Day 6.2

After arriving at the cliff dwelling information center and getting a little education we went to saddle up and I noticed cords showing all around my rear tire which had 7,900 miles on it. We were 44 miles from town on a very winding road, which may have been a good thing seeing as how the edges had plenty of rubber. So I dialed the throttle response to the RAIN setting and the suspension to COMFORT. I also brought up the tire pressure readings to the display and we headed back to town. Once in town I couldn't find a motorcycle shop on my GPS so Steve pulled out his BMW Anonymous book and I called a rider listed in Silver City. He was out of town riding with 9 other guys but was able to direct me to the only bike shop in town. Even though they specialized in ATVs they had a 180/55 ZR 17 no name sport tire in stock. Although a tad smaller than stock I took it and $134 and 45 minutes later we were back on the road. A burger, some Walmart shopping and back to the KOA for the evening.

Day 6

We slept in a little (at least I did). We then made some instant oatmeal and decided to ride around the local area today. Out side of town is a large open pit copper mine that goes back to the Spaniard occupation of this part of the country. Then it was on to some cliff dwellings.