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This is kind of an introduction as well. I usually go down south to Otay Mountain Truck trail, but wanted to do something different. The bike is a 1972 Honda SL350, and I re-geared it so that I can ride it on the highway, but still need to sustain 6500rpm or so. Once I got out to Ramona though, it was a blast to take up Black Mountain OHV Trail. I have a lot more miles on a mountain bike/bicycle and did a significant amount of BMX and Track racing, but I started out on a bike like this in 1985 or so (1971 Suzuki TS185). I'm definitely more in to vintage motocross than strictly ADV, partially due to my budget, and one more bike would be too many! I saw a couple ADV riders on my way home stopping for gas, maybe it was a member of this group... Black mountain was just rocky enough to keep the speed reasonable and fun factor high, I only saw one other rider, but there are a few blind corners and blasting around one of those seems like a great way to get hurt.

Kind of a short ride, last Sunday, but more great weather and scenery made for another great day on the trail.

Jim ,alias Wirdrider an Mr.JAJA took the chance to beat the heat. We left around 9AM for a short 120 mile ride. We tock the black canyon, mesa Grande, explored the LA Jolla Indian campground, rode up the Nathe Harris grade and had lunch in Baylis on top of the Paloma mountain. From here we rode down the east grade and checked out a privat dirt road. In and out only. The final etappe from Santa Isabel, Southerland dam, black mountain truck trail to pama Valley and home. Nice ride for me and Jim

I have to work next weekend, so I got an extra weekday off and took the Honda SL350 out somewhat local. About 7 miles from my house is the trailhead for Otay Mountain Truck Trail, which has gotten pretty rutted out and rocky since the last time I did it, so it was more fun than the recently groomed dirt jeep trail I did a few months ago. The decay made it more fun, I like the medium trails that feel like off-road riding, but don't have any dangerous or unexpected obstacles. From here I was able to ride out Honey Springs road through a twisty section I usually ride on my street bike. I set up my phone to get a couple action photos, because as usual I was riding by myself, which I know isn't the wisest thing to do, but I rarely plan ahead very far, I didn't even decide until late morning.

Another day in the Uinta mountains, another solo ride. Sunny weather, and the temps felt like Indian Summer already. Just poking around, no map, no itinerary, just a relaxed day of exploring.

Today I saw the first group bikers . The road is dry and the sun comes out in some spots. Perfect bike roads.

We started out in one of Lakeside’s favorite places 😍Another great ride with good company, and a bit of misadventures, phone lost/phone found, bike won’t start/ bike starts. By the way, Mr JaJa finds the phone, and gets the bike started After a good lunch Zubb tried too catch a bee with his eye! Back to the TT’s in Ramona👍

You can have it as long as you need it to keep you riding

The Ride to Live motorcycle safety training is a free program presented by the Coronado Police Department. They run it about once a month Sept.- May. I went today and enjoyed the practice, I have been riding all my life, but because I got my moto license endorsement in the 80's I never had the MSDF course, or anything like it. It was fun and free, they offered breakfast and coffee with pizza for lunch. I got to work on low-speed skills that I don't have the discipline to do on my own, and I think that at the very least it showed me a good way to practice. I can't say I learned a ton, they focused on the riders that struggled more, but it wasn't so easy that I never put my foot down. There were a couple riders that dropped, and sadly I think the riders that could use this the most can't admit to anyone, (especially themselves) that they can't use some practice! The last thing they did was a makeshift track that I wanted to do much faster, but there was a no-passing rule and I definitely didn't want to be "That guy"...so I goofed around a little bit. I think the ppl behind me thought I was struggling because I would let a gap develop in front of me and then I would close it. I'd like to take a more speed-oriented course, I know I could learn a lot, but other courses are expensive, track days are far away and pricey too. My bike is the one with a chrome tank, everyone at the event was super-nice.

Hello all, I'm new to the group. I would have loved to come out just to meet people and get some opinions on freshening up my old '72 SL, buuuuut, the Coronado Police department is doing their "Ride to Live motorcycle safety training" course Saturday and I'm signed up. I don't know if it's any good, but it's free and supposed to be for non-beginners. I can put up a report on the event once I complete it. https://ridetolivesd.com

Picked up this true CA plated WR to replace my 06' Yamaha WR450 that had the CA plate pulled. Plan for this 07' like the 06' is to convert it to a SUMO only bike. I had to take it out in the dirt at least once which i did over the weekend. Would be a great dirt bike/dual sport with suspension mods to my big arse. Pulls the front wheel up to 4th, no lean surges etc. Idle was very high IMO and Hard to start when hot so i will pull the carb and do a full rebuild with mid body gasket, check the jetting and do a Valve check as owner "Forgot" when he did these last.

I couldn’t make it but sold a motorcycle at home so it’s a win.

