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And the hits keep coming :( Another giant of MX has taken his leave. Mike Bell, a Yamaha rider his entire professional career, passed away yesterday of a possible heart attack while mountain biking. RIP, Mr. Bell... "My first Superbowl of MX: “It was in 1974 at the High School MX exhibition...

I insured my Husky in early March, then went to AAA to take it off non-op status and get new tags. They agreed to take my $142 (for a 13-year-old SM610 :rolleyes) but said I'd have to pay again when the reg became due in May. I decided to wait til the reg notice came in the mail. By that time...

It was 17 years ago that Eric and I first traveled across Nevada to go dirt riding in Utah. At the time, we took HWY 80 and hauled ass in order to get across the boring wasteland. We returned via HWY 50, though, and things were much more interesting. We purchased a Nevada Benchmark Road and...

For the last 5 years I've been pondering how best to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. I was picturing a month off…but what to do with it? Ride to the Dakar Rally? Fly to Iceland and ride/soak/explore? Newfoundland to the West Coast on dirt? I felt the special occasion needed an equally...

Several months before, Eric and I had taken the long way to Portland, and our route purposely took us through the Fremont-Winema National Forest in south central Oregon. The forest was beautiful even though it was early fall, and it beckoned us to stay and explore. We couldn't stay, but we...

My nephew was getting married right outside of Portland and I wanted to go. Eric didn't want to drive, he didn't want to fly, and the thought of slabbing up HWY 5 for hours on end was more than he could bear. My solution? Let's ride up there on dirt! We left before the sun came up… We...

Ahh…nothing but 2 weeks of my favorite things…dirt, desert, hot springs, maps, camping and Eric. No agenda, no real route, no plans. Our only "must do's" were not running out of fuel, and making it to Paso Robles in 2 weeks for a concert which we'd bought tickets for long before our vacation was...

Last Sunday I went dirt riding… At Stonyford… On my 650... With streetyish tires and saddlebags and a cooler on the back… Eric came along, too… It was fun… But it was hot… So we did this… We left Stonyford, and dropped down the hill to Hough Springs…...

Well, last year's ride was a bust (literally) when I broke my ankle on my 52nd birthday out in the eastern Sierra… This year I decided to do something different. A ride from the house down to Pozo via backroads for a few days of moto-camping and dirt action. As usual, though, the weather in...

Hey, everyone! I know it's been awhile since I've posted a ride report. I haven't been riding much since I broke my ankle on my birthday ride in March of last year. in fact, that was my last ride report. Eric busted himself up pretty good on my first real ride back, and that was a 3 month...

For the last few years I've been spending my birthday riding out in the eastern Sierra with some friends. This year would be no different. Well, not exactly… This year we would have David on his Super Tenere and Brendan on his brand new Yamaha FJ-09 with knobbies and hand guards. He had no...

My friend Dave (Arsenalist here on BARF) just picked up a new-to-him Husqvarna TE630 and was wanting to take it out in the dirt and blow some of the rust off of his dormant-for-25-years dirt skills. Figuring it would be a nice day of putting around on dirt roads, David and I agreed to ride out...

Eric and I celebrated his birthday and ushered in the new year at Stonyford. I didn't get too many photos but you can tell the weather was great, even though the trails were mostly dusty. The last sunrise of 2013... A zoomed view from the top of Potato Hill... Putting the new birthday...

Took a little ride a week or so ago. Yeah, I know...it doesn't really belong in Adventure Riding, but this is kind of my home, ya know? I rode a Super Tenere', though, and if that wasn't an Adventure with a capital "A" then I don't know what is. Besides, the photos aren't good enough for the...

The desert is a harsh mistress. Kurt Caselli lost his life 80 miles from the finish of the Baja 1000 tonight. Apparently he hit a small animal and crashed hard, succumbing to head injuries. EDIT: The booby trap rumours were found to be false, thank goodness. Kurt was truly one of the good guys...

As we've done for the last 5 years or so, we spent the Memorial Day week in northwestern Nevada. I was feeling a bit restless, wanting to explore new ground, but we found ourselves in the same old spot anyway. The allure of the desert is too great, and even though there's tons of desert to...

Looking to celebrate 21 years of marriage, Eric and I decided to take a little ride up to Stonyford for the weekend. We wanted to get out of the cool city and enjoy the crazy summer heat going on up there. We packed up the "big" bikes...his KTM 950ADV and my Husky Terra 650...and split our way...

Eric and I were free last weekend so we made hasty plans to ride up in the Sierra, staging out of our friend David's house in Pioneer. I tried to round up a few BARF'ers but nobody wanted to ride with me :x The only one I was able to talk into it was Eldrick (SRAD600) on his 450 Husky. Our...

Eric and I were fortunate enough to get a very impromptu 2 weeks off in April. We didn't even have to discuss what to do with such a delicious chunk of time. We loaded up the van, trailered the 610's and headed east towards Utah. Nothing better than a road trip! We spent the night in...

50 years old. Fifty...1/2 a century...the Big 5-0... I'd been really looking forward to turning 50 for the last few years. I don't know why, it's not necessarily something to be proud of, I just thought it sounded good. My 49th year was pretty rockin', I'm happier and healthier than I've...