This thing has mostly been hibernating recently, living life on a battery tender, just comes out for fun stuff and trips. As I had always wanted, the S2000 and the GX get to stay in the garage safe and sound. So glad the ES hybrid joined the family to be a work horse alongside my wife's Honda Fit and my 2003 Bonneville with 254k miles lol
Had a quick camping trip with no real wheeling to escape some heat and camp by the beach at Point Beach in WI. Hauled some wood for a massive fire. Awning gave us a place to hang out during a night time rain storm. No drama.
Did another trip to Gingerman Raceway in MI in it, to spectate a track day and camp for one night. Hauled the bikes on it so the wife and I had a way to cruise around the track. Loaded up with the bikes, coolers, mini fridge and whatever else, the ride sure is plush. Despite their moderately advanced age and over 40k miles, the Wildpeaks sure are doing great for road use. Still surprisingly quiet, no shakes up 85mph and I never honestly go any faster. I think AT4Ws are going to be the next move. I'm kinda stuck between those and the less heavy duty Vredstein Pinzas but the look of the Falkens is so much more badass.
Driver side slider got welded on. It's honestly a mid quality job and I'm not sure I feel good about putting a lot of weight on it. The center leg should have been recessed back a little bit to allow for the bracket the KDSS system sits on. As a result, the slider isn't making full contact to the frame with the rear most leg. Anyways, got it all boogered up and the future plan is to cut out that middle leg and weld everything back up. I've taken a MIG1 course at a local welding shop to me and am taking MIG2 tomorrow. Will be on the look out for cheap welders after that. Still want to try and save my rusty Bonneville. It'll be good practice for when the GX needs some frame patch work. Specifically by the AC drain up front.
UT/AZ/CO trip is likely a dud for this year. Best friend is getting married in October. Maybe I can sneak in a UP or Shawnee sub 1 week trip. Time will tell. I never did get around to the valve cover gaskets but all in due time. Had a failed attempt at trying to get clear rear tail lights from a Chinese seller on eBay. Long story short, just don't.... Lol Even after swapping over everything to the clear housing, I had some real weird stuff going on like all 3 brake lights on full time. Weird, will have to save for a Bell Lexus sale.