In this video we found ourselves on a particularly interesting snowmobile trail. The area where we were riding has a lot of snowmobile trails and some of these present additional hazard for motorcycles and other ‘warm weather’ vehicles because of the wet, marshy, muddy conditions. When planning your route you often do not know what…
Author: WheeledGeezer
Pre-Trip #5 Minnesota – Part 2
We experienced a lot of water crossings on the trails which were flooded by multiple days of rain. Most of the water was covering solid trail bed, however, there were some places where the water was covering heavy mud or clay which was torn up by other vehicles. This gave us the opportunity to have…
Pre-Trip #5 Minnesota – Part 1
Scott and Jack teamed up for the last pre-trip ride before they start out on the TAT in August. We purposely selected a rainy, two night, 430 mile route to test our wet gear and provide a variety of riding conditions (rock, scan, water, gravel, mud, swamp, hills, pavement). We were packed at about 75%…
Pre-Trip #4 Arizona
This is the last of three trips in the Arizona desert.
Pre-Trip #3 Arizona
On this second trip in the Arizona desert I wanted to experience roll charts in open country so I created a roll chart to take me to Secret Pass. I did not make it to the pass because I encountered trail conditions I was not comfortable attempting as a solo rider. Still, it was a…
Pre-Trip #2 Arizona
This is the first of three pre-trip rides near Bullhead City, Arizona. Scott travelled to Bullhead City Arizona in February 2023 to do some riding near the Mojave Desert.
Pre-Trip #1 South Carolina
Scott participated in the Manchester Dual Sport event near Wedgefield SC on January 29 2023. Woke up Sunday morning to 31 degree temperatures and overcast sky with rain in the forecast. It was raining by end of the first 25 mile run. It was raining hard enough that I chose to not ride the second…