So this year I am bringing both bikes and wanted to find out who else would be doing the same. I propose Thursday as our dual sport day. Please post up if you have any other ideas on which day we should ride.
My trip Idea includes a round trip from Boone to Brown Mountain which is located just outside of Lenoir NC and back to Boone. Trying to stay on dirt roads as much as possible. Brown Mountain is part of the Pisgah National Forest and is one of my favorite places to ride. It offers easy to very technical routes and only costs $5 for a day pass which must be purchased that riding day at a local gas station.
Here is a link:
http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/viewarea.php?t=504753
You can also get an idea of what the trails are like on youtube
Thanks all and cant wait for Boone.
Jim Smola
sounds great! if we can get enough interest, I'll do it.
Looks like 25 miles or more down there.. I'd say let's cram as many bikes into as few trailers as possible and pull them down from Boone. Nice to carry tools and stuff. And if we break one nobody gets stranded.
Jim,
are the trails too much for my FAT arsed BMWer?? I could put D\S tires on it??
Let me know what you "tink"
Tanks,
Nobby
i don't have anything to post here, i just wanted to continue the theme of avatars of people who look like idiots. ( :
Quote from: mst3kguy on February 11, 2009, 04:20:16 PM
i don't have anything to post here, i just wanted to continue the theme of avatars of people who look like idiots. ( :
Dean are ya sure you needed that pic to prove that????? sorry bro I had to... dont hate
ROFLMAO
Eric M
Quote from: mst3kguy on February 11, 2009, 04:20:16 PM
i don't have anything to post here, i just wanted to continue the theme of avatars of people who look like idiots. ( :
Oh, OH! Can I play in that game too! ;)
Quote from: ddlewis on February 11, 2009, 11:35:11 AM
sounds great! if we can get enough interest, I'll do it.
Looks like 25 miles or more down there.. I'd say let's cram as many bikes into as few trailers as possible and pull them down from Boone. Nice to carry tools and stuff. And if we break one nobody gets stranded.
We can do that but I have been prepping my bike for a long dual sport trip and I am psyched to do it on Two OO Wheels. It would be very cool if Someone wanted to tow down and the few of us that wanted to ride would have a support vehicle to back us up if needed. Just an idea. So if someone wants to bring a full on trail or track bike Pisgah is waiting on you. ;D
Quote from: Marsh White on February 11, 2009, 05:03:23 PM
Quote from: mst3kguy on February 11, 2009, 04:20:16 PM
i don't have anything to post here, i just wanted to continue the theme of avatars of people who look like idiots. ( :
Oh, OH! Can I play in that game too! ;)
Me too me too
I will most likely be a no show at the spring rally, but what about the east coast Pig roast, dirty bike, Tobacco, FJ, and Gun fest?
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Me too me too
I will most likely be a no show at the spring rally, but what about the east coast Pig roast, dirty bike, Tobacco, FJ, and Gun fest?
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Well ill be bring all my toys to the fall rally as well. All I need now is to build a smoker and we could all pitch in on some Boston butts and Eric could Cook them all day since he wants too. ;) Everyone who are interested in BBQ could bring their favorite sauce and share. I have a welder, small trailer, so all I need is a 50 gallon drum and some propane plumbing. I think that would be big enough for 6-8 butts. Buns, cole slaw, baked beans, beer and we are in business. oh if someone has some good smoking wood you could bring that as well.
Rally Food. Yum
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_2zY0IuDMgDQ/SEamq1JYkhI/AAAAAAAAAks/Adl8zIgB758/s512/DSCF0074.JPG)
Quote from: Smola67 on February 11, 2009, 06:46:23 PM
Me too me too
I will most likely be a no show at the spring rally, but what about the east coast Pig roast, dirty bike, Tobacco, FJ, and Gun fest?
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Well ill be bring all my toys to the fall rally as well. All I need now is to build a smoker and we could all pitch in on some Boston butts and Eric could Cook them all day since he wants too. ;) Everyone who are interested in BBQ could bring their favorite sauce and share. I have a welder, small trailer, so all I need is a 50 gallon drum and some propane plumbing. I think that would be big enough for 6-8 butts. Buns, cole slaw, baked beans, beer and we are in business. oh if someone has some good smoking wood you could bring that as well.
Rally Food. Yum
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_2zY0IuDMgDQ/SEamq1JYkhI/AAAAAAAAAks/Adl8zIgB758/s512/DSCF0074.JPG)
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Apple wood adds a nice flavor when smoking pork butts........
Eric M
mmmmmmm fooooooooood!
i'm in for the off road fun and for a big homecooked dinner afterwards
Kookaloo!
