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  1. Posted · Edited by Brian Masters
    failed to check weather reports

    Nope, change of plans  made reservations a month ago... high of 50 and 90% chance of rain... I’ll try this again for July  

     

    I'm not camping at Crab Flats this weekend. The plan was to explore fire roads south of Big Bear before looping through town and back to the campground. All skill levels and bike types welcome, mostly dirt. Lunch on the trail, will adapt route and ride to skill level/bikes involved. Flexible kickstands up and meeting points. 

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    It was a good ride. I did learn unless you are a moto god don't do the trail to wright mine. The "road" is all mine tailings way to lose to get any traction on to come back out. All the other areas I hit up were good fun. Experienced big bike riders I think could enjoy it all, new big bikes riders might find parts a little tough/intimidating. 

     

  3. Posted

    I'm not plannig to go into gnarly area this time. My plan is

    2N54, 2N13, 2N80?, 3N14, 3N12, 3N16

    Possibly 3N11 to Wright mine

    Mostly fire roads, The wright mine portion is the hardest part planned. It's not real rough or loose, but is a long hill with a steep drop off.

    It's video is from the mine out. Start to 2:11 is the mine trail, the second part of the video is 3N17 heading East 

     

  11. Posted

    1 minute ago, KTMrad said:

    That is strange....nobody else has ever reported that problem.

    Also, why do u keep signing in and out...once you're logged on, u shouldn't have to login again unless u log out.

    This seems like a unique issue to your computer and/or phone.

    every time I open web page i'm logged out again, doesn't matter which device, or browser. I'll poke around more see if it's something strange in my settings. <shrug>

     

  13. Posted

    I've not been up in that area for a while and was surprised at how rough the main road from Pine Vally was. How does Kernan compare in difficulty? Thinking about heading that way next weekend or possibly do the Loop up through Laguna.

    On another Note planning on getting busy with the club again. Got busy with other stuff, and now want to focus on more day trip rides.

  14. Posted

    The radio is the Baofeng UV5r. Baofeng has put out a few similar models now each with slightly different frequency ranges or antenna the widest range and longest antenna can be picked up from amazon for 35 bucks.

    http://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng-UV-5R-Plus-Royal-Blue/dp/B00CXNQ6AK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1422820667&sr=8-3&keywords=baofeng+qualette

    Not a bad package deal. I did have an issue with the helmet set having a bad solder joint, and bad insulation in the knuckle where everything splices.

  16. Posted

    Very cool, Brian. Very cool.

    Brings a few questions to mind:

    1. I assume the vid & pics are from a GoPro, but did you somehow sync it together with your Garmin, or did you just pick where to insert the pics/vids from the GoPro into the GPS track?

    2. Is there a way to get the GPS data from this so I could upload to another GPS device like an InReach?

    3. I'm just using my phone for GPS right now but it drains battery fast, so I'm in the process of choosing a GPS unit to use. I'm hoping to get one with EMS/SOS capabilities as well. Does your Garmin work this way?

    1. Drag and drop operation... if your video is Geotagged it will be placed in the map automatically.

    2. I don't know if you can DL it directly from the website, but you can get it here... https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6JX-m5eUMmzZWx5OWFxR1Zibm8/view?usp=sharing

    3. I have an On spot attached to the shoulder strap of my backpack for SOS, and use a Garmin Zumo 350 for nav and route tracking. There have been notable issues with an SOS device attached to the bike rather than the rider. Make sure you can get to it if separated from the machine, or injured with it in my backpack I wasn't sure I could get to it to push the buttons if I was actually hurt. Now it sits in easy reach on the left strap of my pack.

  19. Posted

    EastcountyKTM and I did a 78 mile loop around South Anza-Borrego. I learned that I can go about 70 miles before the low fuel light comes on, about 75 and it starts missing. I did plan ahead and had an MSR bottle with me.

    I went down pretty good in a silt pocket, a little sore and bruised up this morning, but nothing major. Bike looks fine and started right up after. It'll get a good inspection this after noon.

    2 pics to tease with, GPS track and video later.

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