tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36190625433278613032024-03-21T11:06:40.865-07:00 Ride Colorado - COBDRAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-2820325417909752932014-05-30T13:49:00.001-07:002014-05-30T13:53:05.344-07:00CA-AZ-UTAs you can see our COBDR turned out never to touch Colorado at all.<div><br></div><div>The plan to ride Colorado was less important to the group than the time we would eventually have together out on an adventure. Our planned time of year was more a part of each individuals time off of work needed to complete an adventure of this length, so postponing to a time of year that the Colorado back country would be open, just did not seem reasonable.</div><div><br></div><div>The adventure we had as a group was excellent, the scenery we experienced brought proportion to just how small we are when compaired to our suroundings, and we all returned with a new apparition of Utah and parts of Arazona.</div><div><br></div><div>Riding through Monument Valley, I was un-impressed but the ride through the Valley of the Gods was absolutely amazing, a planned camp there would be a great idea.</div><div><br></div><div>Camping on the edge of the Grand Cayon, I'm speechless just trying to describe the amazing beauty of it, (find a way to do this once in your life) as it seemed we were the only soles in a 100 miles, left to enjoy such an amazing spot all on our own!.... Wow</div><div><br></div><div>The one photo I feel sets the tone of the trip is this.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNjoJYU0BSjJRYE9ZMOq8wMY4xPehHlD2SshQ5cdmU7LgzmuCk4CZzmiWPAr50PderNGh9V86kygTjT0QB1v7hyphenhyphen3gKofxchil5BnmiTWIgbSaiE5uoGNo2Lssssfcje-K6-HB6i0d_7Q/s640/blogger-image--1104578630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNjoJYU0BSjJRYE9ZMOq8wMY4xPehHlD2SshQ5cdmU7LgzmuCk4CZzmiWPAr50PderNGh9V86kygTjT0QB1v7hyphenhyphen3gKofxchil5BnmiTWIgbSaiE5uoGNo2Lssssfcje-K6-HB6i0d_7Q/s640/blogger-image--1104578630.jpg"></a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Our tents are tethered to the motorcycles to keep them and us from blowing off in to the depths below, (some vary strong winds) helps you understand a shaird dependency between man and machine, our friends and our motorcycles all made this trip a grand adventure, for all to remember.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-43641736137150601602014-05-29T17:40:00.001-07:002014-06-08T20:22:55.794-07:00Post trip tire test (results)HIn the end we got to test three adventure tires, rated by most as the best in class tires for adventure rides consisting of more that 30% dirt.<div><br></div><div>So before I begin, I must say that most people will select a more aggressive tire than recommended, and this is not a bad thing. Let's say you trip is 1,000 miles and you will ride 100 miles off road 10% right! So do you go with a street bias tire? Not if thouse 100 miles are sand, rock and loose gravel!</div><div>Than again if you wrer riding 500 of thouse miles on nice dirt roads made for car travelers well the</div><div>An yes you would want a more street bias tire. </div><div>Our trip was more of the San, loose gravel and sharp rocks you want/ need a more agresive tire, so pick you tire by the type of trails and roads, not just by the % of on and off road.</div><div><br></div><div>Ok with that said, we do have some clear winners in this test.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Best performing tire is the TKC 80TL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjWgwPUD_Fv6Z5Gj6c8_iL5f58aeniZksC9g5vqZBxeQPTDsFJwyYbwyqb_DvGm5JRalhJgLTw3luJt7MLhFwOVwBmE7sv0QR_8STNqH76srbkrvaYtt40TpOusBP9EcXT_JCqwnqcjA/s640/blogger-image-246787524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjWgwPUD_Fv6Z5Gj6c8_iL5f58aeniZksC9g5vqZBxeQPTDsFJwyYbwyqb_DvGm5JRalhJgLTw3luJt7MLhFwOVwBmE7sv0QR_8STNqH76srbkrvaYtt40TpOusBP9EcXT_JCqwnqcjA/s640/blogger-image-246787524.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This tire takes a little time to break in, when it is new it tends to ride high in the center and gives you a feeling of falling in to turns, it's not a major consern but worth mention! Overall on road performance, including cornering is much bertter than expected, in fact I can dragg pegs with this tire and the bike still feels planted, you just have to pinch your self afterword, it sure dose not look like it should grip like that. Off road the tire does excelent great traction and good maners drifting in to and out of corners. In the sand the tire does as well as I could expect and great if you are on the gass, it diggs in and lofts the front end out of the sand!