Frank
Quote from: Yamifj1200 on February 11, 2009, 06:52:53 PM
Quote from: Smola67 on February 11, 2009, 06:46:23 PM
Well ill be bring all my toys to the fall rally as well. All I need now is to build a smoker and we could all pitch in on some Boston butts and Eric could Cook them all day since he wants too. ;) Everyone who are interested in BBQ could bring their favorite sauce and share. I have a welder, small trailer, so all I need is a 50 gallon drum and some propane plumbing. I think that would be big enough for 6-8 butts. Buns, cole slaw, baked beans, beer and we are in business. oh if someone has some good smoking wood you could bring that as well.
Rally Food. Yum
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_2zY0IuDMgDQ/SEamq1JYkhI/AAAAAAAAAks/Adl8zIgB758/s512/DSCF0074.JPG)
Apple wood adds a nice flavor when smoking pork butts........
Eric M
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i like hickory smoke flavor too
KOokaloo!
Frank
Quote from: Smola67 on February 11, 2009, 06:46:23 PM
Me too me too
I will most likely be a no show at the spring rally, but what about the east coast Pig roast, dirty bike, Tobacco, FJ, and Gun fest?
[/quote]
Well ill be bring all my toys to the fall rally as well. All I need now is to build a smoker and we could all pitch in on some Boston butts and Eric could Cook them all day since he wants too. ;) Everyone who are interested in BBQ could bring their favorite sauce and share. I have a welder, small trailer, so all I need is a 50 gallon drum and some propane plumbing. I think that would be big enough for 6-8 butts. Buns, cole slaw, baked beans, beer and we are in business. oh if someone has some good smoking wood you could bring that as well.
Rally Food. Yum
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_2zY0IuDMgDQ/SEamq1JYkhI/AAAAAAAAAks/Adl8zIgB758/s512/DSCF0074.JPG)
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NO gas...... we need hickory wood to cook!!!!!!
Eric M
Great Frank!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
And that wood sounds great Eric.
Quote from: Smola67 on February 11, 2009, 06:57:30 PM
Great Frank!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
And that wood sounds great Eric.
Jim, Im sure we can get a 55 gal. barrel you gona bring the welder to Boone?? if so we can make up a cooker with the barrel and some 2x2 angle for a frame we also will need something to use as a grate bring a saw and we can make it up friday evening.....
Eric M
dude, you're talking my language. i love smoking a big ol' pork shoulder, i've done it twice with the alton-brown-food-network-good-eats-smoker aka the terra cotta smoker (look it up, it's way cool), and have done it with a dedicated smoker i bought. i'd kill for one of those 55 gal drum smokers.
Quote from: Smola67 on February 11, 2009, 06:46:23 PM
Me too me too
I will most likely be a no show at the spring rally, but what about the east coast Pig roast, dirty bike, Tobacco, FJ, and Gun fest?
[/quote]
Well ill be bring all my toys to the fall rally as well. All I need now is to build a smoker and we could all pitch in on some Boston butts and Eric could Cook them all day since he wants too. ;) Everyone who are interested in BBQ could bring their favorite sauce and share. I have a welder, small trailer, so all I need is a 50 gallon drum and some propane plumbing. I think that would be big enough for 6-8 butts. Buns, cole slaw, baked beans, beer and we are in business. oh if someone has some good smoking wood you could bring that as well.
Rally Food. Yum
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_2zY0IuDMgDQ/SEamq1JYkhI/AAAAAAAAAks/Adl8zIgB758/s512/DSCF0074.JPG)
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ya gots to have some hickory wood if you're making barbecue. i believe jack gutshall (jack and nancy) and i had a discussion at the fall 08 rally that he has a bunch of hickory wood in his woods. i was trying to figure out a way to get it from his house to mine. ( :
Quote from: Smola67 on February 11, 2009, 06:57:30 PM
Great Frank!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
And that wood sounds great Eric.
Sure I can bring the Welder.
Quote from: Smola67 on February 11, 2009, 07:47:27 PM
Sure I can bring the Welder.
and some angle? and some welding rods and some????? hickory wood. I really dont think I can carry much wood on the fj,,, or steel for that matter. I will however supply the skill to make a cooker and the proper rally attitude for cooking....
Eric M
Quote from: Smola67 on February 11, 2009, 06:04:49 PM
Quote from: ddlewis on February 11, 2009, 11:35:11 AM
sounds great! if we can get enough interest, I'll do it.
Looks like 25 miles or more down there.. I'd say let's cram as many bikes into as few trailers as possible and pull them down from Boone. Nice to carry tools and stuff. And if we break one nobody gets stranded.
