alyeska
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I have an 0830 orthopedic dr appt in rancho mirage ca I am going to try to change it or show up later, what bike you riding? coming that way?
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I looked hard at the 1098 since there seems to be a lot of them on the market, I decided not to buy the 1299 simply because of insurance costs. thanks for the input.
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Got my butt out of buffalo area and headed south (no more snow ice) was so cold I made the mad dash down, too bad we couldn't meet up but I was in aiken when we made contact and I should have headed south with you to florida. A few pics of the deeeep! south.
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I have carried rei tents into the arctic, all of the maritimes, and as far south as Guatemala and have never had any problems with them, it burns my ass to pay a lot for a tent also, but after one rainy Alaska trip in a 100 dollar tent soaking me at night I gave up and spent the money. Im heading east in morning and one thing I can say is the smaller the better if your camping in weather under 40.
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New pics coming, and I did think about driving the car but I cant stand a cage for more than 2 days.
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just finished building bike
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That's good because I wont be leaving niagra falls area until nov 21st or so.
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Anyone up for a short ride leaving wed, taking northern route across the panhandle with stops in rogers Arkansas, Clarksville tn. aiken sc, myrtle beach sc, boston mass, niagra falls, then ride around the great lakes coming back into u.s. at international falls mn. should return by nov 30. Anyone welcome to ride along all or part, breaking in the Africa twin. Disclaimer, may be snow on route.
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procycle has always been my go to place for dr650 parts.
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I did a lot of research on this bike and talked to multiple dealers and mechanics and here is what I found, do not buy the DCT model, I even had dealers tell me this, most problems are associated with that model, also there have been claims of fork tubes seizing up but its not as common as some would make you believe on the web. I got to ride one this week and I could not believe the offroad ability of this beast even with street tires on it, so I bought one yesterday and will post up if any new problems occur.
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Whatever you need I will be available, not good with the GPS stuff though!
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Location, Fountain of youth spa rv resort 1500 spa road Niland Ca 92257
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If you need to haul your bike over I have room for up to 4 more bikes in truck and toybox (from Borrego)
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We will stage at the hot springs near Bombay beach (rv) and ride onto the trail from there. We will meet at the park at 0800 (I will be there tues evening if you come early) and leave at 0830 for the trail, this will be an easy ride big bike friendly with some sand and rocks but nothing not doable on about any dual sport. We will end up at palo verde and then plan our route back depending on the time of day we reach palo verde. Bring water tubes etc. If you decide to crash at the salton sea we have room in the toybox. RSVP for more details.
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I am riding out fish creek and exiting toward ocotillo tomorrow then onto superstition salton sea area then back to Borrego, may run across you.
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some are, but there are low bridges and some wash outs you cant get a vehicle through, I would say about 50/50
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- Good ride beautiful weather, a few pics of Bombay beach, There are a ton of dirt tracks around the sea, I will be doing this ride probably 20 or 30 more times this season.
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59 degrees right now so we decided to take off at 0830 instead of 10, since I see no posts here we are going to take off early, post up if you are coming out and I will check at 0830 before we roll out and we can set a meeting point. just don't want to leave anyone hanging out there.
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Easy ride, med pace, 650 friendly ride (I will be riding drz400) we will leave Borrego Christmas circle at 10am sharp, head towards salton city across the desert (plated bikes only) mixing some pavement with dirt, we will stop in salton city (JITB) then do some more pavement to salton sea beach and then onto some sand for a bit then onto the pavement again toward mecca, mecca will be a fuel stop (arco) then we will head down the east side of salton sea mixing dirt with pavement as we can. Our first watering hole will be Bombay beach for snacks and water! after a good rest there we will head towards Westmoreland hitting some side routes of dirt ending up on 86 to 78 back to Borrego. I pre ran this last week (on a super ten) with a buddy and we had a great time since the weather was perfect, just as it should be tomorrow. Plan on all day finishing sometime around 5 or 6pm back in Borrego. Parking available in my locked yard in BS if needed.
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Nice ride, ended up camping until today (Monday) with friends, here are some shots of a ride to the salton sea (pelican nests)
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I will be around, I will park my bike where it can be seen from main st, Im going early to get a good spot with a shade since the talk of cool weather has got people talking about camping this weekend.
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Bagstr, I'll be set up in OW on main st by 0800 swing by if you like. my bike will be outside easy to spot.
Big Bike to Death Valley Monday 12/18 - Wednesday 12/20
in Informal Local Rides & Who's Going Riding!
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Ive got to be out too much juggling to try to make it happen, next time.