MURPHY NEW YEARS EVE RIDE 2009

 

RIDERS : JOHN C, JON M, JOHN A

“LOOP” 25 MILES ( ME & COTNER )

YELLOW TRACK = DIRT BIKE

BLUE TRACK = TRUCK ROUTE TO GET MORGAN

MORGAN = WHERE WE LEFT HIM

LOAD = WHERE WE PICKED HIM UP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I WANTED TO CLOCK 54 MILES TO END THE YEAR WITH 2200 DIRT BIKE MILES.

MURPHY JUST HAD A SKIFF OF SNOW. THE GROUND WAS FROZEN BUT THE TRACTION WAS GREAT. TEMP WAS AROUND FREEZING.

COTNER IN THE BIG SANDWASH  WAITING FOR MORGAN & FRISBE.

ME WARMING THE BIKE AND MELTING THE POLAR CAPS.

 

 YAMANOMICS-

RIGHT AFTER WE CROSSED THE CANAL BELOW SINKER CREEK RESERVOIR MORGAN'S YZ STOPPED RUNNING. NO SPARK. JON EVENTUALLY PULLED THE IGNITION  COVER AND DISCOVERED BITS OF COPPER WIRE- NOT GOOD ! COTNER HELPED PUT THE BIKE BACK TOGETHER AND WE GOT JON DOWN TO THE JOYCE RANCH ROAD IN THE CANYON RIGHT BEHIND US.

COTNER & I DOUBLED BACK TO THE TRUCK. ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE TRUCK MY BIKE STARTED LOOSING SPEED, FELT LIKE DEEP SAND. THEN MY CLUTCH STARTED SQUEALING AND THE BIKE “SEIZED”. THE REAR WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP. I FOUND A PIECE OF SAGE BRUSH WEDGED BETWEEN THE CASE & BRAKE PEDAL. COTNER PACKED SNOW ON THE CALIBER AND RESERVOIR TO COOL OFF THE FLUID. WE WERE ON OUR WAY IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

JON & JOHN LOADING THE YZ INTO JON’S TRUCK.

MR T- “ I PITY THE FOOL THAT RIDES A YZ !”

 

WHEN WE GOT BACK TO MY TRUCK THE SNOW WAS STARTING TO ROLL IN.

I DROPPED BY MOTORSPORT TO HAVE BOB LOOK AT THE ROTOR AND PICK UP A NEW BATTERY. WHEN I GOT HOME THERE WAS A COUPLE OF INCHES OF WET SNOW ON THE SLUSH. I GOT STUCK WHEN TURNING INTO MY DRIVE WAY. THE TRUCK WAS IN THE DRIVE AND THE TRAILER WAS ON THE ROAD. I GOT THE 4-WHEELER, SHOVEL , SALT AND BOYS. I PLOWED THE DRIVE AND HAD THE BOYS SHOVEL & SPREAD SALT AROUND THE WHEELS.                                                                                                                                                 I WAS THEN ABLE TO PULL THU THE GATE, BUT THE TRUCK THEN SPUN OUT AND STARTED TO SLIDE BACKWARDS DOWN THE DRIVE. WE DUG OUT AGAIN AND GOT STRAIGHTENED OUT BUT STILL COULDN'T GET UP THE DRIVE. I’LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO TRY AGAIN.

I NEED TO LOOK INTO “SNOW TIRES” FOR THE F450 ( MR T ALSO PITY'S THE FOOL IN THE F450). SINCE I HAVE 19.5” RIMS, I’LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BUY WHEELS & TIRES TO FIND SOMETHING I CAN STUD.

MURPHY 12/27/09

JON MORGAN & I CLOCKED 45 MILES.

IT WAS ~ 20 DEG WHEN WE STARTED &  28 WHEN WE GOT BACK.

(Mr. T on Global Warming)

WORE MY HEAVIER LONG JOHNS, BALACLAVA, HELMET BREATH DEFLECTOR, GLOVE LINERS, HEATED GRIPS .

