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If RideForum needs a logo, here is my favorite candidate so far. It is the "pavement ends" sign used by some areas of the country. I don't think I've personally ever seen this sign on the road. http://www.absolutvision.com/gallery/gallery/th/2M4183.preview.jpg I like it because it could have 2 meani...

Jim Foley is a moto mechanic in the KC area and an avid dualsporter. He works out of his home garage and has serviced many a ds.

Jim Foley
Motorcycle Mechanic
(913)677-2740

Hey, does someone have a route that sean made up I believe. Its the road that we took During the April Fools ride and it had all the jumps on it. We ended up going around a lake and a low water bridge at the bottom. It was the route we used to get from Byrd's down to Clarksville. Horsehead Lake is ...

Don't talk about farmers with food in your mouth. Good one! Biting the hand that feeds you is generally a bad idea. Just ask my dog. Oh yeah, you can't--I killed him when he bit my hand. I'm a farm boy myself. KC & I grew up milking about 100 cows and farmed maybe a total of 1,000 acres or so. We h...

The inventor of the Killacycle, the worlds fastest electric vehicle, crashed today. He is expected to be OK. http://www.visordown.com/motorcyclenews/view/owner_crashes_world_s_fastest_electric_motorcycle/1496.html Lots of interesting electric motorcycle concepts: http://crave.cnet.com/8300-1_105-1-0...

It's about time somebody shut those damn farmers up. Who do they think they are running their noisy machinery?! Nothing pisses me off more than when I'm on some backroad enjoying a beautiful day of dualsport adventure and come upon a field with a farmer running his obnoxiously loud tractor belching ...

KC wrote:I'm sure Troy will volunteer to pull it with his F150 sometime.?

That is, with my tiny 4.6L Triton V8....it's about as small as the V8 gets. I'm sure she'll pull it fine--downhill.

Without Sean, we probably have nobody connecting this trip with the KTMtalk group. Please feel free to invite Randy & Sandy--great people to ride with.

It would require a lot of acreage and ideally, the trails would be mostly wooded---provides beautiful, interesting riding as well as noise and dust barrier. I don't think the economics would work for most developers, but a very upscale version of this is in the works in North Carolina. Some Nascar b...

Now that thing is cool! Not over the top luxury and expense, but nice sleeping/food prep quarters with lots of space for the bikes/quads, etc. Too late for KC! He went nuts at the state fair and picked up this bad boy: http://picasaweb.google.com/wolf.nica/ToyHauler Way to go, brother! Now I got a n...

I have coworkers who live in golf course communities. You take 100 to 200+ acres, build a beautiful golf coures, clubhouse, and then sell home lots all around. The home owners pay an annual premium to maintain the amenities and enjoy their passion--golfing--anytime they want. My boss lives in a wate...

will_kc wrote:My directions confused you, but I like the new route better. My map marks were for driving Trego Rd. due north into Greely. I'll give the new route in (super twistie!) and try that.

I modified this route to include that twistie:
http://www.marengo-ltd.com/map2/index.php?route=1464

With the Marengo tool, you can't add any notes or other points besides route points. You can name your points, but you only get 6 characters. I added point #8 to mark the Graveyard/park---does it look to be in the correct location. I named it "SgrGrv" We may have a miscommunication regarding the roa...

I created a short route snippet that starts at the Paola Bridge and ends at the creek entrance. Does this look correct? http://www.marengo-ltd.com/map2/index.php?route=1466 Btw, just N of that Victory & Dead End sign, you did ride that L-shaped road (W 295th and Woodland Rd) didn't you?! That is a g...

Bill, per your directions in this post: http://www.rideforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=438#p3218 I have constructed this route: (The tool allows you to zoom in/out and pan as well as download as GPX for GPS units.) http://www.marengo-ltd.com/map2/index.php?route=1464 Does this look correct? In particu...

Sounds great! The overall distance may be too aggressive for many riders. Would we be talking about 200+ miles to do a full loop? Probably. 200 miles is no biggie if on a larger (more comfortable) machine and you keep moving, but doing the rough stuff and a few dead ends and a few minutes here and t...

You found it! Fantastic stuff, guys! Thanks for the pics, too. You'll have to give me details on where to find that creek bed.

iyeager wrote:Sounds like a great ride for this Sunday. I'm in.

Ian

Did you get a bike?! What did you get?

After Mike & I found some real gem minimum maintenance in Miami Co, I was excited to check out more of the roads down South of KC metro. Will_kc definitely found some great stuff, too! I'm working on a long route that starts in Desoto, KS (for KC and Lawrence-based riders, etc.) and hits all the min...

Great stuff! I have created a new thread specific to discuss Anderson & Franklin counties! Can't wait to get down there and ride!
http://www.rideforum.net/viewtopic.php? ... 3220#p3220