Aw man that’s the worst sorry to hear it! And yep, my license plate was hanging on by a thread or two with one nut and the other nut was somewhere in space probably. thankfully my buddy noticed and had a zip tie. I got new nuts that are retro reflective for the top holes but ever since that day the bottom two mounting holes are held on by zip ties and they have yet to fail me.

Shoot me a reminder if you can! I am notoriously forgetful and will try to post an update but knowing me I’ll completely forget lol. Basically, it’s on the list and i plan to bit i have a whole load of bad ideas to get through first

So you’re saying next I have to distill strawberry bon bons? I swear, my grandpa had an endless supply of werthers and my grandma always had the bon bons lol

Oh I’ll probably end up doing that too! It’s mainly for science and fun, I’ve also distilled flamin’ hot Cheetos so I may have a screw or ten loose up in the head, just something about making liquor/beer/wine from non traditional ingredients gets me fired up and in the mood to brew lol.

I’ll try to let you know! I wanna say Jesse who does Still It on YouTube had good success with something similar so I’m hopeful for sure. Think I’m gonna let it ferment another 2 weeks then distill it and let it sit on small bag of the candies for another 2 if the flavor isn’t where I want it to be. If you don’t see an update and are genuinely curious just tag me if I don’t post an update on it by early August lol

Props to you for riding in sub zero conditions! I haven’t gotten there yet lol. And yeah it’s very much the same bike just with a face lift (not that it’s a bad thing, the cb500 engine is bulletproof)

Gorgeous bike! How are you liking it? I picked one up myself last year and have been having a blast with it lol

Aw man but if I don’t drink the stouts who will!? I can commit to tomorrow through Wednesday (Thursdays going to be a long day lol) but I’m down.

Hell yeah good work! And I get it on the alcohol part, I think when I abstained for a month i dropped like 10 pounds (that I gained back immediately after because summer is still stout season damnit) keep it up friend

Yep. I’m in an apartment with all electric now, but the city had a massive snow storm and power outage that lasted a week 3-4 years ago. 30-40 people died. The roads were so bad it was illegal to try and drive (travel ban) so a lot of people ended up freezing to death. I’m fortunate enough to have both a 23000 btu kerosene heater for emergencies and do a lot of camping so butane stove canisters for days, but all electric still has its downsides.

My thoughts exactly!

You definitely made the right choice with the one you got in my opinion lol. Also damn that dog looks to be living its best life right there, unrelated picture? Yes. appreciated? Absolutely. Doggos are the best

That is one pretty bike!

Ooo I did not. I just got to the trail from the road, I do have a pump in my box to fill it when I get back on the road though. I think I’ll try that when I get back to the trail in a month or so (before I order new tires)

Exactly!

Ooo I’ll have to keep those in mind! Thanks!

We do it not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy. KLRs are such wonderful bikes though

This is why I never and will never wash my bike. The luggage rack is definitely getting fixed though since I quite like it around town lol

Yknow it’d make more sense to not take a 460 pound bike through sketchy shit, but where’s the fun in that? The bikes fine, I just need to design and 3d print a replacement peg for the hard case which broke off lol

Yeah, I think the 80/20 tires would have been fine if the trail was dry, but I’m definitely looking at more aggressive off-road tires next. The trail was basically wet clay. On the plus side that meant no damage to the bike when it took a few dirt naps lol