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  1. PbdBlue

    Noob Clothing advice

    Klim, etc make very high quality gear but come with a hefty price tag. Some recent new entries into the market look interesting. MSR (RMATV) has their new line of ADV gear that gets pretty good reviews. And Thor is releasing their new D30 equipped adventure line, Range. MSR-Xplorer-Adventure-Gear (rockymountainatvmc.com) Products – ThorMX
  2. Rode the Lasal valley and Montezuma Rd a couple of days and then trucked the bikes up to Canyonlands and rode the White Rim Trail.
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    Suspension 101 Gobbler Report

    I'm guessing you have Xplor forks or maybe AER? If you have Xplor then George has two setups for those. Semi pro version replaces the left base valve with a Gobbler and the goofy cone-like compression valve in the left leg with a traditional mid-valve. Once installed the top adjusters will provide rebound and the left bottom Gobbler will provide the compression adjustment similar to a conventional open chamber fork like those used on pre '17 KTM's. If you want to go further he has a pro set up. I had Gobblers in my '14 350 and loved them. Recently purchased a '19 Husqvarna FE450 and have installed George's semi-pro setup. Have not had a chance to ride it yet but heading out in a few weeks and will be able to get some serious seat time. There's an extensive thread on KTM Talk about the Gobbler\mid valve setup. If you have AER's not sure what he has for them but I'm sure he has a solution. Give him a call. https://ktmtalk.com/showthread.php?560899-101-Suspension-quot-Gobblers-quot
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    I need a truck.

    Looking used there are some early F150 eco-boosts to avoid. I'm not really up on the specifics but my buddy had an early eco-boost F150 that was plagued with carbon buildup on the intake valves. I believe they later solved it with changes to the injection scheme but not sure what year that was done (looks like 2017) Ford 3.5 EcoBoost Engine Problems: 3 Most Common Issues – Drive Celadon Personally I've had a bunch of Tacoma's and Tundra's including my present Tundra Supercrew with zero issues. The 5.7L motor is pretty much bulletproof. Supercrew is a 5.5' bed but the Doublecab comes with 6.5'. Mileage on the other hand will not be as good as the F150. That said used Toyota's are not cheap.
  5. I don't really know for sure about it. Just know that I have friends snowbirding in Quartzsite and they got permits for their street plated RZR's.
  6. It's a little fuzzy in the tribe regulations but I think you may need a CRIT permit on any CRIR tribal land. I know that there is a lot of attention over there right now as the SXS crowd has discovered the area. I think the only place you can get a permit is at the tribal office in Parker. Anyway it's probably worth investigating before doing a ride through there.
  7. Looks like a great ride. Just curious - did you guys get a CRIT permit to cross the reservation on the east side of the river?
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    Garmin Montana 680t won't load past 'Loading Maps'

    Hmmm...... it sounds like one of your map files may be corrupted. If the maps are loaded into the main memory there's probably no way to delete them since it won't connect. I've been keeping all of my map files on the sd card so I can just remove it if something happens to them. Then create a new sd card image offline. A coupe of possible causes come to mind. One is disconnecting the GPS usb cable without unmounting the device in windows first. The other is too many map segments are loaded. Not only is there a limit on memory but more importantly there's a limit on the number of map segments stored. For instance City Navigator contains ~190 map segments while Topo 100k has ~550. The Topo24K series maps contain many more and you can easily exceed the max which is around 4000 map segments. Once you do weird thing happen. Most often it starts truncating the maps but I suspect it may also cause loading issues. In your case not sure what happened or what can be done. Did you ever try completely removing the SD card? It doesn't need one installed to boot up.
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    Garmin Montana 680t won't load past 'Loading Maps'

    Interesting. What routable map are you trying?
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    Garmin Montana 680t won't load past 'Loading Maps'

    I had something similar happen to my 610 last year. It mysteriously cleared itself up after I set it aside for a couple of weeks. It's been fine ever since. Who knows??? Have you tried connecting to it on a different PC? Does it show up in Device Manager\Portable Devices with an error? You should see a device called "GARMIN". I'm guessing since it won't boot that it probably won't show in DM. Maybe try removing the SD card and leaving the battery out of it overnight?
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    Garmin Montana 680t won't load past 'Loading Maps'

