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@Vinny suggested a thread for Talimena area. Sounds like a good idea, I'd like to go sometimes, I think. LOL @SilverBullet painted a rough picture of it.
 
At 75 miles long its one of the most incredible and challenging places Ive ever ridden.
 
Its different...not like Colorado, New Mexico or much of Texas. Closest thing we have are some parts of the red trail at Barnwell. Very chunky as softball and basketball rocks go. Getting deflected is always happening. Stream crossings and technical hills. It's a hoot and you can definitely enjoy it.
 
....the bike has to be in good shape too. We had 2 pinch flats and I personally had a grounding issue that comfused us for a while. I also didn't discover a fork seal leak until I was loading up. Decided to go anyway, glad I did. After cleaning the seal it stopped leaking. Didn't have front brakes the first day. Changed the pads the second day and all good.
 
The campsite host at Talimena is an amazingly gracious elderly man. Worth going just to talk to the guy for a bit. He brought us a fire pit and let a couple in the group connect to the power at a bathroom. I don't think he even charged us anything to camp (it was sold out, but he let's people camp in the large grass areas)
I put in some cash into the money box on my way out that I hope gets to him.
I'll have to get a picture of him next time.
 

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OnX offroad is a good resource. The guys knew most of the trails but we still used it to find some very hidden entrances.
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I'd like to go sometimes, I think. LOL @SilverBullet painted a rough picture of it.
Yes, the CNT and Boardstand are incredibly rough, HOWEVER, there are plenty of opportunities to ride easier stuff off road. We were just up there about 3 weeks ago, and brought big and small. After bashing ourselves on the little bikes, we took the big bikes all over the forest service roads, and even down toward Smithville.
 
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Sounds like a place for those moose rubber insert thingys. I really dislike fixing flats in the field.
 
Others will be better at answering that question. It was my first time. We did 55 miles the second day and a 2 stroke had to get a bit of gas of another bike at the last mile.
 
Others will be better at answering that question. It was my first time. We did 55 miles the second day and a 2 stroke had to get a bit of gas of another bike at the last mile.
Thanks! Was that doing nothing twice, if that makes sense, lol.
 
I've read where some guys have to stash gas on the way in.
Fuel is only available in Talihina, Smithville, and Hodgen(maybe), which are all pretty far off the track, so, yes, fuel takes some planning. If you have an oversized tank, prolly not an issue. There are plenty of bail-out points where you can slab it to get gas.
 
I saw plenty of water stashed along the trails. I think you would need that long before fuel. Riding a single track loop only you would be hard pressed to run out unless you had a mx sized tank or your jetting was way off and sucking gas. The rider that ran out of gas on our ride admitted he didn't check or top off his tank in the morning. Basically same stock FI bike as mine and I probably had 3/4 gallon left. Same no check for his tires, he had them at 13 psi a few days prior. It was a cold morning so probably 10 psi or less and with all those rocks a pinch flat was no surprise. In his defense it was a brand new bike and his old bike ran mousse bibs so he wasn't air aware.

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I still make rookie mistakes, in fact too many these days after way too many years. I'm blaming it on excess anesthesia!
 
Those hill climbs look interesting! Great pics.
 
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