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  1. So I attempted to ride up Teneja Truck Trail last Sunday from the De Luz Road/Fallbrook side. But I ended up turning back because I kept seeing all these No Trespassing and Private Property signs as if the road itself and not the land next to it is private property. I always thought Teneja Truck Trail was a regular old public forest service road. So I called some ranger office for the Cleveland National Forest and spoke to a guy who said it is a public road that anyone can go on. He said he's gotten other complaints about the sign recently and he wanted my name "in case law enforcement wants to call me about it" at which point a bailed on the call more of less. Any insight about this road for me? Anyone want to ride it in the near future?
  2. There's a great book out now called "Cactus Eaters" about a guy and his girlfriend who hike the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. It gets pretty intense as there is no way to carry enough water with you so you have to rely on guidebooks telling you where to find water to pump out and filter as you go. If you don't find it, you are screwed. Last summer my 70 year old dad did the Continental Divide Trail on his KLR all the way from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. He wants me to do it again with him next summer.
  3. Is this going on Otay Truck Trail down to Marron Valley Road or taking that right turn before it that eventually spits you off on the 94 just north of Tecate? Just curious, either way I'm in for either day.
  4. The Moto Guzzi club I am with is having a relay where we pass a Moto Guzzi flywheel from an old vintage Guzzi around the country. The goal is to see how far it can make it before it comes back to the national rally in Malibu in the middle of June. So yesterday I made sure it made it to the southwestern most corner of the USA. What a beautiful beach but they sure don't make it easy to find or get to the American side of it which is pretty much deserted as a result. The Mexican side is full of people hanging out and having a good time. Just what is left of a fence between the Mexican and American side. Another strange place in a region full of strange places to check out. After getting some bad directions from Imperial Beach locals we found out that there are quite a few dirt roads in the area and that Guzzis with clip-ons don't do too bad on them.
  5. What time are you leaving from McDonalds?
  6. Looking for fireroad type rides like Otay Mountain Truck Trail, Palomar Mountain, Main Divide, Tenaja Truck Trail, that kind of thing if anyone wants to ride during the week.
  7. Jon O

    Beach to River

    Satellite phones are always nice and pretty inexpensive to rent.
  8. Here's something from the Palomar Mountain State Park website: "Due to the damage caused by the Poomacha Fire, part of the San Diego County 2007 Fire Storm, Palomar Mountain camp ground and day use facilities are closed. No one is allowed to enter the park. We hope to reopen the park by April 1, 2008. Please call the park if you have any questions." So I guess, since Nate Harrison Grade Road goes through the park, no riding it all the way to the top until April. I think the mud section was within the park boundaries.
  9. I'm originally from Minnesota, so I've been itching to get a closer look at some of the snow I can see in the hills from my house on the eastern part of Oceanside. So today, I headed up Nate Harrison Grade to see what I could find. There were some signs at the bottom saying the road was closed but they were kinda pushed off to the side, so I thought maybe they were from last week and things were OK now. The road all the way up on the western/sunny side was in great shape and I saw a couple SUVs heading up so I figured why not? It didn't get iffy until I made it almost to the top, to the part of Nate Harrison Grade that is in the shade. There, I ran into all kinds of mud and snow on the road. I'd say I had about a good 300 yard uphill gumbo of mud and snow to slog through before I finally made it to the section of pavement that is all broken up. I don't know how I got the KLR through the mud section, but I did. I'll say that my new Dunlop 606s work way better in mud than hardpack and that KLRs will plow through mud pretty well as long as you keep moving. I was thinking I should snap some snow pics, but I didn't want to stop and lose any forward momentum. The broken up paved part of the road was covered in snow except for the two lanes made by car tracks, so I followed in these and things were good because they were just wet and not icy yet. Ever since the mud section, I'd been thinking that if I could just make it to the top, I'd treat myself to a cookie at Mothers Restaurant (I forgot that they probably weren't open anyway). So just as I'm about to hit the regular two lane road that goes to Mother's, a park ranger pickup approaches, blocks the road, and puts his lights on. He tells me I have to turn around and go back down the way I came (slog through the mud section again which I wasn't sure I wanted to do pointing downhill) even though I was maybe a half mile to the main paved road. I know these guys are there to help and keep people out of trouble, but man I was already home free! Here's a pic from the beginning of Nate Harrison Grade.
  10. Looks like you had perfect conditions! Some buddies and I used to ride to the Helo Pad and back as a way to get some practice on our vintage motocross bikes. One guy had a 500cc Triumph Twin and a '68 BSA 250cc, the other guy had a Bultaco Pursang, I had a beater '70 Husqvarna 400 Cross. There used to be a little makeshift practice motocross track just down in a gully just before the Helo Pad. Nine times out of ten one of us would have some kind of mechanical trouble when we'd decide to head back. One time my buddies BSA had to ride in the back of a Jeep to get out of there.
  11. Jon O

    New Guy in O'side

    I'm a high school teacher also and also live in Oceanside. I've got a KLR and can show you some easy dirt roads to get started on up here. Are you on winter break now? I am and I'm looking to ride.
  12. Jon O

    ROKON A340 RT

    My uncle had one of these he used as his playbike back in the late 70s, early 80s. The thing had monster power and sometimes the throttle would stick, causing him to crash and wrack himself up. My uncle wasn't very mechanically inclined and I have memories of my dad always taking apart the carb trailside and trying to get the thing to behave for him. There's all kinds of stories about people vintage motocrossing these things and basically terrorizing the competition, especially when their throttles stick! The weirdest thing about riding them is that they don't have engine braking when going down hills, the way the auto trans is set up, the motor just freewheels when you are off the gas, that's why they put the disc brakes on them back then. Anyway cool score! I'm jealous, I've always wanted to find one.
  13. I'll move mine here: Just want to thank HondaPilot for leading an awesome ride today and thanks also to Chief Gunner for the hospitality, hot dogs, Doritos, and tasty beverages at his Corral Canyon campsite. It was good getting to meet some of you as well, I think there was something like 16 of us that did the ride. Here are some pics. At the top of Otay TT: At the bottom of...Marroon Valley? Along the border road, someone found a tunnel to Mexico nearby: At Chief Gunner's campsite, he had the grill fired up and ready:
  14. Just want to thank HondaPilot for leading an awesome ride today and thanks also to Chief Gunner for the hospitality, hot dogs, Doritos, and tasty beverages at his Corral Canyon campsite. It was good getting to meet some of you as well, I think there was something like 16 of us that did the ride. Here are some pics. At the top of Otay TT: At the bottom of...Marroon Valley? Along the border road, someone found a tunnel to Mexico nearby: At Chief Gunner's campsite, he had the grill fired up and ready:
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