We can do that but I have been prepping my bike for a long dual sport trip and I am psyched to do it on Two OO Wheels. It would be very cool if Someone wanted to tow down and the few of us that wanted to ride would have a support vehicle to back us up if needed. Just an idea. So if someone wants to bring a full on trail or track bike Pisgah is waiting on you. ;D
Jim, can I take this to mean that Pisgah allows full-on race bikes? Their website doesn't say. I'm fairly sure the KTM won't be *quite* legal by then, at least for actual street use...it's got lights, horn, turn signals, spark arrestor, etc....just no actual, ummmmm, registration. I could truck both bikes down, although I hadn't planned on it (also depends on whether I can get the truck prepped in time...it hasn't been driven in months and it's sitting in the driveway with a flat tire). Along with me learning to reliably start the Katoom...it takes a big ass or a very healthy boot to spin those 300cc's of smokin' two-stroke fun to life. The RM250 and the Exacta Trials, while it would be a hoot, are completely out of the question. As would be the Sikk Trail...I don't see me keeping up on a 125cc Chinese Honda motor, and it *definitely* aint legal, plus it attracts undue attention.
Or, in keeping with Nobby's inquiry, would this intended ride be doable on the WeeStrom? In other words, dirt and gravel roads but no nasty single-track? (or mud, logs, boulders, or rocky water crossings...that kinda thing)? I mean, Randy T., Danny Lewis and I conquered TN Forestry Service Road #217 a couple of years ago on FJs above Bald River Falls, and it got kinda gnarly in spots - actually, Danny cheated; he already had the Wee. ;)
Big-ass sportbikes on one-lane dirt with big, embedded rocks and deep patches of river rock low-spot fill - potentially expensive. Unbelieving stares from Jeeps full of people going *downhill* - free. Danny's later comment - "Damn, your faster on that FJ in dirt than you are on the street..." - priceless.
Also, unfortunately true.
Rossi
Well some trails are big enough for trucks and I have seen 2 or 3 over my 4 trips. As for Nobby and your big bike You could ride the very easy trails but could not go were the billy goat XR400 goes. I would bring the KTM if it was me but dont let that stop you from bringing a bigger bike with good trail tires. I am sure Pisgah has some rules but I have seen hundreds of big 2 smokers blasting all over the place.
As for Single track it has tons.
As for Welding, I have a Lincoln MIG so no welding sticks needed. I can bring some steel and the small trailer to build the cooker on. This way I can bring it to each rally. Need someone to bring a saw or something to cut the steel and the drum. Please let me know if you have a drum or metal grate you can bring. Since you have the plans Eric, you know your job. I would love tons of input on this project and everyone is welcome to pitch in as they please.
Good to see ya TRoy! ;D
Quote from: Yamifj1200 on February 11, 2009, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: Smola67 on February 11, 2009, 06:57:30 PM
Great Frank!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
Jim, Im sure we can get a 55 gal. barrel you gona bring the welder to Boone?? if so we can make up a cooker with the barrel and some 2x2 angle for a frame we also will need something to use as a grate bring a saw and we can make it up friday evening.....
Eric M
Get frank to bring some old fan guards off a/c units, they make great grills and grates, just don't use the painted ones.
I just checked the "official" Brown Mountain ORV site, and the *do* allow full-blown, unlicensed bikes inside. They don't even mention spark arrestors, which I thought were required inside any state-run area.
http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/brown_mountain_orv.pdf
This could be a possibility...
Rossi
Oops, I take that back. Nowhere do they say it's required, but they do say, "Make sure your spark arrestor is working properly. You are responsible for any fires you start."
They also say, in effect, "If you make a poo-poo in the woods, bury it at least 6 inches deep and 200 feet from water."
And, "Don't drink from the creek." Duh.
Rossi
Quote from: rlucas on February 11, 2009, 08:21:36 PM..."Damn, your faster on that FJ in dirt than you are on the street..." - priceless.
Also, unfortunately true.
I swear I don't know why you even bother with the KTM, you should just ride the FJ.. :)
I'm fairly certain you can ride any dirtbike there (B.M.) They allow Quads which aren't street legal anywhere, so surely a motocross bike would fly as well.
I have a buddy who went to Brown mountain. He likened it to a small scale Hatfield McCoy which means I wouldn't take my Wee there. Probably, like HM, there are some places where you could get around, but high stress and low fun.
I still think about those forest roads off the Cherohalla.. I would love to go exploring some more of those.. maybe we can drag 'ol Nobby along. Check GoogleEarth.. there are lots of forest roads.
Quote from: ddlewis on February 12, 2009, 06:33:59 PM
I still think about those forest roads off the Cherohalla.. I would love to go exploring some more of those.. maybe we can drag 'ol Nobby along. Check GoogleEarth.. there are lots of forest roads.
i occasionally check google maps and check out the cherohala, and am real curious about all the little roads off the cherohala. if anyone wants to rent me something that would handle whatever anyone else is bringing or equivalent, i'd be up for it.
