Red River Saturday 2/9 Ride Report

[Photojojo]

Good meeting y'all today. Sorry we never hooked up for a ride. Now I need a sticker for my bike that says I've been ridden by Squeaky.

[DFW_Warrior]

Chris, thanks for helping me drain all the water out of my bike. It actually fired up a short time after that. I did quite a few kicks with it while the ignition button was off, and then when I felt compression was where it was supposed to be, I clicked her on and it fired up with a little help from the choke.

Tomorrow, I'm going to pull the subframe off, hose out the airbox, and let it dry, oh yeah, and change the oil. Then my buddy whose a Yammie mechanic told me to fog the cylinder with oil from the spark plug hole just to make sure that it doesn't start to rust things up in there.

I can't wait for Squeaker to post up the pics of it when she gets to Chris' house.

[Quick-Silver]

Chris, thanks for helping me drain all the water out of my bike. It actually fired up a short time after that. I did quite a few kicks with it while the ignition button was off, and then when I felt compression was where it was supposed to be, I clicked her on and it fired up with a little help from the choke.

Tomorrow, I'm going to pull the subframe off, hose out the airbox, and let it dry, oh yeah, and change the oil. Then my buddy whose a Yammie mechanic told me to fog the cylinder with oil from the spark plug hole just to make sure that it doesn't start to rust things up in there.

I can't wait for Squeaker to post up the pics of it when she gets to Chris' house.

There is gotta be a story here so let's have it.:) :popcorn:

[jhansen]

Chris, thanks for helping me drain all the water out of my bike.
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DFW Warrior....Uboat Commander :trust:
Hope there are pics!:clap:

[DFW_Warrior]

There is gotta be a story here so let's have it.:) :popcorn:

Well... long story short... I should have went left, but instead I went right. Then the next thing I knew, water was coming up over the front fender and number plate and then it all went downhill from there. But trust me, the pics tell the whole story. I think once she posts them up I might just have a new avatar.

[kogito-f650]

I ended up going too but I arrived late,I think it was noon or so. It was my first time trying the dirt and didn't go well. First, my bike is too big to handle there, the trail was hard, too much sand and everything. Plus not having the right gear, I ended up leaving after 30 mins or so. And of course I went down twice in that short period of time. Nothing serious very very low speed on sand.

Sorry about not meeting anyone there. Since I was late and by the time i was there i had already forgotten what i was supposed to look for. But if you have seen a yellow f650 wiih a shaky rider, that was me.:oops:

It wasn't total loss though, I loved riding 373. pretty place, will go again riding there sometime (not to red river!).

Ben

[DFW_Warrior]

Ben, it's a shame we didn't see you. I could have pointed you to some of the main roads in the place and that would have been a little easier on the Beemer.

No biggie, you tried and that's all that matters.

[Squeaky]

Ok, ok, the "blue submarine" story as told by pictures...

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692915_jEkxU-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692930_de3wh-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692948_cSvBq-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692968_daGDh-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692990_nrLLw-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252693198_RPxt7-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252691685_LvHqz-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252691666_Vs97r-M.jpg

[Squeaky]

My day started like this

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692083_Xucam-M.jpg

Out here

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692123_eKzvp-M.jpg

My savior

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692162_XaLDY-M.jpg

After an hour of sleep, we headed out

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692210_oURQ9-M.jpg

Got to Red River

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692257_wWxpM-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692302_8UTVL-M.jpg

Gummy worms!

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692354_Yr2xW-M.jpg

It was his first "big" ride on his quad, and he did great - and cute as a button to boot! ;-)

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692385_p6Ct2-M.jpg

Hills and sand, sand and hills.

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692444_k4tvg-M.jpg

A famous barn

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692503_SgwmP-M.jpg

I was shown an infamous hill

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692809_zqN8Y-M.jpg

Father and son

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692856_GW2GZ-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252692892_GTLUh-M.jpg

Photojojo left his posse long enough to come help out with the WR

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252691645_xuN7T-M.jpg

While the men cleared the flooded submarine, I got to play with the Katoom sans-clutch

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252691711_MgU9o-M.jpg

http://squeaky.smugmug.com/photos/252691749_QUJME-M.jpg

[jhansen]

oooooooooo!:eek2:

[BMWbabe]

Now THAT's a water crossing :doh:

[Butte]

I almost followed him into the water hole on Ed29's little xr80 :rider:

it was awesome. a great day.:mrgreen:

[DFW_Warrior]

Now THAT's a water crossing :doh:

It went something like this....

