Good road for MC?
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Good road for MC?
What do you think, good for ADV MC trip?
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Also, if you are going to do the full loop I hope you REALLY like sand. Like... REALLY like sand.
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I tried to book my permits for this fall the DAY it opened - everything sold out before the website even refreshed, so I'm going back to escalate/Arizona to do the burr trail etc.
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And to add to that again - any permits you want for anything - you better buy as fast and as soon as you can. Arches for example - I'm hearing reports that the park is full and "locked out" as early as 7:30am - shit is absolutely insane right now.
I just got back Colorado (https://photos.app.goo.gl/BhCam4oMoA7Hh5cH8) - if there was a spot ON the road wide enough for someone to camp, someone was camping there. We couldn't' find ANYTYHING under 10,600 feet so we got to rock out with altitude sickness. From what I'm told about Canyonlands - you need to show up in person like EARLY and camp in line to buy your permits, like 6 months out from the day you need them. I was told this by the ranger I finally got a hold of the MORNING it opened for booking.
Right before that I was in New Mexico, same damn thing - if you could squeeze something into a spot they were doing it
I scored a back country campsite in Big Bend for peak season in December but I literally sat in front of my computer hitting refresh on the day it opened to try my best to snipe it.
I sit down in January, figure out all my trips for the year then mark my calendar when bookings open - the morning and hour of, I'm looking at about 6 trips a year if I do it all correctly but you seriously gotta plan it way out in advance.
I'm kicking around a street touring route that his some areas of Colorado on a loop but there is this great expanse of "the nothing" between here and new Mexico that always makes it a mother fucker to plan because it's just hours and hours and hours of hell.
I just got back Colorado (https://photos.app.goo.gl/BhCam4oMoA7Hh5cH8) - if there was a spot ON the road wide enough for someone to camp, someone was camping there. We couldn't' find ANYTYHING under 10,600 feet so we got to rock out with altitude sickness. From what I'm told about Canyonlands - you need to show up in person like EARLY and camp in line to buy your permits, like 6 months out from the day you need them. I was told this by the ranger I finally got a hold of the MORNING it opened for booking.
Right before that I was in New Mexico, same damn thing - if you could squeeze something into a spot they were doing it
I scored a back country campsite in Big Bend for peak season in December but I literally sat in front of my computer hitting refresh on the day it opened to try my best to snipe it.
I sit down in January, figure out all my trips for the year then mark my calendar when bookings open - the morning and hour of, I'm looking at about 6 trips a year if I do it all correctly but you seriously gotta plan it way out in advance.
I'm kicking around a street touring route that his some areas of Colorado on a loop but there is this great expanse of "the nothing" between here and new Mexico that always makes it a mother fucker to plan because it's just hours and hours and hours of hell.
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Re: Good road for MC?
Oh, you can get in there in that they aren't stopping anyone from driving down the road. Camp sites are tough. OTOH Hotels are actually pretty easy to get right now.
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Re: Good road for MC?
BTW revisited Utah 12 from Capitol Reef to Bryce. Great road for a street ride. Especially that twisty section with steep drops on BOTH sides. It is getting new pavement right now.
And I think most of the unpaved roads in that area, it probably helps to like sand.
And I think most of the unpaved roads in that area, it probably helps to like sand.
Jeff - Street Triple 675R / GSX-R600 / F850GSA
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If that is Shafer you can't even go on the road without a permit and there are a limited number each day
First time I hit 12 was on a multi-state street ride, one of my favorite roads in the U.S.JeffStrom wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:18 pm BTW revisited Utah 12 from Capitol Reef to Bryce. Great road for a street ride. Especially that twisty section with steep drops on BOTH sides. It is getting new pavement right now.
And I think most of the unpaved roads in that area, it probably helps to like sand.
I don't mind sand anymore, I found way to deal with it, on my way home on this last trip I even took a trail through the Great Sand dunes, didn't fall even once!
When were you on 12?
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On 12, day before yesterday. There wasn't anyone checking at the gate on the park side, though I can't say I read all the signs. There was an SUV of some kind that did go down the road driven by someone not knowing what they were doing. When meeting approaching traffic he stopped on the left side next to a right side pull-out, and everyone just stared at each other for a while.
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BTW, I would not have wanted to be camping out there last week. Heavy thunderstorms every afternoon.
Jeff - Street Triple 675R / GSX-R600 / F850GSA
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yea Colorado getting pounded right now, we got lucky in catching the window we caught when we went.
Lake Powell needs to catch some of that water but it looks like they just keep letting it out, level just keeps dropping.
Lake Powell needs to catch some of that water but it looks like they just keep letting it out, level just keeps dropping.
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Re: Good road for MC?
My brother in law, Joe and I climbed up that road on DR650s ̶a̶ ̶f̶e̶w̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶g̶o̶ in 2013 as the last part of the White Rock Canyon rim loop. Unless you just want the feather in your cap, I'd skip the whole loop and just ride the road in the photo (Shafer trail) down to Musselman arch and turn around and go back up Shafer Trail or turn off onto the Potash road. If you decide to do the whole loop, I recommend going counter clockwise so you hit the sand on the west end when you are fresh. We went in October so I don't know if that is why we didn't need reservations or if it was because we weren't living in crazy town covid world back then.
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