Adventure riding short rides and BS thread

[SFMCjohn]

did you invest in a shim kit, or do you just get what you need one at a time from a dealer/on line supplier?

the over-bucket valve lash shims for my KLR are about the size of a quarter, and the weird thing is my ‘88 BMW uses the same shims.

interesting that the 701 service manual is available—I’d gotten the impression that we’ve moved away from the kind of paper book service manual you can keep on a shelf. arty

 

[Cabrito]

did you invest in a shim kit, or do you just get what you need one at a time from a dealer/on line supplier?

the over-bucket valve lash shims for my KLR are about the size of a quarter, and the weird thing is my ‘88 BMW uses the same shims.

interesting that the 701 service manual is available—I’d gotten the impression that we’ve moved away from the kind of paper book service manual you can keep on a shelf. arty

I like the paper manual too, and will pay premium to get one (or two)



Need to get out on the moto.. It's been locked up for too long


Reminiscing of past rides..

 

[SFMCjohn]

I like the paper manual too, and will pay premium to get one (or two)

yes, when I’m really on the ball I have the factory manual and also the after-market Clymer manual for the same model. not familiar with Cyclepedia, will have to keep an eye out—they look pretty good to judge by the cover.

Reminiscing of past rides …

gotta couple those-were-the-dayz BARF Adventure Riding subforum pics, too:

Mr El Cabrito having fun ... BARF Baja, 2017.

Sheetiron Shakedown …

found a place to camp at Mr El Cabrito’s famous North Fork Campground, Mendo NF, May 2018 …

Mr El Cabrito, on Virginia Peak, NV, on the way to the End of Pavement Rally in Cedarville, CA, August, 2021 … arty

Happy to report Buck Island is still there:

the gang: Mr Cabrito, Mr FlyingDutch73, Mr dsjanssen (our fearless leader), Ms Saltwater (our fearless two-up rider), Mr Spitfire44, mr Saltwater, non-BARFer David and Mr bananachunks ... May, 2021.

arty

 

[wheel_muse]

I just sent my $170 off for the n00bs Rally in Death Valley on 03/20/24, and we have plans to go see the whales in Baja this winter at some point, and the four BARF rallies and two StonyBARFs, and the End of Pavement rally in Cedarville and Mr catfish's rally up at the Sierra Buttes, and Bungie Brent's Backwoods Bash. oh yeah, the Sheetiron 300, maybe. so that's how my '24 riding season is shaping up. see if I have a running KLR at some point, to accomplish all that.

never a dull moment ...

John, I admire your dedication to the keeping the KLR’s alive, but a Versys would eat those miles with zest. What an amazing ride calendar. I’ll try to make a few of those too!

 

[stratslingr77]

did you invest in a shim kit, or do you just get what you need one at a time from a dealer/on line supplier?

the over-bucket valve lash shims for my KLR are about the size of a quarter, and the weird thing is my ‘88 BMW uses the same shims.

interesting that the 701 service manual is available—I’d gotten the impression that we’ve moved away from the kind of paper book service manual you can keep on a shelf. arty

I bought a shim kit...and yeah, I have a paper manual for the 701. Also for the Africa Twin!

 

[SFMCjohn]

^^

yeah, maybe it's late model BMW GS you can't get a paper manual for, anymore. idk.


there's the NorCal BDR trailer ... think I recognize Mt Patterson, which is a bit of a surprise, and the Sierra Buttes, of course, and maybe Hwy 4:

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[stratslingr77]

I wonder how much of the route will be open Memorial Day weekend?

 

[SFMCjohn]

I wonder how much of the route will be open Memorial Day weekend?

'nother big storm this weekend, I guess. The BDR types are still being coy about the routes, or at least I have not been able to find any info.

the word on the street (or at the SFMC last night, ha), is we'll be missing you at the n00bs Rally this year? assuming I even manage to get there, to miss you.

 

[N4teTheGreat]

I'd have to Assume Mt Patterson is a "hard split" or expert section which just means interesting on lighter dual sport bike. The folks I go on these BDRs with have suggested we try to knock the whole thing out in a long weekend, but, we'll see what the route looks like. If I'm still out of work by then it might be interesting to try to do both the SoCal and this one in one long trip. Maybe, that might be crazy talk.

 

[SFMCjohn]

yes, it will be interesting to see the route.

I can't imagine that if the SoCal BDR is something you can spend 10 days on that one could knock out NorCal in a long weekend ...?

 

[stratslingr77]

It gets released on February 17. I'm tentatively thinking of hitting it on Memorial Day weekend, depending on snow levels. I'll do so with the understanding I'll have to go back for Patterson later in the season. I'd be down for some company! And yeah, can't make nOObs Rally his year--traveling for work that week.

 

[N4teTheGreat]

yes, it will be interesting to see the route.

I can't imagine that if the SoCal BDR is something you can spend 10 days on that one could knock out NorCal in a long weekend ...?

Well, depends on the roads, the last few sections of the socal BDR can definitely be combined into one big day as they are more or less just fast fire roads, depends on how much sight seeing versus saddle time you want to spend, but yeah, if lots of the route is stuff like Patterson, might take a bit more time!

