sportsguy
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To be transparent, I'm seekign information on places that are open to dual sports around Washington State.
To help aid me in researching if I want a dual sport bike, I figure it'll help to know what areas, radiating out from Kirkland, are accessable.
being new to the region for this topic, I need to understand things such as:
1 - any OHV parks nearby that are accessible?
2 - what's the deal with Fire Service roads? (I think so long as the gate is open, I can explore, but maybe that's incorrect?)
3 - groups of organized dual sport riders I can source online, but I am interested to hear form folks with experience in this area of riding - groups to avoid, events that are "must do", etc.
4 - is it even realistic to think there are entertaining places to explore within say, one hour of my home (98033/Kirkland)? I'm thinking 1 hour, one way riding time, then off in the cuds, then one hour back - that type of thing. (No trailer at this time, so no tow/play option really.)
What I like:
1 - ah, fire service roads.
2 - two-tracks
3 - not really into jumping and very technical single tracks - more open, less technical single tracks, sure
4 - like to see the scenery
5 - rock hoping, while cool, is somehting I'll need to build skills for - speaking of which, consider my skills at riding offroad as negligible
So, I'm hoping that by gathering data from this crowd of trusted souls, it'll help me understand if this is even the direction I want to go in.
To help aid me in researching if I want a dual sport bike, I figure it'll help to know what areas, radiating out from Kirkland, are accessable.
being new to the region for this topic, I need to understand things such as:
1 - any OHV parks nearby that are accessible?
2 - what's the deal with Fire Service roads? (I think so long as the gate is open, I can explore, but maybe that's incorrect?)
3 - groups of organized dual sport riders I can source online, but I am interested to hear form folks with experience in this area of riding - groups to avoid, events that are "must do", etc.
4 - is it even realistic to think there are entertaining places to explore within say, one hour of my home (98033/Kirkland)? I'm thinking 1 hour, one way riding time, then off in the cuds, then one hour back - that type of thing. (No trailer at this time, so no tow/play option really.)
What I like:
1 - ah, fire service roads.
2 - two-tracks
3 - not really into jumping and very technical single tracks - more open, less technical single tracks, sure
4 - like to see the scenery
5 - rock hoping, while cool, is somehting I'll need to build skills for - speaking of which, consider my skills at riding offroad as negligible
So, I'm hoping that by gathering data from this crowd of trusted souls, it'll help me understand if this is even the direction I want to go in.
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