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dpippin:
Bob
Just curious on tire wear on yo're 6000 mile trip.
I have a Tracer GT and usually get around 4000 miles on a set of tires

Dougt

NinjaBob:

--- Quote from: dpippin on September 13, 2023, 07:01:05 AM ---Bob
Just curious on tire wear on yo're 6000 mile trip.
I have a Tracer GT and usually get around 4000 miles on a set of tires

Dougt
--- End quote ---
Doug,  before the trip I had just over 5000 on the OEM Bridgestone T32s and they looked only about half done. I hate to change tires with that much tread left but I did, to Dunlop Road Smart 3s.
Now at 6200 miles on the Dunlops they too look only about half worn. Of course we know looking half worn does not mean they will last another 6  or even 3 thousand as tires seem to wear faster as the tread gets thinner.  But I am definetely getting significantly more than 4000. 

tunerider335:
Bob, glad to relive the ride again.  Definitely many lifetime memories with a great group of riders.  Keep them coming!  Glad you are here to document it!

Beautiful sunflowers!


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NinjaBob:
Thanks Scott, was great sharing the ride with you. Thanks for contributing the picture!

NinjaBob:
Our wildfire avoidance route took us on US 2 through Snoqualnie and Wenatchee National Forests and along the Wenatchee River and back on another stretch of the Columbia River. We turned off of US 2 at Coulee City onto WA 155 for our final leg to Gand Coulee population 972, next to the Grand Coulee Dam.
We had a pleasant stay at Trail West, a small but nice mom & pop motel.

Sunday August 20 was a 350 mile ride to Hungry Horse, Montana. Although the highway into Grand Coulee was mostly flat and straight our road out of town took us up a winding trail up the mountain. I was not ready for major twisties first thing in the morning! But the Tracer's tires felt good on the smooth pavement and I soon got into the zone. Old Coulee Hill Road soon fed back into WA 174 and we were soon back on US 2 but we soon reached Spokane and got on I-90. We were soon back in Idaho and passing through Coeur D'Alene and Coeur D'Alene  National Forest. After crossing into Montana we exited I-90 at St. Regis and rode state roads 135, 200, 382 and 28 and once again US 2 for the final leg to Hungry Horse and our motel the Mini Golden Inns Motel.

Hungry Horse, population 828,  is another Dam town, established to house workers that built the Hungry Horse dam, completed in 1953. The original town name was Damtown but  later changed to Hungry Horse. The name comes from a local legend about two horses that escaped and almost starved to death in deep snow.

A cute little town but not really photogenic. This is my only photo. I observed the warning and took appropriate action.

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