Boise ride this weekend...

trailrider383 · May 25, 2011

I made it through the long winter fine and dandy..........

But this spring SUCKS!!!

Here is me enjoying the wind today:

I really feel for the people in tornado alley. This weather may suck but at least I still have a roof over my head.

av_mech · May 25, 2011

Anybody post this yet? Endurocross....

http://www.ictickets.com/Event/Default.aspx?id=1033

trailrider383 · May 25, 2011

av_mech said: ↑

Anybody post this yet? Endurocross....

http://www.ictickets.com/Event/Default.aspx?id=1033
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Yeah, I posted it here: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=667153

I plan on going, should be pretty entertaining.

Idahosam · May 26, 2011

trailrider383 said: ↑

I made it through the long winter fine and dandy..........

But this spring SUCKS!!!

Here is me enjoying the wind today:

I really feel for the people in tornado alley. This weather may suck but at least I still have a roof over my head.
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I am so inclined to agree Ed. I just got back from up out of Cascade, rode up yesterday to ride or at least scout out the west side of West Mountain... yea right! Looked promising but up at No Business the Sh@# hit me just snuck up and wham. I hauled butt to the trailer to hole up for the night, only to find out I was out of Propane.. No Heat, No cooking. Had a small heater in the bed room I listen to the rain all night long (no let up) this morning it was sleeting. The mountains around the valley were green yesterday are white today.

Cold ride down with summer gloves.

majorkong · May 26, 2011

http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/info/newsroom/2011/may/4RFO-Packards-closure.html

BLM FOUND A WEED THAT MIGHT BE ENDANGERED . MOTORCYCLES ARE THE GREATEST THREAT ( NOT COWS, GOATS, SHEEP OR HORSES )

"Effective immediately, the BLM is closing 37 miles of roads and trails to motorized off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreational travel on public lands north of Big Willow Creek in Payette County to protect habitat for Packards milkvetch. Motorized travel on lands adjacent to these roads and trails is also restricted. Packards milkvetch was recently listed as a candidate species for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The closure affects approximately 7,100 acres northwest of Emmett, Idaho, which the BLM administers.


Packards milkvetch is found only in a 10-square-mile area in Payette County, Idaho. There are 26 known sites within this area where the plant currently grows, 17 of which are on BLM- administered public lands. The USFWS has identified OHV use as one of the imminent and primary threats to the species. The USFWS estimates that failing to control OHV impacts to the milkvetch and its habitat could lead to its listing as Threatened or Endangered under the ESA. Unauthorized OHV activity directly and indirectly impacts the milkvetch by destroying plants, increasing sedimentation from adjacent areas, and allowing noxious and invasive weeds to establish and expand.

trailrider383 · May 26, 2011

trailrider383 said: ↑

Yep, I am still planning on it.
IN LIST:
Ruger65
Effensteve
Bob?
Me

I got all my parts except for one seal. It should be here Thursday so I'm still looking good. This was my first time ordering OEM parts from Bike Bandit instead of the local dealer. I won't make that mistake again.
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The DR is back together and ready to rumble.

It seems like every time I try to camp at Birch Creek the weather goes to crap.

Jason Abbott · May 26, 2011

majorkong said: ↑

http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/info/newsroom/2011/may/4RFO-Packards-closure.html
"37 miles of roads and trails on public lands north of Big Willow Creek in Payette Co. are closed to motorized OHV recreational travel"
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Here are maps marking the closed area and roads.

ryanwilliamcantrell · May 27, 2011

majorkong said: ↑

http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/info/newsroom/2011/may/4RFO-Packards-closure.html

BLM FOUND A WEED THAT MIGHT BE ENDANGERED . MOTORCYCLES ARE THE GREATEST THREAT ( NOT COWS, GOATS, SHEEP OR HORSES )

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A big, sarcastic, thumbs-up to the government.

:fyyff

Special Ed_65 · May 27, 2011

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ryanwilliamcantrell · May 27, 2011

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riverdoctor · May 27, 2011

Hey Guys. I've been in Boise 3 years now. Mostly bike-less and with small child & wife. Now I should be able to sneak out a bit and take advantage of the BMW X-Challenge I got from the guys at Happy Trails recently. My main riding partner is over in Bend and we can't get together often enough. I'd like to meet some riders and get out in the sticks and stones!

