Sometimes you spend days planning something...and then some unexpected events change everything.
I guess it's called adventure...
The plan was simple. Take my friend Thomas newish Audi Q7 that has a reported towing capacity of 6600 pounds, which should be plenty enough.
And he was so proud of it...
Tow a trailer and our 3 bikes (KTM950 x2 + BMW 650) and drive up to Alturas to explore the Modoc national forest areas using the Discovery trail.
Everything started smoothly and as you would expect - stuck in the SF traffic...
But we eventually made it to highway 5 and were cruising nicely for hours when all of sudden, with no apparent reason, the check engine and EPC lights came on.
No worries, a quick search on the Internet 3G shows that it could pretty much anything, from a loose gas cap to a faulty engine
We also opened the hood and look under there, but you may be as well looking at a space shuttle.
There is nothing you can do without the VAG/Audi computer....so we kept going.
Nothing would stop us from having fun.
About 20 miles later, just as we are pulling in Redding, the transmission started slipping so bad that we could barely move.
We couldn't go any further so we decided to check in a hotel in Redding and start our motorcycle trip from there instead.
The Audi would be sent to the nearest dealership...in Sacramento.
And we would be stuck in Redding with a trailer and 3 bikes...
We opted for the lower portion of the Discovery trail that goes around Mount Lassen national park.
It was mostly gravel roads, which is where the KTMs are brilliant. They are so much fun it's should be illegal. Drifting every corner.
I guess it's called adventure...
The plan was simple. Take my friend Thomas newish Audi Q7 that has a reported towing capacity of 6600 pounds, which should be plenty enough.
And he was so proud of it...
Tow a trailer and our 3 bikes (KTM950 x2 + BMW 650) and drive up to Alturas to explore the Modoc national forest areas using the Discovery trail.
Everything started smoothly and as you would expect - stuck in the SF traffic...
But we eventually made it to highway 5 and were cruising nicely for hours when all of sudden, with no apparent reason, the check engine and EPC lights came on.
No worries, a quick search on the Internet 3G shows that it could pretty much anything, from a loose gas cap to a faulty engine
We also opened the hood and look under there, but you may be as well looking at a space shuttle.
There is nothing you can do without the VAG/Audi computer....so we kept going.
Nothing would stop us from having fun.
About 20 miles later, just as we are pulling in Redding, the transmission started slipping so bad that we could barely move.
We couldn't go any further so we decided to check in a hotel in Redding and start our motorcycle trip from there instead.
The Audi would be sent to the nearest dealership...in Sacramento.
And we would be stuck in Redding with a trailer and 3 bikes...
We opted for the lower portion of the Discovery trail that goes around Mount Lassen national park.
It was mostly gravel roads, which is where the KTMs are brilliant. They are so much fun it's should be illegal. Drifting every corner.