Hmmmm, water.. no big deal just a nice ride through it.:rider: Uh oh, it's getting a tad deep.:doh: Uh oh... water isn't supposed to be going over the headlight...:eek2: Yep, the bike ain't moving and it's starting to take in water through the intake...:giveup:

Update on the WR, it is running, has good compression, but the oil was milky as heck. I changed it once already, but now the air filter glue let go while I was washing it so I'm waiting on a replacement from Thumpertalk to get here before I go much further. But it runs, and I have a feeling that a few more cycles of oil in it, then we will be good as new. Now on Wednesday I have to pull the rear wheel, and swingarm and check bearings in both. I want to be ready to roll for the ride the rio trip.

[Calgary-Yogi]

Well... long story short... I should have went left, but instead I went right. Then the next thing I knew, water was coming up over the front fender and number plate and then it all went downhill from there. But trust me, the pics tell the whole story. I think once she posts them up I might just have a new avatar.

and your screen name to Water-Lilly

[thumper]

Water-Lilly

Has a nice ring to it!:rofl:

Looks like a fun ride! Thanks for sharing.:clap:

That Xr400 is a beastly little bike, but shouldn't you call it something besides "Temlpeton"?:lol2:

[Photojojo]

Make sure to pull the stator cover and dry that out. If it rusts you'll be buying a new stator.

[Photojojo]

Did you bury your wheel trying to get out or was the hole that deep? My guess is if the hole was that deep you can thank the quadtards for sittin-n-spinnin right there and digging the hole.

[stinky93071]

The hole is deep enough to sink two quads at one time. Don't ask how I know..lets just say that the water was cold.

[DFW_Warrior]

Did you bury your wheel trying to get out or was the hole that deep? My guess is if the hole was that deep you can thank the quadtards for sittin-n-spinnin right there and digging the hole.

The whole was deep enough to come up to the gas tank and then the rear wheel wouldn't propel me forward any more, it just dug in. That's when I killed the motor because I knew there was no getting out of it.

[Thunderchild]

Well, we didn't run across any of you guys out there, but we had fun too!

Glad to see that the WR is back alive. That looked nasty.

Here's a few of our pictures from the day...

Dave and Bill D.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/dave-bill.jpg

A friend showed up on (in?) his Ural. I was amazed on where he was able to take that thing out there!

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/ural_2.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/ural_gear.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/ural_1.jpg

A climb way back in the woods somewhere. The dust just hung in the air. Not a lot of breeze back there.

Bill Dragoo went first on his KLX250 (331cc). He made it look easy.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/bill_climb_2.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/bill_climb_3.jpg

Nate on his XR400R. He almost looped it at the top, but rode it back into submission.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/nath_climb_2.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/nath_climb_3.jpg

The whole crew taking a break and checking out the descent.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/break.jpg

Bill and I climbed this ridge and then turned around to see where Nate was. You can see him behind Bill's front fender at the bottom of the ridge.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/hill_1.jpg

Your fearless photographer.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/me.jpg

GPS tracks for the day.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r100/willum556/muenster_02_09_08/tracks.jpg

We all had a blast any made it home with no major damage to man or machine. Great day for riding!

[DFW_Warrior]

FYI, my bike is now being sold to Danny Roth. I think it fits his riding "style" better than mine.;-)

[stinky93071]

So after we got new tires for Becca and she was on here way.. I took the air box off the quad and this is what I found..

http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/stinky93071/?action=view&current=full.jpg


I pulled the plug and about 1/2 a gal of water came out.. The air filter was still dry but I didn't have much more room.


http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/stinky93071/?action=view&current=driveway.jpg


I think Nathans quad might take some work mine will be good with an oil change

For those wondering why we went in the water at all.. 99.9% of the water out there is no more then 1 foot deep. This spot was 3+ and 6 Ft round. Just out of nowhere..

