Hmm Googled it, and it looks like it would be fun, (found a few pics of upside down jeeps ) maybe a busy spot though? Nice bonus with the KLX = "Street legal vehicles with valid license plates do not need to be registered."

LongmontKLXr or Debby
Do either of you ever get up around the Moffat tunnel, the old rollins pass railbed?

I was exploring up there in 2008.

 

no, last time I was up there it was years ago in my Xterra.

Spend more time riding a little farther south and west (Salida, Grand Junction) in the state, or Utah, because snow doesn't melt in higher elevations around here for another couple months.

RMNP is really nice until the summer crowds hit. That's another plus with the KLX is having a fully street legal bike (vs. "Off High Vehicle") ... can get into any state park easy as any car and ride trails/roads closed to OHV's but open to other motorized travel. Most excellent.

 

Debbie can you tell me the size of those Distanzias on your bike? I'm wondering exactly what the designation is for both tires as I'm having a hard time finding 90/100 for the front and 100/100 for the rear.

 

Yeah I was going to comment on the tires. It just depends on where you ride the most. Those tires are awesome on the blacktop, and will do just fine on dirt roads.......warning watch out for ball bearing gravel roads....they won't do well there and in fact you will find yourself all over the road fishtailing. I'm partial to the Dunlop 606 myself. I'm on my 3rd one. Nice to see ya upgrading some parts. You won't regret the custom work you are doing.

 

Front is a 90/90 and the rear is a 120/80.

deej, how do you like those D606's on pavement? I had them on my KLR650 but they were pretty squirmy in the turns on pavement and I didn't really like them. They'd be ok as a pure dirt tire I suppose.

Debby

 

Unfortunately we are usually part of the "summer crowd" . CO is too far away to do unless the kids are out of school = summer. I know what you mean though. Most of the "summer crowd" has never been there and seen the beauty before, so they don't think twice about stopping and jamming up 20 cars behind them in order to look at a deer along the road to Bear Lake. We try to find the out of the way spots and avoid the crowds. It's not too hard, because if there isn't a nice road to it, and a level, paved path to walk on 80% of the crowd won't bother with it. I do like it down where you like to ride, but haven't had too much time to explore. We have done parts of the Alpine loop from Ouray to Lake City a couple times, but just in the pickem up. I'd like to find some good spots closer to Estes to do some KLX trail riding, and also some moderate 4x4/ forest access roads to do with the fam in the truck.
Any suggestions? Thanks Dan

Alpine Loop

 

I have had the Dunlop 606 on my bike for 60% of the 13,000 miles and I corner hard with my bike. Not once have I slipped in all that time. And some of that was in the rain....yes we get 160 inches a year here.