Nate and Art's Most Excellent TATventure

Alright guys, new big post. Sorry for the wait. You know how it is, being on the road posting stuff. But here it goes. A run down of everything from Pryor, OK to where we are now in Telluride, CO.

Thanks to John for keeping us comfy in his RV!

Excellent ride report Guys.

So the last few days have been rough. Art had two flats outside of Moab and its been very very hot!! But we have been trying to stay hydrated and getting in water when ever we can.

We picked up new tires at Arrowhead. Art for sure needed a new one. His D606 was eating tubes. We stayed at the Lazy Lizard to get rehydrated and took off for Richland this morning.

We did do the bypass, boo, we didn't want to deal with the sand in the heat.

Loving the pics guys, sucks about the flats! Your animals!! Stay safe lol.

Pics are amazing! But i bet camping in the heat would suck lol.

So heading out of Fish Lake National Forest and lost my rear breaks. Thought it was just hot fluid or bad pads but turns out the sight glass blew out!!! Crazy. Even with the Toutech guard.

So now we r in Kanosh, UT looking for parts down the trail. Just called KTM Twins and they are looking for a new rear master cylinder and hopefully can send it to a small town PO down the trail.

Man!

heres the video, hopefully the music works. Also sorry we didn't get more footage of you guys but either way it was a great way to end our camping trip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lpR81hDB_Y&feature=youtu.be

Thanks bro!

Nice boys, yesterday 100 today 65 and rainy.... be safe in the washouts in NV... good to meet you in Moab...

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Spent a night in Baker. Cool little community.

Nice

Warning, there is no gas in Denio junction nv. It says there is on maps but none for about 130 trail miles to Ft Bidwell and about 25 miles north off track.
Just FYI, also have fun in the grass lands... Watch out for the random holes and rocks hiding in the grass.

Surprise! No gas in Ft Bidwell either!! Looks like its been closed for freakin years judging by the $1.09 price. Well... Guess we're going to push it to Lakeview... Probably on reserve getting there. Suggest reroute south to cedarville instead of thru Ft Bridwell if you're close on gas.

Hey Guys, It was great meeting you both in Trinidad. Been following along from my couch as I am now home after my little "spill" outside of Lake City.

Glad you both are having a great time. Dean (Mootsuno) tells me that he runs into you both at points along the way.

Have fun, ride safe and enjoy the journey.

Thanks for the great pics and report.

Thanks for the heads up guys! Nate bought an extra fuel can and we did some mad number crunching before heading out thanks to you guys! The KLR was fine for the ride over, I've been getting 50-55 sometimes even 60 mpgs out in these elevations. The KTM had 2 gallons magically fall from the sky while he was running on reserve in the Sheldon region. I really, really, really wanted to get a video of a mobile KLR refuel for the Austrian machine. Maybe next time....so heads up to you future TAT riders, McDermitt-Lakeview no fuel! Plan accordingly. We're chilling at a motel tonight waiting for spare parts to arrive at the post office tomorrow. Hopefully Nate will have rear brakes for Oregon. I don't know how he handled that bike across the state of Nevada without rear brakes...

Pete!!! Heal up quick man! Glad to hear your home safe. Deans been riding with us through Nevada, not exactly the best state to cross solo along the TAT...But he is stuck with our escapades and "style" of travel.

We made it into OR last night! Only one state left! Kinda sad. We have had a blast!

We stayed one night in the Humbolt National Treeless Forest.







We made it into Denio just in time for my 30th birthday. We racked up a $120 tab with like 2 and 3 dollar drinks. The bartender said of the ones she counted (not the ones that were bought for us) she was on 18 shots.



Wild horses. Interesting trying to dodge their giant piles of shit.





Here is my refueling savior Pat. Man that KTM sucks up the petro!



Just a little taste of California. It was nice getting back into the cool mountain air.





Art's TAT face. There is a layer of Nevada on him.

Nice! We coasted into Lakeview 14 miles into Kristen's reserve tank, 7 into mine. Pushed on into the fun sand of Oregon (we thought we left that shit behind in Nevada!! Lol). Heads up... No gas in Tiller until Tues at 11am. We missed it last night by an hour and they're closed Mondays. Pushed it to Fortune Branch about 210 miles. Have fun on in Oregon and all it's little surprises ;-)

Thanks a bunch. Ill let the guys know. Sand!!!! Crap! ahhaha. We are in Lakeview another night waiting on my rear master cylinder to show up so I can have rear breaks in OR. I did not have them all through Nevada.