CAMEL BACK HOSE WAS FROZEN MOST OF THE RIDE.

 

STEP DOWN SINKER CREEK SLOT CANYON. I ROLLED OFF.

JON JUMPED OFF, THEN TOOK SOME ALTERNATIVE LINES THRU THE REST OF THE CANYON.

 

 

WE RODE DOWN DOWN TO SINKER CREEK.

THE ICE WAS SOFTER THAN LAST WEEK SO

BACK TRACKED UP THE SLOT CANYON.

HOLIDAY CHEER !

FROM MY BEST RIDE'N BUDDY !

 

MURPHY 12 20 09

 LOOP 38 MILES

RIDERS DAVID , JOHN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THANK GOD FOR GLOBAL WARMING !  ~ 38 DEG DAY

SINKER CREEK WAS FROZEN AT MANY CROSSINGS.

LUNCH STOP UPPER CANYON SINKER CREEK.

BARRY – “ CARBONHAGGEN WAS A HISTORICAL SUCCESS.

                   THE RICH WILL PAY TO FIX CLIMATE CHANGE.

                    BETTER NEWS YOUR THE RICH ! “             

MURPHY 12 17 09

 

LOOP 45 MILES

RIDERS – DAVID, MURRAY, MIRIAH

   MR T

 

 

BOISE WAS BRIGHT , SUNNY AND WARM AS I PICKED UP DAVE AND MURRAY. AS WE MADE OUR WAY WEST THE FOG GOT THICKER AND THE SNOW WAS DEEPER. WHEN WE DROPPED INTO THE SNAKE THE SNOW DISAPPEARED BUT FOG SEEMED TO GET WORSE. VISIBILITY WAS LESS THAN A HUNDRED YARDS .

FINALLY MADE IT TO THE SAND WASH BEHIND MURPHY AND THE FOG LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD LIFT.

DIRT WAS GOOD DOWN LOW. UP ABOVE DIAMOND BASIN WAS GETTING GOOPY.

BEFORE FERTILIZATION

DURING FERTILIZATION – 5 MILES FROM THE TRUCKS IT WAS BRIGHT SUNNY AND WARM.

 

AFTER FERTILIZATION- THE FOG SEEMED WORSE THAN IN THE MORNING.

ON THE WAY BACK HOME IT WAS GROUP EFFORT TO FIND THE RIGHT INTERSECTIONS (STILL MISSED A TURN ).

MURPHY 12 1 09

RIDERS -JOHN A, DAVID J

LOOP- 40 MILES

When I went to start the bike the carb overflowed when I turned the gas on. I tapped it a couple of times but it wouldn’t quit. I rode it up and down the road and it stopped ?

Need to pull off the carb and check the float.

SIDE HILL INTO SINKER CREEK

DAVID

ME

FYI-SILVER FALCON MINING HAS SET A MILL OPERATION ON DIAMOND CREEK ACROSS THE ROAD FROM DIAMOND BASIN.

http://www.silverfalconmining.com/index.html

BIRCH CREEK 11 28 09

 LOOP- 56 MILES

RIDERS J AITON , J COTNER

HAD THE WHOLE DESERT TO OURSELVES.

EVEN THOUGHT WE WERE LOST BUT WE WEREN’T

JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE. ON THE WAY BACK TO THE TRUCK COULDN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DROP INTO THE BIG BIRCH CREEK WASH. RAN INTO TO SOME TALL, STEEP WATER FALLS.  KNEW WE WERE CLOSE BUT DIDN’T WANT TO RUN COTNER OUT OF GAS.

 JUST NEED A COUPLE OF MORE RIDES TO LEARN THE TWISTS AND TURNS.

THERE ARE A FEW TRACKS IN THE HILLS TO LEARN AS WELL.

 

 GOOGLE EARTH SHOWS A TRAIL ABOVE WHERE WE TURNED AROUND.

 

BACK AT THE TRUCK.  I WOULDN'T MIND A WINTER CAMPOUT HERE.

