Adventure riding short rides and BS thread

Eric B

Eric B

Know-it-none
SFMCjohn said:
+1! :ride

... some gnarly rock crawling on Fordyce Jeep trail ...
looks like you were on the right bike ... do you carry gas?

... love seeing those trials bikes
the guys in ID modify for trail riding ... :party
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I carried gas, but did not need it. I'm guessing I did only about 15 miles.
An old ADV rider thread about a guy exploring in Idaho, on a trials bike, was the spark for me. The technical stuff is fun, and the speed is about right for me.
Exploring.
 
SFMCjohn

SFMCjohn

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ThumperX said:
If I could justify it I'd run up to Petaluma today and purchase a GasGas Contact.
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2017 Gas Gas Contact 250: FIRST TEST
"And now for something completely different—a trials bike with a (real) seat"

:laughing

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... so awesome! :party
 
S

seldredg

Seasoned
Planning a trip on the UTBDR this fall. Last week I did a short camping trip to test bike with load and rider with bike. Rode from La Honda, CA south to Hollister OHV park, then over on La Gloria Rd and Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to Pacific Coast Highway and north back to La Honda.


Short YouTube of trip:

https://youtu.be/pyvp9vN7ntA
 
Cabrito

Cabrito

cabrón
Bowman redux

Back to Bowman area on the DRZ and XR4 last Saturday for a day ride.

First is the Dry Creek Crossing..


Ok, not really like that, but I started out at the dry creek crossing by doing this..


Back on the road to Bowman..


The bikes at Bowman


We rode down to Jackson Meadows Reservoir and hooked down Henness Pass Road to a quick break at Milton reservoir


Some nice camping spots at Milton
 
Cabrito

Cabrito

cabrón
More Bowman

After having a snack we found a fun loop back.

A lot to explore up there. Some of the roads are nice like this -



But a lot are nice like this -






The road past Bowman is really pretty.


We almost made it back to the truck when my XR4 suddenly lost power and I could only get about 1/8 throttle before it bogged and died. I managed to limp it about 8 miles back to the truck. When I got home I contacted my XR4 support network and when I looked in the bowl I found this.





Time for a carb cleaning..

Can't wait to get back up there for some more exploring.
 
ThumperX

ThumperX

Well-known member
I hear you on that Tami. I was going over pictures in our Sierra's tour. Man I took that old ATK into some inapproriate places on that trip.
 
Eric B

Eric B

Know-it-none
Great pics Mike! There is a fire lookout in that area(Grouse Ridge) that I want to check out. Who wants to go?
 
Cabrito

Cabrito

cabrón
Eric B said:
Great pics Mike! There is a fire lookout in that area(Grouse Ridge) that I want to check out. Who wants to go?
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I wanna go! It’s not far, It’ll be fun... Grouse Ridge loops over to Sawmill Lake a few miles past Bowman Lake.. so much to explore up there..
 
SFMCjohn

SFMCjohn

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... some adventure bike progress ... :rolleyes

klrchaos.jpg


... kritical mass of KLR karnage and chaos ... lost keys,
rescue-parts-bike with rumored trashed bottom end
(thanks James & Chris!) and a top-end ... :nchantr

klra.jpg


klrheadcams.jpg


klrvalves.jpg


... plans ... I got 'em ... hoping to get a suitable
bike together for Labor Day and maybe the
Grand Canyon or just head east into Nevada
and then hit the BARF Hawthorne Rally on the
way home ... :laughing

... goal is to slog to the garage again tonight
and remove the old cylinder and piston in
the dark using my headlamp ... :party
 
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