Cochise County AZ Ride Coordination - Page 41

Twentyniner · 08-26-2010, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by lightfighter

my house?

Six pack of wheat beer?

Fixt!

Moto Mikey · 08-26-2010, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Twentyniner

Fixt!

Lightfighter names the beer and I'll bring it

lightfighter · 08-26-2010, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikey636

Lightfighter names the beer and I'll bring it

ive got some thats destined to go stale... mostly i just drink water.

but I always forget to bring snacks on rides and i like to bank favors!

AZ-Twin · 08-26-2010, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by lightfighter

yeah, i think they charge like 30 bucks... not too bad really.

Oh, that is way more than I thought. sorry for the bad advice, Brian's house sounds a lot cheaper.

arcticsp2003 · 08-26-2010, 10:20 PM

I'll be joining as well for the ride on sunday, riding down with Xskydiver, I believe..

Moto Mikey · 08-29-2010, 05:19 PM

Good ride. Portal, AZ was

arcticsp2003 · 08-29-2010, 05:20 PM

I second that, I had a blast today with you SV guys.. was worth the drive..

RedlegDaddy · 08-29-2010, 06:03 PM

I will third that! It was nice seeing and riding with everyone today!

Brian, post up those pic's.

lightfighter · 08-29-2010, 06:16 PM

they are uploading to smugmug now! didnt take enough.

arcticsp2003 · 08-29-2010, 06:21 PM

Cool pics,

No pics of the GS bead breaker?

Unfortunately, my camera bit the dust in the rain and took my pics with it,

but here is my GPS track.. and elevation profile

I suspect the vertical jump around around mile 275 was when my batteries died, and the GPS was off for a bit. Either that or the Xcountry was climbing vertical cliffs when I wasn't looking.

lightfighter · 08-29-2010, 06:40 PM

the gathering.

one could not continue. always a bummer, but better to break down in town than on a mountian somewhere without cell coverage.

the flat.

good thing someone brought a jack....

it's all good... Mikey brought an electric pump. this would have taken all day.

excellent day for a spin...

ADV pump sharing... always bring cash. you cant always stick your card in the pump. one at a time, we woulda been here for a while.

lunch in portal... good burger, freindly waitress. did anyone else notice the redneck eye screwing us?

Then the DSLR preventing rain began. we were moving at a good clip anyway, and riding sometimes takes precedence over picture taking right?

shoulda stopped and snapped one of the cow me and mikey almost scrapped with on middlemarch. a cow in a slot canyon is not a cool sight when your going 10mph faster than a GS should be going on rocks.

Moto Mikey · 08-29-2010, 07:03 PM

my limited photo addition:

Xskydiver · 08-29-2010, 08:00 PM

So, I call BMW to come pick up the bike. I call my wife to come pick me up. Ironhorse isn't open on Sunday or Monday and they don't have a night drop so my bike will have to sit in some storage lot until it can be towed in on Tuesday the woman says. I say o.k. because I have no choice and sit down to wait for the tow. I'm sitting there for something like an hour when I notice something. It looks like a carb vent line. That can't be because I have a fancy fuel injected bike. So what is it? I look and look for wherever this thing is supposed to plug into. Finally I see a hose barb sticking out of the top of the evap canister with no hose on it. BINGO! That has to be it. About now is when the tow truck pulls in. Now, I'm not about to have my bike towed and stored if this damn hose is the problem. I talk the driver into giving me a hand (the job needed three hands). I get the hose back on and she fires right up. Now of course I feel like a douche. The driver has to call BMW to get paid for coming out for nothing. My wife got a new pair of sunglasses and some lunch. When I got home I ripped that junk off the bike so I won't have THAT problem again. I even zip tied the vacuum cap in place after plugging off and removing the canister.

lightfighter · 08-29-2010, 09:01 PM

glad it wasnt something expensive anyway... we'll see you on another episode...

midengineracer · 08-29-2010, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Xskydiver

So, I call BMW to come pick up the bike. I call my wife to come pick me up. Ironhorse isn't open on Sunday or Monday and they don't have a night drop so my bike will have to sit in some storage lot until it can be towed in on Tuesday the woman says. I say o.k. because I have no choice and sit down to wait for the tow. I'm sitting there for something like an hour when I notice something. It looks like a carb vent line. That can't be because I have a fancy fuel injected bike. So what is it? I look and look for wherever this thing is supposed to plug into. Finally I see a hose barb sticking out of the top of the evap canister with no hose on it. BINGO! That has to be it. About now is when the tow truck pulls in. Now, I'm not about to have my bike towed and stored if this damn hose is the problem. I talk the driver into giving me a hand (the job needed three hands). I get the hose back on and she fires right up. Now of course I feel like a douche. The driver has to call BMW to get paid for coming out for nothing. My wife got a new pair of sunglasses and some lunch. When I got home I ripped that junk off the bike so I won't have THAT problem again. I even zip tied the vacuum cap in place after plugging off and removing the canister.

