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Many of you knew Bob Engel. His daughter called me last night to tell me he had passed away in mid July. Bob could do things with metal that would simply blow your mind! He turned my 74 Bronco into an artwork. USAF veteran, founder of SoCal Ultimate 4x4, super custom car builder supreme! Godspeed Bob Rachelle is planning a memorial desert get together in November. She also has Bob’s VW Thing and a custom flatbed trailer (Bob built) for sale. Let me know if you are interested in more details...

Thanks to Kaw'ee for posting, and this photo of Bob and his daughter, Rachelle. I received the email below from Rachelle regarding a celebration of life event that she is hosting for Bob. It's happening at the Superstition Dip, date and time below. Hi Everyone! Sorry for the delay in getting these out, life’s been really crazy lately! Please see the link to where we will be at! We are expecting 20-40 people to show up! CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR BOB ENGEL JR. Enjoy the ride in honor of Bob! Day: 11-21-2020 Time: 10am Where: see below (instructions from Granite Hills area) / link on map Food: drinks, snacks, sub sandwiches and desserts will be provided What to bring: chairs, byob (Coors, water, Dr Pepper provided) https://maps.app.goo.gl/gCzSVhHhQHH9ZtnZA Thanks! Rachelle Engel 619-322-9954 Rachelle_Engel@yahoo.com

It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of my good friend Guy Biggs (PalmAveRider). This was not a good man, Guy was one of the greatest I've known. If there were ever a man who would literally drop anything he was doing to help a friend, or neighbor, or even a stranger in need, it was Guy. I had posted several years ago to the "Firestorm" thread about the Harris fire, and how Guy, along with his brother Jack, came to my aid when fire was heading right up our gullet. This was not only a badass fellow KTM rider, winning many a MX in his time, but also a Firefighter extrordinaire!! You can look up my story if you want to, but the quick-dump is that Guy arrived on my 5 acre Ranchito in Jamul, and the fire literally went AROUND US on all sides. I truly believe that this is because the Harris fire, which took 5 lives, consumed over 90,000 acres, and destroyed over 250 structures on its way to us in 2007, was simply AFRAID to mess with Guy Biggs!!! S please raise you glass, preferably the next time it has a good beer in it, to my good friend Guy Biggs. Until we ride together again my brother, God Speed...

Nice write-up Bob, glad to see you and Morgan got some quality time. We did the family run with our friends from Kauai on Monday. Tommy borrowed the Mighty 540 for a ride and brought it back with a broken handguard and demolished tailpiece, but it was one of those once-in-a-great-while rides that I cherish so much now that he's at CS Fullerton. Keep them close and hug them often...

Yeah, Happy 5-0 to R-O... wait, that's me... THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES Y'ALL

I need to get a VHF radio and the fixins to talk with my S-dar buddies, so I'd be interested. ...but what's a "symposium"? (I'm not that smart... don't know how I got this job in the first place...)

R-O in #32 :curtsey:

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any posts about a New Year's weekend trip (if I did please PM me a link to the thread). As of this writing, R-O Jr. is feverishly working to get the Rancho Naranja rig ready to travel. I know some of the OTB group will be at OW, but I was thinking about something a little less crowded. Anybody planning to head to Plaster/Superstition this weekend?

Welcome Dai We have the local Desert Scrambles here, and as a younger lad (up to your age) I raced 'em a bit. Lots of great people to meet there as well as on the site here. Looking forward to getting with you and learning a little about the country of my ancestry. Cheers! R-O

Merry Christmas to all, an' God bless us... EVERY ONE!

Thanks for the call Rad. I'm in for the meeting and DD 2010

I guess if I'm ever gonna get back in the saddle, this would be the time... It's possiboole

Feel free to stop by! You know the route...

Last night I got orientation for Sport Chalet's PADI open water diver course Does anybody here dive? Or used to dive and wants to get back into it a little? If nothing else, I could use some advice on equipment...