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I also found that this tire douses not wonder like the other two in this test (over the tar lines put in to cover cracks in the road way) this was a scary time for the bikes with the other tires.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The big down side is tread life, this photo was taken at 2,200 miles at 3,000 miles it's done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The longest lasting tire is the Heidenau <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> K60</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOO7pI4YqpY99IzEVyczI8c4kw2jld9zl55NnER306PrdFlGv_j6UmsoDC8UuHpGRbBE3AoJMLWYy_lYSkV7glk-iu5M_Maov92wnseTpGrgNlFIHazbaTn8_TCgWVzvlBV-jQKqIZ8bI/s640/blogger-image--1019633535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOO7pI4YqpY99IzEVyczI8c4kw2jld9zl55NnER306PrdFlGv_j6UmsoDC8UuHpGRbBE3AoJMLWYy_lYSkV7glk-iu5M_Maov92wnseTpGrgNlFIHazbaTn8_TCgWVzvlBV-jQKqIZ8bI/s640/blogger-image--1019633535.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This tire seems to last forever! Randy had 8,000 miles on the front tire and it looks like it going to go another 3 or 4,000 from that point. Impressive </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What it has in longevity it lacks a bit in stability in the sand and gravel, this tire also suffered a bit on the tar strips along the road and seem to *wander a bit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The solid patch helps keep the tire quite on pavement but really seems to hold the tire back when it searches for traction in the sand and gravel.</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Third place is the Metzelor Karoo3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2-JVF6JkrRB6JCJDHdB13eIX4hP1e-8ZIh3_iXJOM424HbCd968VPlj3hhFuZi82jFmYfZPRaPZMXuyXt4xAd-hvRjk3p3c9Rj_1_Av-8cep_xMB4F5xZmBBDgN6u2jB0J7-0G_e3aY/s640/blogger-image--286204633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2-JVF6JkrRB6JCJDHdB13eIX4hP1e-8ZIh3_iXJOM424HbCd968VPlj3hhFuZi82jFmYfZPRaPZMXuyXt4xAd-hvRjk3p3c9Rj_1_Av-8cep_xMB4F5xZmBBDgN6u2jB0J7-0G_e3aY/s640/blogger-image--286204633.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A closer look</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfO_lCVOHfJMY8OvkfqXEqLDfjUweUdvEVsV4kKwxKhY1KslZWCOPtkETkK7uM200ahBIbWdfVT7crXXsxkSeA-LrDiFDOaACKmN4XvfDFqAsIf4R27gg-7-Hxxt7SoBWmCu2wKGrMcA/s640/blogger-image--1052186756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfO_lCVOHfJMY8OvkfqXEqLDfjUweUdvEVsV4kKwxKhY1KslZWCOPtkETkK7uM200ahBIbWdfVT7crXXsxkSeA-LrDiFDOaACKmN4XvfDFqAsIf4R27gg-7-Hxxt7SoBWmCu2wKGrMcA/s640/blogger-image--1052186756.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>Note: this tire is coming apart after only 2,200 miles, many more miles and it is likely this tire would not be safe to ride on ( looking closer at this photo you will notice the tread cracking at each lug.</div><div><br></div><div>As far as tread design this tire performed vary well on road, giving a high level of confidence on smooth pavement, the tire did suffer from the same wondering on tar strips. Off road performance was impressive as for its handling caricturistics and would be a close match to TKC it's just hard to look past the lug separation from a tire that is only about a week old.</div><div><br></div><div>* wondering on tar stips= road crews aply tar to the serface of the road to fill the small cracks in the pavement this helps keep watter from entering the layers of pavement and increasing the life of the roadway, the result on a hot day is a loose salery of tar that becomes quite dangerous to riders, some tires are affected more than others by the effect of the tar strips, only the rider with the TKC 80 was un affected by the effect of the tar strips.</div><div><br></div><div>A final word on tires: the TKC 80TL is the tire of choice, of the three but! And this is a BIG but, there has got to be a better choice, I need far more than 3,000 miles from a tire, in many cases this will not last an I tire trip and I would need to find a replacment along the way. I will replace the TKC 80 with the <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Michelin Anakee III (Dual/Enduro) and I eagerly await the new tire from Michelin for my next tire test.