BQF V, The Saga Continues

Gotta watch out for 19th century nails when riding. I found this relic when when my bike developed a knock. It was in my tire and hitting the rim each revolution.



Once more, great fun was had, new friends made, new lies told, old lies repeated and old friends revisited. ADV

Did they open a mud spa in OsNF:huh


Naw it's a self self type

Getting about 8mpg with the 600 and 690 in the back. So much for that independence from foreign oil.

This one is for Inept. You were missed


Now that that's outta the way...
The ride over was brutal


When I arrived though Pete was quick to spot an empty hand- Mucho thanks for the beers Sir.


All of the trails were well groomed, and the Forest Service was good about making sure no logs, mud, or any other trail obstructions were there to impede our progress. I rode sweep for a good part of the day. I love being in the rear with the fear.


Long straight trails, with some sort of traction enhancer was the norm


The bikes all stayed clean, and sparkly.


Nothing to see here... Move along




After lunch my jacket was a little smelly, and the flame retardant liquid dripping out of the pockets didn't make me want to hurry up and throw it back on. So, I strapped it to the back and rolled the rest of the day squid style. Since I was sans gear I figured bouncing it off the limiter in second doing a wheelie was the best way to represent. Swampy might have cried

Thanks to everyone for another home run! Eloy, and FIL- Top notch folks, and I mean second to NONE!

Thanks again for the ride back.

As before, great time with some awesome inmates. Arrived Friday night around 10:30. Stopped at a Citgo in Sanderson. All they had in 12-packs was warm Busch and they had dial up internet for the debit machine. Thought that was a bad omen (in addition to the sub-freezing temps).

Saturday ride as was great. XR took a few more kicks than usual.

Didn't take a whole lot of photos at the beginning of the ride. Lunch was...well, an adventure. I think they still have a BBQ sandwich platter waiting.



Trails were pretty good. We didn't find a whole lot of water (at first), but started to pick up. Never had the XR too wet. That changed pretty quick.



Eloy was the guinea pig for the last water hole. Than, we got to play "Today, who can start my KLR?" game with Adams sweet little old 250. But, Adam got her going not too long after, and away we went.

Chicken slowed down not far from camp on the way back. Guess he thought his new studded tire didn't work too well.



View on Saturday night was just awful. Look at this crap!





Buzz said his knee or dick wasn't doing too hot. So, shoe-horned the 600 and 690 in the same truck. Had to stop a few times to correct them, but got [COLOR=Silver]Buzz home [/COLOR][SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver]safely and later my XR. Must have not l[/COLOR][SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver]iked the fact that I said I [/COLOR][SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver]wanted one of those 525 EXCs s[SIZE=2]ince I[/SIZE] discovered a littl[/COLOR][SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver]e oil le[/COLOR][SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver]ak on [/COLOR][SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver]top of the stator gasket [SIZE=1]again [/SIZE].[/COLOR][SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver] Oh well. [/COLOR]

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good call on the nail hitting the bike, theres a defined mark on the swing arm.

Love that pic of the pig in the water Cole! and the sunrise pic is epic as well.

I see y'all were keepin the spirit alive...right on!

Looks like a good time was had by all

Oh he's gonna hear about this--I'll make sure of it

Yer banned from DDS for life

Front page material, indeed!

Was that pic taken by the King of All Manfu? That's some fine photography right there.

That picture was taken by Mr. Manfu. You know that KLR was put through hell by some noob but went everywhere them ernge bikes went.just half as slow and three times as heavy

A few more.

Sunset Fri.



Water front camping. 38' brrrrrrrrrrr?


Lot's of parking excitement.


Just sayin Hi!


Pops in the deep spot doin it right.


Time out.


We all can be A riders............ but only for 8 sec at a time .
Thanks for the fellowship!

King of all Mudfu.

IAWTP. Even after I accidentally knocked him off his bike, FIL still spoke to me, lol.

Did anyone get a picture of my bike actually in motion and I don't mean being picked up off the ground

Yeap. Hopefully tonight.

You got 8 seconds of hang time? Respect!

Friday there were only a few of us. It wasn't long before we ran into water. This was the good kind.



I was riding second and decided to let a couple guys go by me, they swear I knew what was up ahead.


It was a dead end and some real soft stuff.


Billy still couldn't believe Fu polished his swing arm. :eek1


Had to make a sight-seeing stop. The road was closed, but that didn't stop us.


You don't see very many waterfalls in Florida. The water was way down. but still was cool.


Chicken showed up after the ride on Friday. Not too often a KLR shows up on a trailer. On tomorrows post you'll see that this ended up being a good choice.


Friday was a great day. We put in just under 100 miles.

BQF V was... well... another quality event with a bunch of cool FFs!

Lots of food, booze, and quality fireside entertainment.

Here's some Friday ride pics...

Casa FIL for the weekend...



Ride leader... Just Country (Mike)! Thanks for leading the ride d00d.



Hello to you too Pete...



It was pretty dry out there this year which made the trails passable. We did manage to find some mud though...







At one of the intersections...



Mr Fu...



At the West tower...



I had to drop a deuce in the WC... That was the cleanest bathroom in all of the forest. It was complete with reading material & hand sanitizer.


Falling Waters county park. Never heard of it until Mike suggested we should check it out...















I guess somebody knew I was coming to check it out...



At every ADV event I've been to, there's never been a shortage of food. This one wasn't any different. :dg







Some chucklehead even made dump cakes...







Usual random BS's sessions going on...







Fire pics... good heat coming outta that one!







Saturday ride pics... more FFs showed up. I think it was about 14 or so. Mike led the ride again through some choice trails...





Buzz on the 690...



Trail break while we sorted a no-start condition on a DR...



Water crossing before lunch...





Some took the alternate route... Pssst... it was easier to go through the middle of the puddle... just sayin!









Lunch stop... sorry, no pics of food but, as has been reported, an extra sammich plate was available.





After lunch festivities... a chucklehead riding a KTM decided it was a good idea to go through a water crossing



















Flash...



Oh no...







A few more...











A little too much water for the KLRjr. No FF left behind...









Bridge across I-10...











Back at camp before sundown...



Good times as always!

A little mishap on the way back home... The alternator pulley decided to wallow itself out on the shaft.





FIL took the DRZ and got a replacement... fixed in, well... about 50 miles give or take



Thanks to all that made BQFV a success. I enjoyed riding & bs'in with y'all!

Good times all around and good to meet a few new people.

KLR pad issue has been addressed I went online and did some digging and found the axle spacer on the caliper side appeared to be a bit thicker than required. Replaced it with a new thinner version and the pad is no longer able to fall out and its a lot easier to put the rim on no more prying required to wedge it in the swing-arm.

After 5 years of dealing with that problem and replacing pads before they're due its finally fixed

Thanks again to Matt for securing the site, Mike for leading, and everyone else for showing up and having a good time.