White Rim Weekend, Moab!

pluric · 11-25-2012, 09:23 PM

Over in the Utard's thread someone had posted about going to Moab
for the Thanksgiving weekend... mountain bikes.

At first I thought I don't ride a mountain bike, then it hit me I had Friday off
and why not take a bike? Duh. I was going to go alone and my wife had an
issue with that due to a couple of past.... ahhh small problems. So a couple
posts and phone calls and we had four of us confirmed. One was my son who
only needed a bike, riding gear, helmet and gloves. Gotta love those kids.

I went to the back garage where a KLR had been dry docked on a trailer for winter.
Getting to it was another thing.

Once liberated the battery tender had done it's job and the bike fired right up.
Two of the riders couldn't leave until Friday afternoon so I wrote off a chance of
getting to Moab and a quick ride. So my son and I waited for them to ride together.

Erick showed up first and had a couple farkels to install before KTM Ken go there.

Ken shows up and we are good to go.

nrspence · 11-25-2012, 09:40 PM

Very nice, jealous!

Watch your topknot

pluric · 11-25-2012, 09:58 PM

250 mile later we pull into Moab in the dark. I had not made any reservations
thinking it was the off season and rooms would be readily available. Not.
Thanksgiving weekend is kinda active and we split up to look for rooms.
Just happend to run into the mountain biking Utard with his wife and 2 dogs.

After the third motel try I got onto the KLR (I had traded bikes with my son to give him a
vibe break) and it is dead. Nothing, not a single sign of life. The others had scored rooms
right across the street and my son helped the ole man by pushing the KLR to the parking lot.

Turned out the poor single trying to run with the Beasts had vibrated the positive lead off the
battery. Phew, glad it was an easy fix.

In the morning we have breakfast with the mountain bikers and then head for the White Rim.
The Tenere and my son on the KLR.

Erick is on his fairly new to him GS 1200, Ken is riding his 990 KTM, I'm on a Tenere
and my son Josh is the KLR king.

Maybe a couple miles from Mussleman Arch Erick rolls to a stop. I didn't notice the problem
at first. He had taken a hit to the front wheel and losing air.

Erick, of course, is not happy. His 1150 had spoke wheels and the dealer had talked
him into the cast ones. I reminded him my Tenere has spokes and has had the wheels
sent in four times now to be straightend. I finally had Woody's replace the rear set up.
Since the exact thing had happend to me in Baja I now carry a 18" in tube. I figure
strech for the front, stuff for the rear.

We go the remove his front wheel and find his tools kit does not have a torx wrench
for the pinch bolt. Nor does he have the large allen for the axle. I've go the allen from
the Tenere but no torx. Several jeeps have stoped to help, but no one had a torx.
I send Josh to get Ken who had gone up to Mussleman and was planning on meeting
us there. The KTM was too the rescue once again. In the Baja he had a tube for me.
Here he had a torx size we needed.

Erick was happy to let me do the dirty work. We were very careful about not pinching
the tube. The tire mounting was harder than I thought it should have been, It's like
BMW doesn't have much of center dip for the tire to drop in. Wasn't designed for
a tube anyway.

Erick seemed a little leary of having a tube and bent wheel.

We vote to continue on despite the time loss.

telejojo · 11-26-2012, 03:30 AM

You can get that wheel fixed no problem.I've had a few fixed and they were like new.

pluric · 11-26-2012, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by telejojo

You can get that wheel fixed no problem.I've had a few fixed and they were like new.

Yup, Woody's will soon be to the rescue.

The Walrus · 11-26-2012, 10:08 AM

Utards to White Rim, somebody besides those Greenies (and that's a new term for them....

) has to roll around Utah.......

First thing, I pull up and they're already working on a bike....not the last time for the weekend.....

Just the second time....and both easy fixes or farkles....notice how you can see his face without the headlamp on....

The Walrus · 11-26-2012, 10:17 AM

As we roll out, I got a good shot of Eric with his virgin wheel set. It never occurred to me until that rim bent that he had the cast aluminium wheels. The bike ran great and he was so pleased with the ESA specifically......

You can see a serious difference in rubber from the KLR, the 990Adv, the S10 and the GS from this photo....and that difference was obvious between the tarmac and the dirt.

The sun was just rising in spots and this doesn't capture the halo around the hoodo as nicely as being there.....

