Gettin' Dirty with the Wans: 8400 miles - UTBDR, KLIM rally, Canada, WABDR, OBDR +

Hi Notar,

It was great meeting you and Mav!

What a nice surprise to run into you - we had fun riding with you guys
Haven't looked through the files yet, but we got some pics and video of you two, as well.

Prime riding season for sure
Later on in the ride, we met Dingweed in Montecello - it's a small ADV world!


Dickie, master marine, Joel, everyone - thanks for the RR encouragement, itS looking good!
We aren't quite home yet but the ride was awesome.
Got tons Of pics and video and had more than our share of adventure.
This report is going
To be the BEST one yet (from a riding standpoint), it's insane what these big bikes can do.
:eek1

Joel-
Sorry we won't be at the ktm rally, we'll be working.
I think we got our fill of Colorado, but you will have some nice fall colors in sept.


Docwyte, glad you made deep sand your favorite!
We had some good sand days on this ride and some bad sand days...
Unfortunately, bent bits come with the territory!




OK, you guys - even after we get home, it will take me a while to get the photos sorted (over
4000)
And the video organized (hrs of footage from 2
Or 3 cameras)
But look for a Report starting sometime next week.
I can't wait to get off this stupid phone and back to a real computer!

Yay!!!

How to you spell yaaaayyy anyway??

Make 4000+ pics and hours of video MY favorite!

Heading up to Highway Dirt Bikes tomorrow am to look into replacing my bent bits with their super trick stuff.

I've been eyeing their hand guards/mirrors for awhile, now I have the reason to get it...

I totally agree, there is always a reason for the Wans to do a ride report. Yes Colorado has been done but it hasn't been done with wacky links and "LittleWan-isms".

...BigWan showed up here: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=310079

I can't wait. Sorry, page 8 post 114

Nice find redog!

Aw, I pretty much did Colorado in the Summer of Stupid, but it's nice that you want more.
We did ride some new-to-us stuff on this trip.



I don't know if there will be many fun linkies, I've got my hands full with pics and video from 6 people...:eek1
But, we'll see what happens...



OK, you guys -
I'm just waiting for 400 photos from Bartek and then I'm ready to start.



P.S. Hi redog! haha, yeah - Radek just spoiled my RR ending, dammit!

"P.S. Hi redog! haha, yeah - Radek just spoiled my RR ending, dammit! "

Yuuuuusssssss!!

Never before did I believe cross-threading to be a good thing -- MC, glad to see you had a Wan interaction.
Two years back, I saw a guy at a BMW dealership, saw that he had a ton of stickers on his panniers, made a mental note that I should talk with him, and helped him find a local place to camp. Only when I got home and on-line did I realize that it was Len, the seafarer rider whose adventures I'd been following for the past few months from Nova Scotia, to Deadhorse, to the southern most point of SA. Not easy to put faces to screen captures when you aren't expecting to connect the dots. . .. :eek1 :eek1 :eek1

Hi NoVa Rider,

Oh I enjoy it when ride reports intersect (when reading them AND in person)!
It was great running into Mav and Notar.

We met some other ADVers on the trip, I hope they have RRs, too...



OK, back to work.
The new RR is up! - Oso Loco Taco Tour

But it's just getting started...
hope to see you guys over there!

Pfff...unless I move country and can actually do one of these rides I don't think I can handle another report!! Pure torture...

Hi Corsica101!


Aw, just read the Canada parts of this one, so you can see where Lica wants to test out your 1190R!

Start here (scroll down to the bottom of the page) - lpage 24 <-----



We had a blast in BC!
Radek took us to this really cool place:




I love that video!
It makes me want to go back.

Update 6/18/14: the Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route cone has been found!

BOOM!




After nearly 2 years, I had given up hope
but, I'm thrilled to report that the cone is now in the hands of an inmate...
(and not in the mouth of a squirrel)





The lucky finder sent me an email from the road - he said he took pics,
but we'll have to wait until he gets back from his travels...
Let's hope Coney keeps him safe in the meantime.
(fingers crossed)




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Yes! I've been going through Wan withdrawal-it seems like it's been soooo long. But now,,,,,,,,there's light at the end of the tunnel.

You called it, ladybug! Hope you guys are whoooping it up this weekend.
Yeeeeehawwww!

hi dickie!
nice to see you, too.
Um. Not so sure about the "light at the end of the tunnel..."

take a look at the current state of the 990:



oh noes!

Couple of pieces missing in that picture. I don't see one piston & the bottom end. Was the little man with the hammer about to get out???

Time to put that baby back together. Summer is here & it's time to ride!!

hey VFR!
yeah, I couldn't fit it all in one photo. there are bits everywhere.
more:

Matt's working on it - here's the box he just got yesterday...