Southwest Dual Sport Riders Club - Phoenix, AZ

Well this Sunday is normal meeting of SWDRC ----I know it fathers day--- good excise to be dad & have some dad time
swapping lies, bs & br over coffee .

This weekend I call SUBWAYS as the gathering place (because of the shade--better coffee---decent breakfast sammie & did I mention shade)

All you hard core LEOs can go next door for donuts & BMW riders ---theres a Starbucks close ---

So 8 AM Sunday Tatum & Bell S/W corner

See ya there

Ride report from the Big Lake area posted here....
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=18938085#post18938085

I am puttin' together a long ride, Z mother of all rides, Z Ultimate Enduro Ride, consist of long & mixt terrains all done in 1 day. It's about 260 miles off-rd (not counting pavment/liaisons sections). I will post it seperatly between now & next week. It'll be done around early August.From Clint Wells going N. through z Clorado Plateau, to z Grand Canyon Via Wupatki National Monument & Navajo Res., and back on z Coconino Plateau (east of hwy 180) S. to Williams.

Sounds epic


In.




-dod

That's z ride for u Charlie ...

How is the homestead going?

B & B :
Good to hear from you,thought y'all dropped of the grid.
SWDSRC is still trying ,but kinda like givin CPR to a cadaver, but I'll hang to they shoot the last horse, a promise is a promise.
Meeting next weekend---same ol' same ol'. Pop in if you get a chance,would be good to see ya.
Jeff

Please keep posting the reminder for the meetings. Hopefully I will be able to attend the next one.

What about a big goon on a 640?

S.C.

Of course ur welcome Scott here u go. AZ, Z Ultimate Enduro Ride, Sunday-august 5-2012
It's a good ride for a 640.

Bam!



There it is.

My boss has had this bike for a while and has been wanting to dump it off on me for a little over a year now. I've never needed it but that doesn't mean I haven't wanted it.

For those who have followed my pitbike saga know that I'm just about fed up with that POS. It started out with a great idea and plans of much buffoonery to be had with it but turned out to be a nightmare.

Fast forward to to last weekend. Wife is out of town and I'm out camping when the great idea crept up into the space between my ears called a brane. What was I talking about? Well, nevermind.

Oh yeah, in comes the idea of calling my boss and bothering him about the little scoot. He says "yeah just come pick it up." cool.

So there it is. It's not running. Currently taking it all apart but the bike, other than being seriously neglected for a long time, appears to be in great shape. Giving the heavily crudded carb a pinesol dip and will be buying an air filter today if possible.

Should be a cool little scoot to put-put around with my son.

Anyone have one of these? As of now I don't really plan on modding it any but I've read that jetting wakes it up a bit. Might do that before I get started with anything else.

SWDRC bi monthly meeting is this Sunday July 1 at 8am usual location ---Tatum & Bell S/W corner and again under the

shaded canopy of Sub Ways,( the Mister really help cool things down).

By the By, an invitation for you to come meet & greet a new member of the group,

I would like to introduce you to Bertha Marlene Wulf you just arrived Thurs from the German Bavarian Alps & will be

staying with me for a while.

See ya all Sunday

Here is a Story on ABC15 about motorcycle accidents in Yarnell Hill on Highway 89.
It’s a five-mile stretch of curvy road south of Prescott that has been called the worst in the state for crashes.
Click on the video after the link:

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/az-highway-a-graveyard-for-motorcycles

Well that sucks.

I typically hit that hill during the week when cop presence is much less than the weekends. Going up that hill above the posted speed on a weekend is just not a smart thing to do.

S.C.

sigh.

I hate seeing reports like these.

these guys ruin it for everyone.

Saw that story too. Did you catch the part at the end where they said the state is planning a $5M+ revamp of certain sections of the road. That probably means straightening it out in some places. Hmmm.

Yes I saw it. They also mention US$100,000 in extra police presence.
Just drive safer and enjoy the ride !

All,


I usually post on East of Phoenix but think this is a better place for my question. I wanted to ask if anyone knows of easy, (I mean really easy) single track routes by Queen Creek or Prescott. I am riding a stock DR650 and need to improve my limited skills.



Thanks
Bill

I am planning on doing a ride tomorrow morning and all of my usual emergency contacts are out of town so I thought I would post here. I plan on leaving around 5 in the morning so that I can beat most of the heat, so I should be back before noon. I will jump on and post when I get back. If for some reason I do not post back by evening and anyone lives in the area I would love a little rescue party.

Here is a link to the route I am planning.

This should pan out to be a pretty leisurely cruise on some basic fire roads, I will be on a stock KLX650 so we shouldn't be far off as far as the bike is considered. I know it is late notice but if you want to meet up somewhere feel free to shoot me a PM with your phone number, I will check here in the morning before I head out.