Adventure riding short rides and BS thread

[AufRoad]

This look like yet another great place I need to ride!
I'm looking at the spotwalla and working on mapping it into Gaia.
Thanks Guys!

 

[auditude]

Eric B and I had a Little/Big Bike ADV ride for a quick overnight to Carrizo Plain.

Eric has the nose for routes and got us all the way from San Jose to Carrizo on secondary roads that were awesome. Because of the miles we had to do we didn't take a lot of pics, but we got some.

My Spotwalla for the trip -




It's the Little-Big bike ride because I was on my 1090 and Eric was on his KLX250 as seen in front of "old 67" after a killer run down 25 and Coalinga/Los Gatos Rd.



We were the Wolfman Luggage Pinup krew

Eric's KLX is sweet.


We snagged one of the last sites at Selby CG

Photo Credit - Eric B he calls it "1090 at sunrise"



Out on Soda Lake Rd, and look closely to see the remnants of a tumble weed Eric hit.


The brown Carrizo




After running Soda Lake Rd to Maricopa for gas we hit Elkhorn Rd for the way back.

Eric is a great tour guide and knows a lot about the area, stopping frequently to point out interesting things along the way.



The massiveness of Carrizo


The top of Parkfield Grade. Eric coasted down the paved section for six miles.



Two days, 696 miles, 14hrs saddle time, with the big KTM averaging 47mpg

Awesome ride; being on the big katoom, how often and where were your fuel stops?

I’d love to convince myself to do this ride on my ‘05 gs but always worry about fueling and running this solo...( would love to have an OG tow me as a dirt newb)

Please share at your convenience

‘Tude

 

[Cabrito]

Awesome ride; being on the big katoom, how often and where were your fuel stops?

I’d love to convince myself to do this ride on my ‘05 gs but always worry about fueling and running this solo...( would love to have an OG tow me as a dirt newb)

Please share at your convenience

‘Tude

Thanks 'Tude,
I can get up to 280 miles on a tank.
SF to Coalinga - Gas.
Coalinga to Maricopa - Gas
Maricopa to Coalinga - Gas
Coalinga to SF arrived with 50 miles to spare.

 

[Tom G]

Thanks 'Tude,
I can get up to 280 miles on a tank.
SF to Coalinga - Gas.
Coalinga to Maricopa - Gas
Maricopa to Coalinga - Gas
Coalinga to SF arrived with 50 miles to spare.

Hollister (and King city) has gas as well. My GSA gets around 350 mi out of a tank on these roads.

 

[Cabrito]

Hollister (and King city) has gas as well. My GSA gets around 350 mi out of a tank on these roads.

Good point.

You need to know your range and plan accordingly. There aren't a lot of options close to the Plain.

The KLX needed gas more frequently than my big KTM.

 

[SFMCjohn]

Buck Island, Fiske Creek Road ...

Happy to report Buck Island is still there:

sunset from the top of Buck Island Road ... right to left, we figure that's Mt. St John, the Snow Mountain Wilderness and Hull Mountain along the horizon.

the gang: Cabrito, FlyingDutch73, dsjanssen (our fearless leader), Ms Saltwater (our fearless two-up rider), Spitfire44, Saltwater, non-BARFer David and bananachunks ...

Justin (?), our faux-turkey-hunting, Polaris-riding, gun totin', Miller Light and firewood and country-song-lyric supplying neighbor, being neighborly and enjoying our campfire on Saturday night ...

our fearless leader, enjoying the sunset on Friday night ...

on Saturday, dsjanssen lead the intrepid Spitfire44 and dragged the fearful SFMCjohn on a Fiske Creek Road expedition:

a view of Lake Berryessa from Fiske Creek Road ...

a view of Davis Creek Reservoir from Fiske Creek Road.

A silver lining to the bad fire they had up there recently is that Fiske Creek Road was in awesome condition thanks to the fire-break-building bulldozers they had up there fighting the fire, and I was able to explore Fiske Creek Road further than I ever have before.

eventually, however, fear did overcome me and I abandoned dsjanssen and Spitfire44 to continue exploring Fiske Creek Road on their own. they reported finding a pretty nice picnic/camp spot and some gnarly ruts, as well as some excellent adventure riding.

A view of Rd 40, Fiske Creek Road and Buck Island Road (the four-way intersection at the top of Reiff/Rayhouse) from Fiske Creek Rd ... here is a link to some fun history of Knoxville and Davis Creek Reservoir, and to the Natural History of McLaughlin Reserve, which I gather is the name UC Davis had given the area around Davis Creek Reservoir. big history of mercury mining, apparently ...

and, a view of a small rattlesnake. Saltwater saw a big one in our Buck Island campsite, but despite our best efforts we failed to get the pic. arty

and, a couple mapz:

Reiff Road to Buck Island from Morgan Territory/Knoxville Rd ...

Davis Creek Reservoir, the north half of Rd 40 from Hwy 16, to the four way intersection of Rd 40, Buck Island Road and Fiske Creek Road in the middle of the map, with Fiske Creek Road leading off to the lower right, toward Blue Ridge. I have no idea what Esparto Unified is, maybe the organization that put in the concrete picnic table that is reportedly out there somewhere ...?

all in all an epic outing. big thanks to our fearless leader, who got me off the sofa this weekend ...

 

[Cabrito]

Awesome pics John! That rattle snake was right under your bike!!

I only took a few pics, but it was a great ride up via Lake Berryessa, and back home through Lake County, St Helena, and Santa Rosa.

Saltwater and Mrs Saltwater on the big GSA


FlyingDutch73 on his sweet Tiger


Saltwater took this nice shot of our campsite


Here I'm trying to remember how to assemble my cot (it's been in storage for a few years) so many parts.