MURPHY WED 11/25/07

SHORT 34 MILE LOOP  OUT AT MURPHY.

DAVID TOOK A HIGH SPEED GET OFF NEAR THE TRUCK, CROSSING A SAND WASH WITH A SQUARE EDGE HIDDEN BY TUMBLE WEEDS.

THOUGHT WE WERE TAKING A TRIP TRIP TO THE ER, BUT HE WAS ”OK”.

 

 

 

 MONDAY BRIAN KLINGER AT REKULSE WENT THRU THE CLUTCH SETUP. HE REMOVED 3 BALLS, THE CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT IS MUCH SMOOTHER NOW. BEFORE IT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY OFF THE BOTTOM & FELT LIKE YOU WERE POPPING THE CLUTCH.

LUNCH STOP ON SINKER CREEK.

OBAMA JOBS SUMMIT –BLACKS CREEK 11 17 09

46 MILES.

ROAD ON BACK SIDE OF THREE POINT MT ICED OVER IN THE SHADY SPOTS SO WE PARKED AT BENDER INSTEAD OF WILLOW CREEK.

                  RODE OUT OF BENDER CREEK INTO DEVILS HOLE                                      

                     (NO MAP,GPS TURNED OFF AT 18 MILES)

                 SUPER TRACTION WHEN YOU WERE ON DIRT !

                 NORTH SLOPES AND SHADY SPOTS SNOW COVERED.

 

                       RIDERS-MURRAY, DAVID, JOHN C., JOHN A.

 

ME TOP OF TRAIL 316.

ME ON SIDE HILL INTO DEVILS HOLE.

CANYON UPPER DEVILS HOLE TRAIL

TRAIL INTO DEVILS HOLE.

CONTER DEVILS HOLE                              ME DEVILS HOLE

MURRAY  , DAVID , JOHN LUNCH DEVILS HOLE

WATER FALL TRAIL

BLACKS CREEK TUESDAY 11 10 09 ( TEAM OBAMA )

 GOOD LOOP WITH MURRAY AND DAVID.

~ 43 MILES

GREAT DAY. STARTED OUT IN JACKETS BUT RODE MOST THE DAY IN JERSEY'S.

I NEED TO RIDE A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK TO GET MY LEGS BACK.                  

STILL TOO CAUTIOUS SINCE MY GET OFF.

BUT I WAS ABLE TO DRESS MYSELF AT THE END OF THE RIDE !

 

~ ONE MILE UP WILLOW CREEK I STOPPED TO SCOPE OUT A GNARLY STRETCH OF SIDE HILL.  WHILE I WAS SITTING ON THE BIKE DAVID SHOUTED IT WAS TRICKY. WITHOUT MAKING A MOVE THE REAR WHEEL SLIPPED OUT. I WAS UPSIDE DOWN  ON MY BACK WITH ONE HAND ON ROCK AND A ONE FOOT UNDER THE BIKE TO KEEP EVERY THING FROM SLIDING INTO WILLOW CREEK.

TOOK ME ON A TOW STRAP AND MURRAY WALKING THE BIKE TO GET IT BACK ON THE TRAIL.

STARTED DOING BETTER WHEN I GOT INTO 2ND & 3RD STAYING ON THE PEGS & GAS.

WE STOPPED FOR LUNCH ON DEVILS HOLE ABOVE THE SOUTH FORK OF THE BOISE.

RENEWABLE BRAKE DISC ?

SILVER CITY 11 1 09

SHORT LOOP UP TO SILVER CITY ~ 42 MILES

RIDERS – MURRAY, KATHARINE, LANE ,ME

1st ride since my get off 2 weeks ago.

Some what timid the 1st half of the ride.

I like my new KLIM helmet. 

 

I need to work on the REKLUSE set up. Take a couple of balls out  to soften the engagement.

 

 

 

 MAIN STREET SILVER CITY LUNCH BREAK AT IDAHO HOTEL.

 

BARRY  -"Why can't I just eat my waffle ? "

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