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Two day ride recommendation needed for 3 Newbs
Sammyd173 replied to Sammyd173's topic in 1 to 3 Day Ride Write-Ups, Stories and Photos
Good route because it's in the mountains. While it may not be cool this time of year, it will be more cool than other options. I can help with the tracks if you are interested. I would go Ramona,Pamo valley, Fire road over to Black canyon, Mesa grande,down to Warner spring and just before the glider port right up to Anza (Lost Creek rd.), Lunch, North out from Anza to Idyllwild I have not done the Nord of Anza part but like to do a 2-3 day ride on Oktober. Ok so I tried this on Wednesday. I figured everything out but the glider port part. There is Lost Valley Rd and Lost Creek Rd, and I had a hard time seeing how to connect from there up to Anza. Really appreciate all the suggestions. I think we will stay in Idyllwild, then the next day head down the mountain to Cahuilla Creek MX to spin some laps on the vet track on the dual sports. Then it's a question of if there are some good trails in the area we can play around on before heading home? -
Two day ride recommendation needed for 3 Newbs
Sammyd173 replied to Sammyd173's topic in 1 to 3 Day Ride Write-Ups, Stories and Photos
+1 Sounds fun but the BMW is rented so no Mexico trips and it isn't even supposed to go off road -
Two day ride recommendation needed for 3 Newbs
Sammyd173 replied to Sammyd173's topic in 1 to 3 Day Ride Write-Ups, Stories and Photos
Aha, this helps, thanks! Also found a great ride report by tvscum a few pages back which I'll look at more closely this week. -
Two day ride recommendation needed for 3 Newbs
Sammyd173 replied to Sammyd173's topic in 1 to 3 Day Ride Write-Ups, Stories and Photos
I appreciate the suggestions, but without tracks or other details I can only really see what roads to take to get to these places and we'll never break dirt? -
Two day ride recommendation needed for 3 Newbs
Sammyd173 posted a topic in 1 to 3 Day Ride Write-Ups, Stories and Photos
Greetings, I bought an XR650L two months ago, my buddy bought a WR250R two weeks ago, and his brother is flying into town June 26th and he's renting a BMW FG650 or something We are planning a two day adventure ride on June 27/ 28th. We've discussed this over beers for 4 years now and finally have pulled the trigger! I need suggestions for a ride. Preferably with tracks that I can get on to my Garmin 62s. We thirst for as much dirt as possible, but in reality anything harder than the fire road around Corral Canyon (which has some tricky bits) is about a gnarly as we can handle, especially with the BMW. I saw the thread on here about the ride from Poway to Mt Laguna. That looks good but was done in a day. We could incorporate some of that but I don't know how tough some parts are. We are planning to use air BNB or whatever to find a place for the night. Ideally the destination, which could be Borrego Springs or Anza, would allow us to spend some time exploring the area in the afternoon of the 27th (like Fells Point in Borrego?) and also in the morning of the 28th before heading home. I thought the drop down Grapevine or Jacob's trail would be fun? Never been on either. Thanks for any ideas. Like I said, the more detail the better - where to get gas, eat, all that stuff along the way. Cheers! Sam -
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Sorry for the delay, thanks all for the replies! Up and running now. Still much to learn.
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Got the Garmin today. This thing has zero map information for San Diego. Do I need to download some Garmin map as well as the one recommended in this thread for trails?
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Gentlemen, thank you both! I picked up a used 62s on ebay. That's a major part of the problem taken care of!
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Greetings, first post! I picked up my first dual sport off Craigslist the other day - 2002 XR650l. All stock, 6,000 miles. So look - reading about GPS is like drinking out of a fire hose. Too much info for my small brain to handle. This is what I need, can someone give a suggestion? I need a GPS unit that I can download tracks on, and then go ride locally around San Diego/ Ramona and not spend my time on the side of a trail trying to figure out where the hell I am. Used/ older is fine. That's it. Happy to buy something second hand that will fit on my Pro Tapers. Perhaps you are looking to upgrade and would like to sell me yours? I want to stay below $200, I've already dropped $800 on fixes and gear on my 'bargain' XR650l and funds are severely depleted. Cheers! About me - I live in Poway. 42, used to ride moto 'till last year then took up Trials.