Adventure riding short rides and BS thread

[bananachunks]

84 arty Last year was my highest at 79.

Could be at 86, but Best Buy screwed me out of last weekend and half of this one

So how many days camping so far this year? Have you surpassed your personal best yet?

Looks killer by the way!

 

[Cabrito]

84 arty Last year was my highest at 79.

Could be at 86, but Best Buy screwed me out of last weekend and half of this one

You sir are my hero.. Keep doing what you do.

 

[SFMCjohn]

Virginia Peak, NV, August, 2021, on the way to the Cedarville Rally

my vague plans for 2022, so far:

n00bs Rally, March 24 - 27, 2022 (I'm on the waitlist, this is a pita early-reg-fills-up ADV rally)

StonyBARF, April 28 - May 1, 2022 (show up or don't!)

Redding Dirt Riders Shasta Campout: May 13 - 15, 2022 ($105, pre-reg, camping rally)

Oakland MC Sheetiron 300: May 20 -22, 2022 (pita reg-early-fills-up style)

waiting on the dates for two wheel tramp's Cedarville Rally (show-up-or-don't BARF rally) in past years usually in June, I guess, and her Weaverville Rally (pita motel reservation BARF rally), usually in August ... also usually another StonyBARF in Sept., maybe?

Should also be maybe a couple of regular BARF rallies, too. Rydther type?

w00t! arty

 

[SFMCjohn]

guess ADVrider.com is now part of the Vertical Scope family ... announcement made on Tuesday:

A new operator of ADVrider

opinions I’ve heard vary from “wait and see” to “the sky is falling.”

anyone here have a point of view about VS?

While other social platforms focus on connecting family and friends, Vertical Scooe users are brought together by the products and passions that inspire them. Our communities are a place to read reviews, ask questions and get answers, from engaged subject-matter experts and enthusiasts.

in any event, certainly the end of an era ...
thanks to Mr Baldy for over 20 years of service to our ADV subculture!

 

[Cabrito]

guess ADVrider.com is now part of the Vertical Scope family ... announcement made on Tuesday:
in any event, certainly the end of an era ...
thanks to Mr Baldy for over 20 years of service to our ADV subculture!

Thanks John,
End of an era indeed..

 

[SFMCjohn]

Thanks John,
End of an era indeed..

yes, ADVrider probably certainly helped my moto life develop the way it did.

no doubt the ride reports blew my mind when I first saw them on ADV, and the pics (and maps) ... and rallies. guess an ADV Rally at Furnace Creek was my first dual-sport Rally (Death Valley Dayz, ha, guess it was a BMW g/s Rally, first, idk).

oh well, wait and see. maybe it will be seamless, or just the continued general descent (ascent?) away from bulletin boards ...?

 

[SFMCjohn]

Carrizo Plane, on my way to my fav camp spot off Hurricane Road, to break up a Baja or Death Valley slog. hopefully shooting for Bahia de Los Angeles this trip. we’ll see … arty

check out my fancy new-to-me Tusk duffel, courtesy of Mr bananachunks … loving it!

no wildflowers, yet, but did see some yellow just starting to paint the hillsides off Hwy 58 at 7 Mile/Elkhorn Roads.

 

[SFMCjohn]

couple moar, from this am:

sunrise from Hurricane Ridge …

plan for the day is to mosey down to Oceanside and maybe meet a forum person who I know from on-line but have never met irl, and then camp tonight at a county camp ground on the USA side, and cross at Tacate tomorrow morning …

 

[two wheel tramp]

 

[1962siia]

Awesome John! Have a great trip!

 

[Cabrito]

Awesome John! Have a great trip!

Yes this ^^^

Looks beautiful!

 

[matty]

plan for the day is to mosey down to Oceanside and maybe meet a forum person who I know from on-line but have never met irl, and then camp tonight at a county camp ground on the USA side, and cross at Tacate tomorrow morning …

Right on!

Buena suerte

 

[SFMCjohn]

Awesome John! Have a great trip!

Yes this ^^^

Looks beautiful!

Right on!

Buena suerte

thanks for reading and posting guys ... it was a curtailed trip, thanks to a starting issue that appeared at the bottom of the Grapevine, yesterday:

seems like some sort of a ground issue, according to my betters, based on a single click from the selenoid area and loss of headlight, which then slowly fades up back to full power.

after struggling with it for a couple hours decided it wasn’t an obvious loose wire, and I’d need some parts or a battery, so I just punted and bump started the bike and self extracted myself home without turning it off (had a spare key for the locking gas cap).

I’ll swap some likely parts (ignition switch, kill switch/stater button and selenoid) and get Kalle to help me with his multi meter and see where I’m at. bike is running well, like a top all the way up I-5, ouch. just need it to start when I push the button.

almost got blown completely off the highway the final bitter end by the howling crosswind, right before heading into the wind to go west over the Altamont Pass. that was exciting in the cold and dark.

anyway. Baja 2022 a fail, Baja or bust, 2023.
that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

 

[matty]

... it was a curtailed trip... Baja or bust, 2023.

Bummer.

