Upper Michigan ADV Riders

Yooper_Bob · 02-25-2008, 04:38 PM

If the guys from Arkansas can have their own thread...then so can us Yoopers!

.......ummmm.......so now what?

Here is a list of ADV Riders who live in 'da UP:

User	Location
Yooper_Bob	Marquette
YooperBikeMike	???
Askel	Houghton
norvegicus	Marquette
Range_Motorsport	Houghton
Bud_Tugly	Ishpeming
Skeeter650	Iron Mountain
LakesRider	Sault Ste Marie
Yooper111	Gladstone
Streamfisher	Marquette
RedNeckDan	Houghton
Tshelstrow	Marquette
KingBee	Ironwood
Drumley	Vulcan
gporter	Chatam
Yooper-at-heart	Marquette
U.P. Rider	Brimley
Hawknup	Marquette
Motogearhead	Rapid River
Head413	Copper Harbor
Luftkoph	Brimley

papalobster · 02-25-2008, 04:45 PM

Hi, I'm Lobster. I'm not a Yooper, but I like pastys (please note these not the nipple coverings some strippers wear!). Also we take a few trips to ride the trails up der hey. I did fight off a pack of trolls by the bridge once though......

Cannonshot · 02-25-2008, 04:50 PM

Not a resident, but I ride a lot up there and have a bunch of UP GPS tracks posted in GPS Central.

Yooper, are you joining us for this year's 1000 mile UP ride 11-15 June? Same deal as last year. Show up on the 11th, ride 12-15.

Yooper_Bob · 02-25-2008, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cannonshot

Not a resident, but I ride a lot up there and have a bunch of UP GPS tracks posted in GPS Central.

Yooper, are you joining us for this year's 1000 mile UP ride 11-15 June? Same deal as last year. Show up on the 11th, ride 12-15.

I saw your thread about this last year...you guys set quite a hectic pace!

Not sure if I will be able to join for the entire trip, but may be able to tag along for a day or two.

PS...I ride over 1,000 miles in 'da UP every year...of course, I have never ridden any where else!

GSAnderson · 02-25-2008, 07:26 PM

Love the UP. I'll will be spending a lot of time up there this spring. About when can the trails be considered ridable?

zagger · 02-25-2008, 07:31 PM

Can ex-yoopers check in too? Grew up by the lift bridge in Hancock so I guess I'm native Keewanean. Gotten too civilized to crash around on bikes and shoot at random in most of my old stomping grounds.
zag

Uglyprimate · 02-26-2008, 04:02 AM

Can I check in to?

I plan on riding the length of the Ya to do the UP Eh! on my return from SHOT in May.

Provided the snow's off the roads by then. I promise to camp at least one night to ensure citizenship.

freeflow · 02-26-2008, 04:59 AM

to hell with Peurto Rico, I say the U.P for the 51st state!

free the U.P from the fudgesuckers south of the bridge!

WaterWheel · 02-26-2008, 05:50 AM

Fellow border crasher checking in, eh.

Yooper_Bob · 02-26-2008, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSAnderson

Love the UP. I'll will be spending a lot of time up there this spring. About when can the trails be considered ridable?

Depends on your definition of "rideable"!

If you don't mind the occasional patch of snow and ice between the endless stretches of mud, then sometimes as early as late March. Usually though, things start to dry up enough for some pretty good riding in April. Still plenty of mud and maybe a bit of snow, but passable.

Best part about riding then is there are no bugs yet!

Askel · 02-26-2008, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FREEFLOW

to hell with Peurto Rico, I say the U.P for the 51st state!

free the U.P from the fudgesuckers south of the bridge!

51st State? Why the hell would we want any part of a union that lets the likes of Wisconsin in?

The People's Front of Superior would rather join Canada. They seem kind of cool.

Askel
(Surgeon General of the PFS and Director of Motorized/Unmotorzied Bicycle Machines in Liberated Territories)

skeeter · 02-26-2008, 09:36 AM

I'm a FIB but I've recently aquired some property in the UP about 20 miles South of Munising.

