[230tard]

Greg (FC_501) and I went out for a rip yesterday. Started from the Ridgefield cutoff, and drode through Battleground (the boring part)

Then we rode up SR503 to Jacks. Got stuck behind a Dump Truck for a bit, so I decided to stop and wait a little before we ripped through the 15's (a section of 15 MPH corners)

At Jacks we turned up the wick a bit to tell the natives we were there.

Filled up at Cougar, I pulled a cool wheelie as usual!! Then ran up to Merrill Lake. That road is a friggin blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Technical too. There is basicly NO traffic, and because of this, there are a few twigs and leaves on the road, not to mention some patches of moss!!! We ran up this canyon twice. It'a a 6 mile stretch, and the Cougar Natives really fon an ear full!!! :hammer:

Total Ride was 101.8 miles!! :bike:

Once Windy Ridge thaws out, I think we are gonna haul the bikes up to Bear Meadow, and go Sport Bike hunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[FC_501]

What the hell dude! You didn't even tell me you had a camera with you.

I'm new to the street and have never ridden a bike that hard in my life, I tore the living shit out of that road and loved every minute of it. The drop offs would kill a guy pretty quick I think, but hell I'd go with a smile on at least.

Let's do another one soon and get more tards out there.

 

[brian]

:thumbup:

 

[230tard]

heh heh when ya spend most of the time riding, ya don't get much of a chance to take pics!!

 

[phlat65]

I would sooo be in for a ride up windy ridge

 

[230tard]

something to drool over

from top to bottom:

the Short Lake Merrill run

Windy Ridge :thumbup:

Map Legend

We could put in at either Bear Meadow or Elk Pass

 

[Astroman]

lucky people... i have to ride for 35min to find 5 miles of twisty road here!!

 

[230tard]

yeah, but I bet in that 35min, you crack at least 3-4 wheelies just to keep yerself sane!!

 

[230tard]

Greg and I went on a short run today. Went up past Carson on the Wind River HWY. Unloaded the bikes and poached a few runs on the single lane Forrest Service Black Top.

HOLY CRAP those roads are tight...no where to veer off if you are confronted by a cager either.

If you could gaurantee no opposing traffic, this would be IMO the best place to ride a Supermoto in SW Washington. A sport bike would eat it big time!!

Not too much carnage....except for the little Fir Tree that Greg tried to mow over with his helmet!!!!

I haven't filly uncorked on Greg yet....he is just learning, but he is starting to feel what his tires will hold, and how fast he can enter a corner.....looks like we need a trip to Pats Acres!!!

 

[rotortuner]

If you guys ride pretty often I would like to come down and join in on the fun sometime too. Im going to be making a trip down there mabe in a couple weeks. mabe we could hook up for a short ride.

CJG

 

[230tard]

may have to do that!!

I may have my new Works Performance rear shock by then!!

 

[rotortuner]

ya, we should defenitely set something up. Sounds like you guys know some good roads in the st helans area. I went for a drive down there last year, but i was dissapointed in the roads, way to long and not curvy enough up to the look out or whatever. I must not have been in the right area.

CJG

 

[FC_501]

We started out of Stabler Wa. near Carson. You won't find better roads than these but the more I think about it the more crazy it seems. These are paved single lane very twisty roads that climb probably 1500' in a few miles. The problem is that you have absolutly no place to bail out when a car comes, and they do get traveled. I want to keep doing it but I don't care who you are or what you can do on a bike you will eat grill if a car comes, very blind corners and lots of them.

The only way I would feel fairly safe is to bring some cones and a road closed sign and make it look like the Forest Service closed it.

Any other ideas?

 

[phlat65]

chatter boxes and leap frogging. take turns scoutin ahead, and take turns railing.

I almost tagged a jeep on reiter road going to Index. it was pretty sketch. I don't like going fast on single lane roads now...

 

[rotortuner]

I run gravel roads in a car all the time and I use all the road. The real good solution for the car stuff that i have come up with is to only go out at night, that way you can see car lights around corners. I live on the kitsap peninsula and we go over into the olympics by quilcene, there are some really good roads over there. I am sure that running your roads on bikes in the dark is probably out of the question, but its an idea.

CJG

 

[phlat65]

and the other people can probably hear yor un-muffled rotary for miles :thumbup:

 

[brian]

chatter boxes and leap frogging. take turns scoutin ahead, and take turns railing.

I almost tagged a jeep on reiter road going to Index. it was pretty sketch. I don't like going fast on single lane roads now...

That was actually a lifted F-250.....and we were on gravel/silt woo hoo a heart stopper fo sho !!!!

 

[rotortuner]

and the other people can probably hear yor un-muffled rotary for miles :thumbup:

very observant of you. Ya the car i use to take over there is an absolute beater rx7, but has a lot of bolt ons. I have another 7 thats turbocharged and has a bunch of stuff done, cars are fun. But i have riden dirt bikes now and then since i was a kid, now its time to take it to the street.

CJG