NxNW 2010 Rides

bchunter

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Awesome report sparklr. That is how it is done. You hit the nail on the head about how lucky we are and how every ride is enjoyable and different. I was so powered up when I got home from my little ride yesterday, and that was just to TH and back.

Man was it windy here as well. I did learn that the faster you go the better it seems :cool:

And thanks for the compliments drbike. I am lucky to be able to travel the back roads and explore on both 4 wheels and 2 wheels.

Take care guys and have a great week.

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Kitimat KLR

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Super ride report Sparklr :clap:. Poor Kermode was quietly sufferingmost of the day...the rest of us were just cold & damp. Great ride ...just being out on the bike is enough for me

Drbike --- isn't that last photo from last weekat Kispiox???
 
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Well you know I am kind of laughing in my decaf here, thinking I am not really sure its the kids camera and shot at a weird low down angle from the side car and and and who knows, to be honest the picture showed up at the end of the post and I am not really sure how it got there or where it is, but I do think it is near Telkwa, at the cattle crossing and the bypass to the crossing, next time I head to the west I will see and confirm if IJim isright.

Now that will be a test for the young buck on the white rig fueled by Timmie. Do a nice long ride and post the photos out of order and let him tell us where they are, I think we have a contest in the works. Maybe the winner can have an extra pancookie thingie or some such prize.
 
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drbike wrote:
 Now that will be a test for the young buck on the white rig fueled by Timmie.  Do a nice long ride and post the photos out of order and let him tell us where they are, I think we have a contest in the works.  Maybe the winner can have an extra pancookie thingie or some such prize.
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Bring it on !!!!!!!!!!! I will step up to that any time. Post away. I think that 2Trider should keep talley as he will be supplying the prize :br:

As for your last photo, it is facing South, 5 clicks from Telkwa on the Lawson FSR, approx 150 meters after crossing Helps Creek, the Bulkely River on your left, which is river left of the Bulkely since the river is flowing in the other direction, you will cross the cattle guard, or be able to go around it in approx 150 meters in your photo, there is a road off to the right that accesses a gas line that is fenced off and on private land, or with permission you can access the gas line and subsequently a the power line that follows the Telkwa Pass to the West, approx 400 meters along the road you can turn left into the farmers driveway (who's name is Eugene in case you were wondering), continue about 1 click further and you will over look the Bulkley River and the CN tracks and a nice sliding hill in the winter and a one track that is in development by some local Telkwa folk.

If I am wrong, I will buy the Timmies :dr:
 
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Nice ride report Sparklr! Your report and photos are just making me even more disappointed that I didn't do the work on my bike in Jan/Feb! Have to put it back together before plating it for the season. Can't wait. Just a few more things to do.

As for Proudman, he's still out of commission for a while. Like mine, his bike looks like a skeleton too, right now.

We should be out riding before too long, though. Until then, I'll settle for checking here to read your reports and photos and live vicariously through these. But, as you said, it is no replacement for the real thing!!
 
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Woo hoo, first day of 2010 that I rode the DR to and from work :clap:

Have a great long weekend of riding guys. I can't partake but would love to see the pics.
 
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My plans have changed and I will be here all long weekend. Anybody up for any rides around here? I can't make it out West, but are any of you Terrace folk coming East?
 
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I wish I could go, heading south for business. Enjoy and have a good Easter weekend!
 
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That was my plan as well until sick kids threw a huge wrench into it :cf2:

Gotta make a positive out of a negative, now I have time to ride :hf:

Have a good trip and chat with you next week. Maybe a weekday Kitwanga back road trip to scout and see if it is passable ????????????? :clap:
 
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I am going to have to break free when and if I get an opportunity. I am finding it difficult to plan anything around family stuff.
 
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Kermode_Klr wrote:
I am going to have to break free when and if I get an opportunity.  I am finding it difficult to plan anything around family stuff.
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Ain't that the truth :tup:

I managed to "confirm" myself some time either Monday before lunch or Monday after lunch, depending on the weather :cross:

Regardless, I am going somewhere and doing something. I just bought myself some Rain-X for the visor so there is no excuses now.
 
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So, how was your guys weekend?

I was lucky to have a great one. It started yesterday when I could get away for a hour to try out the DR in the gross stuff. I rode through pine flats, quad trails covered with snow, mud, and ice, and through some pretty gross places. All I can say is that I give the DR a A+ :tup: from my perspective. It was totally awesome to ride the DR though stuff like that. What a confidence builder. The front end wanted to wash out numerous times but I could keep it under control. The bike responds great. The doc did kiss a tree while I was trying to go through a motor deep puddle. On exiting the puddle the bike decided to choose a line that shot me prematurely out of the puddle into an apsen. I ended up bending the right turning light, but that was all. No problem :dr:

My great weekend continued today when I was able to go for a ride with drbike. I left the house to rendezvous with the Ural on the Lawson FSR. Of course, I has to stop for a photo opportunity.

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This was the only pic that I took since we had a photographer riding sidecar in the Ural. I will leave the other pics for them to post. Today was the most that I have ridden the DR, a grand total of 90 clicks. We did some loop roads through the agricultural areas of the Bulkley Valley. We had a great day for riding and also saw our first black bear. Well, I saw it in the camera viewfinder as I did not take the time to stop and look at what everyone else was looking at. What can I say, I was there to ride. Our ride ended with a bevey at the Telkwa One Stop, where we parted ways.

By the end of the ride, I did not want to go home. I just wanted to keep riding. I am really looking forward to getting a full day of riding in.

I hope your guys weekend was fun as well
 
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Sounds great! I was very lucky today. Friends went out quadding to Red Sands and offered for me to tag along. I rode a borrowed KLX250. It was really good to get out and practice up again. No challenging rides today; just FSR and some quad trails. But, it was an excellent day nonetheless! Red Sand lake was beautiful today - dead calm and the weather was sunny and mild. Can't beat weather like this. Can't wait to get the pig put back together and insured for the season...
 
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Are any of you Terrace folk up for Monday ride? 2Trider should be here and I was going to see it the Kitwanga back road was open on this Monday with him. Any interest in a meet and greet at Kitwanga? If not, no prob as we will do our thing.

Have a good weekend.
 
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Saturday pm or Sunday??? Anyone out & about? Probably pass through Terrace this afternoon ~2-3pm :cf2:.

Weather looking good and Sunday should be fine - post here if you can get out.

Now, who mentioned potholes in another thread???? - Redsands here I go! (I get target fixation and can't miss the potholes for some reason)
 
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You will have no problems hitting potholes after the Kalum gas bar. Heck, I would venture that it is a harder task to avoid them and find some half decent flat spot then to hit them. And man are they deep. I cursed more times in 2 km's then I have in a long time.

Have a good ride.

Can you do a Monday ride?
 
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bchunter wrote:
Can you do a Monday ride?
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Mon-Fri is work... we went up Kalum FSR several times last year & there were some sections that were like a dot-to-dot book. If no one is out on Sunday then I'llclean the pig and do some yard work (apparently I need the Brownie points)

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