The Walrus · 11-26-2012, 11:14 AM

We had set Musselman Arch as the next stop so I pulled in and waited....

Some Jeepsters had a photographer too......thanks to her for my Muscleman photos.......

But then I backtracked to contribute some tools and repair time.

It was 13:30 when that repair was completed and after looking at each other, the joint decision was to complete the ride....remember that we're maybe 35 miles into the 150-160 mile day....

But it shure is purdy out here..............

Ryman · 11-26-2012, 11:43 AM

TxLoneRider · 11-26-2012, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryman

agreed

Trander · 11-26-2012, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TxLoneRider

agreed

Also me.

GISkev · 11-26-2012, 05:19 PM

pluric · 11-26-2012, 05:37 PM

With the Beemer back we were off to continue what we started. The views
are just amazing in every direction.

As I came around the corner two big horn sheep where on the side of the road.
They took off over a small hill. Eric and I followed their tracks. He was more determined
and went in further and did get photos of them. He is not an inmate and never follows this
stuff so I'll never get to post his shots. I did see it on his camera... honest.

This is Josh waiting for us to come back.

Just cause it's so beautiful.

(The bike, not that crap in the background)

pluric · 11-26-2012, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GISkev

As I mentioned before it was a Utard who planted the seed for me to go.
We ran into Kev and his wife in town and all went to dinner. He had his
two LARGE dogs with him and had the nerve to call one a puppy.

It's true, something about me feeling guilty about having his wife put up
with us made me grab the group dinner tab. Well worth it. Good company
and I feel I have to pay people to laugh at my bad humor.

byways · 11-26-2012, 05:52 PM

So sorry I didn't see you guys! I was there, too, and concluded that Thanksgiving week for us is the new Labor Day weekend. Utards are just too lucky ...

11-25-2012, 09:23 PM	#1
pluric ^OP Gimpy Adventurer Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Salt Lake Oddometer: 11,332	White Rim Weekend, Moab! Over in the Utard's thread someone had posted about going to Moab for the Thanksgiving weekend... mountain bikes. At first I thought I don't ride a mountain bike, then it hit me I had Friday off and why not take a bike? Duh. I was going to go alone and my wife had an issue with that due to a couple of past.... ahhh small problems. So a couple posts and phone calls and we had four of us confirmed. One was my son who only needed a bike, riding gear, helmet and gloves. Gotta love those kids. I went to the back garage where a KLR had been dry docked on a trailer for winter. Getting to it was another thing. Once liberated the battery tender had done it's job and the bike fired right up. Two of the riders couldn't leave until Friday afternoon so I wrote off a chance of getting to Moab and a quick ride. So my son and I waited for them to ride together. Erick showed up first and had a couple farkels to install before KTM Ken go there. Ken shows up and we are good to go.

11-25-2012, 09:40 PM	#2
nrspence Adventurer Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Pleasant grove, Utah Oddometer: 91	Very nice, jealous! Watch your topknot __________________ Watch your top knot.

11-25-2012, 09:58 PM	#3
pluric ^OP Gimpy Adventurer Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Salt Lake Oddometer: 11,332	250 mile later we pull into Moab in the dark. I had not made any reservations thinking it was the off season and rooms would be readily available. Not. Thanksgiving weekend is kinda active and we split up to look for rooms. Just happend to run into the mountain biking Utard with his wife and 2 dogs. After the third motel try I got onto the KLR (I had traded bikes with my son to give him a vibe break) and it is dead. Nothing, not a single sign of life. The others had scored rooms right across the street and my son helped the ole man by pushing the KLR to the parking lot. Turned out the poor single trying to run with the Beasts had vibrated the positive lead off the battery. Phew, glad it was an easy fix. In the morning we have breakfast with the mountain bikers and then head for the White Rim. The Tenere and my son on the KLR. Erick is on his fairly new to him GS 1200, Ken is riding his 990 KTM, I'm on a Tenere and my son Josh is the KLR king. Maybe a couple miles from Mussleman Arch Erick rolls to a stop. I didn't notice the problem at first. He had taken a hit to the front wheel and losing air. Erick, of course, is not happy. His 1150 had spoke wheels and the dealer had talked him into the cast ones. I reminded him my Tenere has spokes and has had the wheels sent in four times now to be straightend. I finally had Woody's replace the rear set up. Since the exact thing had happend to me in Baja I now carry a 18" in tube. I figure strech for the front, stuff for the rear. We go the remove his front wheel and find his tools kit does not have a torx wrench for the pinch bolt. Nor does he have the large allen for the axle. I've go the allen from the Tenere but no torx. Several jeeps have stoped to help, but no one had a torx. I send Josh to get Ken who had gone up to Mussleman and was planning on meeting us there. The KTM was too the rescue once again. In the Baja he had a tube for me. Here he had a torx size we needed. Erick was happy to let me do the dirty work. We were very careful about not pinching the tube. The tire mounting was harder than I thought it should have been, It's like BMW doesn't have much of center dip for the tire to drop in. Wasn't designed for a tube anyway. Erick seemed a little leary of having a tube and bent wheel. We vote to continue on despite the time loss. pluric screwed with this post 11-25-2012 at 10:04 PM

