Dependence Day Ride

RedMenace · 07-04-2010, 08:01 AM

We have our first Advanced Class/Mini Tour scheduled for July 16~18, 2010. We rode out July 3rd to check the Western Gorge Mini Tour route. Amy hopped in the sidecar and my brother, David, joined us aboard his Harley.

We crossed over to Washington and headed up SR14

Road construction was halted for the holiday weekend, but it looks like I may need to find a work around for this leg.

We crossed the Columbia back into Oregon on the Bridge of the Gods

A short hop on the freeway brought us to the backdoor of the Old Highway and, eventually, Multnomah Falls.

We wound our way up to Crown Point
Amy, Me and Dave

After a lunch break we looped back around Mt.Hood

I picked up a hitch hiker near ZigZag, when Smokey the Bear hopped in the hack
SmokeytheBear

Some of the route had Dave dirtbikin' the Hawg
lologravel

The Rhodies and the Bear Grass were in bloom at the higher elevations.
BearGrass

Dave "It is a dualsport bike if I say it's a dualsport bike!"
Dave

Raker Point
Raker

A single lane paved go-kart track through the woods-perfect!

We dropped off the mountain into the lush farmland of the Hood River Valley

We had a lovely day of riding;150 miles of beautiful, twisting roads down through the Columbia River Gorge and back up over the flanks of Mt.Hood.

Join Adventure Sidecar on the Western Gorge Mini Tour July 16~18,2010

kenjo · 07-04-2010, 08:35 AM

Oh yeah!

BusyWeb · 07-04-2010, 03:47 PM

RedMenace · 07-04-2010, 11:28 PM

RedMenace · 07-05-2010, 12:53 PM

GB · 07-06-2010, 05:18 PM

Moved to Day Trippin'

RedMenace · 07-06-2010, 07:02 PM

Lot's of great corners on this leg of the route!

RedMenace · 07-09-2010, 05:51 AM

Even more corners with steep climbs and drops as we switchbacked across the Devil's Backbone!

RedMenace · 07-09-2010, 03:46 PM

http://vimeo.com/13218164

LewisNClark · 07-09-2010, 05:03 PM

The Columbia River Gorge is always in my Top 10 Favorites.

The below map has just a few of the 100+ Lewis and Clark campsites along the Columbia. As you probably know, Bridge of the Gods was indirectly named by William Clark 120 yrs before the bridge was built. He stumbled across hundreds of Indian graves along the banks of the Columbia below where the bridge is today. All the grave markers were made of wood so they are long gone, but Clark called the area "Camp of the Gods". (All the dates on the map are 1805 and 1806)

Hard to believe one mother could have one handsome son and one ugly one...or maybe it's cause he rides a Harley.

More pictures if you got'em. Thanks for sharing! Be glad to share more L&C campsite locations if you have an interest.

Vagabond Blue · 07-09-2010, 07:19 PM

Geeze man, 600 Bandit with a side car.... Cool as Sh!t.... How'd you come up with that.

Love the photos.

Celt

Vagabond Blue · 07-09-2010, 07:20 PM

Oh I got a B12... 1999. Just to complete the friggin thought.

RedMenace · 07-10-2010, 07:42 AM

Thanx for the map! Lewis and Clark are among my heroes(Jefferson, too)!

Quote:

Originally Posted by LewisNClark

The Columbia River Gorge is always in my Top 10 Favorites.

The below map has just a few of the 100+ Lewis and Clark campsites along the Columbia. As you probably know, Bridge of the Gods was indirectly named by William Clark 120 yrs before the bridge was built. He stumbled across hundreds of Indian graves along the banks of the Columbia below where the bridge is today. All the grave markers were made of wood so they are long gone, but Clark called the area "Camp of the Gods". (All the dates on the map are 1805 and 1806)

Hard to believe one mother could have one handsome son and one ugly one...or maybe it's cause he rides a Harley.

More pictures if you got'em. Thanks for sharing! Be glad to share more L&C campsite locations if you have an interest.

prometheus rising · 07-10-2010, 08:00 AM

Nice ! Love the pics and video. That sidehack rig is Sweet

RedMenace · 07-10-2010, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celt64

Geeze man, 600 Bandit with a side car.... Cool as Sh!t.... How'd you come up with that.

Love the photos.

Celt

I was looking for good, cheap bikes to start Adventure Sidecar with. I ended up with 2 KLR 650's and 2 Bandit 600's.

The Bandits proved to be a little too much bike for beginners-70hp and a quick throttle can make for some exciting "moments" out on the field, so I am moving to all KLR's for the classes.

(some of the student's loved the Suzuki-I could hardly pry Andy's boy, Jon, off of it!)

But I do like the little Suzuki. The Bandit is one of the great motorcycle bargains out there-high build quality, reliable and inexpensive. The handling solo or with a hack is great as are the brakes, suspension and engine. The frame readily accepts sidecar mounts with simple modification. I love this bike!