And I rode 5 once and only once on a moto, and that was on a Z1000 and it was so much fun, I can imagine the KLR was even more fun

 

[stratslingr77]

Dang it John, we probably chewed some of the same dust this weekend. I was in Carrizo Plain too, wringing out my AT!

 

[Cabrito]

thanks for reading and posting guys ... it was a curtailed trip, thanks to a starting issue that appeared at the bottom of the Grapevine, yesterday:

seems like some sort of a ground issue, according to my betters, based on a single click from the selenoid area and loss of headlight, which then slowly fades up back to full power.

after struggling with it for a couple hours decided it wasn’t an obvious loose wire, and I’d need some parts or a battery, so I just punted and bump started the bike and self extracted myself home without turning it off (had a spare key for the locking gas cap).

I’ll swap some likely parts (ignition switch, kill switch/stater button and selenoid) and get Kalle to help me with his multi meter and see where I’m at. bike is running well, like a top all the way up I-5, ouch. just need it to start when I push the button.

almost got blown completely off the highway the final bitter end by the howling crosswind, right before heading into the wind to go west over the Altamont Pass. that was exciting in the cold and dark.

anyway. Baja 2022 a fail, Baja or bust, 2023.
that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

Well Poop! That sucks, and are you sure it wasn't the famous KLR loose battery connection? Happened to mine a few times.

Sounds like a shitty ride home at the end. I've been there on Altamont when it was getting dark and the headwinds made it so we could barely keep speed on our KLR's so my buddy went out and bought a GSA after that ride. Maybe there is a GSA in your future?

Yesterday was hella windy, glad you made it home in once piece..

 

[SFMCjohn]

Bummer.

And I rode 5 once and only once on a moto, and that was on a Z1000 and it was so much fun, I can imagine the KLR was even more fun

the I-5 slog wasn’t really that bad, surprisingly, probably because I felt it was necessary, and I just tucked in behind a truck that was doing 70mph and sort of let them tow me mindlessly along ...

Dang it John, we probably chewed some of the same dust this weekend. I was in Carrizo Plain too, wringing out my AT!

haha, how cool would it have been to bump into each other?

Well Poop! That sucks, and are you sure it wasn't the famous KLR loose battery connection? Happened to mine a few times.

Sounds like a shitty ride home at the end. I've been there on Altamont when it was getting dark and the headwinds made it so we could barely keep speed on our KLR's so my buddy went out and bought a GSA after that ride. Maybe there is a GSA in your future?

Yesterday was hella windy, glad you made it home in once piece..

why I posted the pic, wanted to demonstrate I unloaded the bike and at least tried to find loose wires. I actually went to the garage yesterday and checked the battery cables again and tried to re-start the bike, but it still won’t start. the headlight seems to flicker when I jiggle the key, so I’m hoping that’s an easy parts swap fix.

anyway, yes, if it turns out that keeping a 20 year old bike reliable is beyond me, and the poor KLR starts having issues I can’t resolve on my long rides I’ll give up and get a new bike, but it will probably be a Versys 300X.

like GSAs, but can’t see myself paying well into five figures for a KLR replacement.

 

[SFMCjohn]

here’s a pre-gen KLR roadside repair hail-Mary pic for Mr Cabrito ... bypassing the starter safety lock out, by cutting the cable plug and splicing the black and yellow wires to ensure a ground. hear it works great if that’s your problem.

anyway, all my prone-to-failure clutch, neutral and sidestand safety switches are now bypassed. but bike still wouldn’t start.

do love my pre-gen KLRs. the exciter-coil ignition system is the killer app. always get home if you can bump it.

hope I can be enough of a real motorcycle guy to keep her running reliably into the future ...

actually think there’s a way to get the starter to spin by supplying battery voltage directly to the starter? which is a trick that might have saved the trip ... maybe a better KLR guy than me could say. wish I’d have tried that some at the time.

oh well, live and learn. think the battery-direct-to-starter trick is a way to diagnose a selenoid issue, anyway, so I’ll have to figure it out. Kalle probably knows. why I should probably never be allowed to ride around without adult supervision.

 

[bananachunks]

Dang it John, we probably chewed some of the same dust this weekend. I was in Carrizo Plain too, wringing out my AT!

haha, how cool would it have been to bump into each other?

Funny. Last minute on Thursday I decided to take advantage of the 3-day and hit up Carrizo as well (more specifically Miranda Pine CG / Old Sierra Madre). But then last minuterer I made an impulse purchase of a new Win tablet and decided to stay local so I could make sure the delivery made it into my hands. Would have been pretty nifty to (potentially) run into so many great faces so far from home.

Bummer about the KLR, John. You got this!

I now have sleeping at Hurricane Ridge added to sleeping on Old Sierra Madre, doubling up my itch for a Carrizo run. Soon!

 

[AufRoad]

Cache Creek water crossing is nothing to worry about

Had a chance this weekend (yesterday) to ride up there again.
This time I brought extra gas.

I'm happy to say it was nothing. Here's the line we took.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8a8tAlIoc4

Now I just have to build out a new tool kit and go with a tool roll instead.