California to Montana- All off Road
Posted: June 13th, 2012, 1:19 pm
Hey all, this is Camron Smith. I may have ridden with most of you.
I have been planning an off road trip from California to Montana for upwards of 2 years now. My original plan was to include my brother, James Lewis in the ride, but unfortunately he broke his wrist this past week. We were scheduled to leave the 11th of July and now I'm sunk.
Anyone interested? I know this is short notice, but I have been planning this for some time now and as a medical student, I don't get very much time to do, well...anything.
Synopsis of the ride:
we will traverse 1,100 miles of trail that have been planned/constructed from satellite imagery and gps. (I tediously matched dirt roads and trails on google earth for months). I also plan to fly the trail in the next week from private aircraft and scout for any potential issues. We will aim to average about 200 miles a day, and complete the trip somewhere between 6-8 days.
We will be carrying most of our own supplies- most of which will be stashed in an offroad saddlebag that I purchased a few months ago. We will be carrying a tent, food, necessary equipment, extra fuel, 10liters of water, and anything else we will need.
My girlfriends dad- who is a retired fish and game warden- will be our support vehicle, and we will exchange exhausted supplies at planned waypoints along the ride.
We will be crossing two major rivers, by way of 48" truck inner tube. (sounds ridiculous, but I tried it with my rolling chassis after spending about 4 hours doing physics equations and Archimedes principle like a total nerd...I've put alot of thought into this.) If you want specifics, feel free to pm me.
Im taking a .45 and some bear spray as precautionary equipment; Idaho can get pretty dense with forest and bears.
Attached are some pictures of both the ride, and of the bike setup.
If anyone is interested in coming, the dates are from July 11-20. You will probably need/want a four stroke.
This is my restored 1983 xr500. It's quite a step up aesthetically from what it used to be. Notice the 55L Saddlebag, the 10L water bladder, and bear spray. I will also utilize a backpack for additional storage. Excuse the paddle tire. I will be running a Dunlop D606.
These are the constructs of the trip. The yellow is the path for the bikes, and the blue is the support vehicle route. The orange is an exchange route if necessary. If you are interested in the trip, I can email you a .KMZ file that will open on your computer, so you can check out all the minutia of the trip. (trails, waypoints, terrain, etc.)
This is one of the rivers we will be crossing. Pretty beautiful if you ask me.
Please let me know if you, or anyone else you know will be able to come with me ASAP
Thanks, Camron D. Smith
I have been planning an off road trip from California to Montana for upwards of 2 years now. My original plan was to include my brother, James Lewis in the ride, but unfortunately he broke his wrist this past week. We were scheduled to leave the 11th of July and now I'm sunk.
Anyone interested? I know this is short notice, but I have been planning this for some time now and as a medical student, I don't get very much time to do, well...anything.
Synopsis of the ride:
we will traverse 1,100 miles of trail that have been planned/constructed from satellite imagery and gps. (I tediously matched dirt roads and trails on google earth for months). I also plan to fly the trail in the next week from private aircraft and scout for any potential issues. We will aim to average about 200 miles a day, and complete the trip somewhere between 6-8 days.
We will be carrying most of our own supplies- most of which will be stashed in an offroad saddlebag that I purchased a few months ago. We will be carrying a tent, food, necessary equipment, extra fuel, 10liters of water, and anything else we will need.
My girlfriends dad- who is a retired fish and game warden- will be our support vehicle, and we will exchange exhausted supplies at planned waypoints along the ride.
We will be crossing two major rivers, by way of 48" truck inner tube. (sounds ridiculous, but I tried it with my rolling chassis after spending about 4 hours doing physics equations and Archimedes principle like a total nerd...I've put alot of thought into this.) If you want specifics, feel free to pm me.
Im taking a .45 and some bear spray as precautionary equipment; Idaho can get pretty dense with forest and bears.
Attached are some pictures of both the ride, and of the bike setup.
If anyone is interested in coming, the dates are from July 11-20. You will probably need/want a four stroke.
This is my restored 1983 xr500. It's quite a step up aesthetically from what it used to be. Notice the 55L Saddlebag, the 10L water bladder, and bear spray. I will also utilize a backpack for additional storage. Excuse the paddle tire. I will be running a Dunlop D606.
These are the constructs of the trip. The yellow is the path for the bikes, and the blue is the support vehicle route. The orange is an exchange route if necessary. If you are interested in the trip, I can email you a .KMZ file that will open on your computer, so you can check out all the minutia of the trip. (trails, waypoints, terrain, etc.)
This is one of the rivers we will be crossing. Pretty beautiful if you ask me.
Please let me know if you, or anyone else you know will be able to come with me ASAP
Thanks, Camron D. Smith