Went for a drive after work today. The weather has just been so nice lately, I couldn't resist getting out and getting some 4Lo time in with the whole family. Most of BC is thick with forest fire smoke right now, but for some reason our little valley has been clear skies almost entirely through the summer. <fingers crossed>
This pic is at the top of a loose, steep, shale climb that goes on and on forever. I glanced at my temp gauge at the top and was surprised to see it was 3/4 to the hot mark! I've never seen it move beyond operating temp. I guess the H27 doesn't like to chug along at 2000 RPM or less up a 30% grade with little air movement for cooling.
Coming back down, made me wonder why Suzuki didn't put like 2.5:1 low range in the t-case. 1.8:1 just doesn't cut it for mountain wheeling.
Smithers' most prominent feature, Hudson Bay Mountain:
And some other mountain ranges looking due west towards the coast.