Hungry Valley

[grantzilla 0]

Have not ridden Hungry Valley in a few years and plan on doing a ride out there the first week of January.

Have some vaction from Dec 28th - Jan 10th and will for sure hit Hungry Valley at least for an overnighter. Just throwing it out there in case anyone else is up for some cold weather riding. If all goes well there should be no crowd and maybe snow on some trails.

Grant

[tlking6 0]

yeah they got snow up there in the LPNF. I have a number to call,,, I'll dig it up. If you havent been up there in the last couple years than you may not know that these days they close the forest at the slightest hint of snow. Too bad because its a blast up there when its wet! Hungry valley stays open all winter unless it gets really bad.

If the trails are open I'd be up for sliding up there for at least a day ride.

[grantzilla 0]

They also close part of I-5 up there when the weather is really bad, so if there is too much snow or ice it may not be feasible.

Years ago I took short sections of the Tejon and Frazier trails from the park up to Los Padres and the riding was amazing. Hope that is still open.

I'll keep an eye on the weather and figure out the best day(s) to go for max riding.

[grantzilla 0]

Hitting Hungry Valley tomorrow. Should be good weather. 54 and sunny. Probably ride all day and may spend the night. All parts of the park are open and I plan on taking the trails in to the Los Padres too.

Want to try out the new DR 350 set up of new shock, FMF muffler, rebuilt forks and other goodies.

[paulmbowers 236]

So- your 800GS will be left unattended somewhere?

[Audible 0]

Hitting Hungry Valley tomorrow. Should be good weather. 54 and sunny. Probably ride all day and may spend the night. All parts of the park are open and I plan on taking the trails in to the Los Padres too.

Want to try out the new DR 350 set up of new shock, FMF muffler, rebuilt forks and other goodies.

Hope you have a fun ride.

*Hey how do you like those fork protectors??? Did you have to take the forks apart to install (obvious I'm sure). Do you have zip tied in place?? What brand??

[grantzilla 0]

Hitting Hungry Valley tomorrow. Should be good weather. 54 and sunny. Probably ride all day and may spend the night. All parts of the park are open and I plan on taking the trails in to the Los Padres too.

Want to try out the new DR 350 set up of new shock, FMF muffler, rebuilt forks and other goodies.

Hope you have a fun ride.

*Hey how do you like those fork protectors??? Did you have to take the forks apart to install (obvious I'm sure). Do you have zip tied in place?? What brand??

I have the full length neoprene Seal Savers on. Had the short ones on before, but after a few years they needed replacing. I put em on when I changed out the fork oil and springs, so yes you have to remove the forks to install. They are zip tied at the bottom and go all the way up to the top where the fork meets the triple tree. They work great! Keep the fork clean and prolong seal life.

[grantzilla 0]

So- your 800GS will be left unattended somewhere?

The GS800 has been out of my stable for a while now. Turns out I'm never going to do the long way round and German engineering and expense was not agreeing with me. Got almost what I paid for it, so I got to try it for around a year for a few hundred bucks. Not my cup of tea after all. Great bike, just not the kind of riding I want to do.

[Audible 0]

Cool, thanks...no zip-tie at top??

[paulmbowers 236]

So- your 800GS will be left unattended somewhere?

The GS800 has been out of my stable for a while now. Turns out I'm never going to do the long way round and German engineering and expense was not agreeing with me. Got almost what I paid for it, so I got to try it for around a year for a few hundred bucks. Not my cup of tea after all. Great bike, just not the kind of riding I want to do.

Ah well, saves me the trip and the karma hit.

[grantzilla 0]

Cool, thanks...no zip-tie at top??

Yep, no zip tie at the top for the short or long ones. Just zip tie at the bottom.