Bandit Alley
REGIONAL FORUMS => CANADA => Topic started by: 06 Greyhound on May 02, 2008, 10:57:52 AM
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So the May long weekend is coming and I haven't heard one word or seen one post about a summer ride. :motorsmile:
Has everyone fallen off the edge of the world, or slipped into a Syncrude tar pond? :stickpoke:
Who knows it might just stop snowing and there we will be without a plan. :duh:
I have a feeling that Bandits are actually supposed to be ridden, and there are DH's in the southeast corner of BC that are going short of two wheel traffic. Sooooooo ?
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tailings pond..... and i rode past it today, but i didnt notice any cannons. but im not sure where they keep theres since i work at suncor. i also think its funny(well not really) that 2 days before the ducks all died, a guy in a pick up got run over by a 797 and no one really seemed to care about him as soon as the ducks landed... poor guy... didnt even get his 10 minutes of fame.
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Hey Tony
I'm still hoping to head out to Vancouver Island May 9-12th.
Then I'm off on my big yearly trip to California May 23-30th
June is looking good for some DH rides in the area. How's your schedule look?
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Hey Tony
I'm still hoping to head out to Vancouver Island May 9-12th.
Then I'm off on my big yearly trip to California May 23-30th
June is looking good for some DH rides in the area. How's your schedule look?
Hi Paul
I just got back from a couple of weeks on the Island and I will be camping in Tofino for the last week of July and first week of August. Beyond that I'm pretty open.
I would like to get out for at least one two or three day ride in the next moth or so.
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Hi Tony
Agreed...I'm busy until the 1st week of June, but otherwise June is open.
Keep an eye on this post as well, because you WILL want to do this trip with Bobcat and Red01!!
http://forums.banditalley.net/index.php?topic=10769.msg86479#msg86479
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Hi Tony
Agreed...I'm busy until the 1st week of June, but otherwise June is open.
Keep an eye on this post as well, because you WILL want to do this trip with Bobcat and Red01!!
http://forums.banditalley.net/index.php?topic=10769.msg86479#msg86479
I saw that post and yes I would like to join in, however, I am limited to not much more than a weekend and a day or two at the most, Leaving the wife home with work and four dogs to walk is not the sort of thing I get away with all that often.
(she never reads this site :wink:)
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One last run for the year? :motorsmile:
I'm set to go. Leaving on Friday September 5th and returning on the 8th.
I don't have a route planned as yet, but I want to visit DH 2, possibly both ways and of course DH 5 and DH 1. I can really use a trip and should have nice new tires for the ride. BT021s
It would be nice if it didn't involve riding in hail like last year. :annoy:
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Hi Tony
I'll see what I can work out, but I think I'm busy that weekend... :annoy:
I want to make at least two more trips this year yet...but stay tuned.
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Hi Tony
I'll see what I can work out, but I think I'm busy that weekend... :annoy:
I want to make at least two more trips this year yet...but stay tuned.
Awesome - I hope to bring my boy along. He rides an R6 so we don't have to wait too long for him at the corners. :stickpoke:
At this point I know I want to spend one night in Nelson. (cause I never have) but that is as far as my plans have gone.
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Ok
I have a tenative schedule
Friday night to Revelstoke.
Saturday Revelstoke to Needles and Vernon and back, up around and down to Nelson.
Sunday Nelson up to New Denver to Kaslo and down to Creston and Cranbrook.
Monday Cranbrook to home.
That is a lot of kilometers for a three day ride, and the long range is looking pretty good -- so it should be do able. However as it's the last real blast before the snows and I need to make it count. :burnout:
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Hey Tony
Not looking good for me. Count me out, but my thoughts will be with you.
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Too bad you weren't dipping south of the border... looks like I'm gonna be having a bit of free time starting Sept 4. Looks like my union and my employer are at an impasse over a new contract. Just not a lot of disposable income to enjoy it with. Otherwise, I 'd head up there.
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Too bad you weren't dipping south of the border... looks like I'm gonna be having a bit of free time starting Sept 4. Looks like my union and my employer are at an impasse over a new contract. Just not a lot of disposable income to enjoy it with. Otherwise, I 'd head up there.
I looks like my son is not able to make the trip either. Still my saddlebags are on the bike and my gear is in a near stack, I'm off on Friday shortly after lunch.
The weather is looking not too bad, although a bit colder that I had hoped.
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I'm back and it was a good trip. I was in Nelson for the Queen City Hot Rod run and what a great time. Lots of really nice cars and not so many bikes.
I will do a bit of a report in a day or three when I have had a chance to down load the photos and collect my thoughts
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Hi Tony
So...did you end up going alone?
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Hi Tony
So...did you end up going alone?
Yes -- All by myself. :crybaby:
That is actually fine by me, No schedules and no conflicts. Just ride the ride. Aside from one not so great rider who doesn't know what a passing lane is for, and one very tiny little dog that seemed to like turning circles in the middle of the road in busy downtown Kalso -- ok not all that busy, I had no issues.
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I will add a little taste of my report.
Note how DH 2 promotes even tire wear.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/DH2promotingeventirewear.jpg)
And I was taking it easy. :motorsmile:
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Hey Tony.....
