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Re: Any interest in a Pomme De Terre ride 8/9,10,11?

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 17:52
by kendall_smith
See you there, Randy. I thought about bringing the 350 since I haven't ridden it in a while, but I'm not sure yet.

Re: Any interest in a Pomme De Terre ride 8/9,10,11?

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 18:16
by Bob Morgan
I'm in touch with MacWildcat, and he is interested.
I'll post up when I hear back from him with more info.

Re: Any interest in a Pomme De Terre ride 8/9,10,11?

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 21:30
by ozarksrider
"Chris- are you still going to be heading to Springfield, regardless of weather?"

Yep, some of my Springfield friends have been planning this get together for a while.

Wish I was going, that Maple Hill ride is a lot of fun.

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 07:30
by gagnaou
I need to replace my front tire, but I am planning on joining you guys. I am a little bit apprehensive as the only bike I have at the moment is the 950. But if it is too much for me, I will peal off so that I do not hold you guys back.

Luc

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 07:43
by kendall_smith
gagnaou wrote:I need to replace my front tire, but I am planning on joining you guys. I am a little bit apprehensive as the only bike I have at the moment is the 950. But if it is too much for me, I will peal off so that I do not hold you guys back.

Luc
See you there, Luc! Don't worry about being on the 950. I'll most likely be on my 990, so we can re-route around anything that might not be big bike friendly. I was thinking about bringing my 350, but I'll probably end up being too lazy to get it ready and the 990 is already good to go.

Troy- thanks for changing the title of this thread since the original one wasn't making sense anymore. :mrgreen:

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:24
by MacWildcat
The Maple Hill route I most recently put together and lead a group on will definitely be too muddy for big bikes...probably nasty for anyone. The new Maple Hill loop is alot of fun, but better when it's a little drier.

I was thinking this week of basing a ride out of Alma. More rock in the road surfaces. My route would take us down to Little Egypt road and then over to Eskridge to ride the low maintenance back to Alma (include Box Turtle). About 80 miles round trip.
If you don't mind driving a few more miles to the west, it would be worth it for a better quality ride.

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:56
by kendall_smith
I was wondering about all of the minimum maintenance roads north of I-70 in your older Maple Hill loop (the one I was planning on riding this weekend). I'm definitely open to making a change to avoid a mudfest if that is what you think we should do.

Should we change the meet place to Alma at 9:30 instead? I'm fine with that if everyone else is.

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 17:23
by MacWildcat
Yes, especially those roads north of I-70 turn into major gumbo, plus some of them south of Maple Hill. Not sure if you have been down south of Alma, some neat roads.

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 17:41
by gagnaou
Larry

do you want to meet at 8:45, 9:00 am on Chili's parking lot?

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 22:07
by Bob Morgan
kendall_smith wrote:Should we change the meet place to Alma at 9:30 instead? I'm fine with that if everyone else is.
I will be meeting up at the gas station in Alma, Sunday, at 0930 with anyone who shows up. My plan is to ride rock roads, and bomb selected smaller mud holes. :D

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 22:29
by gagnaou
kendall_smith wrote: Troy- thanks for changing the title of this thread since the original one wasn't making sense anymore. :mrgreen:
Except that it should be Sunday the 11th :lol:

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 22:49
by gagnaou
Since I have known MacWildcat, he has always liked to play in the mud....

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That is why I prefaced my post saying that I would peal out with the big bike if it gets too iffy :lol:

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 07:42
by kendall_smith
See you guys at the gas station in Alma at 9:30. Should be a good day for a fun ride!

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 08:23
by MacWildcat
Lol Luc! If I remember correctly that was one of your rides! The situation got even worse later on that morning, what a hoot.

I can meet you at Chili's at 8:45. I will probably be holding you back from you normal ride pace :shock: . I have the Husky geared back to stock, so my cruising speed is about 50-55. Is your cruising speed still double digits, or have you advanced to super sonic?

If you need to work around a section it may be Box Turtle....I wonder what it would cost to air lift a KTM 950/990 out of a mud hole?

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 13:35
by allkidd
Sounds like big bikes are the way to go so I will be in Alma at 9:30 on my 800.

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 22:12
by Savage
I'll meet up with ya'll at Alma. Should be a nice day for a ride.

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 18:28
by gagnaou
We had a great ride, thanks MacWildcat for leading, as usual great roads!

A few pictures:

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Kendall is too fast for camera...

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Coming out of Box Turtle

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This is a road that Larry and I took on our way back to Manhattan.... It goes nowhere, but sure is fun!

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Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 19:52
by allkidd
Thanks for leading Larry....I had a great time.

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 21:51
by Savage
That was a fun ride! It was nice to meet you guys & gal that I hadn't met yet. :)

Re: Sun Aug 10 Maple Hill

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 00:04
by Andy
Looks like a blast!! I knew I should have kept up with this thread on saturday night...