L. A. ADVenture Rides

Good to see that in addition to Duy's 14 gallon tank, he also brought a reserve tank on his luggage rack, just in case. That boy loves to handicap himself.

"we waited for about 1 hour and unknown to us the rogue riders are already heading to rock inn for beer and lunch........"

Rogue riders?

Is that what you call a group of guys who tells a group of guys where they are going and how they are going to get there?

Awesome pix as usual, Joel. One day I'll get a PnS so I can "catch" the infamous noob in action :)

You never know when you're gonna need to make a non-stop run to Chicago.

john, i was told by jim to that you guys will meet at spunky. didn't know until dennis told me that you guys decided to deviate from the original plan and took the high road. i myself will be happy to join you and want to that high road if i knew.


i have no idea who elses are with you. meantime, ktmami was worried that alon was still in rowher. sito, ktami, and i went back to rowher and look for alon and whoever was with him. in the process we wasted a good hour and eventually lost sito.

we all know having a big group is like herding cats. situation like this, we need to stay on course and maintain good communication. breaking away from the group is ok with me, as long you guys personally tell me or let us know in advance before the start of the ride. having different agendas does not work well in a big group.

to all, whenever possible, when we plan the ride, we ride the plan..

as usual, after tule, we stopped at the rock inn for the much needed nutrition




just to see bmwdon in jail




inside




happy to see food on the table

That's smart to put the drunks up against the wall. The one in the middle looks like he's about to go rogue.

I've been working on fuel mileage and range with the big tank and was surprised when I hit the reserve around the 5/10/60 interchange. When I pulled in for gas, I put 6.5 gallons in (.5 gallon left) at 262 miles I thought for sure the range with 7 gallons would be around 350. It seems the 14t sprocket and 70MPH don't mix.

Spinning your rear wheel in sand doesn't help either. Neither does spillage from dropping your bike.

I too have been playing around with the range of the X and have been surprised at times how little I can go.

Yep. We met at Spunky, as per the plan...

the puck showed off by roosting me hard and ended here.....



Joel, you're becoming not only a much better rider also a better photographer . that is a good timing picture taking for somone who got roosted few seconds earlier

i think you snapped this pic about 30 seconds after john got the call that his wife wrecked her ankle, and he ain't gonna get no wifey fun for awhile. can you tell by the look on his face?

after lunch, gassed up at pops



the valdez klr is not a small bike by my standard but check out the huge SE....:eek1




jon if you want to be a ktm rider.....the helmet has to go.....




at the sawmill trailhead




the local residents should be used in sucking dust by now...





about every 10 miles we stopped and regrouped




sorry, not much action pics since i had the whole ride on video



another photo opportunity halfway through sawmill





lior rode the gs this time




jon was a better rider now compared a few months ago...




rich and his trusty xr600








we're off moving again...








we pretty much stayed on our side of the road, there were oncoming trucks with hunters in full force




great to have dennis since he knows the area very well




paul and rich




dinner time....more later...

I swear I'm going to get some nerf mini footballs and tape them to my pressure suit to force my elbows out.

alon likewise has been on the pegs throughout the last leg of the ride; much nicer looking and better control...




if see dust cloud in the corner, i already know who









damn....i'm back to nOOb status again.... caught in a RUT, my fault, lost my concentration for watching ami... thanks lior for helping me pick up the 640



i have the crash on video...... ..................later


once we made it to the other end of sawmill...the view was captivating. we have to stop and soak some of it...




i think it's about 6K feet in elevation

from another angle....:eek1












much better....




descending towards old ridge road



interesting trails from afar and below



nice and twisty



the old ridge road




the finishers....




good job to everyone for a great day of riding....



here, we broke up. half of the group did the grueling freeway while some of us took the long but scenic pine canyon.


at this poiint, i patted myself on the back for having another succesfull and memorable weekend ride....

in the future you will never forget that you guys rode with the world famous nOOb on 10-10-10....

pulled in my driveway around 6pm and this says it all






this jersey lasted me 5 rides.....





doing little t twice in one day, it surely ate up some of my rubber




though i dropped him once, this bike served me well today....



time for bed...videos to follow...

thanks for taking all those great pics, joel.

i'm usually riding like such a shithead, i don't notice all the beautiful scenery around me. thanks for taking the time to capture it all.

Nowadays, I think the only reason Joel falls is so he can buy some more new gear.


Nice report you world famous n00b. I wanted to join you guys but found a sheared off subframe bolt on Saturday night.

I call on this one Biggie. You haven't ridden your bike enough to shear a bolt off it.