2018-04-26	196	2.63		74.52	"went to Ritzville, rode around the little city and came back. Cross winds about 10-14mph, beautiful sunny afternoon. Only difference this time was that i purchased some Lucas chain Lube and have used it about three times already. Must have worked!!"
2018-04-27	99	1.15		86.09	"Nice sunny warm day, about 82f. Rode down to Harrison for PIE and they are seasonally closed until May 5th, ratz! Rode some freeway, pulled a pass, rode lots of windy state hwy. Cross wind gusts to 15-18mph. Only used 1.15 gallons on a 99 mile trip, netting me 86MPG and a new personal best!! :{)"
2018-05-07	75	0.86		87.21	"mostly to work, rode to Blanchard once. :{)"
2018-05-12	160	2.11	$3	75.83	"rode to/from work, and made some errands. I did not lube the chain before i left and made a trip over to the Montana border in search for some little mom-pop shops that have some great PIE/Ice Cream! After searching several of the little towns, all to no avail. :{"
2018-05-13	190	2.28	$2.9	83.33	"i lubed the chain, then rode down to Plummer, then over to St Maries for lunch, then over to Calder and back, the over to Harrison and back, then up to Rose Lake and home. Beautiful 81f day, light winds, heavy gusts for about 10 miles."
2018-05-19	176.4	2.11	$2.96	83.6	"couple of trips to work, trip to panhandler pies yeasterday for some delicious ""razzleberry"" PIE/Ice Cream! Then home by the way of Bayview. light winds, beautiful partly sunny day! :{)"
2018-05-19	102.3	1.03	$3.28	99.32	"rode the cda river road, light head wind 51 miles out and slight cross/tail wind 51 miles back. windy river road, 45-50 mph and a new personal best!!! 99.32 MPG!!!"
2018-05-30	165	2	$3.149	82.5	"I installed a new MoTech skid plate, a new 17T primary sprocket and new highway pegs. I mostly rode to/from work, a couple of freeway blasts with lots of spirited acceleration on the new 17T primary sprocket."
2018-05-30	122.8	1.48	$3.149	82.97	"Enjoyed the new 17T primary sprocket and the new highway pegs. Took a ride from Post Falls up SH41 to Oldtown, then east on SH2 to Sandpoint for PIE/Burger, then south on US95 to Silverwood and s/w on Diagonal Rd to Rathdrum and south on SH41 home. Speeds 45-65, mostly 60+. Some wind 20-ish head winds, cross winds. Beautiful day/ride."
2018-06-02	48	0.6	$3.249	80	"Rode from home to Hayden to the Hollis yard sale, then over to Costco, then to Kingston for the test run. got 80 mpg!"
2018-06-02	102	1.04	$3.249	98.08	"Rode the beautiful Cd'A river road. Beautiful day, nice ride, pretty windy, 20+mph head/cross winds, gusty. a little chilly today, glad i grabbed that yardsale sweatshirt for $1"
2018-06-02	145	1.9	$3.149	76.32	"Rode from Kingston to Montana. Stopped in Haugan and DeBorgia. Great ride, chilly but sunny, then Bonsai'd home! got 76 mpg o the freeway pulling both passes, super windy fighting head winds of about 20-30mph, big gusts and had to tuck as much as possible all the way home. What a fight."
2018-06-13	85	1.09		77.98	"mostly to/from work with a few errands. Still bagged 78 MPG, pretty good for the ole' NC700 and giving them little PCX and BabyR's a run for their money!! :{)"
2018-06-19	215	2.7		79.63	"Rode to/from work a few times. Rode up to Nordman, then up to Beaver Creek Camp ground and rode around down by the lake. Stopped for a few pictures. Then rode down to Priest River for a delicious Burger/fries. Then home. Nice ride!"
2018-06-20	127	1.4		90.71	"Sam's first ride with me. We took I-90 from PF to Wolf Lodge, then SH97 south to Harrison for Pie/Ice Cream of course. THen continued south on SH97 to SH3 and on to St Maries where we stopped at My Kitchen Family diner. Then SH3 north to Rose Lake and went west bound on I-90 to SH41 and stopped for fuel. 127 mile trip, and with identical bikes Sam got 79 mpg and i got 91 mpg! Great ride, beautiful day, great friendship! :{)"
2018-06-24	540	6.8	$3.09	79.41	"great trip taking the SH12 Orofino loop. PF to lewiston, to orofino, to lolo pass, to lol mt, then up to Missoula, then west to home. Great 540 mile trip, gusty head/side winds, pulled 3 mountain passes. Great day!"