07-04-2010, 08:01 AM	#1
RedMenace ^OP Adventure Sidecar Joined: Dec 2001 Location: GoodLiver,Oregon,USA Oddometer: 4,852	Dependence Day Ride We have our first Advanced Class/Mini Tour scheduled for July 16~18, 2010. We rode out July 3rd to check the Western Gorge Mini Tour route. Amy hopped in the sidecar and my brother, David, joined us aboard his Harley. We crossed over to Washington and headed up SR14 Road construction was halted for the holiday weekend, but it looks like I may need to find a work around for this leg. We crossed the Columbia back into Oregon on the Bridge of the Gods A short hop on the freeway brought us to the backdoor of the Old Highway and, eventually, Multnomah Falls. We wound our way up to Crown Point After a lunch break we looped back around Mt.Hood I picked up a hitch hiker near ZigZag, when Smokey the Bear hopped in the hack Some of the route had Dave dirtbikin' the Hawg The Rhodies and the Bear Grass were in bloom at the higher elevations. Dave "It is a dualsport bike if I say it's a dualsport bike!" Raker Point A single lane paved go-kart track through the woods-perfect! We dropped off the mountain into the lush farmland of the Hood River Valley We had a lovely day of riding;150 miles of beautiful, twisting roads down through the Columbia River Gorge and back up over the flanks of Mt.Hood. Join Adventure Sidecar on the Western Gorge Mini Tour July 16~18,2010 __________________ the Red Menace "You are measured by how you ride by people who ride, and how you pose by people who pose." Alejo "Riders who get pissed off are doing it wrong." DAKEZ RedMenace screwed with this post 07-04-2010 at 08:12 AM

07-04-2010, 11:28 PM	#4
RedMenace ^OP Adventure Sidecar Joined: Dec 2001 Location: GoodLiver,Oregon,USA Oddometer: 4,852	__________________ the Red Menace "You are measured by how you ride by people who ride, and how you pose by people who pose." Alejo "Riders who get pissed off are doing it wrong." DAKEZ

07-05-2010, 12:53 PM	#5
RedMenace ^OP Adventure Sidecar Joined: Dec 2001 Location: GoodLiver,Oregon,USA Oddometer: 4,852	__________________ the Red Menace "You are measured by how you ride by people who ride, and how you pose by people who pose." Alejo "Riders who get pissed off are doing it wrong." DAKEZ

07-06-2010, 05:18 PM	#6
GB Mod Squad Joined: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, ON Oddometer: 53,451	Moved to Day Trippin' __________________ ADV decals, patches & flag? Here

07-06-2010, 07:02 PM	#7
RedMenace ^OP Adventure Sidecar Joined: Dec 2001 Location: GoodLiver,Oregon,USA Oddometer: 4,852	Lot's of great corners on this leg of the route! __________________ the Red Menace "You are measured by how you ride by people who ride, and how you pose by people who pose." Alejo "Riders who get pissed off are doing it wrong." DAKEZ

07-04-2010, 08:35 AM	#2
kenjo thumpety thumpety Joined: Sep 2007 Location: SW Washington Oddometer: 96	Oh yeah!

07-04-2010, 03:47 PM	#3
BusyWeb Adventurer Joined: Apr 2009 Oddometer: 99

07-09-2010, 05:51 AM	#8
RedMenace ^OP Adventure Sidecar Joined: Dec 2001 Location: GoodLiver,Oregon,USA Oddometer: 4,852	The Devil's Backbone Even more corners with steep climbs and drops as we switchbacked across the Devil's Backbone! __________________ the Red Menace "You are measured by how you ride by people who ride, and how you pose by people who pose." Alejo "Riders who get pissed off are doing it wrong." DAKEZ

07-09-2010, 03:46 PM	#9
RedMenace ^OP Adventure Sidecar Joined: Dec 2001 Location: GoodLiver,Oregon,USA Oddometer: 4,852	http://vimeo.com/13218164 __________________ the Red Menace "You are measured by how you ride by people who ride, and how you pose by people who pose." Alejo "Riders who get pissed off are doing it wrong." DAKEZ

07-09-2010, 05:03 PM	#10
LewisNClark Studly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2004 Location: North GA and Atlanta Oddometer: 912	Great ride along the Columbia The Columbia River Gorge is always in my Top 10 Favorites. The below map has just a few of the 100+ Lewis and Clark campsites along the Columbia. As you probably know, Bridge of the Gods was indirectly named by William Clark 120 yrs before the bridge was built. He stumbled across hundreds of Indian graves along the banks of the Columbia below where the bridge is today. All the grave markers were made of wood so they are long gone, but Clark called the area "Camp of the Gods". (All the dates on the map are 1805 and 1806) Hard to believe one mother could have one handsome son and one ugly one...or maybe it's cause he rides a Harley. More pictures if you got'em. Thanks for sharing! Be glad to share more L&C campsite locations if you have an interest. __________________ The Trip: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...ht=Lewis+Clark Link to 3,000+ pictures of Lewis & Clark Trail:http://lewisandclark.smugmug.com/ LewisNClark screwed with this post 07-09-2010 at 05:34 PM

07-09-2010, 07:19 PM	#11
Vagabond Blue Navigator Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Heart of Virginia Oddometer: 28	Geeze man, 600 Bandit with a side car.... Cool as Sh!t.... How'd you come up with that. Love the photos. Celt

07-09-2010, 07:20 PM	#12
Vagabond Blue Navigator Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Heart of Virginia Oddometer: 28	Oh I got a B12... 1999. Just to complete the friggin thought.

07-10-2010, 08:00 AM	#14
prometheus rising Ghost In The Machine Joined: Jul 2008 Oddometer: 597	Nice ! Love the pics and video. That sidehack rig is Sweet __________________ Joe And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery The Adirondacks and Beyond

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