    So is there a micro sd card in it or not at this point? You don't need to have a micro sd card in it to boot up so if there's one in it take it out. Second remove the battery and let it sit for like 30 minutes. Then reinsert the battery and try to boot it up.
  12. You have to go around the Yuma Proving Grounds. You can take Cibola Road from the river to 95. You’re supposed to phone in to the military to let them know you’re driving through. At least there are signs to that effect but I don’t know if anyone actually does. Download the Arizona Peace Trail tracks. It goes from Quartzsite along the river to Martinez Lake.
  13. Yeah. Many times. It's really the only way to get through without going around the north\south ends of the mountains. Lot's of good riding east of the mountains.
  14. So just returned from a 9 day trip (4 days travel\5 days riding) to SW Idaho. Specifically the Owyhee mtns\desert. We had great aspirations of riding ~ 100 miles per day but it quickly became apparent the the challenges presented by the terrain (not to mention having a 10 rider crew) limited us to more like 50 - 75 miles. In the desert floor area lots of STEEP , long downhills and hill climbs. Probably some of the steepest and rockiest hill climbs I've done in my illustrious riding career. Serious stuff:) Add to that the first couple of days we were dealing with a stuck float issue on one of the guys DRZ. That situation made worse when the owner decided on Day 2 in an attempt to unstick the float by tapping on the float bowl with a wrench actually cracked the float bowl about 30 miles out in the middle of nowhere. Yikes! I had some epoxy putty in my pack and that was successful in repairing the crack. That rider opted out of the rest of the week (to his credit). All was hunky dory until Day 4. We rode out of Rabbit Creek up into the mountains on a very challenging old two track that was severely rutted out. About 25 miles in one of the riders clipped a tree branch which ripped the fuel injector wiring out of the bike (KTM 350). Bike was DOA. One of the other riders worked on an attempted repair. Meanwhile I was about a mile and a half ahead. By the time got back to them it was apparent that their repair efforts had failed and since it was late in the day we turned our attention to figuring out how to extract all of us (mistake - I should have looked closer at the bike - more on that later). We were in the bottom of a canyon with miles of steep difficult trail in both directions. There was no way we were going to be able to tow the bike out so the guy whose bike broke and another guy rode double and we headed out. Cayce is an exceptionally good rider and at 43 much younger than the average for this group. It was about 7 miles up to the top of the canyon and when I got there Cayce and his passenger pulled up beside me about a minute later. Okay I'm impressed:) From there the terrain got easier and we made it back to the truck before dark. Okay so now to the recovery. I recalled that Roger had worked at Seat Concepts in the Boise area but didn't have his number so I reached out to PMB who in turn contacted Roger. Roger hooked me up with the principals (Lendon and Robert) at SC. Robert graciously offered to take time out of his busy schedule and bring his SXS. I had looked at another bike Friday morning to see how the wiring was connected since it was similar to Cayce's set up. Both had JD boxes on the FI and I realized that we might be able to bypass the damaged JD harness to get the bike running. Armed with a myriad of tools (crimp splices, wire, a butane soldering iron, etc) we headed out to the downed bike. Robert and Cayce rode in the RZR while myself and Frank (Cayce's dad) rode in on bikes. When we arrived Robert and I looked it over. We found that indeed even though the fuel injector housing was damaged there was enough remaining that we were able to bypass the JD wiring and plug the stock KTM plug into the injector. Meanwhile I had a suspicion that a couple of fuses had blown since the fuel pump and the dash did not have power. I found two blown fuses, replaced them and with the injector reconnected the bike fired up! The last thing Robert repaired was the connection to the ambient air sensor. The wires were torn out and he attempted to kludge a connection. Not sure if it worked or not but our suspicion is that the bike will run without it anyway. At that point we loaded up and were able the ride the bike out. 50 miles round trip and about 6 hours. HUGE, HUGE, HUGE props to Robert and Lendon. For them to take time out of their day to help us was extraordinarily gracious. When Robert asked me if we wanted him to come out with his rzr I replied that I didn't want to impose but yes that would be helpful. His response was riders don't leave riders stranded. Stand up guys for sure. Also big props to PMB and Roger for getting us connected. All in all it was an adventure and as with most situations like this a big learning opportunity.
  15. Going east past American Girl up the wash is pretty rocky. Not recommended for the faint of heart or those on big bikes:)
  16. Just an FYI for those interested in riding this route the gate will be locked Jan 1 as it is every year. It will re-open June 30th.
  17. Wow. I like the before shot!
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    Garmin zūmo® XT anyone using this?

    Not for everyone but for those electrically handy replacing the brick with something more convenient is not a big issue. Some comments in reviews on the Zumo XT that the motorcycle mount is kind of weak. A few have reported it breaking and the gps coming loose. I have to say with close to 10K miles (some of it pretty rough terrain) the Montana 6xx mount has never caused me an issue. I'd have to put my hands on a Zumo XT to see if it fits my needs. I currently own a 276Csx that I use in the 4 wheelers. Great unit with a great screen but the form factor is a bit large for a dirt bike. Montana 610 serves me quite well on the bike.
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    Garmin zūmo® XT anyone using this?

    I see that now. Yeah that is a bit inconvenient though I understand why they did it that way. Moving to 5 volt usb is pretty much the standard currently. They could have done a better job on the packaging. With the Moto Minded Super Mount I'm running it's not an issue. One could probably make a bracket behind the GPS to hold the brick.
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    Garmin zūmo® XT anyone using this?

    Looking at the install instructions for the mount I don't see a power brick. Where did you see that?
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    Garmin zūmo® XT anyone using this?

    Hmm,.... maybe? Interesting that they don't list in the specs. Wonder what the capacity is or can you only transfer 1 gpx file at a time? Need to put my hands one to check it out.
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    Garmin zūmo® XT anyone using this?

    When I look at the specs and the manual there's no mention of track storage\management. The Montana 700 series for example lists: In the Zumo XT Specs there's no listing for track capacity so I'm assuming it's like every other Zumo in that regard. The Zumo series is not traditionally off-road oriented.
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    Garmin zūmo® XT anyone using this?

    I notice they allow the Zumo series. Thinking they may use custom maps vs tracks. I use custom maps that I create from tracks when we do a big group ride. Makes life much simpler. Custom maps in Garmin format (.img) will work on a Zumo but to my knowledge tracks will not. It would kind of make sense that they use custom maps as they cannot be edited by the end user unlike a track file that can be edited.
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