The Challenge seat sucks--the worst seat I have ever experience! I'm not in to spending long stretches of time on the tarmac with this bike. Besides, it's a dirt bike. And I'm not likely to be doing many overnighters for a while although I do want to when oppurtunity knocks. So I'm thinking that a lot of the planned rides on IAMC aren't for me? I could be wrong. Right now I'm thinking day trips, trails, exploring, ... I'd like to find some folks that do DRZ type riding (although I could careless what you ride). I want dirt! Anybody doing some group rides where I could tag along or does anybody have some other ideas for finding folks?

I want to go tear it up!

trailrider383 · May 27, 2011

riverdoctor said: ↑

Hey Guys. I've been in Boise 3 years now. Mostly bike-less and with small child & wife. Now I should be able to sneak out a bit and take advantage of the BMW X-Challenge I got from the guys at Happy Trails recently. My main riding partner is over in Bend and we can't get together often enough. I'd like to meet some riders and get out in the sticks and stones!

The Challenge seat sucks--the worst seat I have ever experience! I'm not in to spending long stretches of time on the tarmac with this bike. Besides, it's a dirt bike. And I'm not likely to be doing many overnighters for a while although I do want to when oppurtunity knocks. So I'm thinking that a lot of the planned rides on IAMC aren't for me? I could be wrong. Right now I'm thinking day trips, trails, exploring, ... I'd like to find some folks that do DRZ type riding (although I could careless what you ride). I want dirt! Anybody doing some group rides where I could tag along or does anybody have some other ideas for finding folks?

I want to go tear it up!
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Welcome. I post up rides fairly often on here. You are welcome to come along.

You said "I want to go tear it up!" Does that mean you like to ride briskly? Most of the rides posted on IAMC are more sedate rides.

I plan to do some brisk riding tomorrow on my 450.

Idahosam · May 27, 2011

trailrider383 said: ↑

Welcome. I post up rides fairly often on here. You are welcome to come along.

You said "I want to go tear it up!" Does that mean you like to ride briskly? Most of the rides posted on IAMC are more sedate rides.

I plan to do some brisk riding tomorrow on my 450.
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Most of the rides posted on IAMC are more sedate rides
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Hum, interesting you would say that Ed, I need to ponder that.

Anyhoo, riverdoc, welcome to the fold. there are some that will entertain you here. I noticed from your profile your still a pup (younger man)who probably still enjoys extreme physical abuse and riding like the wind... well then I highly recommend hooking up with Trailrider383. He is a great guy who will give you a good workout even if only a day ride. Just be warned if he 's riding the 450 you'll enjoy the sweat.

riverdoctor · May 28, 2011

trailrider383 said: ↑

Welcome. I post up rides fairly often on here. You are welcome to come along.

You said "I want to go tear it up!" Does that mean you like to ride briskly? Most of the rides posted on IAMC are more sedate rides.

I plan to do some brisk riding tomorrow on my 450.
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Absolutely! Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people out there that can smoke me. But I've been riding since the day I got a license, well more like intermittently since then, bike I can ride. I've felt like I could pretty much ride a DRZ to its max. Your 450? No way I'm sure. My Challenge? Not likely either. Adreneline surge? Bring it on!

Where you thinking about riding? I'm out in the Eagle. My butt might break by the time I got to Nampa. We've been doing a bit of car rearranging so I am truck-less and don't have anything to tow my trailer with at the moment. But I want to get out!

riverdoctor · May 28, 2011

Idahosam said: ↑

Hum, interesting you would say that Ed, I need to ponder that.

Anyhoo, riverdoc, welcome to the fold. there are some that will entertain you here. I noticed from your profile your still a pup (younger man)who probably still enjoys extreme physical abuse and riding like the wind... well then I highly recommend hooking up with Trailrider383. He is a great guy who will give you a good workout even if only a day ride. Just be warned if he 's riding the 450 you'll enjoy the sweat.
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Thanks for the welcome!