I'd say 98% FIB and 2% Yooper wanabee. I know you can never be considered a Yooper unless you were born there.

Northwoods Yeti · 02-26-2008, 11:08 AM

I yoosta be a yooper k thru 12 + (go Flivvers!) but now I'm 40 minutes from da border in cheese land.

little john · 02-26-2008, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nortwoods Tiger

I yoosta be a yooper k thru 12 + (go Flivvers!) but now I'm 40 minutes from da border in cheese land.

Yea but now you live at the exact

hub of the universe! I personally believe the the hub is some where between Blackwell and Wabeno,( about where my deer stand is) but I know better that to fight you over 6 miles.

GSAnderson · 02-26-2008, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yooper_drz

Depends on your definition of "rideable"!

If you don't mind the occasional patch of snow and ice between the endless stretches of mud, then sometimes as early as late March. Usually though, things start to dry up enough for some pretty good riding in April. Still plenty of mud and maybe a bit of snow, but passable.

Best part about riding then is there are no bugs yet!

Thanks for the heads up. I'm glad I put the D606 on the KLR.

02-25-2008, 04:50 PM	#3
Cannonshot Having a Nice Time Joined: Jul 2005 Location: SE Wisconsin Oddometer: 13,881	Alien Not a resident, but I ride a lot up there and have a bunch of UP GPS tracks posted in GPS Central. Yooper, are you joining us for this year's 1000 mile UP ride 11-15 June? Same deal as last year. Show up on the 11th, ride 12-15.

02-25-2008, 07:31 PM	#6
zagger chopped & dirty Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Madison, WI Oddometer: 96	Yo Can ex-yoopers check in too? Grew up by the lift bridge in Hancock so I guess I'm native Keewanean. Gotten too civilized to crash around on bikes and shoot at random in most of my old stomping grounds. zag

02-26-2008, 04:59 AM	#8
freeflow get in or go in Joined: Dec 2004 Location: GB-Wisconsin Oddometer: 12,887	to hell with Peurto Rico, I say the U.P for the 51st state! free the U.P from the fudgesuckers south of the bridge! __________________ .... wait til you get younger to chase your dreams......

02-26-2008, 05:50 AM	#9
WaterWheel Multi Talentless Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Green Bay, WI Oddometer: 15,134	Fellow border crasher checking in, eh. __________________ Every single bike I've ever owned.

02-26-2008, 11:08 AM	#13
Northwoods Yeti Almost house broken Joined: May 2006 Location: LAX Oddometer: 2,557	close? I yoosta be a yooper k thru 12 + (go Flivvers!) but now I'm 40 minutes from da border in cheese land.

02-25-2008, 04:45 PM	#2
papalobster With Gusto! Joined: Jul 2001 Location: FDL, WI Oddometer: 9,847	Hi, I'm Lobster. I'm not a Yooper, but I like pastys (please note these not the nipple coverings some strippers wear!). Also we take a few trips to ride the trails up der hey. I did fight off a pack of trolls by the bridge once though......

02-25-2008, 07:26 PM	#5
GSAnderson Wandering Swede Joined: Nov 2001 Location: Moosylvania Oddometer: 2,200	Love the UP. I'll will be spending a lot of time up there this spring. About when can the trails be considered ridable?

02-26-2008, 04:02 AM	#7
Uglyprimate UglyPirate Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Fort Whine Indiana Oddometer: 6,937	Can I check in to? I plan on riding the length of the Ya to do the UP Eh! on my return from SHOT in May. Provided the snow's off the roads by then. I promise to camp at least one night to ensure citizenship.

02-26-2008, 09:36 AM	#12
skeeter Captain Safety Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Lockport, Il Oddometer: 1,873	I'm a FIB but I've recently aquired some property in the UP about 20 miles South of Munising. I'd say 98% FIB and 2% Yooper wanabee. I know you can never be considered a Yooper unless you were born there.

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