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I rode Boulder Creek southbound from Ramona today, intending on getting to Pine Valley, and ran into this... I couldn't get around it on my 950 because of a 4' uphill embankment on the right, and a significant downhill embankment on the left. That was at about noon today so it may still be there tomorrow....Just FYI!

Was running part of this route today and came across this between Cedar Creek Falls trail and Three Sisters trail... I couldn't get around it on the 950 so I flipped a bitch and headed home...still had fun.

That sucks! What wrong with the Zuk? I put down solo tracks. Started here, headed up SYTT, Santa Ysabel, Boulder Creek, and then ran into a problem on Cedar Creek Falls trail... My intent was to ride through Pine Valley, up to Laguna, Sunrise Hyway, backdown through Julian, to Ramona....But there was no way around this downed Oak...at least on a 950. Had I been on the 530, I would have just BRAAAAAPed right over it

Ok, I've been riding the 530 a lot lately and the 950 is collecting dust. So, I'm heading out tomorrow on the twin screw from Ramona...no specific plan yet but was thinking local stuff to Santa Ysabelle, Boulder Creek south to Pine Valley, up to Sunrise or maybe south to Corral??? Thing? Fred Canyon? Slab? Wind and temps should be lower tomorrow. Leaving about 8, back by 2. Anyone interested in joining? Anyone else have a ride planned?

I had a feeling you were going to say something like that because it looks like a difficult trail fix, unless you happen to have a mig welder. It should be an easy weld job though.

Looks like a fun one. Yeti, I'm curious how you did a road side repair on your pipe??

Worth watching no doubt!

Please tell us that you are at least having turkey for dinner tonight...

I'm heading out to Glamis for the last trip of the season. I'll be out there later today through Sunday. I'll have my three kids with me, so it will be a family oriented trip. If anyone else is going to be out there, or wants to come out and rail some dunes, let me know. My cell is in the members only section. Cell reception is bad out there in the Washes, but I'll try to post up my landing location. Most likely somewhere between wash 18 and 24.

About to take on day 4...so far so completely awesome

Amazing day out here. Weather is amazing. Dunes are epic but treacherous...not noob friendly. 3rd day and i have yet to even see another rider in the dunes.

I made a donation a couple months ago but never got any kind of confirmation so i havr no idea if you have my info or not?

Wash 23. Weather is epic. Dunes were treacherous yesterday...very soft and steep, but we broke fresh tracks all afternoon.

Welcome to the site. You have a nice start on your arsenal. Jump in on a ride...thats the best way to learn about the local trail options and meet other members.

He wants to ride the south end of Azna Borrego on Thursday. He say's he'll buy lunch for anyone that wants to attend and pay for your gas. If that's not enough, he'll prep your bike for you and change any flats that might happen. Just be there by 8 am.

Lurking

I don't know, but it's going to be a sic adventure....Good luck

I just got back from a cruise around my local stuff, which includes SYTT. This is a route that many people on and off this board enjoy. I'm thoroughly disgusted to report that they have graded the entire length of SYTT. not only have they graded it, but they widened it as well. I know this is a truck trail, but it use to have the feeling of a fun, two track, challenging, trail. You could ride a Harley on it now...WTF

Very cool. What trails did you take him on? I've been thinking about getting my groms out there. They (3) all ride, but I've never taken them on the local stuff.

Was the bead breaker part of the stand?? Link?

So what are the cons, assuming you don't like them? I found the tires to be somewhat unpredictable and bouncy. They didn't seem to stick to slab rock as well as I wanted them to, prone to climbing the sides of ruts, uneven cornering performance especially from the front tire. Maybe they would work better on a heavier bike, with a heavier rider. I tried airing them down, to see if that made a difference, but it didn't. The tires made my normally smooth handling WR300 into a tiring and uncertain machine to work with out on the trail. The tread pattern is directional on both the front and back tire. It always seems that non-directional tires work better for me. The stock tires on the bike were Michelin Enduro Comp FIM DOT, a tire that most people swap out as soon as they can, but I ran mine till they were quite worn and chunked, because they worked well over a broad spectrum of surfaces. In fact, I ordered a set of Michelin Starfire MH3s that are closest in design to the OEM tires to swap out with the Motoz. They should arrive on Monday. I'm not sure why people didn't like the stockers. At the same time, I'm baffled by all the gushingly enthusiastic testimonials made by forum members over at Cafe Husky for the Motoz tires. Very interesting. Sorry you had to find out the hard way. I too have heard many good things about them. But based on your review will steer clear. There are too many well known tires out there to choose from. On the plus side, you should be able to sell them fairly quick and recoupe some of your money.

Yes, that is a good deal. If the rear hub is a cush hub, it's even a better deal. Retail of that set up is probably over $1000. You can add an oversized front rotor kit for about $200 and have a nice SM set up.

Yes please!

Yup, that's it, thanks for posting that Arnie.

Bags, it's going to be a great day out there. You'll be breaking fresh tracks all day. Wish I could make it.