{"id":1076,"date":"2016-02-02T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2016-02-02T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T20:30:59","slug":"moto-adventure-on-the-oregon-coos-bay-wagon-road-pg-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/?p=1076","title":{"rendered":"Moto Adventure on the Oregon Coos Bay Wagon Road (pg. 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Moto Adventure on the Oregon Coos Bay Wagon Road <em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/?p=1073\">back to page 1<\/a>)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">We continue on the Coos Bay Wagon Road. \u00a0I&#8217;m riding a KLR 650 New Edition. \u00a0My GPS is always on. It&#8217;s easier for me to avoid wrong turns and to stay on track when I have my GPS mounted on my handlebar. \u00a0I use it on all my trips and you can read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/?p=486\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. \u00a0But definitely take along your trusty paper maps, especially when travelling off the beaten path.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><em>The Corner Store at Fairview, it&#8217;s at the cross roads that goes to Coquille, OR<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/020216_1947_MotoAdventu9.jpg?w=1112\" alt=\"\" \/><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- MobileBanner --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 320px; height: 50px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6285927694059883\" data-ad-slot=\"4268238457\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<em>Heading east out of Sitkum<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/020216_1947_MotoAdventu10.jpg?w=1112\" alt=\"\" \/><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- MobileBanner --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 320px; height: 50px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6285927694059883\" data-ad-slot=\"4268238457\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><em>It turns to dirt again, heading over the hills toward Lookingglass<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/020216_1947_MotoAdventu11.jpg?w=1112\" alt=\"\" \/><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- MobileBanner --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 320px; height: 50px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6285927694059883\" data-ad-slot=\"4268238457\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">You can stop along the Coquille river in many areas. I stop and treat myself to a snack next to one of the waterfalls. Don&#8217;t hurry or you&#8217;ll miss more than you&#8217;ll see.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><em>This waterfall is an excellent wayside stop<\/em><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/020216_1947_MotoAdventu12.jpg?w=1112\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- MobileBanner --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 320px; height: 50px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6285927694059883\" data-ad-slot=\"4268238457\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><em>In the valley is Lookingglass, OR<\/em><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/020216_1947_MotoAdventu13.jpg?w=1112\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The KLR 650 has 42 horses on tap, and I can live with that. It likes to be in the middle. Not too fast, not too slow, not all on pavement, and not all on dirt. It&#8217;s actually perfectly suited to this twisty adventure. The wagon road includes a couple of low passes, about 25 miles of nicely graded dirt roads; but mostly it&#8217;s smooth country pavement connecting the major townships. Lookingglass is the end of the Coos Bay Wagon Road. It&#8217;s been 2 hours and I still have \u00be tank of fuel. I&#8217;m ready to explore more and I&#8217;m only 10 miles from the Interstate. Yet, who wants to ride the Interstate? Not me\u2026 not when you can literally go in any direction from here and find yourself on exceptionally fun motorcycle pavement!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<em>The Lookingglass Store seems to always have motorcycles closeby\u2026<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/020216_1947_MotoAdventu14.jpg?w=1112\" alt=\"\" \/><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- MobileBanner --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 320px; height: 50px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6285927694059883\" data-ad-slot=\"4268238457\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><em>The area motorcycle roads and the accompanying views are simply amazing<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/020216_1947_MotoAdventu15.jpg?w=1112\" alt=\"\" \/><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- MobileBanner --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 320px; height: 50px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6285927694059883\" data-ad-slot=\"4268238457\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">This ride was amazing; but it was my first major ride on the KLR650. The big question on my mind was if the KLR New Edition stock suspension was enough of an upgrade from previous models. The KLR is outfitted with two panniers, a top case, USB plug ins, heated gear outlets. I have a large dry bag strapped to the seat weighing about 30 additional pounds. My weight is about 190 lbs with gear. I have lots of experience on dirt riding both off-road only and Enduro bikes. On pavement, the rear seems a bit weak. It doesn&#8217;t cause any issues though. But as I hit the dirt portions, I realize that the 2014 KLR 650 New Edition suspension is really not quite up to the task. And that&#8217;s being generous. The forks weren&#8217;t all that bad, yet I&#8217;ll be doing a rear spring upgrade before my next ride. I&#8217;ve already ordered the 6.7 lb. spring and installation kit. You can do a full shock upgrade, but my plan is to do any changes incrementally. I&#8217;m almost expecting to need front springs too, but I&#8217;m hoping the New Edition front springs are sufficient. Crossing my fingers and will report back after upgrades. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Thanks for riding along!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MF-Logo-TM.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1046\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/?attachment_id=1046\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MF-Logo-TM.jpg?fit=716%2C86&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"716,86\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MF-Logo-TM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MF-Logo-TM.jpg?fit=716%2C86&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1046\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MF-Logo-TM.jpg?resize=225%2C27\" alt=\"MF-Logo-TM\" width=\"225\" height=\"27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MF-Logo-TM.jpg?w=716&amp;ssl=1 716w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MF-Logo-TM.jpg?resize=300%2C36&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MF-Logo-TM.jpg?resize=436%2C52&amp;ssl=1 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back to page 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moto Adventure on the Oregon Coos Bay Wagon Road (back to page 1) &nbsp; We continue on the Coos Bay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[159,212,216,211,214,215,14,217,213],"class_list":["post-1076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new","tag-adventure","tag-coos-bay","tag-hwy-101","tag-hwy-42","tag-klr","tag-offroad","tag-oregon","tag-pch","tag-wagon-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.motoforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/020216_1947_MotoAdventu13.jpg?fit=778%2C403&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1086,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions\/1086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motoforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}