sorry I didn't make it either. I ended up having a bit of an accident on the way up to McD's and by the time I got there you guys were long gone. I hope I didn't hold any one up. Hope you all had a great ride also.

Doug

Helibuf--- what happened? hope no one was hurt.
we didn't get out of McD until about 830 there were 4 or us...
Mike (drive805) and i did bring the bike ..glad i did...my wrist is a little sore but ok!
Matt (hoss350) nice to meet you ... man some of those switch back on the forest trail were scary.
Keith (dirtskills) nice to meet you too!! dude your an animal SLOW DOWN its not a race..LOL and i am definatly thinking about the hare scrambler racing can you get me more info on that.
Jason (snowboardstyle) nice to meet you too!!
get the bike taken care of!
hey all lets ride again soon..
until then..
have a great xmas
Mike AKA drive805

Sorry I missed you guys... I am STILL nursing the damn flu I had all weekend during the RIDERS Gorman event last week...

Doug is everything OK...? Accident?

Matt you in for the Ocotillo trip next week...? Anyone else...? All are invited !

Jeff

It was a awesome day guys, what a awesome trip. I had so much fun. That was the best ride I had been on in a long time, hope I can call all you guys again to go riding. And yes that forest trail was gnarly, but I am guessing, the fog, and zero visability going up it didn't help, so maybe that's why it was so bad. going back down, wasn't bad at all, except for that one switch back that snuck up on me, haha. I just want to say thanks for everyone that showed up, again it was awesome meeting new people.

I am pretty sore today, but it's a good sore. I couldn't of asked for a better last ride for the year.

Hey jeff, unfortuneatley I cannot make the ocatillo trip, I'm getting my tonsils out the end of this week, so I am sure I will be out of commission for a few days, wich puts the trip till next time.

I hope everything is okay Helibuf.

Hey guys,good ride.. Im a bit sore today mostly my clutch hand is stiff. ..
Keith rides balls to the walls. dude chill a bit.. we arent all as good as you .. LOL
yeah i never been on those trails before . some crazy switchbacks. but once the bike started running halfway decent it was fun. sorry bout that shit in the beginning. my bike just kept cutting out. hope i didnt slow anyone down. sorry if i did.
two final words. (F'n cold). Hope you guys had a good ride after lunch.

Nice to meet all of you guys.

I guess I just missed you guys. Did you end up parking in the lot next to the entrance station? I pulled in at 8:45.

Hey guys, that was a fun ride. I was cruising at a moderate pace having a good time. Lets do it again and maybe next time I can hit 3rd gear ?

LOL yeah was in first the whole time on those crazy switchbacks and trails.

XR 250. sorry we missed ya no we were way in the back where it WASNT foggy.

Dirtskills said:

Man kieth I could of passed you at any moment, I was just taking it easy. I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable, I just wanted to stay as a group.

My bike just wasnt running right, and my suspension wasn't set up, I had a big breakfast, I didn't want to burn up too much fuel, I need new tires, My new boots weren't broke in yet, and my wife was calling on the phone.

But other than that I was on your a$$ all day.

XR250rdr said:

Ah man, you should of called me, it would of been cool to have another guy.

D'oh I totally forgot you posted your #. I almost posted that I was going to be late, but figured no one would check the board in the morning before leaving.

IT's cool man, Next time. Keep my number handy.

Nothing major just time consuming. Trying to get through Santa Clarita basically sucks these days. I should have just driven down to the 5 then backup, but hind sight is 20/20 now. Glad to hear every one had fun, I’m really sorry I missed it now.

Doug

What trails did your crew ride? How was the forest?

We started to go out the back of Upper Scrub, but snowboards bike kept cutting out. So we went Roadrunner up to Edison then behind Edison... back down rattler then over to Schmidt to go to Tataviam but it was closed. We went back through Smith Forks across the wash to Backbone then over Vics cat trail to Badlands then Upper Brome then back to staging for some grub, staged at Upper Scrub ... after some food snowborad left he was cold.... i, luckly brought another jacket...
We then went to Sterling canyon through to East Fraiser went to the top looked at the clouds and turned around and came back.....the part that i thought was strange, we saw more riders on the forest trail then riding in HV its-self or so at least it seemed..... all in all it was a good day with the exception of a broken number plate ( hoss350) and some weeds stuck in snowboards visor, and at times it was butt cold.
We went about 30 miles...met some cool people, and rode... what more could you ask for!!!

Helibuf.... well there's always next time...
maybe try cal city or jawbone/dovesprings...
it will be posted!

I went sorta the other way through the forest and it ended up being nice, even almost warm for a bit. We headed up Tejon and took it all the way to Long Dave Trail (thought it was still closed, but not marked as such and the MC gate was open at the other end) then up West Frazier Mine to West Frazier Tie. Didnt even stop at the top (little windy) and high-tailed it for East Frazier Trail and took that back to Sterling. It was pretty chilly on East Frazier, but I got a few shots of a great view of the top of the cloud cover.

hey,, i only had my antenna's on for a min. coming back thru some whoops that last whoop landded in some sand front tire got sideways and i ended up in some brush.
no biggie. It was butt a55 cold. sorry had to cut out early been sneezing all day today . better not get a damn cold. . .

sucks to hear about the head on on backbone, crazy we were just on it. that day.
what the hell was a newb doing on a one way trail going the wrong way on his first day riding ever.

Keith, i wish i knew those trails like the back of my hand like you do..

I'll see if my 74 XL will be back together and I'd like to ride. Haven't been there for years.
Bo Tretta
Thousand Oaks