Saltwater made real food on his sick little wood stove


Spitfire44 on the Zero Ton bridge on his killer F800 GS



Can't wait for the next ride with these nice folks.

 

[N4teTheGreat]

Looks like a lot of fun, I'll pass on the rattle snakes though!

 

[1962siia]

So bummed I missed this weekend! Thanks for the pics!

 

[matty]

with Fiske Creek Road leading off to the lower right, toward Blue Ridge. I have no idea what Esparto Unified is, maybe the organization that put in the concrete picnic table that is reportedly out there somewhere ...?

Are you talking about that picnic table at the bottom of Fiske where you have to go through a little hole in the hedges? That place is fantastically secluded for it being right off the trail. And I bet you're right, maybe Esparto Unified School district's table, a throwback when schools would take students on overnights in the wilderness.

Anyway, fun pics and looks like it was an epic time.

 

[SFMCjohn]

Are you talking about that picnic table at the bottom of Fiske where you have to go through a little hole in the hedges? That place is fantastically secluded for it being right off the trail. And I bet you're right, maybe Esparto Unified School district's table, a throwback when schools would take students on overnights in the wilderness.

Anyway, fun pics and looks like it was an epic time.

yes, you’re a better man than me, I’ve always chickened out before getting anywhere near the rumored picnic table on Fiske Creek Rd.

we need to find ourselves next to the same campfire this year! maybe a Fiske Creek campout, or Anthony Peak ...?

 

[matty]

yes, you’re a better man than me, I’ve always chickened out before getting anywhere near the rumored picnic table on Fiske Creek Rd.

we need to find ourselves next to the same campfire this year! maybe a Fiske Creek campout, or Anthony Peak ...?

Not a better man, just more gullible or trusting when someone says "it's not bad"

And yes, sharing a campfire sounds great, the pics here and from the stoney thread looked like great fun.

 

[SFMCjohn]

And yes, sharing a campfire sounds great, the pics here and from the stoney thread looked like great fun.

think you'd love a StonyBARF, I certainly do ...
looks like the next StonyBARF is 9/30/21 - 10/03/21.

arty

I've posted about Beyond the Border - Riding Solo in Mexico here in the past, but my friend @Saltwater sent me a couple screenshots today:

the original Coco's Corner, March, 2009, and a '95 DR350se and a 2001 KLR.
the road south of Puertecitos was still all dirt ...
guess the two-month trip was a success, we went ahead and got married in 2010.

 

[SFMCjohn]

arty

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The ASO has just announced the dates for the 2022 Dakar Rally, and the general location.

Next year, the Dakar Rally will run January 2-14, and it will return to Saudi Arabia. The race will start in Ha’il and end in Jeddah, running a clockwise course from east to west.

The 2022 rally will head through some very wild country, going through Saudi Arabia’s vast Empty Quarter.

Organizers say three stages will have nothing but sand dunes, all day. There will be two loop stages, with the day starting and ending at the same bivouac; there will also be two marathon stages, with the riders not allowed outside help from their mechanical support team.

The rally will cover around 8,000 kilometres.

 

[SFMCjohn]

Moto Mike at MotoJava, at their new location on S. Van Ness, next to the Dainese San Francisco store, has a '96 KLR with a big aftermarket tank with only 5000(!) original miles.

asking just south of $4000, maybe. Low milage first gen or pre, pre gens or whatever we're calling them now are getting pretty rare. it's the "right" one, anyway, imo. he says it's otherwise stock, and maybe a single-owner, which are also the correct answers.

if I didn't have a garage full of KLRs, I'd be tempted to run, not walk, down there and buy this one, just based on the low miles.

anyway, just a heads up for folks who may be looking for one of these old ADV bikes.

 

[two wheel tramp]

I'm laughing at you johnny. But with two dr650s i have no room to point fingers.

 

[SFMCjohn]

I'm laughing at you johnny.

must ...
... resist.

 

[Tom G]

Moto Mike at MotoJava, at their new location on S. Van Ness, next to the Dainese San Francisco store, has a '96 KLR with a big aftermarket tank with only 5000(!) original miles.

asking just south of $4000, maybe. Low milage first gen or pre, pre gens or whatever we're calling them now are getting pretty rare. it's the "right" one, anyway, imo. he says it's otherwise stock, and maybe a single-owner, which are also the correct answers.

if I didn't have a garage full of KLRs, I'd be tempted to run, not walk, down there and buy this one, just based on the low miles.

anyway, just a heads up for folks who may be looking for one of these old ADV bikes.

Why buy a KLR? I had a DR650 for about 4 month before I hated it so much and upgraded to my current GSA (about 10 years ago). Couldn't imagine owning a KLR, what benefits does it have other than being basic and workable?

 

[SFMCjohn]

Why buy a KLR? I had a DR650 for about 4 month before I hated it so much and upgraded to my current GSA (about 10 years ago). Couldn't imagine owning a KLR, what benefits does it have other than being basic and workable?

I actually owned a purple and teal KLR (see pic above) and rode it until I wore it out ...
my joke about that bike is I didn’t really have to look at it while I was riding it, but all my GSA and KTM riding buddies did ...

the other joke about my KLRs is I got into them because they were cheap to walk away from if I ever had to abandon one south of the border ...

KLR riders joke that its biggest benefit is that we don’t really care when we drop them.

the truth is, I got my KLR because I had milk crates left over from my college record collection I needed to put to good use.

but seriously ... the KLR: the for bike for people that don’t really like themselves.

all in good fun.
anyway, at least my KLR isn’t a Honda.

 

[oobus]

If I win the lottery I'm signing over my 690 to you John just to see you own something orange.