[DFW_Warrior]

Just an FYI, it make take more than an oil change. I'm on oil change number 3 and it's still coming out milky.

[jbh]

I was out there about a month ago on my quad and I hit the same hole. I was riding in 6 inches of water than all of the sudden water coming over the front racks. I made it through without an event but my quad sits taller than the warrior (I used to have a warrior).

Bill, I think you Strom would have made it through, your panniers would have floated you right through it.

[Simmons1]

Now Bill, why couldn't you have done something like that in East Texas so that I could have seen it?

I did something similar up there on my DR350 many years ago. Mine never stopped running, but the end of the muffler was under water and it took 2 4wd 4 wheelers to pull it out.

[DFW_Warrior]

I did something similar up there on my DR350 many years ago. Mine never stopped running, but the end of the muffler was under water and it took 2 4wd 4 wheelers to pull it out.

Mine technically never stopped running while in the water. I killed the motor once I realized I was in deep enough to take in water through the top of the airbox. I just didn't want to hydro-lock that sucker and snap a rod.

[Squeaky]

It would have been great if I'd caught the sinking ship on my helmet cam, but it was back in the truck. I did get this vid of him almost falling over while getting pulled out though. :-P

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=7117455190568891587&hl=en

[MaxxTraxx]

Man...I wish I wasnt sick this weekend....Those pics really make me want to go to red river.

[Quick-Silver]

Looks like all you men had fun.:):clap:

Didn't your moms ever say to you, "why can't you just grow up"?

:rofl: :rofl:

[Squeaky]

Looks like all you men had fun.:):clap:

And the wimmins? :scratch:

[HarleyMXR]

You guys are killing me. Temp around 70 and Im going out there next weekend to race and they are taking SNOW. Oh well I got a few hundred miles on the street today and had a blast.

[Squeaky]

You guys are killing me. Temp around 70 and Im going out there next weekend to race and they are taking SNOW. Oh well I got a few hundred miles on the street today and had a blast.

Photojojo mentioned the upcoming race, which along with the great weather certainly had lots of riders out there. Heck, I drove more than 500 miles just to ride 13.2 miles of dirt - and would do it again! :rider:

[dixonduke]

FYI, my bike is now being sold to Danny Roth. I think it fits his riding "style" better than mine.;-)

I need a new keyboard now :rofl:


Looks like all of you had fun! I so badly want one of those Ural Gear Up's!

[TexasShadow]

For those wondering why we went in the water at all.. 99.9% of the water out there is no more then 1 foot deep. This spot was 3+ and 6 Ft round. Just out of nowhere.. Wait...... you went in the Wet Bill Hole, too???

[TexasShadow]

Looks like all you men had fun.:):clap:

Didn't your moms ever say to you, "why can't you just grow up"? Because being an adult doesn't mean you have to relinquish the child inside. If the child inside is dead, then the person is dead.

That goes for us wimmenz, too. :flip:

Photojojo mentioned the upcoming race, which along with the great weather certainly had lots of riders out there. Heck, I drove more than 500 miles just to ride 13.2 miles of dirt - and would do it again! :rider: A couple of Trials events are scheduled there over the next few months. I plan on going up to watch and video/photo one of them. Wanna go?

[Outlaw6Guy]

You guys are killing me. Temp around 70 and Im going out there next weekend to race and they are taking SNOW. Oh well I got a few hundred miles on the street today and had a blast.

If you're gonna do the TORO race.........you better get your tall gears, and sand tires out.If it doesn't rain,it's gonna be brutal, and I might add........................very fast!

[Photojojo]

If you're gonna do the TORO race.........you better get your tall gears, and sand tires out.If it doesn't rain,it's gonna be brutal, and I might add........................very fast!

My weatherman was talking about the possibilty of snow and ice next weekend. That's great racing weather!!

[Squeaky]

Thunderchild - was this your friend Nate?

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-6858170150707957370&hl=en

[Squeaky]

Me on that same section. Not nearly as graceful as the other guy, but I made it! :sun:

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=9160701888933404327&hl=en

[Hemibee]

Ok now we have Bridge Inspectors and U-Boat Captain on the forum?