Thanks for the feedback, I'll make the calls as I'm starting to look into gear. After I get done with the course, maybe you skinners can show me the ropes

I hope you're having a great birthday partner From the who;le family: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

ALOHA and Happy Faddah's Day to all the SDAR Faddah's (HEY! I'm really getting the hang of this "pidgen english"... I just might stay a little longer!!! )

Info on the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Rider Course can be found BY CLICKING HERE It involves 5 hours of classroom and 2 days of closed course riding instruction, and is a "Pass/Fail" course. By passing you forego the need to do the DMV practical exam, but you still need to pass their written. This course is worth every penny and could save your life! While the girls at Coach2Ride are very qualified, we would certainly appreciate if you would consider allowing your brothers at SDAR to provide you with the Dirt Bike School training John (carguy) and I are MSF certified instructors of this defined syllabus course, and we offer our SDARmates a 50% discount on enrollment fees. Feel free to PM one of us if you're interested. It's a pretty basic course and we've had several SDAR go through it. Everyone of them has come away with something of value to use on the trail.

TW may be a little heavy and not so responsive for a noob. I'd be inclined to go with the TTR or perhaps a CRF 150, depending on her size. Whatever bike you get, make sure you put her into a good, qualified Motorcycle Safety Foundation certified Dirt Bike School. This will save your relationship and add years of fun to your off roading experience with her. I hear there are a couple of guys here that offer someting like that... good guys too...

What do you expect!!! Look at the time I posted that! At 6:06am I hadn't fully woken up yet!!! (not that I get better throughout the day though) I call B.S.! Guys like you do more before 0900 than most people do ALL DAY Happy Trails!

A TRIPLE NEGATIVE Impressive (you had me at the double ) I run UHD front & rear. Never had a pinch flat on the rear, but I have on the front I've also heard that the MT43 trials tire can feel sloppy on the pavement, but I haven't experienced that with mine, maybe a function of the heavier tube? Good luck!

I just came back from visiting Bob & Rich (saw Craig there too ). First of all, I would like to thank Bob & Rich for supporting SDAR with great deals and their donations to the Desert Dash raffle. I'd also like to say good luck to you both, I know you'll land on your feet I picked up a Coretech adventure jacket (the REALLY good one) for 80 bucks, Klim F4 helmet that retails for over $400 (I know cuz I've been looking REAL hard at these ) for $170, some riding pants, socks, a 3L bladder, etc... Everything is 50% off and they have a ton of stuff left. If you need something, or even if you think something you have will break in the future and you'll need a replacement, go there today!!! They're blowing stuff out until 6:00, then it's over

Hmmmm... a chance to hang with Jon & Julie? Sounds like a goo...DAMN IT!!! Soccer registrations I swear to Gawd I'm going to quit doing all this other crap that get is in the way of my riding events Maybe I'll ride the race chopper out there later in the afternoon and say howdy

After being a big fan of Maxxis Desert IT (of course they're not DOT approved ), I'm sold on the 43. 15psi felt solid on the street and hooked-up well in all kinds of dirt, even the loose gravely stuff that wrecked my shoulder a year and a half ago . I could get it to break loose, but not for long, and I was really surpised at the effort it took to do so. There were some loose rock sections, and I heard from the guys behind me that the soft rubber gets a good grip of the small rocks and really chucks 'em (sorry guys, I'll work on the throttle control ). I think those same rocks could be the 43 nemesis though as I wound up with a few missing chunks of rubber at the end of the day. We'll have to see how long it lasts...

Thanks a boatload to Brent, RJ, and all the folks at AAKTM! Great to ride with y'all today. Lots of new faces and a few old ones (like mine and KLRoger's BTW, shouldn't you change your handle to something like "letsomebodyridemyHuskyandtheybrokeitsoIboughtanewanddifferentmodelbikebutstillnotaKTM-Roger" Good to see you again buddy ) Anyways... good times and a great way to commerate those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to maintain our freedom