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hear is a look at the front tires please note: the Heidenau (second down) has over 10,000 miles on it at the time of this photo, that's impressive </span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0b1rnPiUvGZk1yANiiyVmWfkC-gyk96wtX7ULMUozockX4CzNbVHqPU1TYn2U5kS1NvUHj8d4iPZRUnti7ya9jtlkBZ3xS4oCkqKxcoOXIVarO33YXtj93j4PrhdlamcgV0eP-b0WGY/s640/blogger-image-798906400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0b1rnPiUvGZk1yANiiyVmWfkC-gyk96wtX7ULMUozockX4CzNbVHqPU1TYn2U5kS1NvUHj8d4iPZRUnti7ya9jtlkBZ3xS4oCkqKxcoOXIVarO33YXtj93j4PrhdlamcgV0eP-b0WGY/s640/blogger-image-798906400.jpg"></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBP_lz2Xru7Fd4mjbji_H4aauiDOuAAj3plfPot1sJ1BWv9xPVkvNNEgFac1vB6RDbCfy7_Rpf8HAZvi-KkRIA-OVUEpJF8MvXLtV1CWw527YOVnSmhd4uCP6RkFrRgaEwWe19tawTCg/s640/blogger-image--923680282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBP_lz2Xru7Fd4mjbji_H4aauiDOuAAj3plfPot1sJ1BWv9xPVkvNNEgFac1vB6RDbCfy7_Rpf8HAZvi-KkRIA-OVUEpJF8MvXLtV1CWw527YOVnSmhd4uCP6RkFrRgaEwWe19tawTCg/s640/blogger-image--923680282.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A note on the Karoo3 front: their is no separation of the tread on this tire, it may be the rear tire is just not up the the power output of the adventure bike?!?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOIlztenakAOK7yWy-Jr4-sT9RJw5rgkfH_RytCnnnGgL6UbELjVFYSf4t-r-2LvHZ1zzAx8gYZVqxcnydfCXdzpF4mREap1UdK-MIDG2MLquLnhYq_UonLYtzPbRtYnOzPrhfxNFkE0/s640/blogger-image-1464894194.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOIlztenakAOK7yWy-Jr4-sT9RJw5rgkfH_RytCnnnGgL6UbELjVFYSf4t-r-2LvHZ1zzAx8gYZVqxcnydfCXdzpF4mREap1UdK-MIDG2MLquLnhYq_UonLYtzPbRtYnOzPrhfxNFkE0/s640/blogger-image-1464894194.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-64204941190976989582014-05-29T15:04:00.001-07:002014-05-29T17:21:00.376-07:00Photos and reflections<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Getting to this stage of the trip with six riders was an amazing time, around most every corner I would hear someone say, how are we going to top this view or this campsite. And how can you top an epic ride like this..... My kids say epic all the time and at first I thought, don't over use such a meaningful term/ word </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"epic"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">well... Just maybe we should get used to using it more and more... The sites are epic and this time is epic, and if my kids are living an epic life than I am thrilled to be part of it! Yes it is an epic time.</span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJXsUX49VdmA5TN7_FLQ6kpMklgfXSXh7lcDP8EXvBAKPWu-OPWDGBQmjaJGGC-z_P2mqjaFnrOmkh_MTSjzHjkUN1LoBB4PR6Iv5NKWQNRXUM8F7kUC1p7Tv9vug0DI-Y-Py-rEqgeo/s640/blogger-image-1710205419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJXsUX49VdmA5TN7_FLQ6kpMklgfXSXh7lcDP8EXvBAKPWu-OPWDGBQmjaJGGC-z_P2mqjaFnrOmkh_MTSjzHjkUN1LoBB4PR6Iv5NKWQNRXUM8F7kUC1p7Tv9vug0DI-Y-Py-rEqgeo/s640/blogger-image-1710205419.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuQ5e1JuFrKf91OiZaZ6uNrpc5rKAuzWsGwhNeT3ZmR78QlmG6IUlKsEdkUGKgdBfFGaoqftxK_1GpqeAuWdyPxwP47zWG1utlRccd1OSmqnWWe86ORnvojm2_eimVBfp9Cmbvsf8iMc/s640/blogger-image-1512460067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuQ5e1JuFrKf91OiZaZ6uNrpc5rKAuzWsGwhNeT3ZmR78QlmG6IUlKsEdkUGKgdBfFGaoqftxK_1GpqeAuWdyPxwP47zWG1utlRccd1OSmqnWWe86ORnvojm2_eimVBfp9Cmbvsf8iMc/s640/blogger-image-1512460067.jpg"></a></div>Looking over the photos of newspaper rock I wonder are these people trying to record history, or is this a way to show all, who care to look, that indeed they were having an epic time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(Top photo center) I'd say he is shooting that deer in the butt?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEnT_qhNhSqlMwg6YXuN_ptVaMxpSadV46d21Llsw3A54XHU_z9TU6oCddU5EhCFemUj5OG6uSwWx7Vwd9jcyLPKzqZDZDzCzzxPZ9sIoPJy2Sa8jVCZhvMupNedodNSwrdQd9SVKOEs/s640/blogger-image-1796929185.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And I would recommend bring a cuple if you do this ride on an adventure bike !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwHJ1kCuyrbvH-ydR0Vi95Qx1TAYTSTtlnu86J0s_AviUz2DIE_NnVX-PNzvqgKO1PqAeV6vkGxcjCPng__cTXErnO4pxS_VsDsdnABsRF_Wl0It51sVeQXkC-1d91yObwmF35ct5CyU/s640/blogger-image--417398982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwHJ1kCuyrbvH-ydR0Vi95Qx1TAYTSTtlnu86J0s_AviUz2DIE_NnVX-PNzvqgKO1PqAeV6vkGxcjCPng__cTXErnO4pxS_VsDsdnABsRF_Wl0It51sVeQXkC-1d91yObwmF35ct5CyU/s640/blogger-image--417398982.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfz8d3-zYTOEJC6NMJ90SUpHwneaPKSoouBKh2gx9LEt5j6uSVN_a00KhtJzwtI5qSExrclNGYUTAjczCTWzFVDWw490Q2-iI7rTKRgNSfV3-rvjxmPf3obetcEQ_NTM6SZw21moKe7o/s640/blogger-image-642705178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfz8d3-zYTOEJC6NMJ90SUpHwneaPKSoouBKh2gx9LEt5j6uSVN_a00KhtJzwtI5qSExrclNGYUTAjczCTWzFVDWw490Q2-iI7rTKRgNSfV3-rvjxmPf3obetcEQ_NTM6SZw21moKe7o/s640/blogger-image-642705178.