FODS North - Calabogie Boogie

[yamafitter]

Huron52 & Bungie showed a complete lack of common sense and followed me into the bush this past weekend. The following report over on ADV Rider is a hair raising story of adventure in the Great White North.

The ride reporting starts at Post #99 on Page 7 of the thread. My reporting on the ride starts at Post #102

FODS North - The Calabogie Boogie

 

[Bungie]

When do we get to do this again?!

 

[yamafitter]

When do we get to do this again?!

Next September for the Boogie but the Ganaraska Forest is open till the end of November and then you will have to wait until May 1st when the forest re-opens for motorcycles. I think I'm going to order a trials tire for the rear of the WR450 and try it.

I've got a new sprocket and chain to go on the bike and I should be all set for working on the Cross Country race in Codrington this weekend.

For those that don't want the full report over on ADV Rider here is a video I put together that pretty much tells the tale.....

https://vimeo.com/74167186

 

[Bungie]

For those that don't want the full report over on ADV Rider here is a video I put together that pretty much tells the tale.....
https://vimeo.com/74167186

Jim watched this at work this morning and commented it didn't look that tough.. well, until we all crossed Lake Ontario at the end, those are pretty typical conditions around these parts. He's in for the next Boogie and is pissed I didn't invite him for this one. Truth be told, I didn't want to listen to his Norse God of Thunder Snoring imitation. Maybe he can get Scott to split a room with him for next year.

I'll have to go out on another trial ride with Jim when he has his Contour with him. Show you guys what 'typical' around here looks like. Who am I kidding, I'm still waiting for the video of our ride down the Seguin Trail LAST year from him.

Funny though, that culvert where I crashed didn't look like I remembered it. Maybe it's just how it shows up on video. At least it was a soft landing in the mud.

 

[huron52]

Steve there were no pictures of you crossing the culvert, so "Did it really happen?" You Steve are a little lighter than Bill so I think when the front wheel jumped up and over you simply bounced off the bike. In the video you can hear Bill talking us through.... The only problem was he was too far away for us to hear on the other side. And the hand movements? He was moving his hand?

I can say that once Steve headed home and Bill broke his bike my ride on Sunday was dry!

 

[Bungie]

Steve there were no pictures of you crossing the culvert, so "Did it really happen?" You Steve are a little lighter than Bill so I think when the front wheel jumped up and over you simply bounced off the bike. In the video you can hear Bill talking us through.... The only problem was he was too far away for us to hear on the other side. And the hand movements? He was moving his hand?

I can say that once Steve headed home and Bill broke his bike my ride on Sunday was dry!

The culvert is hazy for me. I stopped, sized it up, popped the front wheel a bit then I was wallowing in the crapulance.

I felt a little bad about bugging out early on Sunday morning and leaving you to fend for yourself. It was a gorgeous day. Saturday wasn't bad, maybe better for riding (damp, cool temps). On the plus side, I got back into Sudbury around 3pm or so in time to help Line's dad use the truck to haul the worlds heaviest TV stand. The timing worked out really well. I think that truck needed a good run, he commented how it was running much nicer after I gassed the **** out of it, blew the carbon out of it.

Total fuel cost for the weekend was about $200. Not bags and less than I was expecting. Sure is nice having a truck for stuff like that, but I'm damn sure I don't want to pay for the fuel the other 363 days per year.

 

[huron52]

Funny how my Spot travels looks so much NOT like Bungie's

https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=7c0652250111c7c2a

 

[yamafitter]

Funny how my Spot travels looks so much NOT like Bungie'shttps://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=7c0652250111c7c2a

Wait a minute here........ let us have a closer look.........

I know where lunch was on Sunday since I met you fellows over there so why is there this great big Bungie type loop in the completely opposite direction???

Inquiring minds want to know!!

 

[huron52]

That is the spot for both days..... You do remember heading south in a big loop? On saturday....Right?

If you zoom in I think you can figure out where lunch was on Saturday. ..... Check your Spot

 

[yamafitter]

.... You do remember heading south in a big loop? On saturday....Right?

If you zoom in I think you can figure out where lunch was on Saturday. ..... Check your Spot

Since you asked (for it), Mr Montana kept a very detailed log of the Saturday ride....

As you can see there were U-Turns, backtracking and all sorts of rather confusing routing. Remember we had Bungie with us and the Force (to go in the wrong direction) in that one is strong.

 

[huron52]

Excellent..... you do remember Saturday.... now where are those tracks for sunday? Oh yes now I remember....

 

[yamafitter]

Excellent..... you do remember Saturday.... now where are those tracks for sunday? Oh yes now I remember....

