It's a Sad Day

2006 XT225

It's a sad day. I had to say bye after selling my XT225. She was a great little bike that taught over 6 people how to ride and brought them into the motorcycle world. She's carried me over 4 wet winters and has never failed me to start even when she had fallen many times in the dirt and street. She's been everywhere and through almost through every terrain. The little bullet proof 'she devil' will be missed greatly : (

Marco Simoncelli

Marco Simoncelli Dies @ Sepang track in Malaysia. I don't know what to say. Simoncelli was one of my favorite riders. He was the new kid on the block, he rode his bike aggressively. Maybe too aggressively. A lot of riders hated on him because of it. When I saw the accident I felt sick to my stomach. When I see his tributes a lot of emotions fill me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToRhaxX3UOk

Mojave in August

I haven't been entering posts and I feel a little guilty about it. Well better late then never. In August I went desert camping and took the 2 Sumo's. Both the XT & the DRZ. Both still had their street tires. We did some dirt biking in the heat. I've been desert camping before at Joshua Tree but the Mojave seemed more majestic to me. Mojave seemed more out of the way too. If I had to pick between the two I'd probably pick Mojave again because of the good dirt trail riding. I also saw my first desert dunes and now know how desert dunes are formed.

The weather was Hot when we went. The average daytime temps were always above 100 degrees. Some people even asked me, "you went to the desert in Aug? Are you Crazy? The heat is still burning during that time". The crazy thing is that while we were there 2 people had died of overexposure to the sun. Our group was prepared for the sun and heat. We knew our limits, We knew first aid, I've been somewhat trained in environments like this and I have desert camping experience. I knew we would be hitting hot temps but part of the allure for me is seeing if I can hack environments like that.


This little guy I found on my backpack one late afternoon.


Here's a shot of a Joshua Tree in the Daylight sun


This is a shot of my bro and I riding 'Wild horse Canyon'. We actually got to ride with wild horses. One of the days we were riding in the canyon 3 wild stallions came running by me, Joe, & my bro. It was a beautiful site riding beside these horses as they ran. I felt like a cowboy. The redneck in me was showing for sure.


This is Teutonia Peak. We did a hike in the middle of the day in the freaking heat. It was well over the tripple digit mark.

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Dainese D-Dry

Nothing really to report for the past several months. Rain, Rain, and more rain with several days of hail. Riding in this crap sucks but still beats driving in the city. One thing I did was invest in some better rain gear. Now i use the bottoms of my old rain gear, waterproof boots by Sorel, a D-Dry Dainese Jacket, and waterproof Dainese gloves. It's working well but the only thing is the Dainese D-Dry Jacket has an issue. The front pockets of it are not waterproof. So if you ever get any D-Dry jackets/Pants make sure that the pockets are waterproof too.