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Some final shots were taken as we crossed back in to California and before we would part ways and bring to a close such an excelent trip. We all talked again about what would make for a good next trip..... I thnk we all agreed that we need to explore more of our own backyard and set a rout of exploration in the California back country.. It's easy access and amazing sites still make for an epic ride.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So what's next, well for a big ride I'm looking at Mexico, but for the summer I'm looking at some Dualsport adventure in the back country of California (the new bike is almost compleat, and I'm eager to get out for a ride on it) I am also giving a little thought to the original Colorado rout... Just much later in the summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-86851912219284170382014-05-27T17:16:00.001-07:002014-05-27T17:16:32.680-07:00Beautiful sites and challenging ridesThe group really got a chance to see how well the adventure bikes can do off road<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0PozuULSCXyVPxdmB_jCEf0RurUmtVWmFyArVVOeJKN4X2mTPJMfMYkZWjdytk_y_H2-fuLMtM_pJAHKqmLuVfm_f_geGv5DXBNA-lc1PLzNresSFxPp8YngtIV9bqQr-S4wTQRqzxE/s640/blogger-image-1109035709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mexican Hat to Monicello</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Riding I'm the heat of the past few days we were all hoping to gain some altitude and find some cooler weather. Two prices of equipment really paid off these last few days, the cooling vest I picked up for $40 (dip it in water and the evaporation action acts like a swap cooler) really did the trick in keeping me cool on these log hot rides. Also last minute I stopped by Cycle gear and picked up a pair of cool out long Jon's (I was skeptical that this would actually keep me cooler but it actually works well at controlling your temperature the combination of the two I managed to keep cool riding in over 100 degree weather, a vary nice change.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqxMI3NOaTHUQJ9X2WwuqiHXGXYj3zRiJUSCt5C-4GyOUTOfZVyET7OWqUdckYyr9xrctAvi9lcqypIOqAa8sX7HiFlcQrTz39YKwq0cf8b1jQDvD5ACvtVasYhyhIMJboRjkADQDHno/s640/blogger-image--575118257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqxMI3NOaTHUQJ9X2WwuqiHXGXYj3zRiJUSCt5C-4GyOUTOfZVyET7OWqUdckYyr9xrctAvi9lcqypIOqAa8sX7HiFlcQrTz39YKwq0cf8b1jQDvD5ACvtVasYhyhIMJboRjkADQDHno/s640/blogger-image--575118257.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Camp for the night, with time to set up and enjoy my hammock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Tomorrow will bring on some challenging riding for the group!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-70756999693074440332014-05-19T15:09:00.005-07:002014-05-19T15:57:08.603-07:00Day TwoToday we road throught the heat of the deserts from Tahatchapi, through Vegas and on to Zion. We crossed through the borders of California, Arizona and Utah as they seemed to just flash by like score cards one after another.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyhcactZptLw_NMkFl7zzkBGQs0zBJp8r1vpo_SLW1FmCMIMC1PQDzDuwr3pWP6V9jZ7IRKBmvDayHo3GETjG819GmO5w84tEI3NEujYF9dffUDODAI-ANyvKygLFR7GC1U3IqnYEZSE/s640/blogger-image-1316511646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyhcactZptLw_NMkFl7zzkBGQs0zBJp8r1vpo_SLW1FmCMIMC1PQDzDuwr3pWP6V9jZ7IRKBmvDayHo3GETjG819GmO5w84tEI3NEujYF9dffUDODAI-ANyvKygLFR7GC1U3IqnYEZSE/s640/blogger-image-1316511646.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>With original intent of capturing each crossing with a photo of the group it was soon obvious a group of six made it dificult to coordinate the effort and the importance seems low compaired to the distraction it clauses other drivers as the groupcongregates on the side of the road way.</div><div><br></div><div>The day was uneventful with the exception of two things, Looking for a permanent repair for Jeff's tire ( he plugged it on day one due to a flat) the dealers in Vagas apparently are not allowed to fix flats and instead insist on you purchasing a new tire!</div><div>Seeing that this is a new tire for Jeff and a better one than they had to sale him we all opted (at least added our opinion) to add a bit of tier gue to his plugged tire and be on our way.</div><div><br></div><div>Next we discovered the fuel range on Joanna's bmw 650, after hitting reserve, she can make 100 miles and stretching it she could reach 120 on pavement, she will need to reach 150 on dirt before the end of the trip! With two 1 liter backup fuel cells and a bit extra from our bikes we are sure to make the distance.