We did the Kootenays thing on the second weekend of August. There were 12 of us and we all camped. The weather sucked on Saturday out of Kaslo for the 31A ride....but cleared up by the time we got to New Denver. Maybe next year will be better.... :grin:
Most of the guys headed home Sunday morning but 3 of us headed over on #6 for Vernon (cool and dampish but increasingly better going west) and by the time we got to the campground in Oliver it was actually a pleasant (although not as hot as usual) evening. The rest of the trip was slogging along on #3 eastbound and then up to Radium and the Marble Canyon campground for the last evening. It was a great 6 days.
Paul: Sorry we didn't try to get in touch when we zipped through Cranbrook because we were running a little behind at that point....
and the road boss had not/not made any campground reservations ANYWHERE. What a doofus. We did eventually find a place to put up our tents....but it wasn't easy. More luck than anything.
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I rode out on Friday afternoon and into a series of rain storms. I was pretty wet and cold by the time I got to Revelstoke. Saturday was cloudy all the way to Vernon. The sun came out just after Venon. It was pretty nice from then on to Radium on Monday morning. Cold and foggy all the way to Canmore.
I still haven't had a chance to go through the photos yet so I will have to conclude in few days.
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Tony and all:
http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/H2RICK/BC%20Trip%202008/
That's the link to my PB album of this trip. We had a great time and the weather (finally) cooperated after all. Enjoy the shots.....which unfortunately are poorly organized. Eventually I'll remember to load the LAST shots FIRST and vice versa. :duh:
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:congrats: ...looks like it only took you two months to get your pix uploaded. :stickpoke:
:motorsmile: :beers: :bandit: :beers: :motorsmile:
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:congrats: ...looks like it only took you two months to get your pix uploaded. :stickpoke:
:motorsmile: :beers: :bandit: :beers: :motorsmile:
Yes you are more than correct. I promise I will get my pictures uploaded sooooon
Nice shots Rick, it looks like a good time was had.
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The short long time story of my trip out and back again.
I started out on Friday afternoon and rode straight into a series of storms and a very cold wind. Still in all not that bad as I plugged in when I stopped for gas in Canmore, and the ambient temperature was high enough that I was warm enough to ride.
I made Revelstoke before dark and checked into a motel for the night. There was not much of an improvement in the weather by morning.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/Revelstokemorning.jpg)
I stayed on Highway One for a while and stopped at Three Valley Gap, something that I seldom do. I often pass by, but I don’t stop.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/ThreeValleyGap1.jpg)
It is not all that far from Revelstoke so there was no real improvement in the weather
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/ThreeValleygap2.jpg)
From there I pushed on to Vernon and did side trip up to Silver Star, a nice side road and worth the effort, sorry no pictures from there.
Next it was on to Lumby and a run down DH2
The weather really improved during the morning and by Lunch at the Gold Pan it was really warming up
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/DH2theGoldPanbreak.jpg)
There were many bikers there and even a Spyder, (what my wife calls a special needs bike)
On to the ferry and that wonderful ride over the mountain and the great downhill run to the ferry dock and a short wait for the ferry.
Nice short story within a story, I waited in the line up, a pack of Harley riders, including the Spyder pulled into the side parking lot. When we started loading the ferry I went in my turn, and the Harley guys tried to cut into line.
They did manage and were sent of to the front of one line on one side of the ferry I was directed to the other side of the deck. I remembered that my wife wanted me to check out the Spyder to see if the instrument panel was Large Print. As I was one and they were many I chose not to check.
Anyway as we approached the dock, the very nice lady deck hand walked passed me pausing to say “if you are ready, I will send you out first.” I said “I'm ready and thank you”
I was in Nakusp and refueled before the first Harley made it to town.
From there is was down to New Denver for coffee
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/NewDenverbeforethefestival-1.jpg)
The plan was to visit Nelson, a place I had never been. I didn’t know that there was a car show and shine all over town,
Check out the wheels in town
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/NelsonMainstreet2.jpg)
Here are a couple of shots from the main street.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/nelsonmainstreet3.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/Nelsonmainstreet1.jpg)
And one from my motel room
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/NelsonViewfrommyroom1.jpg)
Nice wheels everywhere and I really think I should try to make it back for the weekend with my boy, who makes rods for a living
This is one of his builds
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/000_0842.jpg)
It was on to Kaslo for breakfast the next morning and it was nice for a change.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/Kaslostreet1.jpg)
On to the ferry at Crawford bay and many of the cars from Nelson made the same ride.
Got to love some of these and that ford truck is awesome.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/Carsontheferry2.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/Carsontheferry3.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/nicefordtruck.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/carsontheferry5.jpg)
And this paint job.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/carsontheferry4.jpg)
From the ferry I made tracks to Creston and Cranbrook and finally to Radium for the night.
Fog in the morning and it was cold. The electrics were just not up to the job.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/sunriseMonday.jpg)
This last shot is from the red rock canyon on the way home and where my battery on the camera died.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/hounddad/redrockcanyon.jpg)
From there it was a straight ride home and a few stops to warm up.