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The longitude goes right through Plaster City. 2-1/2 miles NW puts you here. My guess is that there is nothing recognizable at the site, but you never know. Approximate Sackets Wells Site.kmz

47deg north is in Washington. Could you double check your coordinates?

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Also interesting- Italy wasn't on anyone's radar for even a podium position, and they nearly won. There is an interview with Cairoli after the races and he is clearly bummed as he goes through the opportunities they had that would have swung the result.

To take a currently unpopular but contrarian view, while it wasn't good, it wasn't near as apocalyptic as many are going on about. Consider: In 2015, in France, the US team came within a whisker of winning. We didn't send our best team possible. In 2016, the US would almost have certainly have won if Jason Anderson didn't get landed on after winning the first moto. The US was still in the lead when Cooper Webb went down with a lap to go in the final moto. This was a team with 2 250 riders on it (Webb rode a 450 for this race). Last year, at the USGP, Tomac went 1-3 in MXGP and RJ Hampshire went 1-1 in MX2. The GP guys didn't turn into supermen over the last 12 months, nor did the AMA guys forget how to ride. What is for sure is the GP field is deeper than it has been in 30 years, and the US riders had terrible starts (likely related to the significantly different starting procedure used in the GPs) and really needed their A game to overcome, which they didn't have. Not helping the US cause was riders having career days (Coldenhoff and Lupino) or by far their best day of the year (Paulin). It just wasn't the US team's day.

Not to nitpick too much, but it is not the USGP, but the MXdN. And I'm leaving tomorrow.

Got the random email from Rob that reminded me to sign up for this: I'll be leaving Saturday afternoon with my son (who isn't racing), and we have trailer space and a bed available. My goal is to finish.

I just checked some of my ride data- I have a funny story for offline later.

5C? We're such morons. You are the only one there I would have recognized.

I finally made it out about 9pm and met up with a former riding buddy/roomate, and wasn't able to connect with any SDAR members. I only fell once and finished without any real problems. I am definitely out of riding fast practice, the whole first loop I was just trying to get my eyes to look where they should. My last loop, I was definitely in 'lets finish this' mode. I was trying to explain to my son about how you used to get a carbon copy of your scorecard. He had no idea what carbon paper is. I like the idea of taking a picture of the scorecard, I wish I had thought of that.

sent the threatening participants a DM with my contact info. There are a couple of places they have staged in the past.

By my reckoning, you could come back to the pits after every test if you wanted to. 8 tests, around 6 miles/test. Terrainwise, my expectation is that it will be more geared towards technical desert rather than top gear whoop sections. I generally do not feel outgunned on a 250F.

I've made my arrangements. If someone wants to split the rental car and hotel, let me know. Leaving Thursday, returning Tuesday.

Motorcycle axles and wheel bearings are not designed this way. Motorcycle wheel bearings are ball bearings, with limited ability to take thrust (they don't need to) and should have no side load on them at all when assembled, regardless of axle torque. If axle torque is making a difference, you have other problems you need to fix. Those of you prying the seal off a bearing and adding grease are only getting away with it because motorcycle wheel bearings are a low speed application for bearings designed and developed for high speeds. The amount and type of lubricant that the bearing comes with is the result of a lot of ruthless testing. My understanding is too much grease is almost as bad as no grease at all. If you could keep a motorcycle wheel bearing free of water and dirt, it would live forever. On dirt bikes, though, the outer seal has a hard life and gets old and hard, it starts wearing grooves into the wheel spacer, and water and dirt start working their way in. A sealed bearing can hold this off for a while, but not forever. It eventually goes. If you have to replace bearings, get good bearings (like SKF) and you should replace the outer seals as well and take a good look at the spacers. Water and dirt made their way past these two items when they shouldn't, and will again soon if you don't fix it.

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My van developed a fuel leak Friday, so we didn't go. I'm hoping that between the Q silencer, flywheel weight, and 6000' elevation, that it will be tamed down to within reason. We will also have the TTR125 along, but he is pretty anxious to get on the KX and make it work.

This is what I wanted when I was 17 I bought one when I was 18. I still have it.

BTW after not having a 2 stroke dirt bike for a while, this thing sounds AWESOME

I should mention that we would only be up for the 21/22, and we will bring our motorhome. It sounds like there are plenty of options, which is good. He is coming off a TTR 125, so this is going to be quite a step. I have a spark arrestor and flywheel ordered, which should tame it down a bit. We are looking to go to Lark Sunday AM for a shakedown. There is a chance that my wife and daughter will meet us up there Saturday afternoon, but how much riding they will want to do is unpredictable. If you don't have a rig that can haul 3 bikes, I can have my wife drive my van and then we could use that to haul the trailer to the trailheads.

I know a 14 year old who just got a KX100, so we might come up. It is going to be a big jump up for him, so we might be unable to join you on rides depending on difficulty. Can you post up campground coordinates?

I'm looking to go riding later this week/ this weekend with my kids and considering going up to the Lake Isabella area. I'm looking for 2 track roads and fairly easy trails. I've never been and a know there are some members who are familiar with the area, so advice would be welcome. Our backup plan is to go to Hungry Valley, which I think has enough of the terrain I'm looking for.

I have had that happen- the ring locating pin coming loose and doing a bunch of damage. I had the cylinder repaired, probably by Milennium. It was a while ago. At least get a repair evaluation on the cylinder. Knock the high spots off the head and you should be fine there. If you wanted to be a maniac, you could get the head resurfaced, but I'm not sure you would be able to tell the difference. As for the bottom end, split the cases and take a look. There is a good chance there is nothing down there, but it isn't that much more of a job if you are able to pull the top end off, and you need something to do anyway while the cylinder is away. At this point, it isn't worth the risk of damaging another cylinder+piston to avoid the couple of hours it would take to pull it apart and take a look.

Made it up Saturday night after dealing with some home drama, and did some exploring Sunday and Monday. Sunday we rode the roads and Jeep trails out past the end of Keyesville road, and then found the Kern Canyon Trail Sunday and rode the first bit of it before running out of time. Duncan is coming along, he was able to get through the downhill switchbacks by himself. There looks to be lots more to go back for, and we are looking forward to it. Thanks to Pasta Pilot for the guidance.

Is Keyesville open camping or do I need to find a spot in a campground?

Looking to make it happen this weekend. Same general desire, two track trails to take the kids. If I can break away to do some other exploring, that would be a bonus. If someone has a cool place to camp, I would be interested in hearing about it. TIA