rode out at jawbone on sunday. rode for 6hr and had a blast. was windy but not hot. me and a friend are going to try and go on the day after thanksgiving for just a day ride.

 

We'll be at Jawbone for the entire Thanksgiving weekend. We're meeting friends that will be there for the entire week.

 

let me know where you camp at so i can find you guys. i have been on the poker run and at miami bike trails w/ the club but that is all. if you where at the poker run i was the guy w/ the 500 scrambler.

 

I need to get out there sometime. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

next time that we go i will let you know the time. i sometimes meet up w/ some guys in bakersfield. the more that there is the better.

 

2nd page. . . NOT GOOD! lol

Just got home from Gorman/Hungry Valley SVRA.... had a blast, despite the dust and Saturday night's wind! whoa - hold on!! lol

Great trails for riding. . . love that place!

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Lori

 

Hey all. I live in California... Fresno to be exact and am a Noob as far as ATV and riding... however. i want to learn bad and start getting outta the CV.... im looking at buying a Honda TRX250EX for wife and son.... i currently ride a dual sport XT600 and love it, but want to get into quad riding... think us Cali boys can stick together?

email me with your thoughts of the Honda...

where to ride? Pismo and blue canyon is all ive ever been to...

John


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Welcome to the forum!
As far as riding areas there is a spot up here just a few miles north of Oakhurst on 41 called Miami Motorcycle trails.
Stick around. There will be some folks in to show you the way! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

BTW is your screename Stargate inspired?

 

Hey fans, LTNS.

anubis, hang around. We ride a bit. I've been keeping it low (gas prices and my back is giving me fits [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] ).

There's going to be a decent sized group at Hollister the weekend before Halloween (including Trick-or-treating for the kids.) I know that Delanini, powerstroke and I will be there. There's probably another 4 families at least (from this site alone) that will be there. Powerstroke and I will be leaving in the morning on 10/28. It takes about 2-2.5 hours to drive there from Fresno. And we need to beef up this ride with the "Fresno People" contengient. (Most of the riders in that group are East Bay area, and Sac.)

Hollister is a great first ride place or people getting into the sport. Trails are marked and well maintained. Nearly all are one-way (though keep your eyes out for morons) and anything that's 2-way a couple of trucks could go by each other. And they have great facilities. You'll see a ton of MCs up there. It's about the opposite of Pismo. More MCs than quads, and they eat it up. They can generally get around the park in 1/2 the time a quad can.

If you're into techical riding Miami (where powerstroke mentioned) is a rockin place. Note: it's best not to go up there without going with someone who's ridden there before, and has experience up there. Some trail markings can be VERY misleading. (Green trails that are worse than the black diamonds at Hollister.) But they are doing some MAJOR work up there. That's not to say that there isn't anything easy there. There is.

As for the 250EX: great starter bike. Has gears so they learn that, but the auto clutch makes it a little easier. It has decent power (hauled my 280# butt around Pismo decently enough.) Lower maintenance with the shaft drive. It seems to be the bike of choice for the 10-15 y/o crowd in the group we run in. The suspension is lacking (but that will be the case on anything in this class. Suspension = $$.) A full size rider (mean tall adult) would probably avoid it. I rode with someone last year who rode his stepdaughter's 250EX on a ride. He found out how bad the suspension lacks...though he comes from the MC side of the world (street [Harley] and off-road [Suzuki DRZ-400]). One ride tore him up pretty good.

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Hehehe... the "Dublin person" will be joining the Hollister group too! I think we're leaving Friday afternoon. Don't forget your pumpkin to carve... this ain't all about the kids ya know.. haha[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] Kids will most likely do a little "trailer trick or treating" on Saturday night....super, load em up with candy then make em go to bed... hmmm.. don't think that's going to work [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] Should be a good sized group... can't wait![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]