11-26-2012, 10:08 AM	#6
The Walrus Gone and back again. Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Never Banned Oddometer: 8,038	Utards to White Rim, somebody besides those Greenies (and that's a new term for them....) has to roll around Utah....... First thing, I pull up and they're already working on a bike....not the last time for the weekend..... Just the second time....and both easy fixes or farkles....notice how you can see his face without the headlamp on.... __________________ Everbody's preachin' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick I wanna be skinny, but my ass is too big. - Charles Barkley When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. - Mae West Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.

11-26-2012, 10:17 AM	#7
The Walrus Gone and back again. Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Never Banned Oddometer: 8,038	As we roll out, I got a good shot of Eric with his virgin wheel set. It never occurred to me until that rim bent that he had the cast aluminium wheels. The bike ran great and he was so pleased with the ESA specifically...... You can see a serious difference in rubber from the KLR, the 990Adv, the S10 and the GS from this photo....and that difference was obvious between the tarmac and the dirt. The sun was just rising in spots and this doesn't capture the halo around the hoodo as nicely as being there..... __________________ Everbody's preachin' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick I wanna be skinny, but my ass is too big. - Charles Barkley When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. - Mae West Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.

11-26-2012, 03:30 AM	#4
telejojo Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2010 Location: Huntsville Ala. foothills of the Smokey's Oddometer: 166	You can get that wheel fixed no problem.I've had a few fixed and they were like new.

11-26-2012, 11:14 AM	#8
The Walrus Gone and back again. Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Never Banned Oddometer: 8,038	We had set Musselman Arch as the next stop so I pulled in and waited.... Some Jeepsters had a photographer too......thanks to her for my Muscleman photos....... But then I backtracked to contribute some tools and repair time. It was 13:30 when that repair was completed and after looking at each other, the joint decision was to complete the ride....remember that we're maybe 35 miles into the 150-160 mile day.... But it shure is purdy out here.............. __________________ Everbody's preachin' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick I wanna be skinny, but my ass is too big. - Charles Barkley When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. - Mae West Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.

11-26-2012, 11:43 AM	#9
Ryman Studly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2008 Oddometer: 591	__________________ Utards in Baja http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=674444

11-26-2012, 05:19 PM	#12
GISkev wwfsmd? Joined: Dec 2007 Location: UT Oddometer: 1,426	moab! __________________ --GoProHero Helmet Cam!--http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...y=utahkev&aq=f 5 deserts:http://advrider.com/forums/showthrea...3#post15462553 KTM 520 (plated), Wee-Strom (commuter bike) ADV Relay Rider (Cedar City 2 Beaver: 80% obscure dirt!)

11-26-2012, 05:37 PM	#13
pluric ^OP Gimpy Adventurer Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Salt Lake Oddometer: 11,332	With the Beemer back we were off to continue what we started. The views are just amazing in every direction. As I came around the corner two big horn sheep where on the side of the road. They took off over a small hill. Eric and I followed their tracks. He was more determined and went in further and did get photos of them. He is not an inmate and never follows this stuff so I'll never get to post his shots. I did see it on his camera... honest. This is Josh waiting for us to come back. Just cause it's so beautiful. (The bike, not that crap in the background) pluric screwed with this post 11-26-2012 at 05:45 PM

11-26-2012, 05:52 PM	#15
byways byways Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Idaho Oddometer: 1,488	So sorry I didn't see you guys! I was there, too, and concluded that Thanksgiving week for us is the new Labor Day weekend. Utards are just too lucky ... __________________ Tony Huegel Backcountry Byways Journal Leave No Trace Heart of the West Adventure Route (a.k.a. Forever West)

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