Interior Ride Report!!!!

[Machinist]

What a great Day for a Ride , We were going to ride South but the long line up at the Boarder turned us off , so we headed to SpencesBridge / Meritt , The roads are in good shape , some road repair just east of Lytton , the twistie road between Spencesbridge and Merrit was fun as alway's , There was your typical spring rocks / gravell here and there also there was a good amount of sand in one spot :evilgrin Still a good early Spring ride .
Here are a few Pictures :devillook

[jeckyll]

Get with the times Chris, we have a forum for ride reports, course it's not that much of a report. :)

[greenboy]

Can't believe it took this long for the first ride of the season, but incredible day all the same. Few observations:

- slightly chilly in the a.m., but by 11:00 a.m. good temps

- Spences Bridge to Merritt is in good shape except for a few errant rocks and a micro-slide with dirt/debris covering a 6' length of the westbound lane at about 10 km from Spences Bridge

- one police officer out between Spences Bridge and Merritt, but we don't speed so it wasn't an issue

- we skipped Manning Park which is usually bone-chilling at this time of the year anyway

- the Canyon was basically empty.

Thanks Machinist, waterman, Traveler for the ride.

Rider #5 chime in, or PM one of us so we know all is good. We got your message/signal about turning around so no reconnaissance team sent for you. But let us know anyway.

[greenboy]

These two riders look lost. Check out the view though.

[silverD]

Hey fokkers, where was my invite..... :evilgrin . LOL

Glad you had a good one. :coffee


I went up and over the Duffy today, but a late start, 11:00 and came back the canyon ...

Duffy's it's normal self, bit sandy on the Pemberton side, pretty good on the Lillooet side, just a 50 foot section of gravel where they're repairing that 2 meter frost heave that was there last year....

Didn't see any sporty bikes, but a few Harleys, one Vstorm and 2 Transalps.....

[CounterSteer]

Can't believe it took this long for the first ride of the season, but incredible day all the same. Few observations:



- we skipped Manning Park which is usually bone-chilling at this time of the year anyway



Rider #5 chime in, or PM one of us so we know all is good. We got your message/signal about turning around so no reconnaissance team sent for you. But let us know anyway.

You are right about Manning. I took a ride up to Princeton and back today. Much of the roadway in Manning had snowbanks 6 feet and more high! The icy air cuts right through to the bone. On the way back I came around a corner and spotted a buck on the right side of the road. Before I could say 'Oh, fu....", I was already past him! That was as close of encounter as any I have ever had.

[greenboy]

Team Green re-appears (sort of).

[Machinist]

Sorry Don I will make sure you know about the next Ride :tredmill



Hey fokkers, where was my invite..... :evilgrin . LOL

Glad you had a good one. :coffee


I went up and over the Duffy today, but a late start, 11:00 and came back the canyon ...

Duffy's it's normal self, bit sandy on the Pemberton side, pretty good on the Lillooet side, just a 50 foot section of gravel where they're repairing that 2 meter frost heave that was there last year....

Didn't see any sporty bikes, but a few Harleys, one Vstorm and 2 Transalps.....

[greenboy]

Hey fokkers, where was my invite..... :evilgrin . LOL

Glad you had a good one. :coffee


I went up and over the Duffy today, but a late start, 11:00 and came back the canyon ...

Duffy's it's normal self, bit sandy on the Pemberton side, pretty good on the Lillooet side, just a 50 foot section of gravel where they're repairing that 2 meter frost heave that was there last year....

Didn't see any sporty bikes, but a few Harleys, one Vstorm and 2 Transalps.....

Don, someone else (?) told me recently the gravel stretch was 200' long so I guess it's improving. Nothing a VStrom can't ride over anyway.

Today, Traveler was showing us what he learned at Freddie Spencer's school in Las Vegas a little while back where they only gave him half a 1200S to ride. :evilgrin

[greenboy]

You are right about Manning. I took a ride up to Princeton and back today. Much of the roadway in Manning had snowbanks 6 feet and more high! The icy air cuts right through to the bone. On the way back I came around a corner and spotted a buck on the right side of the road. Before I could say 'Oh, fu....", I was already past him! That was as close of encounter as any I have ever had.

We usually stay out of there until May. Too many memories of being stopped by the side of the road, with everyone's hands on whoever's bike has a titanium or carbon slip-on (don't try this on stainless steel unless you like giving yourself roadside skin-grafts).



Today we rode the canyon to Merritt, then did a 180 and returned the same way. Manning in April = Bad.

