Manastash
Posted: June 24th, 2007, 12:23 pm
This ride left me thoroughly impressed with Washington. The views were nothing short of astounding. The terrain here had me feeling a little more at home....rocks and lot's of them and the usual lingering dust clouds. I am still getting use to the slimey wet root infested trails. Which prove to be more difficult/treacherous than riding in rocks. I'll get there....I think there is a "Rob beat-up Session" at Goldbar in the near future where its wet and just plain mean....from what I am told. A big thanks to MojoScojo, his crew and Landshark.
The ride report:
Here we go, this one did not start off as your normal ride. The night before, I replaced a base gasket...it was bulging out of the sides. I knocked that out and got the bike loaded up in the Pepe (my truck) kinda late. I had talked to the Shark and we agreed to meet in Cle Elum since I was not familiar with the area. From there the Shark took me the rest of the way in. We could not find Mojo and his crew after driving around a bit. The place was packed. Which I guess was very unusual. We said piss on it and found a place to pull off to the side of the road and unload the bikes. Shortly after unloading the bikes, I we both heard a famiar exhaust note of a nearby 500. It was Mojo out looking for us.
After gearing up and everything I could not get the 89 to start!? >:( I have never kicked that bike that hard and long. I even broke down and had Mojo and Shark try to tow start me.....would not fire!? By this time I was geting pretty irritated. The Shark and I farted around with it for a few to see if we could notice anything obvious.....nothing. I disconnected the kill switch check for a spark...weak spark....might be time for a new ignition system....maybe. For giggles and at the request of Rick. I tried to start it again with the kill switch disconnected...3'rd kick it lit off.....(insert numerous explecatives here). I made haste and finished gearing up....embark!
The riding was freaking awesome! For the first several miles it was lots of rocks and rock climbs annd we followed a jeep trail for a ways. There was one water crossing filled with slimey rocks...that was fun! There were also a few mud bogs. Some of the sights I saw...wow! We dropped down off a ridge onto a lake, sevral bridges for crossing streams annd a meadow. We did hit some singletrack on the way back.....sweet trail! I had an excellent time. I wish I had a helmet cam to capture some of the views I saw and the trails we rode. Good times and good memories! 8-)
Picture Time:
The 89 all put back together and ready to roll:
Landshark....dude is all business::
MojoScojo and his son Justin:
A warm fuzzy:
The gang (L-R Tim, Mojo, Justin, the Shark, Matt and Rick:
The scooters:
The Jeep Trail we came up on:
Another:
Making our way to the wall of death via jeep trail:
MVP of the ride, Justin! He can ride and ride well!
The Wall of Death....looks lie someone has a long day ahead of them:
A fun trail with some very tight hairpin turns:
Lost Lake...very cool! We ran part a few lake and a lot of streams:
The trail we come on into lost lake:
Chilling out at Mojo and and his crews' campground:
Mojo....I think your a bit big for that bike. This looks easy, it was not that bad but gets tricky in the middle with a few step ups. Its all rock....
Click here to watch Mojo
Rick (Mojo's Dad) gives it a shot.
Click here to watch Rick-29-58
The ride report:
Here we go, this one did not start off as your normal ride. The night before, I replaced a base gasket...it was bulging out of the sides. I knocked that out and got the bike loaded up in the Pepe (my truck) kinda late. I had talked to the Shark and we agreed to meet in Cle Elum since I was not familiar with the area. From there the Shark took me the rest of the way in. We could not find Mojo and his crew after driving around a bit. The place was packed. Which I guess was very unusual. We said piss on it and found a place to pull off to the side of the road and unload the bikes. Shortly after unloading the bikes, I we both heard a famiar exhaust note of a nearby 500. It was Mojo out looking for us.
After gearing up and everything I could not get the 89 to start!? >:( I have never kicked that bike that hard and long. I even broke down and had Mojo and Shark try to tow start me.....would not fire!? By this time I was geting pretty irritated. The Shark and I farted around with it for a few to see if we could notice anything obvious.....nothing. I disconnected the kill switch check for a spark...weak spark....might be time for a new ignition system....maybe. For giggles and at the request of Rick. I tried to start it again with the kill switch disconnected...3'rd kick it lit off.....(insert numerous explecatives here). I made haste and finished gearing up....embark!
The riding was freaking awesome! For the first several miles it was lots of rocks and rock climbs annd we followed a jeep trail for a ways. There was one water crossing filled with slimey rocks...that was fun! There were also a few mud bogs. Some of the sights I saw...wow! We dropped down off a ridge onto a lake, sevral bridges for crossing streams annd a meadow. We did hit some singletrack on the way back.....sweet trail! I had an excellent time. I wish I had a helmet cam to capture some of the views I saw and the trails we rode. Good times and good memories! 8-)
Picture Time:
The 89 all put back together and ready to roll:
Landshark....dude is all business::
MojoScojo and his son Justin:
A warm fuzzy:
The gang (L-R Tim, Mojo, Justin, the Shark, Matt and Rick:
The scooters:
The Jeep Trail we came up on:
Another:
Making our way to the wall of death via jeep trail:
MVP of the ride, Justin! He can ride and ride well!
The Wall of Death....looks lie someone has a long day ahead of them:
A fun trail with some very tight hairpin turns:
Lost Lake...very cool! We ran part a few lake and a lot of streams:
The trail we come on into lost lake:
Chilling out at Mojo and and his crews' campground:
Mojo....I think your a bit big for that bike. This looks easy, it was not that bad but gets tricky in the middle with a few step ups. Its all rock....
Click here to watch Mojo
Rick (Mojo's Dad) gives it a shot.
Click here to watch Rick-29-58
Rob 
She just has to acclimatize...thats all. 
Yeah the riding was awesome!
Except for on the freeways, man, that dude drives slooooow!