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Madison WI to Porcupine Mountain State Park

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15 May 2010 05:01 #368071 by DoubleDub
I'm heading out in about half an hour to start my trip to the Porcupine Mountain State Park from the Madison, WI area. The trips looks to be about 650 miles round trip with a day in between the to/from to add some additional miles. We're packing a tent and sleeping bags and planning on braving the bears...

The route we're planning on taking is all two-lane state highways or smaller and follows this route, although it's always subject to change:

maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ms...1b43de090db02c9f&z=7

Wish me luck - they had a frost advisory this morning up there...should be nice and crisp camping...

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15 May 2010 06:22 #368083 by Old Man Rock
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Road trip pictures are a must.... ;)

1976 KZ900-A4
MTC 1075cc.
Camshafts: Kawi GPZ-1100 .375 lift
Head: P&P via Larry Cavanaugh
ZX636 suspension
MIKUNI, RS-34'S...
Kerker 4-1, 1.5" comp baffle.
Dyna-S E.I.
Earls 10 row Oil Cooler
Acewell 2802 Series Speedo/Tach
Innovate LC1 Wideband 02 AFR meter

Phoenix, Az

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15 May 2010 07:34 #368090 by Mcdroid
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I like the UP...post pictures if you can.

Michael
Victoria, Texas

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1977 KZ1000A
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1975 Z2A

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18 May 2010 07:08 #368706 by DoubleDub
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Ride was a great success! No major mechanical failures and having the "mule" as a second bike made my ride much more enjoyable.

We didn't get all the way up to Copper Harbor on the second day, voting to stop and take a long break for a movie at Houghton (sore ass syndrome, I believe it's called).

My seat foam is definitely not broken in yet, that's for sure.

My clutch is starting to slip worse until it gets warmed up so I'm not going to be riding anymore until I get that taken care of. I also need to check my float heights and go over the carbs once more as there was definitely a rich smell at lower speeds and I was only getting 35-37 mpg.

We found a great little area near Marenisco, MI with some fun little roads on it.

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18 May 2010 07:14 #368710 by DoubleDub
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18 May 2010 07:14 #368711 by DoubleDub
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18 May 2010 07:14 #368712 by DoubleDub
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18 May 2010 07:15 #368713 by DoubleDub
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18 May 2010 07:15 #368714 by DoubleDub
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Identities have been masked to protect the innocent...

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18 May 2010 07:16 #368715 by DoubleDub
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