Bipolar
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Its spring here in Canada's north-west and we are getting some warmer days now. It was 14 degrees here yesterday afternoon.
A person has to be careful as on some of the back roads there can be ice patches in shaded spots. 45 years ago when I was in my teens
me and my riding buddies used to ride our dirt bikes into a couple old town-sites called kitselas and Copper City. It was only around 12 miles
but the road was a dirt trail with a couple big mud holes and a water crossing. Yesterday I rode my KLR to the same spot.
The road has been improved a bit over the years.
We used to park the truck at the top of this hill and unload the dirt bikes.
This is going down the other side. Its a lot steeper that it looks in the picture and very narrow and rough.
The road is still frozen. When it melts the water has no where to go so it make big holes in the road.
There is a layer of greasy sandy mud on top of the frozen road surface. It can be surprisingly slippery in spots.
A sink hole forming in the road. It could close the road completely if its big enough.
Here is one of several ice covered spots in the pass going down.
There were a lot of tense moments. I was really appreciating my heated grips.
That shovel has been hanging in that tree since the 1970s
Once you get through the pass its flat and the road was dry with lots of pot holes.
I got into second gear a couple times.
This is where the water crossing was. There is a single lane bridge now.
This is where we used to cross when the water was low enough.
I remember getting soaked a few times.
I replaced the original tires with a pair of Metzler Karoo 3 tires. They work well in this application.
Lots of steep grades and blind corners.
A person has to be careful as on some of the back roads there can be ice patches in shaded spots. 45 years ago when I was in my teens
me and my riding buddies used to ride our dirt bikes into a couple old town-sites called kitselas and Copper City. It was only around 12 miles
but the road was a dirt trail with a couple big mud holes and a water crossing. Yesterday I rode my KLR to the same spot.
The road has been improved a bit over the years.
We used to park the truck at the top of this hill and unload the dirt bikes.
This is going down the other side. Its a lot steeper that it looks in the picture and very narrow and rough.
The road is still frozen. When it melts the water has no where to go so it make big holes in the road.
There is a layer of greasy sandy mud on top of the frozen road surface. It can be surprisingly slippery in spots.
A sink hole forming in the road. It could close the road completely if its big enough.
Here is one of several ice covered spots in the pass going down.
There were a lot of tense moments. I was really appreciating my heated grips.
That shovel has been hanging in that tree since the 1970s
Once you get through the pass its flat and the road was dry with lots of pot holes.
I got into second gear a couple times.
This is where the water crossing was. There is a single lane bridge now.
This is where we used to cross when the water was low enough.
I remember getting soaked a few times.
I replaced the original tires with a pair of Metzler Karoo 3 tires. They work well in this application.
Lots of steep grades and blind corners.
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