Later this month I'll be spending a week at a lodge in the Klamath National Forest with my 2012 DS ZF6. Each day I will ride from the lodge at 1200 feet elevation up dirt fire roads to elevations of 7,000 to 8,000 feet and then back down to the lodge. It will be interesting to see how low I can go on my battery going up, counting on not using much going back down. I'll start in the beginning of the week being pretty conservative and then getting bolder as I gain knowledge from the previous rides. I'll be doing a different road each day and enjoying the fantastic views from the tops of the ridges.
The key to my truck will be at the lodge and I will be carrying one of their sat phones. They have agreed to a rescue if needed
Another interesting aspect of this week is that the lodge is
completely off the grid. He gets a small amount of power from a spring fed hydro system stored in 24v batteries and using a 4300 watt inverter. Then he supplements his power during the evening high usage period from a Diesel generator. He has given me the green light for recharging my bike after each day's ride but I will also have my 1600 W inverter type gas generator with me as a backup, in case his diesel doesn't run long enough some evenings.
I'll add my experiences with the rides to this post when I get back.
Trikester