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Sounds like an awesome way to spend the 4th, or really any day 😍

I plan on riding Friday 18 July morning a easy round in the north / east county Possible some easy Dirt, with street connections. Think of starting in Lakeside, Alpine, Viejas grade, Boulder creek, Southland dam, Old Santa Isabel truck trail and up to PARTY POINT in Ramona. Getting a pastry and coffee at Dudley in Santa Isabel. Some adjustments can be made on the fly, like Measa Grande, Black canyon. Anyone interested?

Looking forward to riding tomorrow morning with Udo and crew.

You have to take every opportunity that is afforded to you while the weather is warm because between November and April there won't be much of any chance to hit the dirt, as it will long covered in snow.

And just for our SD Safety, Make sure you have a SPARK ARRESTOR installed.

There is a dirt parking lot behind Mary’s, parking is a premium out front 👍

To beat the heat, we will start from : MARY'S DOGNUT AND CAFFEE in Lakeside, Main street, Laurel street. Meeting at 8am, KSU 8:15 AM. Please fill up and be ready. I hope Jim can lead us through Alpine to the Viejas grade. See you

Either or, you ride the 901 like the 450 anyway!

450

Have been rocking the 450 a bit as of late. It's so much fun. Went out again this morning to get a few hours in on Otay Mtn with a friend before the heat hit. My ride buddy today told me about his "trouble" last Wednesday though. But I'll start with my experiences last Sunday. Last Sunday I took my visiting son out to show him the border wall. We switched into Adventure mode at Pio Pico and as luck would have it there was a BP just opening the gate as we pulled up. He was cordial as always, but warned the gate would be locked when we returned to wich I said "no worries", we were going out via the gun club road. Encountered 6 or 8 BP rigs along the way, and all were friendly as is typical. View from the Otay Towers up top looking west toward the ocean ... look at those islands in the sky below us. Saw 4 more BP jeeps/trucks so far in this short ride. All friendly. Onward toward Tecate, then Campo. Nothing unusual, all good and friendly. Fast forward 3 days to Wednesday and my friend rode the wall between the west entrance of Otay TT and Marron Valley and out at Barrett Junction. He was stopped 8 times by BP, all with angry attitudes, some blocking the road with their trucks, and threats of fines up to $1000. Even though he was allowed to proceed "this time", He was eventually detained and waited for a captain to arrive and was then escorted out to the highway. My friend is not a jerk. He's polite and considerate like most of us are. So I don't blame him for the negative encounters even though I wasn't there. This is a pretty dramatic change from years past ... even from as late as Sunday morning. I'm just saying, I plan to stay off the wall, at least for now and until I hear further from BP. Soooooo, today we just hit up a bunch of trails on Otay that we've never explored before. There's some good stuff up there! We encountered 1 BP near the Pink Gate but didn't stop to talk. In hind sight, I wish I would have. Temps weren't horrible as we hit dirt at 8am and ended back at HY94 around 11:30.

We are organizing a premium short tour of Baja (3 days only) in December. All hotel, all inclusive, all premium. It's part of our "LOT" series (Learn on Trail), so not only you'll be having a good time in Mexico, you will be learning from the best (Baja 100 Ironman Champion) More info here: https://www.socaloffroadschool.com/lot-baja-bougie

No, but yes for Q1 next year

I would come but somebody stole the parts I had ordered while I was away over the weekend but I'll have the bike together sometime! 😭 I hope the ride goes well!