 

[SFMCjohn]

Well, depends on the roads, the last few sections of the socal BDR can definitely be combined into one big day as they are more or less just fast fire roads, depends on how much sight seeing versus saddle time you want to spend, but yeah, if lots of the route is stuff like Patterson, might take a bit more time!

yeah, I’m slow, anyway. would just be super-slow with Mt Patterson.

here’s the 2024 Oakland Motorcycle Club Sheetiron 300 info … camping out at the Stonyford Rodeo Grounds with 500 of my best riding buddies on that Friday night is one of my favorite things to do:

arty

 

[ThumperX]

REGISTER ONLINE???!!!!

TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING!!

 

[N4teTheGreat]

Oooo I really should do it this year, was planning on it last year before the weather had other plans... I've heard it's a bit crazy, but I'd probably just aim to start later and not be in the way of all the fast folks.

 

[SFMCjohn]

the other trick is to leave a half-hour before sunrise, which is what I do to try to beat the dust of 500 riders.

and +1 on the on-line registration thing. dogs and cats, sleeping together.

 

[N4teTheGreat]

Leaving early sounds nice, but I'd still worry about being in the way and being an annoyance to pass, at least if I can see a little dust I'll know I'm going the right way

 

[SFMCjohn]

well, there's that ... I used to get epically lost.

with all this talk of on-line registration, I wonder if they'll at last succumb to the demands for .gpx trax or will still be doing the roll chart?

 

[N4teTheGreat]

Hmm, yeah, if they don't have a track, I'll have to figure out how to do a roll chart and or get lost...

 

[SFMCjohn]

^^

I always got lost, trying to use the Sheetiron 300 roll chart, until I learned my way around.


and, here it is! the NorCal BDR:

did anyone go see the movie at MotoGuild? I was out of town, or I'd have enjoyed seeing it.

guess I'll have to wait until May to watch on YouTube.

going to have some fun figuring out what exactly the map is showing me ...

 

[Butch]

^^

I always got lost, trying to use the Sheetiron 300 roll chart, until I learned my way around.


and, here it is! the NorCal BDR:

did anyone go see the movie at MotoGuild? I was out of town, or I'd have enjoyed seeing it.

guess I'll have to wait until May to watch on YouTube.

going to have some fun figuring out what exactly the map is showing me ...

The movie is showing Friday in Livermost

 

[Cabrito]

^^

I always got lost, trying to use the Sheetiron 300 roll chart, until I learned my way around.

did anyone go see the movie at MotoGuild? I was out of town, or I'd have enjoyed seeing it.

guess I'll have to wait until May to watch on YouTube.

going to have some fun figuring out what exactly the map is showing me ...

John, the GPX tracks are available for GPS and auto-import to Gaia. I know you don't use a gps, but you might be able to get the tracks into other applications.

The Movie was fun and showed a lot of cool places with some history, and a few fire lookouts.

I liked how they showed some of the hard sections and also showed the two injuries that happened. One broken hand and one broken leg. I wonder if this was intentional to warn people with little off pavement experience? They also had a few of the Zero electric ADV bikes that did great.

Getting my 300 ready for noobs next month. Will I see you there?

Parting adventure shot..

 

[SFMCjohn]

Getting my 300 ready for noobs next month. Will I see you there?

Parting adventure shot..

Mr NSFW/Joel has my $170 for teh n00bs 2024, so I’m in. which means 50/50 that I’ll show up.

I do want to try to see people kayaking in the new lake in Badwater Basin.

Ms Lucytriple is still helping me with the KLR top end, so that may be a fly in my n00bs 2024 ointment.

for we non-gps types, the “interactive map” on the BDR website works pretty well for the new NorCal BDR route:

Backcountry Discovery Routes

spent about a half-hour last night zoomed in following it from south to north. recognized a lot of stuff, but there was also a ton of stuff I’d never done. arty

have a reservation on July 25-27th at campsite #16 for Mr Catfish’s Downieville Daze, at the Packsaddle campsite, which turns out to be basically right on the new NorCal BDR route. should have plenty of room for you, Mr Cabrito, if you want to make an appearance at Downieville Daze 2024 this year.

pic of the Mills Peak watch tower, a bonus side route on the NorCal BDR, I suppose:

went and found the Mills Peak watchtower.

and this is the NorCal BDR bail-out gravel road on the way to Downieville:

the road down from Forest, CA …

and Ms two wheel tramp and Mr CrazyCooter are still working on a date for the Cedarville/End of Pavement Rally in August, maybe, which is up around the north end, of course.

pretty cool BDR stuff, so exciting.

 

[N4teTheGreat]

I was there at Motoguild, saw a few BARFers and a few folks I've met on group rides via other friends. Fun movie and, as intended, made me want take off for a week or so of dual sporting. Pretty impressed that they got all those big bikes up and down Patterson as I found that to be plenty of work on my DRZ.

 

[SFMCjohn]

yes, that's the part of the new movie I'm looking forward to, their climb up Mt Patterson.

the two times I've been up there it was a real handful for me on a loaded pre-gen KLR!