Dual sport ride

[Tclimber]

I was hoping that a bunch of us could get together for a ride starting in Overland Park and go east through Warrensburg maybe pickup riders on the way I ride a klr650 any ideas

[phil denk]

May be dried out by next Saturday...I'd be interested.

[Ed M]

Or meet in Overland Park and ride the gravel and minimum roads that Kansas has to offer. Either way I'm good.

There are a lot of gravel roads here in Johnson County MO, surprising that I can't find a dualsport route already developed for around here. Once I get a GPS I will work on developing some routes and maybe just maybe I will get around to developing a route from the KC area to meet up with the TMOT (Trans-Missouri Trail) unless someone has already beat me to it.

[Tclimber]

I got out before the rain started go in about 60 miles its kinda hard to get out of the city with out some highway riding
you arent to far from Drexel are you Ed there should be some good riding out that way lets see what happens the next week or so it would be cool to have a bunch of us

[OverlandOdyssey]

TMOT? Is that a thing? Why have I never heard of this?

[Ed M]

Tclimber I actually live less than a mile southwest of Warrensburg. Between this post and the big bike post I was hoping to get some riding in this weekend on the 690. After that I have the next three weekends devoted to racing hare scrambles. I wish I could have made the fall TARKC Ride down in AR but it is my wedding anniversary and birthday weekend. If we don't get together this weekend maybe sometime in mid-November. It will also give me a chance to do some additional gravel road riding and routing.

Overland Odyssey there is a Trans-MO Trail thread over on advrider
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.p ... light=TMOT

The South TMOT starts in O'Fallon MO and ends in Blue Eye MO near the start of the Trans-Arkansas Trail (TART). TMOT West begins in Chester IL and also ends in Blue Eye MO

[Harvey Mushman]

Hey Ed,

Not to change the subject, but how do you like that 690? I rode a '14 at CZ last month and was quite impressed. At my age, I'm having a hard time getting over the price of admission though.

[Ed M]

Harvey,

PM sent

[Tclimber]

Hi Ed I may be able to do a ride this saturday maybe leave out from somewhere in overland park and pick some two lane back roads or gravel and meet up down close to your place and take a tour around in your part of the world and catch lunch and head back home early enough to make it back before dark
Maybe Overland odessy could meetup here with me and ride along
I got another guy i can check with also the more the better
you can call me if you want 913-484-2694 overland you can call too if you want
Let me know as soon as you can and I will map out a way to get to ya

[OverlandOdyssey]

Hi Ed I may be able to do a ride this saturday maybe leave out from somewhere in overland park and pick some two lane back roads or gravel and meet up down close to your place and take a tour around in your part of the world and catch lunch and head back home early enough to make it back before dark
Maybe Overland odessy could meetup here with me and ride along
I got another guy i can check with also the more the better
you can call me if you want 913-484-2694 overland you can call too if you want
Let me know as soon as you can and I will map out a way to get to ya

I'd like to but I'm a little too heavily loaded right now. Bike is prepped for my run to the Appalachian Rendezvous on Tuesday.

Sorry, but this is the only way I could figure out how to attach a pic to the post. I don't use photobucket and using the picasa button didn't work.

[Tclimber]

Nice klr you are loaded have a good trip maybe we can all get together down the road

[Ed M]

TClimber I will give you a call sometime this afternoon. It's a busy weekend for me but want to ride more than anything. Find a halfway point where we can meet up and we will just ride / explore the roads as we go along. I prefer gravel to black top. Two lane roads aren't bad but don't want to ride 4 lane like HWY50. I currently don't have a gps but I'm working on that. Trying to decide if I want to go smartphone or tablet as my GPS.

[Tclimber]

sorry Ed my weekend kinda disintegrated before my eyes have a job i have to do in the morning and a baby sitting job at 3:45 kinda screws things up maybe next sat? Sorry Ed

[Ed M]

TClimber - no apology is necessary, I understand you own a small business and that stuff happens. We'll get together and ride again some day. If I don't race next weekend I might do a Polar Bear Run to Louisburg KS. I'm going to add a new post to cover that.