</div><div><br></div><div>The Zion Watchman camp ground, is a great place to camp, with gravel camping areas, this keeps you and your great clean, they have clean bathrooms and some spectacular views</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ummhd1yKCsdroR9XkXo_9aVkVTCLxfkttUU2AQkeTykazXUeeXKfPY9CWlG8qEsawRYU5QnEnoz3Qz6Byk_b9lVxvYGLcnv2sZ557NU3Dl-otECf5PUBYJa_4U85cXXsWZ007RdFVSU/s640/blogger-image-411130790.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ummhd1yKCsdroR9XkXo_9aVkVTCLxfkttUU2AQkeTykazXUeeXKfPY9CWlG8qEsawRYU5QnEnoz3Qz6Byk_b9lVxvYGLcnv2sZ557NU3Dl-otECf5PUBYJa_4U85cXXsWZ007RdFVSU/s640/blogger-image-411130790.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_eE8d5h1XhkgOU3TWEbjx2DJvMD_2KV-6eg1LzTtdUWar__fc3L8QFr2-VYcliWp9WaLGwyt6TFxxS4gMbdr6S2dRzBeD5kjEPHxRZ1BOzOxJ-85kJnOPQoKxnEXfNrVpX_UpuzkuQc/s640/blogger-image-1656727121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_eE8d5h1XhkgOU3TWEbjx2DJvMD_2KV-6eg1LzTtdUWar__fc3L8QFr2-VYcliWp9WaLGwyt6TFxxS4gMbdr6S2dRzBeD5kjEPHxRZ1BOzOxJ-85kJnOPQoKxnEXfNrVpX_UpuzkuQc/s640/blogger-image-1656727121.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mb6VRhNcCeptK6cy975SKcSXTHdy17cesrWEo16OQp_07aFbqtdB9GmVd7NzB9d-XC1S8nS8Tb5mncVObcfDgiHmzbwqL_wuMmbieyf7oRTWil6Vo_hq7Mp2EkpXtIgJZpGAr6f-KOo/s640/blogger-image-1961118401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mb6VRhNcCeptK6cy975SKcSXTHdy17cesrWEo16OQp_07aFbqtdB9GmVd7NzB9d-XC1S8nS8Tb5mncVObcfDgiHmzbwqL_wuMmbieyf7oRTWil6Vo_hq7Mp2EkpXtIgJZpGAr6f-KOo/s640/blogger-image-1961118401.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWK0FZg3DSAN6b0nAFxSxjPHCtjwqV-4WZ-9myg-iigu-fbu0uk5qopi4zHPzW-Eu0nDihFDGKAvjDc2B9Fu3fpLX08-NjN7QQgZkT0XLlekKEqlNy9ikoCg_a9bYYMh7gMgaLyZCUvyE/s640/blogger-image--1781521848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWK0FZg3DSAN6b0nAFxSxjPHCtjwqV-4WZ-9myg-iigu-fbu0uk5qopi4zHPzW-Eu0nDihFDGKAvjDc2B9Fu3fpLX08-NjN7QQgZkT0XLlekKEqlNy9ikoCg_a9bYYMh7gMgaLyZCUvyE/s640/blogger-image--1781521848.jpg"></a></div></div></div><div>We hade a great time camping with friends!</div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow we head to the Navaho Nation and I am looking forward to the many sights along the way, I think the photo opertunitys will become a much more prevalent pice of my updates</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-89708010779360507232014-05-19T15:09:00.003-07:002014-05-19T16:24:40.397-07:00Day Three<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Zion to grand cayon.<div><br></div><div>The ride out of Zion is absolutely amazing, though much like an amusement park their are shuttles and lots of tourist from all over the world. We made just two stops to take photos and just realed the rest in.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBaD8gAD9NakqefKjPmTbDmbdbYcAkG3dxMEnPExLNGD7N_fho_TvkfdDM6gcbkgPqb8Y1WT5GU-pEYJeLugYTqXMNsx3ozxn2RAjVuOzT1IzduoVAzL2khVTiicT4-j1-Zj3LZBE2zM/s640/blogger-image--817656936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBaD8gAD9NakqefKjPmTbDmbdbYcAkG3dxMEnPExLNGD7N_fho_TvkfdDM6gcbkgPqb8Y1WT5GU-pEYJeLugYTqXMNsx3ozxn2RAjVuOzT1IzduoVAzL2khVTiicT4-j1-Zj3LZBE2zM/s640/blogger-image--817656936.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yUECfG2MXEPnS6zO_zzfMugzJGQ4CqMib7tDY5WA8aSVExZTK4XH0WImZ80xRM9ifTWT8ewYDA1TaACNPNyO_FUPcPaF3rICiuuc9kqUoFoHwgdU88uAz-Brg5nQU8D1biuiWrNMpvU/s640/blogger-image-1815296758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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(Just look for the first tracks leading away from the Grand Canyon ( I would highly recommend the visit to this area, get a permit from the Navaho nation and expect rough roads, if it is wet it wiuld be a real chalange)</div><div><br></div><div>Today's path took us through Monument Valley, this was my first visit, and it was quite nice but I would not call it a destination, prity to pass through and the sights sure beat a long empty road!</div><div>We arrived in Mexican Hat early and are taking some time to relax and update family and friends on our progress.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfSiYVdG7XnL0gBd2im_sVVfGf9FmI920l8Ri76Eabe2tvxRPpzh5gAk-xAP5o6Ph1Yjv14AH7ybAWdvHfsvHH-JUHaDg7aFk2bM1FTMcXqxNCfwnKkYURyaTlh1Sg5VPF5wCeLEx4ss/s640/blogger-image-1985382338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfSiYVdG7XnL0gBd2im_sVVfGf9FmI920l8Ri76Eabe2tvxRPpzh5gAk-xAP5o6Ph1Yjv14AH7ybAWdvHfsvHH-JUHaDg7aFk2bM1FTMcXqxNCfwnKkYURyaTlh1Sg5VPF5wCeLEx4ss/s640/blogger-image-1985382338.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Randy relaxing with a cup of Coffee watching the sun color the Canyon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjak3WT26vi4ANcfkQ_fRk48CcGrjpPHWVhKtFJ0jgQnxIYDD3EwFEMifjKV4RmkUkfuzhPXfTnrxsDOE9D-iPDaQLP7vk3R1pdZQnC7DGnyDSh4igKdcm-PRSNLnxfTO4eG1GE3O-9b9I/s640/blogger-image-490810353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjak3WT26vi4ANcfkQ_fRk48CcGrjpPHWVhKtFJ0jgQnxIYDD3EwFEMifjKV4RmkUkfuzhPXfTnrxsDOE9D-iPDaQLP7vk3R1pdZQnC7DGnyDSh4igKdcm-PRSNLnxfTO4eG1GE3O-9b9I/s640/blogger-image-490810353.jpg"></a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow will be a big day so rest is on the menu !</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-23591150518403472162014-05-15T11:41:00.000-07:002014-05-16T21:04:12.373-07:00Day OneAs I look to tomorrow the first day of our Adventure, I'm having difficulty thinking of anything else, I just want to be on the road!<br>
