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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, GA
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Wanted to give this a bump and see if anyone wanted to put together a ride in Late February or early March. The weather has been great, and is projected to stay that way. Anyone interested in doing a ride somewhere? We can do the trusty Wickenburg standby, or try somewhere new. Anyone?
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#288 |
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, GA
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Good to know! That's one in so far! Do you have someone interested in coming along to drive the recovery vehicle? Or would you skip riding to drive support?
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Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Peoria, AZ
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I was thinking more that if we need to go back and get it, we could. It's a Rubicon Gladiator, easy to deal with the trail. Don't have someone who would want to drive along though.
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Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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#291 |
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, GA
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Thanks for the update, Alex. A good ride is always a good excuse to buy new things/equipment! Ok, so that's two so far, plus me, and TJ will probably want to come out for a ride again. Who else wants to jump in?
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First Rule of Aviation: -Never Pass Up The Opportunity to Pee I was struggling to get my wife's attention; I sat down on the couch and looked comfortable. That did the trick! My wife says I only have two faults. I don't listen and something else... If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way I told you to... The Stable: 2005 Yamaha V-Star 650 - SOLD 2015 Suzuki DR 650 2015 RPS Hawk 250 - SOLD 2016 Ural Gear Up |
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Tucson
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Well I got a new (to me) carb for the Champion,
Seems to be doing fine, at least it did fine putting 450mi on the bike in a day, So yeah, I guess I'm in, And I might actually be able at least to make it to the starting point this time. |
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#293 |
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, GA
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Ok. So anybody have a preference on when we do this, and where we’ll be headed?
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First Rule of Aviation: -Never Pass Up The Opportunity to Pee I was struggling to get my wife's attention; I sat down on the couch and looked comfortable. That did the trick! My wife says I only have two faults. I don't listen and something else... If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way I told you to... The Stable: 2005 Yamaha V-Star 650 - SOLD 2015 Suzuki DR 650 2015 RPS Hawk 250 - SOLD 2016 Ural Gear Up |
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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I could drive a back-up vehicle. I would probably rather not take the Impreza on such an adventure again...
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#295 |
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, GA
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Thanks, Culcune. Let's see how this shakes out. The Impreza was a beast when you took it, but yeah, not thinking it would like a second round.
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Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Peoria, AZ
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My timeframe is pretty open. I know that doesn't help in nailing down a specific time, but others may have more constraints. For the next two weekends I will be getting our food gardens ready to grow, but after that, no plans. Perhaps first weekend of March? Outside of something weird, the weather is typically great for riding.
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#297 |
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, GA
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::BUMP:: No word back from MusicTrek. Hope he's ok. If I don't hear something this week, how would everyone feel about making plans to do a ride somewhere other than Wickenburg? I have no idea where yet, but I'm certainly open to any suggestions.
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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With the heat still permeating around here, combined with, surprisingly LOTS of humidity (all of July and August--stormy-like weather) and the past few days quite a large storm thanks to the remnants of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Nora making its way north as far north as Colorado, should we start thinking of the twice done ride? Emerikol has moved away, and I have not seen Music Trek on here for a while (he started the ride in the first place), but is anyone else interested in a ride when the weather gets cooler; say November? I have actually found a Chinese bike on Riders Share rentals--a Bashan Storm, in the Phoenix area, and I would like to reserve it if we can get enough people interested to justify renting it. I was thinking a possibility is to head a bit west and try to get to a part of the Arizona Peace Trail which crosses I 10 somewhere in the middle of nowhere in La Paz County, as well as crosses the 60 not too far north. The issue I see is riding Chinese dual-sports for miles on, say the 60, to get to the trail. We could look into a couple of other rides, or if we can remember the route, Surprise to Wickenburg. I will ask on the Facebook group as well as there were a few Phoenix-area riders interested in meeting up for rides over the past several months and were pleasantly surprised when I mentioned the Surprise to Wickenburg route for Chinese dual-sports.
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#299 |
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, GA
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, GA
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Culcune, Here's a bike you might be interested in. I could pick it up here in GA, get it running, and then ship it off to you. As much as I would like to do this ride again, I'm afraid I'm going to have to tap out. I don't have the ability to leave everything here long enough to ride out there, do the ride, and then ride back. They were certainly fun rides, though!
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