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Yermo7 years agoWe'd have to get out fairly early if we wanted to do this loop. If we make good time, we could certainly roll through Ocean City. By that time we're almost home. It'd be the longest single day ride of the year.
- Yermo7 years ago
hmmm. But the question is do you think the K13 final drive is up for that distance? Or should we hold off and do something on the DRs instead?
buffalo7 years agogood question. I can look to see if the final drive is leaking enough to show up on he garage floor.
- buffalo7 years ago
so the question is at what point to worry? the plastic seal cap is moist s is a portion of the outer drive housing, but no drips on the concrete
- Yermo7 years ago
Hmmm. There is doubt. "If there's any doubt, there isn't any." is one of my favorite sayings. Given that we don't know the failure mode of these newer final drives, to my chagrin, I'd suggest we wait to get it fixed before taking a big ride on it.
- buffalo7 years ago
Yep, done. OK, DRs it is. I'll need a chain lube before I go. Down to the cottage and swing west then?
A 352.9 mile day ride on a Suzuki DR650SE seems much longer. We headed across the Potomac 301 bridge from Maryland into Virginia and then South into farm country. It was a day of alternating really good small country roads punctuated by traffic laden urban sprawl. There were several notably good roads. Route 17 North of 66 turned out to be a surprisingly nice ride along hills we had not explored. Further South in the shadow of the small mountain range Skyline Drive winds its way along, we found a number of quite pleasant tree covered country roads that begged further exploration. We've rarely explored either of these areas. We found ourselves pondering how many other roads or notable destinations might be much closer to home than we imagined. Sometimes one doesn't need to travel far away to come across something entirely new ...
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