[Butte]

Me on that same section. Not nearly as graceful as the other guy, but I made it! :sun:

...and I bombed it :lol2:

[Thunderchild]

Thunderchild - was this your friend Nate?



Yep, that's Nate!

Looks like you did just fine through that section! Good riding!

[Hemibee]

Me on that same section. Not nearly as graceful as the other guy, but I made it! :sun:


But you made it, that's all that counts. :clap: You can go for style points later.

[Tourmeister]

Squeaky, it is amazing how far out of your original comfort zone you have come from a few years back :clap:

Have you shown this stuff to your family? If so, what were their reactions?

[Squeaky]

They think I'm nuts. :lol2:

[Tourmeister]

Well right... but what about the motorcycling activities...

[Squeaky]

Well right... but what about the motorcycling activities...

:hack:

[Photojojo]

I do half of my riding out there with one eye closed and a prayer on my lips following some of the guys in my "posse". I have no idea where there going. Sometimes we'll be riding along and I'll see a nasty trail and I'll think to myself I hope we don't go down that. Then...right turn and we're going down.

[DFW_Warrior]

More vids from Squeaker's camera.

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=4282556465602194996&hl=en

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1429078982262611396&hl=en

[Squeaky]

I do half of my riding out there with one eye closed and a prayer on my lips following some of the guys in my "posse". I have no idea where there going. Sometimes we'll be riding along and I'll see a nasty trail and I'll think to myself I hope we don't go down that. Then...right turn and we're going down.

Bill told Rachel and I to wait a sec while he checked out what the section down a hill looked like - he came back shaking his head and said we didn't want to go that way because the back end of his bike tried to lift up and over - so we went a different way. A few minutes later, we were coming UP that same hill section he told us not to go down! We'd made a circle. :lol2:

[DFW_Warrior]

Bill told Rachel and I to wait a sec while he checked out what the section down a hill looked like - he came back shaking his head and said we didn't want to go that way because the back end of his bike tried to lift up and over - so we went a different way. A few minutes later, we were coming UP that same hill section he told us not to go down! We'd made a circle. :lol2:

We were kind of lucky though. The section that had me riding the front wheel was a little further down the hill.

[stinky93071]

So I am just got in from working on Nathans quad. 4 oil changes and its starting to look like oil and not some fancy coffee drink from Stabucks.. I oiled the air filter and think I have figured out how to make a small air box thing to keep the splashing water off/out of it.

I did find a gas leak that I need to take care of but that will be done tomorrow.

[Squeaky]

So I am just got in from working on Nathans quad. 4 oil changes and its starting to look like oil and not some fancy coffee drink from Stabucks.. I oiled the air filter and think I have figured out how to make a small air box thing to keep the splashing water off/out of it.

I did find a gas leak that I need to take care of but that will be done tomorrow.

Is he watching and helping so he'll learn? The more work he has to put into fixing it, the less inclined he might be to run it ragged the next time. ;-)
(not that this one was his fault or anything)

Did you get him a thumb assist?

[stinky93071]

No, we have been fighting all night for him to clean his room.. He is upset that I stop working on it.. I told him I would finish it when he got his room done..

[DFW_Warrior]

Here's my progress.... this is the third batch of oil to go in and five minutes later go right back out again...
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa103/DFW_Warrior/IMG_1716.jpg

Then I got it stripped down to this earlier tonight....
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa103/DFW_Warrior/IMG_1730.jpg

I checked the swingarm bearings (good), rear wheel bearings (good), dog bones (good), and then hosed out the air box and now I'm letting it drip dry overnight. Everything else is already back on the bike and it looks like I'll be ready to roll for this Ride the Rio thingy.

[Squeaky]

Hey Bill - I see one in Rachel's avatar, but where's ALL of your pics from Saturday?

[DFW_Warrior]

Hey Bill - I see one in Rachel's avatar, but where's ALL of your pics from Saturday?

Well, I didn't get anything really good. Oh wait... somehow THIS picture was in there.....
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa103/DFW_Warrior/Red%20River/IMG_1681small.jpg

[Squeaky]

HAHAHAH - I can tell from my head tilt that I was laughing while the pic was being taken! :rofl: