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