last minute preparations seem to be lining up well for the group, Tim is in from Alaska and has a little time to look over his bike for any last minute adjustments prior to departure.<br>
Our plan for day one is all about leaving town and meeting up for our travels together, with Just 280 miles to our first destination there are few concerns with the day other than HEAT and traffic! we will depart in the heat of the Day about 1 PM looking forward to dinner together in Tehachapi.<br>
hear is a look at our map for the day.<div><br></div><div>Today turned out to be an eventfull day! For Tim, first order of business was to replace some rear wheel bearings, and one member of the group nearly ran out of gas headed for the meeting place, then the fist flat of the trip. This all before meeting up for the day with the full group, and we were quite suprised when everyone made the meeting place on time! We must have a great pit crew on this trip.</div><div><br></div><div>The day was great fun meeting up and re connecting with everyone, we are all looking forward to tomorrow's ride to Zion with a quick stop in Vegas.<br>
<br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-28803682573456242772014-05-01T14:17:00.000-07:002014-05-14T06:28:35.854-07:00The new routeJust two weeks out and the rout is in the final stage, at a high level this is the plan<br><br>Day 1 – Tehachapi CA.<br>Day 2 - Tehachapi to Zion via Las Vegas. <br>Day 3 - Zion to Grand Canyon area via Vermilian National Monument. Camp on Mesa <br>Day 4 - Grand Canyon area to Monument Valley stopping in at Navajo Mational Monument. staying in Mexican Hat<br>Day 5 - ***On UTBDR route*** -Mexican Hat to Monicello via Blanding. Camp in Monticello area<br>Day 6 - Monticello to Moab. Camp in Moab <br>Day 7 - Moab to Wellington or Price. camp in Wellington or Price area <br>Day 8 - Wellington or Price area to Strawberry River Area (flowing UTBDR). Camp in Strawberry River area <br>Day 9 - Head West to Ely Nev. Hotel <br>Day 10 - Head West to Mammoth Area Camp<br>Day 11 - (Ride home)<br><br>The Detailed maps we e posted soon along with GPS locations, and of course you can follow along by watching the GPS locations (link in side bar) starting late afternoon on the 16th of May.<br><br>As final preparations continue the volume of email is at an all-time high, along with the excitement over the trip, the Bikes are ready, checklists are getting checked and packing is underway.<br><br>Also we now have our final team count for the trip, SIX, two members dropped out, one due to medical issues and another to Life balance reasons, both good solid decisions, they will both be missed but not forgotten, as they will follow along with our adventure and surely join in the next one<div>
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Some photos from the internet (author unknown) sights to see on the trip</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-33782639469369018692014-04-24T15:06:00.000-07:002014-04-24T15:06:04.779-07:00Change in Plan<div class="MsoNormal">
After some great advice from readers and a bit more research
from the team, our trip is taking a turn, due to the snow pack in Colorado and
the time of year we need to make this trip happen we are changing course! We
will now plot our own course across California, Arizona, Utah, parts of
Colorado and Nevada. Stringing together off road trails and roads in Arizona,
Utah and Colorado.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With some great advice from the people at Butler Maps and
others our Map Planner is busy at work creating our new rout, and with a
working session last night the trip is proving to be more amazing than before,
and it seems all those places we said wow I wish we could do that are now on
the map plan… im truly very excited about the new plan taking shape and will
post the new rout as soon as the rout is ready with all the GPS way-points in
place!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have a few details to work out to finalize the plan, Like
can you really camp on the rim of the Grand Canyon? (Not the tourist area, but
off the beaten path) and we are looking for gates on a few trails that are questionable.