Don't feel much like a young pup and I have learned over recent years that I am not mortal Dang it. But I do enjoy a certain amount of physical abuse and riding like the wind. That reminds me, I gotta get a hold of that duck that sells disability insurance

Great, now I've been peer pressured into using smilies by the radial button that goes by the name "Bore us." Russian guy I'm guessing?

trailrider383 · May 28, 2011

Idahosam said: ↑

Hum, interesting you would say that Ed, I need to ponder that.
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I just looked at the events page on IAMC and all the rides listed are Level 2.

sedate: calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement

Sedate is good also, but sometimes a guy just has to let it rip.
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trailrider383 · May 28, 2011

trailrider383 said: ↑

Yep, I am still planning on it.
IN LIST:
Ruger65
Effensteve
Bob?
Me

I got all my parts except for one seal. It should be here Thursday so I'm still looking good. This was my first time ordering OEM parts from Bike Bandit instead of the local dealer. I won't make that mistake again.
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Oh goody a "Special Weather Statement":

UNSEASONABLY COLD AND WET STORM FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...

ANOTHER LATE SPRING STORM IS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA. THIS STORM
IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH MAIN IMPACTS
BEING UNSEASONABLY COLD...WET AND SOMETIMES SNOWY CONDITIONS.

DAYTIME TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 40S IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND 50S IN THE VALLEYS AND HIGHLANDS. OVERNIGHT
LOWS WILL DROP TO THE 20S AND 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MID 30S TO
MID 40S IN THE VALLEYS AND HIGHLANDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
AVERAGE 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THESE DATES.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW IS FORECAST WITH THIS STORM. THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN OVER SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE
REGION THEN WORK NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE FROM THE LARGE LOW CENTER WILL
COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW LEVELS TO PRODUCE WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OVER THE HIGHLANDS OF OREGON AND IDAHO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. 2 TO 4
INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE
MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL TOTALS COULD ALSO BE HEAVY WITH UP TO ONE INCH
OF RAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST OREGON. AROUND A
HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE POPULATED SNAKE RIVER VALLEY
BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS.

IN ADDITION TO THE WET CONDITIONS...BLUSTERY WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AS THE STORM SLOWLY DEPARTS. SPEEDS
OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM BOISE AND
MOUNTAIN HOME WESTWARD THROUGH OREGON.

SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON MEMORIAL DAY
ESPECIALLY BY AFTERNOON. A MORE SIGNIFICANT WARM UP IS FORECAST
FOR MID WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NORMAL OR EVEN
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

trailrider383 · May 28, 2011

riverdoctor said: ↑

Absolutely! Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people out there that can smoke me. But I've been riding since the day I got a license, well more like intermittently since then, bike I can ride. I've felt like I could pretty much ride a DRZ to its max. Your 450? No way I'm sure. My Challenge? Not likely either. Adreneline surge? Bring it on!

Where you thinking about riding? I'm out in the Eagle. My butt might break by the time I got to Nampa. We've been doing a bit of car rearranging so I am truck-less and don't have anything to tow my trailer with at the moment. But I want to get out!
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I'm in New Plymouth and I'm going to be riding west of Nyssa Oregon. I'm going to head out around 12:00 p.m. and hit the dirt about 12:45. If you want to ride that far I would meet you in Nyssa at the only stoplight in town.

trailrider383 · May 28, 2011

trailrider383 said: ↑

Yep, I am still planning on it.
IN LIST:
Ruger65
Effensteve
Bob?
Me

I got all my parts except for one seal. It should be here Thursday so I'm still looking good. This was my first time ordering OEM parts from Bike Bandit instead of the local dealer. I won't make that mistake again.
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I guess I'm going to cancel this ride due to the "Special Weather Statement" I posted above.

Road cams:

riverdoctor · May 28, 2011

trailrider383 said: ↑

I guess I'm going to cancel this ride due to the "Special Weather Statement" I posted above.

Road cams:

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Pretty sad 3-day weekend weather. Ah well. Time to shop for a reasonable used truck.

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