2011-09-25 Meagers Grant
Today's ride started off like any other. Coffee, bacon and hijinks. After Fyrman picked the garbage out of his exhaust we were on our way.
JSPEED, Jason404, Cdnx, Gasburner, Skooter and myself headed to Meagers Grant to do some exploring. JSPEED led the way through Preston to the start of the trail.
The only casualty was Fyrman's GoPro camera. It decided to leave this mortal coil and threw itself off the VStrom at speed. It rolled for quite a bit but the boys managed to find all the parts.
I don't think it survived. My GPS said the road would turn into a trail but it would end at some point. I figured it was worth the effort as according to my maps, there was some elevation changes
that looked interesting. The trail was a bit bumpy in parts. So much so that Gasburners tail case jumped ship and rolled into the bush. Good thing it wasn't full of beer.
We met an old dude at a lake. He was complaining about his camp being ramsacked by the locals. If the locals only knew he had bionic knees, hands and eyes, the riffraff wouldn't
be messing with his stuff. He said the road turned into an ATV trail. He wasn't kidding. This was the nastiest stuff we had been on in a while. It had round rocks the size of melons
that rolled down the hill after you passed. You all know the kind. It was very tricky to make it to the bottom of some of these hills without falling over. So hard in fact that I managed
to fall over at a stand still. It's a good thing I had engine guards as I know I would have mashed the rad. Unfortunately I wrenched my back trying to pick up the bike.
After a quick call for help, Jason and David ran to my rescue and helped right the beast. I didn't take as many pix as I would have liked as I was too busy trying to stay on the trail.
It was soupy in spots which made things even trikier for the bigger bikes. We met a few people on quads that pointed us in the right direction for pavement. Once there it was a very welcome sight.
After refreshments at Webber's, we basically called it a day and headed for home.
What an awesome day.
Read MoreJSPEED, Jason404, Cdnx, Gasburner, Skooter and myself headed to Meagers Grant to do some exploring. JSPEED led the way through Preston to the start of the trail.
The only casualty was Fyrman's GoPro camera. It decided to leave this mortal coil and threw itself off the VStrom at speed. It rolled for quite a bit but the boys managed to find all the parts.
I don't think it survived. My GPS said the road would turn into a trail but it would end at some point. I figured it was worth the effort as according to my maps, there was some elevation changes
that looked interesting. The trail was a bit bumpy in parts. So much so that Gasburners tail case jumped ship and rolled into the bush. Good thing it wasn't full of beer.
We met an old dude at a lake. He was complaining about his camp being ramsacked by the locals. If the locals only knew he had bionic knees, hands and eyes, the riffraff wouldn't
be messing with his stuff. He said the road turned into an ATV trail. He wasn't kidding. This was the nastiest stuff we had been on in a while. It had round rocks the size of melons
that rolled down the hill after you passed. You all know the kind. It was very tricky to make it to the bottom of some of these hills without falling over. So hard in fact that I managed
to fall over at a stand still. It's a good thing I had engine guards as I know I would have mashed the rad. Unfortunately I wrenched my back trying to pick up the bike.
After a quick call for help, Jason and David ran to my rescue and helped right the beast. I didn't take as many pix as I would have liked as I was too busy trying to stay on the trail.
It was soupy in spots which made things even trikier for the bigger bikes. We met a few people on quads that pointed us in the right direction for pavement. Once there it was a very welcome sight.
After refreshments at Webber's, we basically called it a day and headed for home.
What an awesome day.