I believe you have to call Ironhorse directly to get their after-hours number. I have used it before.

Emissions equipment on a dirt ride usually makes a problem.

08-26-2010, 10:20 PM	#605
arcticsp2003 Adventurer Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Bagdad, AZ Oddometer: 31	I'll be joining as well for the ride on sunday, riding down with Xskydiver, I believe.. __________________ -Russ '09 BMW G650Xcountry

08-29-2010, 05:20 PM	#607
arcticsp2003 Adventurer Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Bagdad, AZ Oddometer: 31	I second that, I had a blast today with you SV guys.. was worth the drive.. __________________ -Russ '09 BMW G650Xcountry

08-29-2010, 06:03 PM	#608
RedlegDaddy Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2007 Location: SE Arizona Oddometer: 441	I will third that! It was nice seeing and riding with everyone today! Brian, post up those pic's. __________________ "Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have." Ronald Reagan _____________________________

08-29-2010, 06:21 PM	#610
arcticsp2003 Adventurer Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Bagdad, AZ Oddometer: 31	Cool pics, No pics of the GS bead breaker? Unfortunately, my camera bit the dust in the rain and took my pics with it, but here is my GPS track.. and elevation profile I suspect the vertical jump around around mile 275 was when my batteries died, and the GPS was off for a bit. Either that or the Xcountry was climbing vertical cliffs when I wasn't looking. __________________ -Russ '09 BMW G650Xcountry arcticsp2003 screwed with this post 08-29-2010 at 06:29 PM

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08-29-2010, 05:19 PM	#606
Moto Mikey Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Alaska Oddometer: 322	Good ride. Portal, AZ was

08-29-2010, 06:16 PM	#609
lightfighter where does this go? Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Sierra Vista AZ. Oddometer: 1,887	they are uploading to smugmug now! didnt take enough.

08-29-2010, 06:40 PM	#611
lightfighter where does this go? Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Sierra Vista AZ. Oddometer: 1,887	the gathering. one could not continue. always a bummer, but better to break down in town than on a mountian somewhere without cell coverage. the flat. good thing someone brought a jack.... it's all good... Mikey brought an electric pump. this would have taken all day. excellent day for a spin... ADV pump sharing... always bring cash. you cant always stick your card in the pump. one at a time, we woulda been here for a while. lunch in portal... good burger, freindly waitress. did anyone else notice the redneck eye screwing us? Then the DSLR preventing rain began. we were moving at a good clip anyway, and riding sometimes takes precedence over picture taking right? shoulda stopped and snapped one of the cow me and mikey almost scrapped with on middlemarch. a cow in a slot canyon is not a cool sight when your going 10mph faster than a GS should be going on rocks.

08-29-2010, 07:03 PM	#612
Moto Mikey Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Alaska Oddometer: 322	my limited photo addition:

08-29-2010, 08:00 PM	#613
Xskydiver Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Willcox, AZ Oddometer: 205	So, I call BMW to come pick up the bike. I call my wife to come pick me up. Ironhorse isn't open on Sunday or Monday and they don't have a night drop so my bike will have to sit in some storage lot until it can be towed in on Tuesday the woman says. I say o.k. because I have no choice and sit down to wait for the tow. I'm sitting there for something like an hour when I notice something. It looks like a carb vent line. That can't be because I have a fancy fuel injected bike. So what is it? I look and look for wherever this thing is supposed to plug into. Finally I see a hose barb sticking out of the top of the evap canister with no hose on it. BINGO! That has to be it. About now is when the tow truck pulls in. Now, I'm not about to have my bike towed and stored if this damn hose is the problem. I talk the driver into giving me a hand (the job needed three hands). I get the hose back on and she fires right up. Now of course I feel like a douche. The driver has to call BMW to get paid for coming out for nothing. My wife got a new pair of sunglasses and some lunch. When I got home I ripped that junk off the bike so I won't have THAT problem again. I even zip tied the vacuum cap in place after plugging off and removing the canister.

08-29-2010, 09:01 PM	#614
lightfighter where does this go? Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Sierra Vista AZ. Oddometer: 1,887	glad it wasnt something expensive anyway... we'll see you on another episode...