Do a trail with Mark - Superior, Arizona 1/13/2007
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articulate
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Both! :sombrero:
If someone comes with both radios as well, we'll give him or her the fine distinction of running sweep. Make the others yearn to have a FCC license, too.
If someone comes with both radios as well, we'll give him or her the fine distinction of running sweep. Make the others yearn to have a FCC license, too.
If you have both, it would be kind of nice you brought both. Since it appears P-scott ain't coming, I'd have the only ham radio station on the trail anyway.SOAZ said:
goodtimes
Expedition Poseur
Crap that was a chilly ride home! :bike_rider: (except I wasn't smiling).
What time did we leave the pizza joint? I sat down at home with a cup of hot coffee right at 9:00. The shift lever is a major PItA...I lost count of how many shifts I missed on the way home because of it. The right rear turn signal is bouncing off of the muffler (broken rear fairing), the clutch lever is only long enough to use 2 fingers on it now (despite the Acerbis hand guards I installed yesterday), the fawkin pegs are to far back and to wide (making it difficult to do anything that requires my feet to be on the ground), the rear brake lever is bent, the engine bash plate was, well, bashed, rock rash all over the place, dents in the muffler, and I'm friggin TIRED!
But hey, I didn't get a flat, I didn't break either of the mirrors off, and I was able to ride it home....which thanks to a programmable thermostat, was a nice warm 70 degrees when I walked in.
At least I have a better idea of what I need to do with the bike now that it has seen its first off road trip....good seein' everyone, we'll have to do it again sometime, when it is warmer or when I am in my jeep.
What time did we leave the pizza joint? I sat down at home with a cup of hot coffee right at 9:00. The shift lever is a major PItA...I lost count of how many shifts I missed on the way home because of it. The right rear turn signal is bouncing off of the muffler (broken rear fairing), the clutch lever is only long enough to use 2 fingers on it now (despite the Acerbis hand guards I installed yesterday), the fawkin pegs are to far back and to wide (making it difficult to do anything that requires my feet to be on the ground), the rear brake lever is bent, the engine bash plate was, well, bashed, rock rash all over the place, dents in the muffler, and I'm friggin TIRED!
But hey, I didn't get a flat, I didn't break either of the mirrors off, and I was able to ride it home....which thanks to a programmable thermostat, was a nice warm 70 degrees when I walked in.
At least I have a better idea of what I need to do with the bike now that it has seen its first off road trip....good seein' everyone, we'll have to do it again sometime, when it is warmer or when I am in my jeep.
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kcowyo
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goodtimes said:
How could you not be smiling after hanging out with MFS and Wil all afternoon? Sounds like an aggressive maiden off road voyage you had GT. I'll wait until the days details present themselves.
Speaking of hangovers, is that Seth's truck I see? :lurk:
Oh, and chilly? It was -12F here today dude, kwitcherbitchin.
goodtimes
Expedition Poseur
Chuck, the bike went down several times. The second time involved a basketball sized rock getting up close and personal with the shift lever, which resulted in me heading back to the trail head because I didn't want to get farther into the trail and actually break the lever off. On the way out I found out how bad the suspension really is. I was unable to maintain any sort of speed because I simply could not keep the back tire on the ground. At one point a ledge tossed me literally sideways in the trail...I caught the bike but was unable to get it moving again. There just wasn't enough traction....after a couple attempts of backing down the hill and keeping some momentum while going up...and failing each time, I had to literally push the bike up the hill. It took me a easy 30 minutes (seemed like hours), and I dropped the bike 5 or 10 times in a 50 foot stretch of trail. I can't describe the amount of cussing I did each time I had to balance the bike with one hand while digging soft ball sized rocks out from the front of the tires with the other, just so I could get another foot up the hill. This is where most of the damage was from. Once I got it back onto firm ground, the rest of the trail went pretty well...other than not being able to keep the tire on the ground and being stuck in first gear (shift lever was now wrapped around the exhaust pipe).
The trail wasn't quite as easy as MF'inS described...but it was a damn good way to convince myself that I really need some of the modifications that I have been looking at.. And of course it was a day on the trail, so it wasn't *that* bad.
The trail wasn't quite as easy as MF'inS described...but it was a damn good way to convince myself that I really need some of the modifications that I have been looking at.. And of course it was a day on the trail, so it wasn't *that* bad.
articulate
Expedition Leader
Yeah, uh, sorry about that. I'll admit that the trail was looser, steeper, rockier, etc than I remembered. And the pizza at eduardo's was much cheesier, tastier, and yummier than I remembered. I call it a wash.goodtimes said:
The very end of it will make a nice campsite - You can see the mine south on 177 (Ray Mine), into the bottom of Devil's canyon, and the top of Pinal Peak had snow on it.
Right about now, Seth is huffin' and puffin' in the PF Chang's Marathon while the rest of us are doing this.
Thanks for coming out people. I had fun.