2018-07-01	446	5.9		75.59	"Great 446 mile ride. Incredibly windy day, 20mph head/cross winds with 30+mph gusts. It was amazing to see nearly every flag straight up as i passed by them! I visited 3 border crossings and found a great little place that has incredibly delicious PIE! :{)"
2018-07-26	228.6	3	$3.03	76.2	"some freeway, mostly to/from work."
2018-07-28	100	1.06	$3.19	94.34	"This was on my fav river rd testing grounds. I rode the Cd'A river Rd again. This time with brand new tires F-120/70/17 and R-150/70/17. I also had my camping clothes/gear loaded in my 46L top box for this trip. I figured i'd gain a little with the taller rear tire and then lose a little with the big 46L top box and be a wash, i guess not. So far i've clocked 99 mpg, 98 mpg and now a respectable 94 mpg! This also included a full throttle pass to get around a land Yacht pulling a 30' travel trailer and a 3 mile side road trip. So, pretty good mpg, i'm happy with it! :{)"
2018-09-09	100	0.994	$3.89	100.6	"I did it, Finally! I installed a smaller rear sprocket from a DCT version of the NC a couple of days prior. It is a 39T sprocket and i hoped would get me that little bump i needed to hit the Century mark!! I rode the beautiful Cd'A River Rd again. This time the weather was a lot colder, blustery with 20-25 mph cross winds and Sunny/partly cloudy with temps in the low 60's. It had rained earlier that morning and the road was wet with puddles. I rode along the beautiful river 50 miles out and 50 miles back keeping my speeds between 50-40mph and tucking at times. I arrived back at the gas station and topped off the tank nursing it to the top and the pump shut off at .994 gallons netting me 100.6 MPG!!! A new personal best!! WhooRahh!! :{)"
2018-10-13	194	2.3	$3.299	84.35	"Rode the Palouse hwy today. Over to Spokane, down #195 to Pullman, over to Moscow. Stopped at Dutch Bro's for a hot coffee to warm up! Then up US95 from Moscow through Tensed, Plummer, Worley and Cd'A. Then I-90 w/b home! Lots of winds blowing nearly every direction. :{)"
2018-10-18	160	1.9		84.21	"cold ride!! :{)"
2018-11-08	210	2.4		87.5	"snuck in a beautiful ride! :{)"
2018-11-20	190	2.2		86.36	"snuck in another ride before putting it away for the winter! Now it's all covered up and ready for the snow! :{"
2019-03-15	205	2.4		85.42	"Dug through 1'-2' of snow and 4""-5"" of ice to get the bike from it's wintery storage and take it for it's first ride of the year. :{)"
2019-03-17	410	5.5	$2.75	74.55	"I made a really nice 410 mile trip today. Rode west out to Ritzville, then south to Tri-Cities. Then i rode east on SH12 to Lewiston along the Lewis & Clark trail. Then from Lewiston north home. Although it was a beautiful sunny/partly cloudy day, it sure was cold with the windchill i was creating! :{)"
2019-04-11	1698	24.3		69.88	"great trip, mostly flying on the freeway 70mph, sometimes 80mph!"
2019-05-16	2612	36.2		72.15	"Made an incredible 2600+ mile trip, covered 6 states- Idaho, Montana, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and back to Idaho. Mostly interstate speeds of 75-85 mph although i did ride many smaller older highways as well! I covered elevations from 700' to 11,017'. I encountered beautiful weather for the most part, sunny, rain, snow and hail! Great ride, the bike performed flawlessly even with the huge load of gear i had attached to it(half my dresser haha)! :{)"
2019-07-01	98	1.07		91.59	"made a quick run to Harrison Idaho for PIE! Huckleberry & Raspberry mix, man it was good! Also had to try out the new 24"" Parabellum windscreen for aero. It worked nice, plenty of air for the 85f sunny day and still pulled down 91-MPG!!"
2019-07-04	2021	23.39		86.4	"Great trip, long trip, so glad to be home! :{)"