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DIRTY BARF Trip; Stony? Dec 6th-8th?

Tharkûn said:
My office party is also that weekend


Only saving grace is I'm going to Stoney this weekend instead :ride

Ill let you know how it is! Hooray rain!
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as is mine but im choosing stony. i spend enough time with these people during the week
 
Tharkûn said:
My office party is also that weekend


Only saving grace is I'm going to Stoney this weekend instead :ride

Ill let you know how it is! Hooray rain!
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Which day? I still have that air filter if you want it.
 
Going up either Friday night or sat morning and coming back sun night.

Coworker is up there now and says its perfect, and we'll get three or four days of sun starting thurs-Sunday

Ill take that filter just don't need it for this trip. Sorry to leave you hanging on my place haven't had a chance to ride with the little one hanging around!
 
My boss hosts the group xmas party that weekend :rofl

Screw that, I'm riding & camping :ride ... :bbq ... :Port ... :staRang ... :green

For that matter, it's raining now. I'm going this weekend, Deer Creek on the agenda
 
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The 300 is alive!!!! It seems that it just overheated a bit (I apparently had a leaky radiator) on its maiden weekend ride this past weekend. I was lucky enough to shut it down when it started making an odd noise and losing a bit of power. While it was still hot, the piston seemed seized. While hopping on to coast down a slight downhill during my long push back to the truck, I accidentally knocked it into gear. To my surprise, it turned over. I still didn't try to start it, as I had no idea what was wrong at that point.

I just kicked it over in my garage and it fired right up and sounded fine. I changed the oil prior to trying to kick it, and there was no metal in the oil. In speaking to my friend who is a mechanic, he seems to think that I got lucky as hell and didn't harm the motor. I will likely still replace the piston and rings and inspect the bore, but I am pretty optimistic.

I will be testing the cooling system to see where the leak is. I'm hoping that it's just a hose issue, or maybe something on which JB Weld would work.

In short: I may still be bringing two bikes to the trip (if my suspension guy ever returns my forks and shock for my 250 soon). :party
 
Just ordered a piston, rings, needle bearing, and gaskets. May as well start fresh. :thumbup
 
Pull the pipe and peek in with a flashlight. Check the exhaust side of the piston and the intake side of the cylinder. That Nikasil coating is so thin, hopefully it survived, or it's off to Millennium with ya!
 
byke said:
Pull the pipe and peek in with a flashlight. Check the exhaust side of the piston and the intake side of the cylinder. That Nikasil coating is so thin, hopefully it survived, or it's off to Millennium with ya!
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I thought about doing that, but I figure I'll pull the jug, replace the piston and give everything a thorough inspection. Since it's a new-to-me bike, I would rather know that everything is good to go. May as well start fresh, and pistons and gaskets are pretty cheap. Hell, after that I'll now be into the bike for about $675. :laughing
 
Ha, I hear you. I bought that CR250 in the forums for $500 and then spent $500 buying all the regular maintenance bits for it. Screw it, I've been wanting a smoker project for a while anyway.
 
Still, $1k for a sweet smoker is not too shabby. I did notice some clunking in the forks, so I'm thinking I need to replace the bushings. If I can find a set. :laughing
 
Does it clunk when they're fully extended? It could be that the fork springs are sacked out. I haven't seen front to back clunking that wasn't steering stem related. I admit, sometimes I like it when things wear out because they're fun to fix. :)
 
I heard it while riding. It seemed to me that it was during rebound, under partial compression. It was still quite easy to ride, so I didn't sweat it too terribly much. I'm going to freshen up the fluid, at a minimum, but will see if I can find replacement bushings/seals/etc easily enough.
 
Oh I missed that, please come out for one day G, I'd love to meet ya. :)
 
I'm working on her. I REALLY hope that we can get her out for one day, at least.
 
Blasted up to Stony Saturday night for a reconnaissance ride. Camped at Fouts Springs, only one other rig there. The group campground had about 8 rigs there, the Richmond Ramblers must have been laying out the course for the Bearfoot Family Enduro this coming weekend.

We were up and ready to go before the sunrise...it was 28 degrees...
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Still some nice fall colors near Mill Creek...
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The Fouts Springs Youth Detention Center is fully abandoned, it seems...
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Finally! Running potable water has returned to Fouts Springs! :applause It's been years! Everything is all shiny and new...
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The dump station is up and running again, too!

A quick breakfast and we were on our way...
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We took the singletrack to the right of the Nail Track area up to M5, then climbed up to Trail 20 on Trail 30. It looks like a dozer has been on 30 going up the hill. There used to be some rocky sections and some gnarly rutted sections, but it's all smooth and easy-peasy now :( Lots of silt on the ground...like, 6" in some areas...
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Trail 20 was in pretty good shape. Sure looks different after the fire. There were some downed trees that we needed to get over but nothing problematic...
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We ran into a closure on Trail 20. Looks like they're preparing the area to be logged. Lots of fresh paint on the trees and such. The trail was in pretty good shape, if a bit dry.

We took 20, 7, 3, 4, 19 and 6. Seemed like 4 was much rockier and drier than usual...it was really loose. Goat Mountain was a great place for lunch, though, on a stellar day...
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Have I mentioned lately how much I love my small-bore 2-stroke? No? Well, I do. It makes me feel like I'm 16 again and that is always a good thing!
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I wanted to avoid Potato Hill since I'm not very fond of it, and I wanted to see how the Husky memorial fared so we headed over to the top of 32. This is what it used to look like...
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This is what it looks like now...
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The tree that it was attached to has been cut down and the memorial was nowhere to be found. I'm hoping it was taken home by the friends that put it up there in the first place. Lots of missing trees, too. It was weird to ride down that hill and be able to see the valley and the youth center through the sparse foliage.


Caught a glimpse of the group campground with only 2 rigs remaining. This photo makes it look much smaller than it actually is...
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We both had a blast riding at Stony. We've missed it! This was our first trip back since it burned. Looking forward to hitting the eastern trails next time. Can you say hill climb? :)



The sunset on the way home, with the full Taurus moon rising on the other side of the highway not too long afterwards, was awesome. Beautiful ending to a fantastically fun day. Stonyford is looking good and I'm sure it'll only be better in a few weeks!

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ExcitedChick
 
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