If you are tyrailering down you are more than welcome to my YZ Dean. Definately not street legal, but more than dirt worthy.
Its just the motivation I need to put it together.
thanks bill. let me know how i can help. whereas if it were my bike, my guess is we'd make arrangements when we could meet up to get it ready. since it's your bike, i'm guessing you'd like to make plans how to keep me away from wrenching on it. ( : so if you need any pizza delivery or coffee runs, let me know?
Quote from: the fan on February 12, 2009, 10:30:06 PM
If you are tyrailering down you are more than welcome to my YZ Dean. Definately not street legal, but more than dirt worthy.
Its just the motivation I need to put it together.
Dean off road. This is getting good. Can't wait. :)
Quote from: mst3kguy on February 13, 2009, 05:32:23 AM
thanks bill. let me know how i can help. whereas if it were my bike, my guess is we'd make arrangements when we could meet up to get it ready. since it's your bike, i'm guessing you'd like to make plans how to keep me away from wrenching on it. ( : so if you need any pizza delivery or coffee runs, let me know?
Quote from: the fan on February 12, 2009, 10:30:06 PM
If you are tyrailering down you are more than welcome to my YZ Dean. Definately not street legal, but more than dirt worthy.
Its just the motivation I need to put it together.
Truth is I am waiting on 1 Part that Jon Cain is modding for me. (he said Hi BTW)
I am currently working on the XR and she is in many parts at the moment. Fork oil change, balancing wheels, carb cleaning jetting and float calibration, new bash plate, fuel line and fuel filter, new grips, changing gearing to 14-45, porting exhaust header, and last but not least putting in a 440 kit with new valve seals. The later part is finished with kelly's help. I rode her a few short times with the big bore( what a blast ) but wanted to tear her down and get ready for the riding season. I will get some pics up when I have her back together.
did you tell him to get his ass out of the howard hughes cave and start being sociable again?
Quote from: the fan on February 13, 2009, 12:36:48 PM
Truth is I am waiting on 1 Part that Jon Cain is modding for me. (he said Hi BTW)
Not until after he finishes my stuff ::)
Are you going to be home tomorrow? I wouldnt mind stopping by and doing some measurements on the FJR bars, I might have a solution.
yep, i'll be up on my neighbor's roof trying to adjust her satellite dish. do you know basic first aid including splinting techniques out of curiosity?
Quote from: the fan on February 13, 2009, 06:32:24 PM
Not until after he finishes my stuff ::)
Are you going to be home tomorrow? I wouldnt mind stopping by and doing some measurements on the FJR bars, I might have a solution.
You met my dad right....
"Come here boy and try this out"
I have a great wood lighter to start the BBQ with,dragon starter
Calvin
I'm IN. The KTM is a 2 smoke so not street legal, but if we can trailer to the location I';d be all set. ;D
:P Wooo Hooo :P
You guys are going to cause me to trailer down to Boone (again), aren't you? ;D
Randy T
Indy
Well I happened upon some steel for the smoker frame. I am thinking of building it on one of those hitch cargo carriers. That way it can be bolted and unbolted for use and I can mount it to the rear of my motorcycle trailer. Now to keep an eye out for a barrel and a very large grate. If anyone has some good build plans please let me know and I will get started.
Quote from: Smola67 on February 24, 2009, 06:28:18 PM
Well I happened upon some steel for the smoker frame. I am thinking of building it on one of those hitch cargo carriers. That way it can be bolted and unbolted for use and I can mount it to the rear of my motorcycle trailer. Now to keep an eye out for a barrel and a very large grate. If anyone has some good build plans please let me know and I will get started.
Hell, Jim, fire it up before you leave and the porky goodness is done upon arrival.
No snacking on the way there.
Rossi
Is this gonna be a go for ECSR 2010?
Randy T
Indy
i'm RFA
Quote from: rktmanfj on March 03, 2010, 08:45:06 AM
Is this gonna be a go for ECSR 2010?
Randy T
Indy
Randy, I don't know if your talking about the grill or the off roadin or both but I'm bringing the CR250 along again, just because I didn't beat myself up enough last time. Staying off the cuervo the night before though, well probably not completely but enough so that I can smell something other than cuervo for the first two hours of riding.
Quote from: zero26tb4u on April 26, 2010, 03:53:17 PM
Quote from: rktmanfj on March 03, 2010, 08:45:06 AM
Is this gonna be a go for ECSR 2010?
Randy T
Indy
Randy, I don't know if your talking about the grill or the off roadin or both but I'm bringing the CR250 along again, just because I didn't beat myself up enough last time. Staying off the cuervo the night before though, well probably not completely but enough so that I can smell something other than cuervo for the first two hours of riding.
Well, at the time I was talking about some dirt biking...
Randy T
Indy