More to come soon……<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-11088690302453758292014-04-18T10:38:00.004-07:002014-04-18T10:38:49.810-07:00New Tires<div class="MsoNormal">
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After my trip to Alaska (RideAlaskaSolo.blogspot.com) and
living with two sets of vastly different tires, I set out to find a superior set
of tires that would meet my riding style and % of on Road and off road riding
adventures, my research lead me to the Michelin
Anakee III (Dual/Enduro)</div>
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I ran a set on the Suzuki V-Strom 650 for about 2K
miles and another set on the BMW R1200GS for another 6,000 miles, and I am
happy to report it as an amazing tire! Doing an amazing job on the street my
tires are worn over the tread bar (to the side wall) on both front and rear,
the transition from corner to corner is effortless and both bikes handling characteristics
changed to what I call neutral (bike exhibits the same turn in/out at all lean
angels) the feeling is that there is no end to how far you can lean the bike
over. Many tires are shaped to fall to a point then toward the edge the tire
tends to push the bike back toward center. Needless to say I absolutely love
this tire!<o:p></o:p></div>
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With 6,000 miles on my last set of Anakee III’s and a 3,000
mile trip ahead I decided its time for a new set, before heading out. As a
group a few member of the COBDR team decided we should try four different tires
and give a review during the trip, sounds like fun, I’m in.<o:p></o:p></div>
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TKC80 TL ,tubules tire.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Note: we needed to set a standard for this trip <u>all tubeless
tires </u>RE: fixing a flat is much easier on a tubeless tire, with a plug kit.
Just plug it air up and be on your way. With a tube would more likely be in for
a timely repair and a spar tube would need to be brought along.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My new set of tires was put on order Monday Afternoon and arrived
Next Day with Free shipping (thank you Revzilla) wow they are great! Wednesday
the new tires are on the bike, $40 both front and rear! Thank you MotoWRX
Livermore. Super great guys at this shop!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-3330269176537083682014-04-15T11:57:00.001-07:002014-04-15T11:57:46.250-07:00Shakedown PhotosMore photos, from the shakedown ride:<div><br></div><div>The ducati just out of the creek, just needs to dry out a bit</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfnI2ale65dykGCh4U4FKvgtvBql2vUGOSCrHn5lpZmt4AXhFiT-fH0aDUAS2zV1SGRqwzZJUnzAAMe-5xCEsT3gUHUb2HTZcODkIo8lspdvZcy8giLHPNZboZlpAD7NZ0NXIJ68-E1w/s640/blogger-image-1673302510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfnI2ale65dykGCh4U4FKvgtvBql2vUGOSCrHn5lpZmt4AXhFiT-fH0aDUAS2zV1SGRqwzZJUnzAAMe-5xCEsT3gUHUb2HTZcODkIo8lspdvZcy8giLHPNZboZlpAD7NZ0NXIJ68-E1w/s640/blogger-image-1673302510.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Gaining access to the plugs</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl14vKClCJ2M8mCwi3Znr2_t6r0gN7ckPeKAU46UytWvNbzqXSiPnN73czlXUx3gig_MRtKW1j-9NLhLXp2Gt4ve__ZikF4vlApClpIKMKH_naf_AKizxfgnViBzoOmyzo7OwFcRKloo4/s640/blogger-image--1369515220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The COBDR Shakedown run left Livermore CA
headed through Napa Valley, Calistoga and West Lake County (Clear Lake)
then off in to the hills (cow mountain area) over the hills and down in to Fouts
Springs/ Stonyford area and we camped out in the Bear creek campground for the
night as a mid-way point of a 400mile trip<o:p></o:p></div>
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The idea for this trip was to shake out any obvious problems
with Gear or Bikes before taking on the over 3,000 mile trip next month, and it
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This trip provided about 10% or 40miles of dirt within the
400mile trip and gave us a clear look at how our gear, packing and riding
skills might hold up to the larger trip of about 20% dirt or700 miles of dirt within a
3,000 mile trip.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So what did we discover?</div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">One bike was missing its tool kit</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">We need a tow strap</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">We all need water poof phone </span>case's</li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">We need Dry bags for everything (camera equipment
was not in a dry bag)</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Communication systems are a bit limited to
number of riders ( I will explain more latter)</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Everyone needs a check list for packing</span></li>
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First order of business was to meet up with my Brother in
Livermore, Randy who did meet up with us first thing will be leaving later and
meet up with us in camp.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Calistoga is an interesting place, most people seem to be there
for wedding and or bridal showers , we met a few in quite a rush to get food
and rush of to a wedding, others getting the first food down after a long day bridal
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We ran in to one gentleman in Calistoga who after seeing our