I had a great time today Udo and Jim/Weirdrider and Bill. I just don't get to ride our local trails nearly often enough so even though I live here, its like coming home. Thanks Udo for spearheading this. we started at Marys. @weirdrider led us off down a maze of cool backroads and flowing neighborhoods on a route I'd never seen before Note to self; if you ever need to run from the cops, better hope Jim is with you. He knows every street byway alley and footpath in the whole dam-county. Great route Jim! Lets see. Lost my new phone on the trail. Udo found it. Bills bike died. Udo tore it apart and fixed it. I opened my visor for a sec and got stung next to my eyeball, that sucks by the way, had lunch at the Julian Beer Company, ended the day with Sullivan Dam up to the secret 2’fer Tuesday spot and out to Ramona. Was a great day. Good times!

There's at least 5 months that you can count on to not be riding weather up on the ol' prairie. During that time, if the Flaming Gorge isn't frozen over, I go fishing....even when it only 18 degrees. But once all the snow melts in the mountains, it's time to hit the dirt again. My first ride of the season was a short local shakedown ride to try out my new Beta Factory forks that I just added to match the Factory shock I installed a couple of years ago. The balanced suspension felt really great and the little Xtrainer finally felt like it was handling the way it should. Soon after, it was time to head back up into the Uinta mountains just over the border in Utah. Great weather, and snow only on the highest peaks made for a fun day of solo riding.

I had to make one before for an auto project. The factory tool was $800! Crude, but it worked. If all else fails, let me know and we'll get it sorted.

I’ve been back on a low carb/keto/ intermittent fasting lifestyle since January, and I’m down over 30lbs. My aches and pains have subsided considerably!

I figured that that last weekend may be the height of the full fall colors up in the Uinta mountains, so I packed up Bugz Beta and headed south for a day of frenzied shutter clicking. The mountains did not disappoint, and the weather was perfect, with a mixture of sun and storm clouds and balmy temperatures.

If I can keep my bike working, you will! I've managed to bring it back to life and abuse it for a couple years, so I expect so.

How is it that a guy can sell almost a thousand dollars of stuff, and come home with the truck still full? Ugh! Always good to meet new people though and talk moto.

Couldn't decide between fishing the Uintas or riding the Uintas when I woke up Saturday morning. Riding won out, and the clear bike choice was Bugz Beta for exploring a new area, especially with a long rocky climb to get to the trails I was interested in. The area war quite beautiful, maybe the prettiest spot in the Uintas. I rode around until I came to a spot where I decided to take a video. At that point, I realized that the clouds were gathering quickly, and not wanting to caught in a thunderstorm, it was literally the turning point for me. So I headed back down to the staging area. There must be other access points to the area. It's difficult to tell on Google Earth because the trails become obscured by the tree cover. I have some paper maps, but sometimes there are trails shown that don't exist, or none shown where I find a trail. At any rate, it's always an adventure up in the mountains, and I am sure I'll find a through route in that area soon.

The following week, Kim joined me to have a look at the area. We tried to reach Three Corners, but it was getting late in the afternoon, and I grew somewhat weary. We did make a nice loop route though, and I hope to expand on it soon.

Shortly thereafter, I felt bad that my 501 hadn't been out for a while, so I loaded it up and headed for northern Colorado which is also just a hop, skip and a jump over the border. I found the Diamond peak, Three Corners area very conducive to exploring and enjoying the scenery.

Part 4 photos...Sunday at the orphanage, then Laguna Hanson trailside lunch and Rancho Santa Veronica after the ride. Palapa Boy provided the coffee on Sunday morning too ! Kids singing and playing for us at the El Oasis orphanage. Doc sharing his love with some of the kids. Trailside lunch that Palapa Boy Racing provided, Dana and I set it up for the riders. Laguna Hanson That's Malcolm Smith's son on the left, Alexander Smith. He took the riders on a gnarly single track ride. Brian LaBelle, the one who came up with the idea of organizing this event. Quinn who won the autographed autobiography by Malcolm Smith, with Brian LaBelle.

A good Day ride. I just got of the phone with the owner who lend me his Bike for today's ride. I told him everything went well without a problem. Here the truths from my side. I only layed the bike down twice. At the first critical left turn, I crashed and bended the left handel bar up by 30 deg. Not bad for the first drop down. I got the bike up again and jumped back on, only to see that riding with this bend bar, is not comfortably. At one of the next right hand turns, I decided to lay the bike down and hope to get the right handle bar in the near same angle. It worked, with just a small problem. The throttle got stuck open and wille I was crowling out of the ditch, the engine revert on her upper limit. This only last a short time,(2-3 minutes). I don't think this will have any effect on the engine. After picking the bike up again, it sputtered and ran rough for a while, but I made it home. All in all a nice day on a bike with some fun. Thanks for the two guys, riding with me and not saying anything.