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anyone heading out Coquitlam way in the morning (Sunday Feb 28)?

Aride before the hockey game would be great. Burke, Eagle or both?

otg
 
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Old Phart wrote:
Yeah - I'd love to come and try out the new KLX on something fairly easy. I'm still having problems upshifting the beastbut I'm told that this improves as the bike getssome kms on it.

Please keep me in the loop as to meeting location & time.

Thanks, Gordon
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old trials guy wrote:
anyone heading out Coquitlam way in the morning (Sunday Feb 28)?

Aride before the hockey game would be great. Burke, Eagle or both?

otg
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I am meeting my Noob buddy at the gate at the golf course (top of Plateau Blvd) at 9:00 am. for a ride out to the Bunsen Lake Lookout.
 
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Ron, I have plans on being on the bus at 7:30am. However, I'm tempted by this ride because it's close to home. How long are you planning on riding for? See, here's the thing; it takes me so long to put on my boots that I don't get too excited about short rides. *LOL*

What you got in mind, exactly?
 
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KTM-Bryon wrote:
Old Phart wrote:
Yeah - I'd love to come and try out the new KLX on something fairly easy. I'm still having problems upshifting the beast but I'm told that this improves as the bike gets some kms on it.

Please keep me in the loop as to meeting location  & time.

Thanks, Gordon
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old trials guy wrote:
anyone heading out Coquitlam way in the morning (Sunday Feb 28)?  

A ride before the hockey game would be great.  Burke, Eagle or both?

otg

 
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I am meeting my Noob buddy at the gate at the golf course (top of Plateau Blvd) at 9:00 am. for a ride out to the Bunsen Lake Lookout.
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It'll be interesting to see how he does. He's fast on a mountainbike but these aren't mountainbikes.
 
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jimi2crank wrote:
KTM-Bryon wrote:
I am meeting my Noob buddy at the gate at the golf course (top of Plateau Blvd) at 9:00 am. for a ride out to the Bunsen Lake Lookout.
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It'll be interesting to see how he does. He's fast on a mountainbike but these aren't mountainbikes.
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I will let him know if he still has his hand on the throttle he is in control.

 
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I will try to make top of Plateau for 9. Options would be Cypress Lake again or maybe Burke to check out the snowline.

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It'll be interesting to see how he does. He's fast on a mountainbike but these aren't mountainbikes.[/quote]

I will let him know if he still has his hand on the throttle he is in control.


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Sadly that pretty much sums it up. I already passed on that infinite wisdom. Rough, loose, steep = Throttle!......just not too much :shock: I'll see you guys at 9 am. Looking forward to it.
 
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Ok I think I'm in for this :) OTG, where/when ya wanna meet up?
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Just to clarify....I am heading to the gate at the top of Plateau Blvd by the golf course works yard entrance. Be aware that this immediate area is under a closure order but we can head over to the top of Eagle Ridge Drive one way or another once we hook up.

M R, I will be leaving here and stopping for some gas probably at the Chevron on Lougheed near Westwood. I can meet you there at about 8:45 or hook up with Byron and others up on Plateau Blvd. Let me know what works for you.

After the noob ride over to Buntzen lookout we can decide whether its Cypress Lake or maybe head over to Burke for a run up to the snow. Either is fine by me.

I hope to get back home around 12:30 to catch the game.

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Thanks for the company today guys. There is still some snow up in those hills!

I think my problem today was caused by a loose battery connection. Intermittant connection probably causing the relays to go crazy and that was the clicking sound I heard.

Checked voltage when I got home and it was good and charging, rolled it in the garage andchecked it again and it was flaky.Tuggedon the battery leads and the positive wires were a bit loose. Tightenedup theconnection and presto, everything is working okay. It's aquality battery but the teeny 5mm terminal bolts could be bigger.

Go Canada!

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Yup, great ride today! Good to hear the Sherco is ok :D

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More pics on my site.
 
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Thanks for the ride today guys it was a great day for a ride. We followed your tracks up Burke after we met up with our other buddy. That tighter trail we did on Eagle was great really helped me get comfortable on the XR finally.
 
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On another note, I couldn't believe how downright unhappy the mountain bikers looked. Everyone of them carrying a blank stare, as if their dog had just been run over 5 minutes prior. Seriously, maybe it comes from regularly having to push your bike up a mountain, but mountain bikers surely must be the most miserable bunch of people I have ever seen.
 
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haha...you realize you were riding with 3 mountainbikers today don't you? I know when I ride up there I look miserable too and yes it's because I'm going uphill. I'm not happy until I'm riding downhill.
 
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Even when a mountain biker looks a bit miserable on the outside on the way up, on the inside there is a joyful glimmer in anticipation of the ride down. My MC isn't insuredyet this year but some of the MTB trails are open unusually early this year so I had my second pedal outing of this year today. Here's hoping we get lots of rainy days otherwise we're in for a scary fire season!
 
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When I posted that, I was being uncharacteristically polite. In reality it was the look of contempt & entitlement painted all over their faces that really &*%$ing irked me.
 
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Ahh, that scenario. Some people didn't learn to share or realize that "different strokes for different folks" might apply. I know that I can be a bit less than friendly looking if motorized users are trashing a trail I KNOW was carved out of the wilderness by mountain bikers, which it sounds like WAS NOT the case where you were today. Actually your read on their expressions is all the funnier as there were mountain bikers in moto mode there.Some folks are just too single minded. Keep smiling and having fun your way, whatever way that may be on any given day.:D

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