I am just about done with my RM250 mx-to-offroad conversion and I am jonesing to get it out for a good ride this weekend. Is there anywhere that doesn't have snow? Mattawa looks like it only has a trace but the high temp there on Saturday is supposed to be only 15 deg....brrr. Anyplace else looking okay for the weekend? :excuseme:
Anyplace rideable this weekend?
Started by YZ426F Rider, Jan 11 2007 03:02 PM
32 replies to this topic
Posted 11 January 2007 - 03:02 PM
I am just about done with my RM250 mx-to-offroad conversion and I am jonesing to get it out for a good ride this weekend. Is there anywhere that doesn't have snow? Mattawa looks like it only has a trace but the high temp there on Saturday is supposed to be only 15 deg....brrr. Anyplace else looking okay for the weekend? :excuseme:
Posted 11 January 2007 - 05:43 PM
I also noticed how cold it is going to be in Mattawa:cry: time for grip heaters.
Posted 11 January 2007 - 06:48 PM
YZ426F Rider said:
Is there anywhere that doesn't have snow?
This is what it looked like in McMinnville today...we rode:ride:
Okay, you figure the big one would don a helmet because he could hit his head on something. And if he wasn't wearing a helmet everyone would get angry and yell. So why, then, is it okay for the little one not to wear a helmet and no one yells?!
Well, no one got (very) hurt and the street is a dead-end, and school was canceled so the big one didn't have to play hooky with his girls...he got the day off. (Check out the number plate).
We even had some visitors stop by to get their picture taken with the sledders.
Posted 11 January 2007 - 08:28 PM
old-school said:
I also noticed how cold it is going to be in Mattawa:cry: time for grip heaters.
Grip heaters are the ticket. :thumbsup:
Posted 11 January 2007 - 09:10 PM
What a great dad! The big smiles tell it all. It's really nice to see that "PC" isn't alive everywhere. I remember pulling my sisters behind a Honda 250 scrambler as a kid, (country roads 50mph) and my boys behind a XR 350 in the early 80's.
Their faces looked just like that.
Their faces looked just like that.
Posted 12 January 2007 - 07:06 AM
mdm_rides said:
What a great dad! The big smiles tell it all. It's really nice to see that "PC" isn't alive everywhere.
Still, it started bugging me later about Gary Busey ringing his own bell on the curb and the life change that made for him...these are my only kids...so I think next time I'm going to sell the "makes you look like an Olympic athlete" pitch to get the helmets on their melons.
We never left first gear, but they still whipped pretty fast on turns and used the curb as a berm several times (one time into a trash can - can you believe the sanitation guys worked right through the snow? - three things are sure: death, taxes, and trash pick up).
"Helmets will make you look like racers"...yeah...it'll work...hey! - then we could get into 3rd gear! Yeah:applause:
Posted 12 January 2007 - 07:39 AM
I read it is going to warm up tuesday,:ride: good thing its a long weekend.
Posted 12 January 2007 - 08:03 AM
old-school said:
I read it is going to warm up tuesday,:ride: good thing its a long weekend.
I am still planning on a Tuesday ride at Mattawa:applause:
TONY
Posted 12 January 2007 - 08:35 AM
I was thinking of a short ride Sat. but I might go to the slab in zillah instead.
Posted 12 January 2007 - 10:14 AM
YZ426F Rider said:
Details?
A bunch of us will be meeting at the Mt. View Diner at 9:00 and then heading up, not sure which staging area we are meeting at yet.
I hear the road into the upper staging area got cleared !!!
Posted 12 January 2007 - 11:54 AM
hayshaker said:
I am still planning on a Tuesday ride at Mattawa:applause:
TONY
TONY
I'm thinking Monday and Saturday at Mattawa. Jay is wanting to ride Mattawa this Saturday unless the cold causes him to pansy out. :ride:
Posted 12 January 2007 - 12:36 PM
SJMC_DON said:
I hear the road into the upper staging area got cleared !!!
Posted 12 January 2007 - 03:04 PM
OK, we finally made up our minds. My buddy, my son and his buddy, and I are going to Mattawa tomorrow...probably be a 10:30 - 11:00 arrival so it has a chance to warm up into double digits!
Posted 12 January 2007 - 06:13 PM
10:30/11:00 sounds like a good idea. :ride: good chance to try out the cold gear.
Posted 12 January 2007 - 07:20 PM
SJMC_DON said:
A bunch of us will be meeting at the Mt. View Diner at 9:00 and then heading up, not sure which staging area we are meeting at yet.
I hear the road into the upper staging area got cleared !!!
I hear the road into the upper staging area got cleared !!!
RIGHT ON!!! That's what we need up there is more help.:thumbsup: I have to work this weekend but I should be up there Monday or Tuesday.
