Ryan and I went for a great ride on December 5 2009, possibly the last ride of the year.(THX #5) - The weather was unbelievable! Full sun maybe 5- 8 degrees. We didnt get out till 1:30 so i think we missed the cold but we did ride through alot of ice left on the ground.
Went to blueberry flats, i needed a chill spot to break in my bike after i rebuilt the top end.
10 minute chill ride, let it cool, 20 minute ride, let it cool, then 30 - 45 minute giving more throttle each time. It was GREAT to get back on the bike, even for such a chill ride. The bike seemed pretty good. getting pretty peppy towards the end of the ride Cant wait till the next time, probably wont be till next year now - but you never know.
Merry HO HO and a Happy Monkeybutt to all
Epic fail on the way to epic falls (clinic and stitches)
1 comments Posted by JeanNarH (47) at 11:05 PMGreat day to ride on September 07, 2009. We headed up Trail Head X with our bikes, me ready to give a first test run to my new CR 250 2001.
And it's oooooon! New toy to replace the oll Kawi 1983 that got destroyed by making sweet sweet love to it.
- Mothereffin liquid cooled 249 cc single-cylinder two-stroke with powerband
- 13.1 inches ground clearance
- 2 gallons fuel capacity (d'oh!)
- Dry weight 213 pounds
Hello all followers, here's a quick update about our lack of updates.
Having problems carrying a fishing rod while dirtbiking ? No problem, carry a reel and ducktape.
Lets hope this nutcracker dude on the sign at trailhead X isnt a premonition to the day?? ?
A very wet day out on the bikes - not too much rain but a lotta big puddles and i think we hit every creek crossing within 5 km at least once - no matter how deep they might look H-HA
the fire at Steemsok lake was the perfect topper to the day -a sign of many camping days to come!! !
What a ride last weekend -
A long ride using all the daylight always leaves us a little hazy.. .
- We rode some crazy creek beds - tried some jumping - climbed some rocks around the power lines - a little bit of everthing, we explored the area from trailhaed x to just about tugwell lake.
found some unmarked, unnamed lakes so we took liberty - twosun lake - and glimpse lake
we always leave our mark and come out with more garbage than we go in with;)
I CANT WAIT TILL THE NEXT RIDE -
Had a great time up near Boyd's pit the Wednesday afternoon. We got in near the bridge just past Anderson Lake road. They dug it all out trying to keep us out but someone already made another path! Ripped around in Boyd's for a bit and then headed up the road. Came to a 3 ways split in the road, took the right hand road and right at the end we found a damn which we named Epic Falls. Have a look at the pic. Sweet place to take a nap and blast one back!
Let's get out there soon boys!
This old Honda bike has got history - the GREATEST bike in the world for reliably breaking down 10-15 km out on a ride ensuring a good workout walking back (or towed - thx Ryan)
This bike was on the first half of the first two LOOM rides. HAHAHA
priceless really - $21000000 OBO
Well, we had a pretty sweet ride at Shaunigan (Cobble Hill or whatever) last Sunday. Here's a bit of random documentation.
Taking a break by the weird fireplace in the middle of nowhere.
Bret going down the LoOM hill of death
Ry and Bret comming down the top
Me and K went out on Sunday hoping to find a way in to Butler Main for some fast riding. Ended up tailing a truck with a couple bikes out of Sooke and found a SWEET new riding spot that isn't too far out. I'd post pics but the powerful and crafty Trailhead X was able to thwart me by way of a dead battery in my phone.
You should have been rid'n not film,n. Get that KTM on the road .Have maybe some pic's here. Some 7 people ticketed here in th Hood:) 4 ridn near th firing range ,was going to go tomorrow but change of plans.Will try and send some more soon if I'm able to LoOM.
So what should we do?
1 - Continue riding in the Wopwops of DeepSooke, giggling like little girls playing with a chainsaw for the first time. (yea... I know.)
2 - Attend familial "obligations" and spend quality time with the family, eventually falling asleep, after a couple o' beers while watching some random movie with the bitter sweetness of a task about 65% completed but the gratitude of the family cell. (pff!)
3 - Make a montage of all of us randomly dancing in various scenery and post it at this very site. We're LoOMing. It could also be Extreme Ironing or some other things that kids don't do these days.
Please comment.
I just bought a sweet-assed bike woot! It's a 1995 KTM 300EXC. It included all the gear including new boots, a pretty nice helmet. Scary fast, can't wait to take it out!
What a blast! Blueberry flats has to be one of the funniest places to ride to date! Tons of diverse riding and knarley straight stretches. Props to the klan for helping each other out and keeping the bikes running all day! Thanks for a great time!
If you haven't been up here in a while, they've dug a huge trench in front of the gate... we discovered a new entrance which can be found about 300 meters closer to Sooke.
Where we park:
Karl on the Vietnam trail:
Me Karate Kidding
That's the view from the top of the mountain you reach when you enter through the end of Kingburne, then take that first steep left (where it starts to get fun), then right on the crazy way down (instead of heading down to the gravel pits / lake). It's what I've found to be the funnest track so far. Crazy climbing, lots of technical stuff, and in many areas, if you stall, good luck getting back going again.
But fully worth it!
As it happened to us, you may encounter people on top of that hill who will wonder how you got up there, because from the top, the way down isn't obvious, but when you're going up, with the adrenalin pumping, it's pretty straigt forward, doesn't even cross you mind you may not make it up.
K
