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Posted by OR Seedman
- July 21, 2018, 18:14:24 PMI only have the 1500...sold the 800 a little while ago...the 1500 is much better in the coastal hills due to much greater torque and hp and it's also more stable for me on the highway....I don't have to down shift at all anymore on the hills...didn't get to go today, though, as I am behind on my research harvest and decided to work this weekend to get everything caught up. I was able to finish everything today and just need to spend tomorrow cleaning up equipment and getting it put back away....
Posted by Tfrank59
- July 19, 2018, 22:13:12 PMyou taking your 800 or 1500? I'd be on my bigger bike, on a long ride with others
Posted by OR Seedman
- July 19, 2018, 21:46:59 PMBeen on a few of early morning short runs around the coastal range, since it has been really hot here lately (90's +).....heading out on a large group ride this Saturday up to Mt. Hood/Government Camp , then down to Hood River in the Columbia Gorge and then back to Portland..then home. Several Drifter riders are going..along with lots of Harleys and some Goldwings....should be great weather in the upper 70's to low 80's. Will post some pics in the rides and places category when over....
Posted by Gregpaulc
- July 17, 2018, 17:37:30 PMHeat index in little rock has been around 108. Bike has not moved in two weeks
Posted by Old Drifter
- July 17, 2018, 12:21:48 PMNot much going on here except for a lot of rain too. 
Went on one ride a couple of weeks ago with two other guys to the Cherohala Skyway, Tellico Plains Tennessee to Robbinsville North Carolina. That's about it.
Posted by rob f
- July 17, 2018, 10:22:40 AMTypical bike forum with lots of activity a few months before riding season and then zip.
Did a 17 day,8000 km epic pilgrimage to the arctic circle ,north of Fairbanks and back in june. Rode in snow, rain, dust storm ,brutal cross winds, and bear, moose, bison on road. Stopped at the bike event in Dawson city ( Dust to Dawn) on Solstice. Came back in one piece and wiser. No place for a Drifter. Roads are crappy to say the least. My 2016 dl650 took a beating. Did see Harleys, goldwings, victorys, lots of dual sports and even a fellow on a Vespa trying to get to Tuktoyaktuk.
Heard good and bad stories about the new road to Tuk. After 5 days at home we hopped on a plane and spent 10 days touring Newfoundland in a car. looks like a cool place to ride a bike. Didn't see many though.
Looking to beef up the jetting in my carb on the 800 as it still is lacking top end power even after switching back to the 17 t sprocket. That is why I was cruising the site today.
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Posted by greenbarn
- July 16, 2018, 21:53:16 PMHot here too, and we've had a lot of rain. Been a man short at work for a few months, and the schedule has been busy - so its been a hectic pace. Finally got a new guy hired a week ago, so starting to get dug out of the hole we've been in. this is the 7th guy I've hired in the last year and a half.... people just dont want to work anymore.
Other than that, just keeping up... not much time to ride or do much else lately.
Posted by Tfrank59
- July 16, 2018, 00:06:13 AMHow is everybody's summer going? For me it's been great I've been riding both bikes everyday really for the last couple of months and today here in the Pacific Northwest it feels like the Sahara Desert or something it's 90-something degrees really too hot to ride. Anyways I know things aren't the same without Ratman but somebody out there give us an update.