bikes told us of his lifelong dream to set out on a motorcycle and ride through
the mountains of Colorado. “hay that’s just what we are doing next month” you
could see the aww in his eyes… it would have been great to talk to this guy
longer and see if we could talk him in to chasing his dream. His reason for
defeat of his dream, was also many peoples dream in itself, a large family spanning over two decades of age
differences in children, I think he is leading a productive/reproductive life for
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We are on are way after a great lunch and find are way over
cobb mountain and on to the west side of Clear lake it’s a gorgeous ride, I
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Our next stop was an unexpected creek crossing, after about
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from the cylinders did the trick and she spat out the remaining water to breath
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With about 25 to 30 miles of dirt road out to the other side
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that have not ridden off road before, everyone is doing great and absolutely
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The COBDR Adventure is coming up quick, preparations
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out many of the preparation details; If we forget anything on this trip it will
have little impact on a fun ride and a one night stay. Any Short falls of the
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The Pre run: about 5 hours ride, with about 45 min of dirt/gravel
roads, this will give the group some exposure to the types of roads we will see
on the big trip, and let us all try out any new gear camping, I am quite
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GPS: Oh yes I’m am catching hell for this, my normal
cavalier attitude and no GPS and just go with a basic outline of a rout, has
now given way to a detailed GPS course with so many way points I had to upgrade
my GPS unit!.... my reasoning for the detailed rout is that, 1) we have a larger
group and it would be good to all be headed the same direction! and 2) to follow
the COBDR rout you need a great amount of information to follow the rout and
not miss out on some great dirt roads! We will have a test run of the GPS rout
planning on this pre run as well! I’m interested to see how it all comes
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The actual COBDR trip I will have the live feed and I plan
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821493101034983941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619062543327861303.post-42631358226740494732014-01-30T16:07:00.003-08:002014-02-07T15:53:14.325-08:00IntroductionThis year I will depart on a United States, Lower 48 Adventure in Colorado.<br />
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Spending the last four months riding the back roads of California (an amazing place to ride motorcycles) its time to start planning for the next long distance adventure.<br />
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During my <a href="http://www.ridealaskasolo.blogspot.com/">Ride Alaska Solo</a> trip I decided on a location for my 2014 adventure, “Colorado”<br />
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Keeping to the backcountry, less explored areas would be a great way to go, finding dirt roads that connect the State would be amazing, But how?<br />
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<b>Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route:</b><br />
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The Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route from <a href="http://www.backcountrydiscoveryroutes.com/">Backcountry Discovery Routs (BDR)</a> created a great rout to follow, it is a scenic ride across the state of Colorado, beginning in Four Corners area and finishing at the Wyoming Border nearly 700 miles away and primary roads are dirt! The route has been created specifically for dual-sport and adventure motorcyclists and many have followed this path in the past, and you will find many YouTube videos on the subject as well as a great site created by <a href="http://www.backcountrydiscoveryroutes.com/">Backcountry Discovery Routs (BDR)</a> if you are interested in exploring Colorado’s majestic high-mountain ranges and historic mining country this may be the way to go for you as well.<br />
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My wife and I did a ride a few years back hitting some of the same iconic locations I will see on this trip, including Telluride, San Juan Mountains, Continental Divide, Collegiate Range, Northern Rocky Mountains and historic Leadville, and some great rides along the Colorado River. We said then, it would be great to see this area from some of the back roads we can see from the highway, this will be that chance!<br />
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For this and many trips timing and available schedule are key to a great trip, of course adventure will always include some unpredictable events, for me the selection of the date for this trip may increase the potential for adventure, Late May could find some of the passes overrun with snow or the intensity of rain and real constraint on road choices made, but ye,s this is an adventure and luck is sure to find a way to make this adventure an amazing trip of Sun and fun!<br />
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<i><b>Welcome to a new adventure!</b></i><br />
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