A Day trip to Joshua Tree National Park with Motorcycle...

[BusyWeb]

Hello, there.

Here is my sharing for the day trip to Joshua Tree National Park with motorcycle.
It's hard to visit all the parts in the park in a day, so I took my favorite road side journey.
As coming Monday is part of holiday, all the campground were full.. ha ha ha
I could see Green Joshua Tree in this trip luckyly.

[youtube:25dym6ex]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyoqBEf-jrw[/youtube:25dym6ex]

Thanks

[alanmcorcoran]

Busy! Is this your first repeat? I could swear you been there before!

(Today was a good day to go, what with the weather being so spring like.)

[Moedad]

Good job Busy! I love Joshua Tree!

Do you know what the temps were coming back on Interstate 10 past Palm Springs? Today might've been one of those days it was warmer here than there.

[BusyWeb]

Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran

Busy! Is this your first repeat? I could swear you been there before!

(Today was a good day to go, what with the weather being so spring like.)

No, one of many repeat riding.
At the Joshua Tree, I didn't have HD version of video clips; so I decided to to go again.
Wished little traffic, but many tourist and trailers.
However, no winds at all, even wind mill turbines were stopped >> could enjoy some speed at the Fwy. 10. ha ha ha
Anyway, it was very nice weather condition for the ride.

[BusyWeb]

Originally Posted by Moedad

Good job Busy! I love Joshua Tree!

Do you know what the temps were coming back on Interstate 10 past Palm Springs? Today might've been one of those days it was warmer here than there.

Hi, Mr. Moedad.
Temp. of yesterday was just perfect; no wind, not hot as altitude was high so no need to have cold drink at all.
Today, I got up late so decided to stay at home and fun with video editing.
How about you, any ride today?

[Water Warrior 2]

I could sure use a good day's riding about now in those conditions. It was a good day to ride here weatherwise but not safety wise with the Games going on. We will not be riding till after the games are finished and everyone goes home.

[Moedad]

Originally Posted by BusyWeb

I went for a short ride to try out my bike after installing a fork brace and some Progressive shocks, but I didn't have time to be gone very long. Sure would've like to head up to the mountains but I bet it was really crowded on the good roads this weekend.

[BusyWeb]

Originally Posted by Moedad

I went for a short ride to try out my bike after installing a fork brace and some Progressive shocks,

Did you install the fork brace and shocks by yourself?
I really want to have some hard-core bike maintences... and might very fun and learning...

[Water Warrior 2]

A fork brace is easy to install. I have one on the Vstrom and it does make a big difference in wind and on rain grooves. You might want to contact Blair at SV Racing in Blaine Wash.

[Moedad]

Originally Posted by BusyWeb

Did you install the fork brace and shocks by yourself?
I really want to have some hard-core bike maintences... and might very fun and learning...

Yes. Actually the shocks were easier to install than the fork brace because there's a brake line bracket right in the way of installing the back half of the brace. You can see it on the backside of the fork in this picture.

I figured I'd just take the fender bolt all the way out, slide the bracket out, reinstall the fender bolt, and then put the brace on. The brace has a little clip to secure the brake line, so I wasn't concerned about not having the bracket. The bracket seemed frozen in place, however, and rather than scratch up my fender trying to get it out, I "adjusted" (as in bent) the bracket so I could get the back half of the brace in between the bracket and the fork. Then it took a long time to get the fork, bracket and fender threads all lined up (because I bent it, you think? :biggrin: ) to put the bolt back in. After that the shocks were a piece of cake.