[greenboy]

:rolleyes
Get with the times Chris, we have a forum for ride reports, course it's not that much of a report. :)

Serious question: Where do day trip photos and such go - General Sportbike Chat..., I'm Going for a Ride ...?

Are all Ride Reports supposed to be of longer trips?

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EDIT: Never mind. I see you moved it from another forum. Just your comment about "It's not that much of a report" made me think there were strict rules and regulations as to the precise amount of information and qualitative aspects necessary for making a simple Ride Report.

[waterman]

...I came around a corner and spotted a buck on the right side of the road. ....We also had an encounter with one of these furry beasts coming down the canyon today, but fortunately saw him in plenty of time.


Great ride today, guys!

[silverD]

Don, someone else (?) told me recently the gravel stretch was 200' long so I guess it's improving. Nothing a VStrom can't ride over anyway.

50 ... 200 ... meh, what do I know about estimating distance... :surrender

[jeckyll]

:rolleyes

Serious question: Where do day trip photos and such go - General Sportbike Chat..., I'm Going for a Ride ...?

Are all Ride Reports supposed to be of longer trips?

____

EDIT: Never mind. I see you moved it from another forum. Just your comment about "It's not that much of a report" made me think there were strict rules and regulations as to the precise amount of information and qualitative aspects necessary for making a simple Ride Report.


Hell I don't know. I think this could go in either general chat or into Ride Reports. *shrug*

I think it's turned into more of a (dysfunctional) ride report as stuffs been added :D

[silverD]

I think it's turned into more of a (dysfunctional) ride report as stuffs been added :D

stuffs .. it that like a gears???

[jeckyll]

stuffs .. it that like a gears???

Sort of, but then, I'm not entirely sober :evilgrin

[silverD]

Is moderating under the influence an offense??

[silverD]

Sorry Don I will make sure you know about the next Ride :tredmill

:rockon no sweat Chris, I'm rather partial to small groups myself, ..... :evilgrin

[jeckyll]

Is moderating under the influence an offense??

If it isn't, it bloody well should be.

Of course, I'm really just posting. I moved this thread much earlier in the day...

And FWIW, those bastards don't invite Jerry and I either. 's ok though, we had fun today. No pictures though, as no pictures = no evidence :devillook

[greenboy]

And FWIW, those bastards don't invite Jerry and I either. 's ok though, we had fun today. No pictures though, as no pictures = no evidence :devillook

Only b/c you bastids usually don't get up until 12:00 noon after a long night of drinking and debauchery. :devillook

Where'd you ride to yesterday?

[Machinist]

I will let you and Jerry know about the Next ride as well as Don ,
Again I Appoligise to all that i missed , It's the start of the season and i takes a While for the old ride memory to get working again :horse
But it's like Steve say's we Start early , Hope everyone can make the next one :coffee

[denham]

Today we rode the canyon to Merritt, then did a 180 and returned the same way. Manning in April = Bad.
I went from Maple Ridge up to Vernon via Manning at the start of March, and if you can ignore the freezing temperatures, snow, and shite on the road it's ok ;) I was just desperate to get my bike up here and get riding on nice days.

[jeckyll]

Steve: We did a shakedown / scouting run through the Ft. Langley backroads and Mission twisties. I run an annual ride for the work folks and need to time the route for this year and check the conditions.

I even left the house at 9:30 am :D

[sushigrl]

it seems you change your bikes more often than socks, steve. looking good btw! sounds like everyone had fun on two wheels yesterday.

[greenboy]

it seems you change your bikes more often than socks, steve. looking good btw! sounds like everyone had fun on two wheels yesterday.

I can't find my socks either. :surrender

[klutch]

How were the temperatures out there?

[Machinist]

It was a bit cool in the AM on the way to Hope , by 9:30 / 10:00 am it warmed up real nice in the interior.You can probably see from the pictures how nice and sunny it was.






How were the temperatures out there?

[Brumos]

I can't find my socks either. :surrender

What's that now, four bikes... how do you decide which to ride?

[greenboy]

What's that now, four bikes... how do you decide which to ride?


I wish, but no that's not the case at all.

[5thgear]

That looks too cold

my weiner just shrunk to 12 inches just thinking how cold a ride that would be.

[SpookyjacK]

That looks too cold

my weiner just shrunk to 12 inches just thinking how cold a ride that would be.

Don't ya mean grew to 12mm?? From the normal 10 as in millimeters....