04-02-09 Ride Report (208 miles)

John & I left at 9am this morning heading east on the 94 to Lyons Valley Road, took it all the way to the 8, which we headed eastwards to Buckman Springs Road, where we got on the Old Hiway 80 and then we found a trail between Jacuma and Ocotillo (just south of In-Ko-Pah) that was too much fun! Found a couple old gold mines back there, but we were more interested in riding:

The DR650 performed flawlessly. It was like riding my DR350 with much more power! Riding on the roads, freeway, or trails, it just purred along, no straining of the engine; instant power and it feels so light!

I know, the bike is only 3 days old, but the owners manual says not to use more than 1/2 throttle and I never needed more than that for all I did today. Went 208 miles and averaged 54 mile per gallon.  After this trail ride, we went to Acorn Casino and had lunch, then to Sunrise highway, but we stopped to get pictures of the Border fence and windmill generator farm:

John just emailed me the GPS map of our ride today:

No more pictures, but we did explore another trail close to the Laguna Mountain CDF station on Sunrise Hiway. We then proceeded on to Julian and then west to home through Ramona. Great day!