{"id":11481,"date":"2020-12-19T05:43:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=11481"},"modified":"2020-12-19T05:45:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:45:32","slug":"day-tripping-three-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/12\/19\/day-tripping-three-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Tripping: Three Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Tinfiny Ranch it\u2019s been kind of cool this winter. I haven\u2019t been riding motorcycles much at all lately. Zed, the Z1 Kawasaki, needs its float needles changed as it has developed an intermittent incontinence on the far right carburetor. I have to keep turning off the fuel petcock because I don\u2019t trust the carbs to reliably do their carb thing.<\/p>\n

The Husky is way overdue for a valve adjustment but I have too many other projects apart and going on to hobble my Italian\/Swedish mish-mash motorcycle at the moment. The Husky still runs fine so when Mike, my Eastern Assassin riding buddy texted me photos of his new KTM 390 Adventure bike and said, \u201cThe hell with this cold, lets do a little ride and you can check out my new bike,\u201d I was all over it.<\/p>\n

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Mike rides more dirt than anyone I know. I\u2019ve done thousands of miles of gravel roads with him and I\u2019ve only seen a quarter of the trails he has. His normal trail bike was a 650 BMW single but that bike turned out not so great on rough trails. It\u2019s a heavy, low-slung bike and it tended to fall over a lot. Mike, a reformed street rider, had a Harley Davidson Fat Boy that was gathering dust in his garage so he sold it off and used the proceeds to buy a new KTM 390 Adventure. I\u2019m guessing not many people go from a Fat Boy to a KTM 390. The 390 weighs about 100 pounds less than the 650 BMW and straight-line performance is nearly the same although naturally the 390 spins faster to get the job done.<\/p>\n

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We met up for coffee and potato chips at a little tourist trap on the corner of Three Rivers and Highway 54. The 390 looks great. It\u2019s very light feeling off the kickstand. The bike came with street tires similar to the crappy tires I run on the Husqvarna. The KTM is a bit high in the saddle but its wide seat is actually lower than the Husky seat. My short legs reach the ground about the same on both bikes.<\/p>\n

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We rode towards the Sacramento Mountains ending up at the little Santa Nino de Atocha church. While not a religious man, I like earnest churches and old graveyards. Last time I was here my Kawasaki gas tank sprung a leak and I had to hurry home before I ran out of gas. I didn\u2019t have time to check things out properly.<\/p>\n

The graves at Santa Nino de Atocha are fairly well maintained. It\u2019s a lonely spot but I believe the church still draws a few congregants from the huge ranches situated all the way to the mountains.<\/p>\n

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Poor little Sofia never had much of a chance. As I grow older I realize everyday is a gift.<\/p>\n

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Fancy glass-enclosed Mary (I think, I don\u2019t know my saints)<\/p>\n

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Raiders fan for all eternity.<\/p>\n

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Laser-cut steel cross. Very nice metal work.<\/p>\n

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It gets a little nippy in New Mexico\u2019s winter but the brilliant blue sky warms your soul.<\/p>\n

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Somebody left the sprinkler on and created an ice fantasy over by the church\u2019s RV camping area.<\/p>\n

Mike and I shot the breeze for a while and made grand plans for the rides we will take his new motorcycle on until the temperature started dropping along with the sun. I don\u2019t want to do much night riding anymore so we bundled up and headed back to our little towns on opposite ends of Highway 54 (La Luz and Carrizozo).<\/p>\n

It was only a 100-mile ride but I felt recharged when I got home. Mike has managed to put a thousand miles on the KTM in only a few cold weeks. If I don\u2019t hurry and get back to motorcycles he\u2019ll have the thing worn out before I ride again.<\/p>\n

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Need more Gresh?<\/p>\n

Joe Gresh’s published articles in Motorcyclist<\/em>, Adventure Rider<\/em>, and other pubs are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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You can see all of Joe Gresh’s blogs by clicking on his name in the upper left corner by his avatar (as shown by the red arrow).<\/p>\n

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