopping now. Haven't come close to filling it with what I take out of the store yet.
 
All in THC close to home. Rode from Kerrville, TX to Center Point down US 27. Hung a right in Center Point, went through "downtown", picked up bumpy narrow Elm Pass Road and rode that to Bandera Highway. Turned right on to Bandera Highway and rode that a short distance up to 2828. Turned left on to 2828 and rode some nice sweepers. At the end of 2828, I hung a right on Highway 16, went through Medina, and took a beautiful diversion of 9 miles to the end of 2107 and then back to 16. Continued on 16 over the "mountain" with it's horrible washboard road surface. Turned right and zipped down Lower Turtle Creek road with its long curves and then hung a left at the end on to Bandera Highway and came on home.
 
I love going over the Talimena scenic drive - and work it in every time I head to SE OK. (I live in NE OK), so, three or four times a year.

Another thing I like is to haul my xr650l down there and ride all the dirt roads from the top to bottom on either side of the drive as well as the other un-paved roads in the area

Odie1
 
As most of every one knows today was the day I completed 75 revolutions around the Sun. So I decided I needed a Birthday Ride down on some of my favorite Foothills ride areas. I left the house around 07:15 and spent the next 40 minutes dodging sleepy eyed morning commuters and doing some testing of the new law that allows for lane filtering, to get across town to the foothills.. Found out I need more practice before I feel comfortable with lane filtering on my Big Versys 1000.. Turned off of Highway 285 onto South Turkey Creek Canyon Rd. and headed up the canyons on my way to the South Platte River. As I have said many times before I immensely enjoy riding along the South Platte, especially early on a crisp September morning. Enjoying the chill in the shadows of the road and then feeling the warmth as I entered into the rising sunlight again. The smell of the wood burning in the fire places as I passed by the houses in the canyon, and the occasional whiff of bacon and egg aroma filtering across the road. Gotta Love riding Colorado in the early morn. Anyway I want to thank everyone for the gracious Birthday wishes and hope I am around next years for more.
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Here are a few pictures of today ride.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/NLCi8KaLYkyPn6EE9


Stopped at a local Bicycle Rest Area to adjust my heated liner and gloves. Was a bit chilly this morning. No bicycles out today this early.

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Some of the early morning residents along the canyon roads.

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The foliage is starting to change colors along the river.

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Beautiful morning along the river.

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Stopped at the country store at Decker's Corner for a cup of coffee and conversation with the locals.

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More views along the river.

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I hadn't ridden the :bl13: since stopping in Springville, Utah, coming home from WeSTOC (trailering it the rest of the way, so my wife didn't have to drive home in a storm.

So I finally got it out of the garage and washed it, then took a 51 mile ride (through Kanarraville) to get to the gas station. Some freeway, some town but mostly country!

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