********!!! Next time you are stuck in the mud I am just going to roost you and leave you there.

 

[weekend rider]

That sure looked like some nice easy riding single track and a whole lot of fun

 

[yamafitter]

That sure looked like some nice easy riding single track and a whole lot of fun

I don't actually consider anything we rode to be singletrack by the standards we have around here. Mostly it was old logging roads and hydro (power) line construction roads along with the odd cottage access road. You are right though, it was a whole lot of fun. The trail ride was more difficult especially if you took on the technical options on the trail ride route and got into some deep water holes and big rock. The Dual Sport ride was a much kinder and gentler ride, more suited to gentlemen of my age group and missing numerous OEM body parts. My aftermarket knee doesn't take kindly to bashing through the rock gardens anymore.

The WR450 now has a new sprocket and new chain and the good knobbies (Michelin S12's) are back on the bike. I'm all set to dominate this weekend now that the air cast is officially removed.

 

[Bungie]

I don't actually consider anything we rode to be singletrack by the standards we have around here. Mostly it was old logging roads and hydro (power) line construction roads along with the odd cottage access road. You are right though, it was a whole lot of fun. The trail ride was more difficult especially if you took on the technical options on the trail ride route and got into some deep water holes and big rock. The Dual Sport ride was a much kinder and gentler ride, more suited to gentlemen of my age group and missing numerous OEM body parts. My aftermarket knee doesn't take kindly to bashing through the rock gardens anymore.The WR450 now has a new sprocket and new chain and the good knobbies (Michelin S12's) are back on the bike. I'm all set to dominate this weekend now that the air cast is officially removed.

Congrats on getting the cast officially off!

I think your accurate in your statement. Their were a couple of short sections of what I would consider single track in the optional sections. The vast majority of the ride was over maintained gravel roads. Bill did good (except for the first turn of the day) in the navigating and choosing the optional sections. Except for the one spill, I didn't have much problem keeping up to him on my el-cheapo, stock tired, CRFL. Mind you, a couple of the optional sections it wasn't really happy. But I was having fun!

Still kind of bummed I decided to skip Day 2. Next time, I'll book off the Monday as well.

 

[yamafitter]

I'll say that following tracks is not my favorite way to navigate. I much prefer having a route so I get the warning of an upcoming intersection. It was more difficult to figure out some of the turns and it was almost impossible to figure out the distance to the next option while on the fly. After the first few screw ups in the morning we did get a handle on things and for the most part we stayed on course.

The same cannot be said of my buddies that I was staying with. They got all messed up and rode Option 2 backwards and completely missed Option 3. I'm surprised they are still not going around in circles in downtown Ottawa.

I think Tom is still mad at me over him getting a soaker. I wish I had video of him pouring the water out of his boot at lunch.

 

[Bungie]

I think Tom is still mad at me over him getting a soaker. I wish I had video of him pouring the water out of his boot at lunch.

That was funny as feck! I looked at the vid again last night and I don't see him putting a foot down, maybe an air-dab, guess that was enough. Jim looked at the vid and didn't think it was that deep. Then we went out and sat my bike. Foot on the peg, top of my boot is 'here'.

"Okay, it was deep".

Speaking of last night, I was on the ODSC site and saw some vids from the trial ride guys. Somebody mentioned that one of their guys had a head on with a volunteer (sweep?). Nobody hurt though.

 

[huron52]

I think Tom is still mad at me over him getting a soaker. I wish I had video of him pouring the water out of his boot at lunch.

Not at all Bill.... As for where my foot was, it was always on the pegs. My left foot foot I believe was in the same dept of water as the right foot and a very little water got in it. I actually didn't realize my left foot was a liitle wet until I took the boot that night.The water in my right boot I noticed right away!

At lunch as I was waiting to pee on the Ford there was another guy pouring the water out of his boot. His boots were very much motocross, as compaired to my shorter more street boot.

On a side note the boot is still drying out LOL

 

[huron52]

I'll say that following tracks is not my favorite way to navigate. I much prefer having a route so I get the warning of an upcoming intersection. It was more difficult to figure out some of the turns and it was almost impossible to figure out the distance to the next option while on the fly. After the first few screw ups in the morning we did get a handle on things and for the most part we stayed on course.

I'm thinking it is how the tracks are displayed on the different GPS's.... I could see where the tech options started and came back into the main trail. As for a warning I still had to look down/watch the screen.

It was interesting talking to the guys that sweep the D/S track on saturday. They wondered what route we took because other than catching up to us on the frist water hole they never saw us again.