California Adventure Rider

[NSFW]

January 19-20, 2013 Adventure RIding.

For the OC and SD boys, it started a day early. Who would think there will be riding in the middle of winter.....there are many places, and California is one of them. Let's be grateful that we are very fortunate to ride 365 days in a year, best of all, sharing it with a lot of good people.

This is our 5th year and we did it again! Everyone had fun and made it home. Congratulation everyone.

The plan (same as previous years)


It started in Santa Paula. Bikes and pic of the mandatory gas price.



Saturday morning outside the cafe



Inside. The man on the left (Weekend Warrior) rode all the way from Reno; the other 2 PPs are from San Diego....damn!





Watch out Jo, someone wants your food.



Group 2


Sorry Dave, 1 more time.



The guy (Marcelo) on the far right came from Florida and on his way to Brazil.



For me, I had the chorrizo for Carrizo

[NSFW]

after a most excellent breakfast at cafe emporium, we head up north on hw33. i think there were 28 riders? i lost count since riders are bailing out and more joining in all the way to maricopa. we split into 4 groups to make it easier for the cat herders.

group 2


still some snow at the higher elevation especially in the shade


here are some of the boys getting ready for quatal canyon


it started easy, but deceiving



we caught up with the fast group 3 which was led by todd



hard to see here, but bt bent his tracking arm when one of the big dips caught him by surprise



dannyG was sayin to himself that if this is a sailboat, i could fix this...huh



good thing about bmw riders, they tend to help each other



meanwhile, johnnyG took a break from fixing his bent pannier



sorry, johnny your number was called but the good thing all 4 spills that day are slow speed. btw, he likes to take home soil samples


nothing much group 2 could do but leave them and find help in maricopa









yikes.........ice



now you can see why they stopped



as my bike lays on the ground, here comes big todd picking the right line


more later

[M1Jeep]

Niiiice

[FYYFF]

This was one of my favorite rides. As a matter of fact it was my fist group ride where I met Joel, Rugger, John, Tom, Cathy, and many others. I couldn't make it this year and I heard I missed the coldest Southern California camping.

[M1Jeep]

I've yet had the privilege to ride this beautiful area. Hopefully this spring for the flower power blooming season...or Baja...or...

[rruugger]

It is beautiful and was cold
, f'ing cold Truth be told I spent $350 at REI as soon as I got back so that doesn't happen again!

[NSFW]

Originally Posted by rruugger

It is beautiful and was cold
, f'ing cold Truth be told I spent $350 at REI as soon as I got back so that doesn't happen again!

john....i'm surprised you haven't suspected that i work for REI.....

more riding
snow, mud and ice on quatal...we did it all






good aram always there to help



not aram's favorite angle



this one is the uphill icy climb. dannyG and a tiger rider ?



teamwork - you guys rock



just like all ktm rider, we are good



the advantage of having bent torsion bar, traction gets better



browneye shuttling another rider's bike



this time, sampling the snow






this rider made it look easy...feet on the pegs. no further comment...hehe.



we all made it and thanks to everyone



i think this is one of the best and fun sections of the ride. at the beginning, i was thinking of getting group 2 to turnaround, but after looking at my gps, we only had 2 miles left. then, having all the support there, we went for it.

[NSFW]

after quatal, next stop was maricopa to fuel up, regroup and take a break










others take this time to fix their bikes



todd is such a tease



good he brought along the german made tools that came with the behemoth bike...hahaha


more later.

[NSFW]

carrizo here we are








damn bob, you make this bike looks small



twist that throttle






first victim



next



perro no problemo



dipping and dabbing

[Baja Ho]

Checking in from Baja, looks like fun Joel. More please.

[UpST8]

Originally Posted by NSFW

carrizo

first victim



next

It claimed Moe.ron as well that day

[NSFW]

Originally Posted by UpST8

It claimed Moe.ron as well that day

haha....and so happens your camera was ready like mine.....hehe.

chris, also at the same corner 4 years ago - history repeats itself

luckily dan and brian both were unhurt

Originally Posted by NSFW

watch out for this dangerous intersection


scratched up barkbuster



torn plastic panel

[NSFW]

same stuff that got moe

Originally Posted by caktmrider

The culprit...



...the result...

[NSFW]

Originally Posted by Baja Ho

Checking in from Baja, looks like fun Joel. More please.

dan, we'll be down there again this april for the mex1K. hope to see you there.

got some more of your backyard pics here.

a short reunion between group 2a and 2b... :lol:



they're building a solar plant on the right side






2b dust in the distance



pozo rd



long shadows



support trucks waiting till the last rider






the tiger group



someone will need a new rear soon



on to pozo



doxie



craig



made it to pozo and we saw a city being built.....hahaha

[The Letter J]

I rode right past your group at Pozo and thought to myself "Hey, I know that bike from ADV " several times. I was Staged at the Turkey Flats area with my blue GasGas and a black dodge dakota. I found it humorous watching a sportbike and an older standard both taking burmshots in the dirt, looked like something I'd do. Kinda funny, I rode most of the northern part of your loop the week prior (255 miles) and Quatal Canyon had 1' of snow for the last couple miles before Cerro Noroeste and I had probably my most unnerving experience on a motorcycle yet, riding on a layer of ice on the paved road all the way to the grapevine from there... looks like your timing was better! I also rode a lot of the southern portion of your loop the following weekend (298 miles) and struck out again with weather with yet more snow and ice!

I always seem to find out about these ~local rides after they happen when I see a group of dual sports out and about and I check ADV once I'm home! I'm going to have to start digging deeper and watching these threads more closely