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  3. Posted

    I have been wanting to spend a day on the bike with my granddaughter for a long time. Our schedules finally came together and she came down from Orange County for the weekend. So this morning we got up, bundled up and decided to look for a great spot to have lunch. 
    from La Mesa we went up wildcat Canyon. My low tire pressure warning was being extra annoying so I decided to run past Udo house in Ramona and say a quick hi while borrowing five psi of air.

    But, alas, no joy. Udo must be out, traveling some hidden corner of the country again, and we rolled on.

    Farmhouse 78 is always a win!  Dutch Apple pie ala mode and French fries w hot coffee seemed perfect. 
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    she wanted to touch the snow, so I warned her we’d probably lose another 10° of warmth. She said she was kind of scared of getting too cold, and as soon as she said it, she knew she was doomed. I absolutely loathe the word scared. And my grandkids know that. If something scares you, you should run headlong straight into it as long as you know how to do it safely. Even though this was a very small paper tiger I just have a thing about people saying they’re scared. So we turned on the electrics and headed up through Julian to Mount Laguna.
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    of course I had to pull over at inspiration point. This is a very special spot for me for many reasons, and it was great to snap a couple of pics and point off into the desert below with a few stories about places I’ve been and hope to take her to someday. 

    Next stop Kwaaymii Point. Another meaningful view.  I idled the bike for about seven minutes while she kept her hands on the heated grips. I don’t have nearly as good of women’s gear in the closet as I do men’s. Note to self, spend a little dough on my granddaughter, and get her some gear that will make riding Very comfortable. 
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    at this point, she’s asking me when it’s gonna get a little warmer and if we are going to have any trouble, encountering snow and ice on the road. I pointed to the snowflake on my dash and said, don’t worry honey, these BMWs have a special snow mode see, see here?

    I think she bought it. It was at this point that we started to encounter the endless massive throng of Californians driving up from the eight. We really didn’t have any trouble with traffic going south. But those poor suckers coming up from the freeway were stacked for miles and miles and miles, bumper-to-bumper barely creeping at all. There were easily over 1000 people in must’ve been at least 500 vehicles, come up to see the snow and make a small snowman. I knew better than to come at it from the eight, but didn’t realize how lucky we were to hit it clockwise.  There was only one section at the most common area where traffic was stopped in both directions. This is where my granddaughter finally got to see the total awesomeness of motorcycle travel. Of course we were able to squeeze between the two lanes and putt putt past people, many of who had been sitting for hours, trying to eventually find a parking place.  it was awesome! 
    at Mount Lagūna we pulled over at the rest stop and you can imagine what a ---- show that was. A little parking lot was packed full of cars of which pretty much all were just stuck. Lauren got off to use the head and I politely told a few cars, what needed to be done to unstick the mess. It didn’t matter what direction cars were pointed, they were all just stuck, and nobody wanted to get out of their car and talk with the others to figure it out. 

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    Come on Lauren, let’s blow this pop Stand. 
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    The northbound tourons crept along between zero and 2 miles an hour for miles and miles. The lineup started for them just about 1 mile off of the eight.

    as we descended, the temperatures slowly climbed up from 36° back to 61 as we rolled past Alpine and into El Cajon. It was a great and special time with my granddaughter. We both learned she’s a little bit tougher than she thought she was. The next day trip with her will be to La Bufadora and then back on Viada Guadalupe through Tecate. a great introduction to Baja.
     

    You gotta love living in San Diego County. It’s such a buffet of unique experiences.

    Ride on brothers and sisters!

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    11 hours ago, padu said:

    I'm doing super budget. I got a digital mount from RMS, an outdoor rugged android tablet, and a bluetooth handlebar control. I had assembled it on the DesertX, now I'm preparing the setup on the KTM 500.

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    Dang, Padu!  That looks like a hoot for casual riding. But add in some speed and a time clock for competition and I don’t think my ability to multitask could keep up. 
     

  11. Posted

    Hotmelt glue this to the tank and resume your ride.  Good to go brother.

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  16. Posted · Edited by Zubb

    I’m from the northwest. Mucho rain and cold. And I sweat a lot more than the average Joe. 
    Goretex is good. Helly Tech is better. E-vent is best by a LONG shot. 
    I have torture tested Mosko’s Event shells for days of nonstop apocalyptic rain. 
    Bone. Dry. 
    Goretex is better than nothing but if you’re going to suffer through days and weeks of downpour, give me Event please. 

  17. Posted

    On 11/10/2023 at 12:00 PM, padu said:

    That's a story without a happy ending.

    The trail absolutely kicked my ass. It was tight and I never got to ride relaxed. It got me fully exhausted at mile 6. I called it quits and decided to go back to the truck and just wait for tacos and beers at the end of the day. I was trying to keep up with the sweeper on regular 2 track dirt roads and I got a pretty bad spill on a rutted downhill. That bought me a week at the trauma hospital, dealing with a displaced shoulder, a broken rib, and a pierced and collapsed lung.

    Now I'll be out of commission for a couple of months.

    The lessons painfully absorbed (I knew the lesson before, but that didn't help me did it?):

    1. Ride your own ride, even if you are on an "easy road" and 300 mts from the truck
    2. Don't go to events that are clearly over your head. It's good to push your limits, but don't skip levels
    3. Only ride as fast as you're willing to crash (another one I "knew" already)

     

    Oh no Padu. I am so sorry to hear that. 

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