Moabiker's Tall Tales

...any one wanna truck?
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...then a game of how high up in the mountains can i go before i turn around from icy road and 70 mph gusts...
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...actually road was perfect till last pic...could not complete loop and ride ended being out and back...instead of coming home along colorado river road (that is high!y rated as one of most scenic roads in usa)...had to ride back through this boring stuff...feel ripped off..
 
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Doesn't look like much regular traffic on your loop either!

Did you come up with a way to anchor or mount/fasten those ya mama pipes on the 650?

I may be assuming too much, but I do not think anyone is going to ban you from the site just cause ya don't have a Yamaha in the corral. Always interesting to see another person's slice of life.
....... And all that varied machinery waiting to be reactivated.
 
Doesn't look like much regular traffic on your loop either!

Did you come up with a way to anchor or mount/fasten those ya mama pipes on the 650?

I may be assuming too much, but I do not think anyone is going to ban you from the site just cause ya don't have a Yamaha in the corral. Always interesting to see another person's slice of life.
....... And all that varied machinery waiting to be reactivated.
Doesn't look like much regular traffic on your loop either!

Did you come up with a way to anchor or mount/fasten those ya mama pipes on the 650?

I may be assuming too much, but I do not think anyone is going to ban you from the site just cause ya don't have a Yamaha in the corral. Always interesting to see another person's slice of life.
....... And all that varied machinery waiting to be reactivated.
...i know where the tourists are not...This is the la sal loop drive...60 mile loop ... National forest road, not one car pass me on super nice day out...just not able to finish the top part (close but bike not like short sections of icy road ahead, cars can do it no problem) ..

.but i not have XS and maybe too pushy to keep posting here, just not proper ettiqutte once XS leaves my rebuild...

....torn because i do like reliving my rides...do not mean it as bragging, i just like riding ...

..but you get the picture even thru this awful camera...all started from a sears minibike in lisle, illinois...

..welder friend slow sometimes...still no pipe braces and 650 rear end stuff...he says next week!!! I hope next week i have remedy on xs650 pipe brace with pic...
 
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Here is a tourist view of la sal loop when less snow than today...good way to spend 3-4 hours.
...he seem to really enjoy the ride (he says really over 20 times!!!) ..
...but the best stuff is the miles of singletrack deep thru the mountains where no roads possible...summer stuff...
 
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I taught sheet metal shop guys how to use first computers that come out with plasma cutters years ago...cut this out of copper...before cad...had to describe every move in math terms...instead of going out when i was i field service, at night at hotels i figure different stuff to cut besides hvac
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...stalling here before dogs drag me out...but out the door time...
 
...can 't see moutains this morning, or sun coming up over mountains, but looking other way bright blue skies, sun just starting to hit far away red rock..
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...again crappy camera can not see stark difference...
 
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...so the mountains have snow on them in places year round and less than 5 miles from there is 120°f in summer...
...this hike up mt. peale on my bucket list this summer...
...singletrack all around mt peale at 8500 to 10000 ft elevation but i never climb this to top
 
This some of the singletrack around mt peale...
...the many, many times i ride up here and only see peeps 4-5 times...
 
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This video on jeep trail in fall, spectacular colors...
...the motorcycle singletrack get you way away from even jeep trails thru thick mountain forests for hours...
...mountain solitaire way more than desert solitaire actually, no body else out here...
...this the la sal pass trail...coming down...
 
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Haha...just found this video of adventure bikes going up la sal pass...
...dual sport,enduro,trials bike, scorpa 4tricks, even 68 honda cub effortless to go up this...
...important trail i use to get to high mountain singletrack...
...not these guys, but a group of adventure riders were struggling then some guy in sandals and shorts on 68 cub passes them right here at skree slide area...one of my best laughing memories i had in a long time....this great way for me to start day.
...great fun on dual sport bike for good rider...
... downhill the recommended route for adventure bikers, you will be getting off bike and pushing still i guarantee...
...took them 7 hours to get to top...then smooth cheater road out...
...takes me about 1.5 hours up and then 1.5 hours back in sandals on cub...
...yes i am bragging....time to find review of that day in my written history files to relive epic moment...
 
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Haha...just found this video of adventure bikes going up la sal pass...
...trials bike, scorpa 4tricks, even 68 honda cub effortless to go up this...
...important trail i use to get to high mountain singletrack...
...not these guys, but a group of adventure riders were struggling then some guy in sandals and shorts on 68 cub passes them...one of my best laughing memories i had in a long time....this great way for me to start day.
...great fun on dual sport bike for good rider...
... downhill the recommended route for adventure bikers, you will be getting off bike and pushing still i guarantee...
...took them 7 hours to get to top...then smooth cheater road out...
...takes me about 1.5 hours up and then 1.5 hours back in sandals on cub...
...yes i am bragging....time to find review of that day in my written history files to relive epic moment...
too painful to watch..........
 
...i celebrating another day of anything fun...
...takes me a few songs before dogs get me out door..
...woke everyone up in moab from my tunes this morning...
...now xs650 yo mamma pipes be their final snooze alarm...
 
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...hang on sloopy, let me finish logging in yesterday stuff...

...i try and post something that not painful to watch...
...this the rock climber girl song...
 
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