It’s one of those stories you read on a blog or forum.. “I walked out to the garage and saw my front shocks done leaked all over the floor!!!@#$@!”  Upon further investigation, they find evidence of sand and dirt stuck to their fork seals!

So… I wanted to try to help avoid that situation with some fork seal protectors.  There’s all different flavors but I didn’t want the kind that slip over the fork which means pull the front end apart to get them on. Also, I wanted to be able to easily pull them off to clean. I thought to myself.. if they are full of mud/sand/dirt.. at that point their not able to do what their suppose to.. keep that junk away from the seal. Then I saw a post on the WR Mega Thread from a fella about these seal savers that are easy on , easy off. They’re called Shock Sox.. and here they are..

Shock Sox Features:

• Install and remove in 10 seconds
• Keep debris away from seals & helps prolong seal life
• “One size fits all”, meaning you can use them on all makes and models.
• Wrap around design makes them easy to put on and take off
• Enable you to remove product to wash sock and bike

You can see how easy they are to install and protect the seal all the way around the fork. The longer strap at the top allows you to really tighten down the .

I installed these right before my Arkansas trip and they did great. Never moved, lever loosened and seem to do the great job.

On my WR…these are the 6″ regulars.

They cost me $30 shipped from ShockSox.com and choose from a few different colors too. So far they seem well worth the price for the added insurance on saving my seals!

This isn’t just an ordinary pile of wood planks…. no, they were part of history for well over 100 years…

One day back in August (8.13.11) of this year, I went for a ride on my Versys and my destination was to an old wooden pony truss bridge I had ridden over previously while heading south. That particular day I was riding on my WR250R and was in bit of a hurry to get south.  I routed along a road that I came upon this great little pony truss bridge but didn’t have time to stop and take photos. So like all of us adventurers, I saved a waypoint on my GPS so I could come back later and really spend some time looking at this bridge.

Well, it was time to go back and see that bridge. This is the ride I took that day, heading back to that old little bridge.

To The Bridge

I remember it was along a great road just north of the Missouri river south of Hwy 94. After looking through my gps tracks I created a route that would take me along a scenic route down Dry Fork Rd and end at this bridge. My Versys hadn’t been ridden all that much so I decided to take her out this time.. and put her to the test on these gravel roads…

Running up a few back roads out to Warrenton, I started the real ride on Dry Fork Road, at first Dry Fork doesn’t look like its going to be as good as you think…

But in no time at all.. you see evidence of another great creek road… here’s Dry Fork Creek that this road runs along side of, its another signature beautiful clear water Missouri creek.

Then, rounding a corner I meet up with this…

Everytime I come down this road, I stop at this amazing rock and just think about how its structure puts me in awe. Just how may thousands of years its been there and it seems to take me out of my current circumstances and reminds me of why riding is so incredible… or maybe I’m just amused by the little things of nature.

The road continues along the creek.. just looky there… getting better and better.

Soon, it gets a bit more remote.. boy I hope my Versys with these street tires don’t end up bitting me for this one!

If you’re a local and haven’t ridden Dry Fork Rd, its definitely a good one, put it on your list when you come ride Charrette, Lost Creek & Massas. It’s big bike friendly with a few low water crossings. Be careful of the hidden slime if theirs water on them. Slick as snot!

Still heading south, I took a right on Howard Branch Rd. Here’s Knobby Path.. and I would NOT take the Versys on this gem of a road! Just beyond this photo, I wouldn’t call it a road any more.. its a path.

As you can see.. it’s a great place for the WR!

Continuing on.. I took a few more great roads.. man I love this stuff..

It was time for a break.. so I shut’er down and ate a snack on this bridge. It’s always so peaceful out here on the trail..

So far the Versys is doing just fine on this gravel. One thing I absolutely love about the Versys is it feels like you’re riding a dirt bike. You sit upright, can easily stand and ride, its set up allows for easy handling on or off road. I’m not planning to ever take it on the rough stuff I do my WR, but that’s exactly why I bought it..

I end up on Hwy 94 at Smith Creek Rd., head west for a short bit and then turn onto Bernheimer Rd… this will take me to that bridge I can’t wait to see….I double check my GPS for my waypoint.. yep there it is. BR-BernRd

Another great road that runs down along Clear Branch Creek… I’m getting so close and feelin’ good…just can’t wait to see this old bridge and do a little investigating around it.

I begin to slow down as I round the corner where the bridge is.. and then.. my heart drops………..

There, off in the distance… in the field.. surrounded by grass.. I see the skeletal remains..

I stop and just stare. Shut the engine off. Slowly remove my helmet and head over to the grave site.  I just can’t believe it….

It’s.. gone… just sitting in a field with a bunch of junk…

I take my time and look at the structural details of this old 1902 bridge… thats right, 1902!

Almost 110 years old…

Then.. I turn and look to my left.. across the field.. I see more of its remains.. and to the left, I get a glimpse of its replacement…

Wow.. the history this wood could speak.. serving the community for over 100 years, and serving it well I might add. I got back on my bike and rode closer.. then walk down to get a closer look.

This one-lane, pin-connected, 3-panel, half-hip Pratt pony truss bridge was built in 1902 by Stupp Brothers Bridge and Iron Co.  It’s spanned 40 foot with a deck width of 13.5 feet. As of 2008 its average daily traffic was a mere 35! Bridgehunter reports its structural status was in very poor condition. But as I remember it, it was a beauty! Here’s a photo via Bridgehunter:

These new bridges… just don’t do anything for me.. maybe I should find a little more appreciation for the technology these days.. but I don’t know, it’s gonna take a while…

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 Riding Heals Sadness

I’m a bit disappointed at this point and surprised this bridge is lost forever… I figure the only way to make things better is to ride! So that’s what I did..

I saw another waypoint I marked a while back for a little road that just looked interesting to me on maps.. so I headed that way. This dead end road ran across the Cullum Branch.. I was hoping for something special..

On my way running west on Hwy 94.. I saw this cemetery I’ve past a thousand times.. I rode up the grass drive to the sign and…. wow.. 1870!

Pinckney 1870.. that’s a loong time ago.  Missouri History Lesson: In that same year, M. Lemma Barkeloo was the first woman lawyer in Missouri (St. Louis). She was the first woman trial lawyer in the United States, and the first woman lawyer to try a case in federal court. Crazy…

I continued down 94…the Versys eats this stuff up…

and here we go.. Gore Rd.

Then.. I come around a corner and see some old structures on the left..

This old barn sat here with so much character.. and some nice handy work to boot.

Then this old house on the same property.. its up for sale too.

It was so peacful back here.. I had to think that someone’s elder parents lived here and after a long fruitful life.. their journey ends and the house goes up for sale.  The yard had been cut and pretty well taken care of.. probably in memory of..

Road ends here.. which is actually on the Katy Trail..

So I turn around and head back.. there’s one other road I wanted to ride and that’s Tower Rd out west in the Daniel Boone Conservation area.. I always planned on riding that road on the WR but never did.. so I headed out on 94 again.. I took Case Rd first.. it too was a neat ride.

Turned on Tower Rd, heading through the conservation area.. its a nice ride through the forest area. I decided I’d take break before ending my ride and heading home…

It was a sad but good day of riding…

And a lesson I’ve learned from this ride….. stop and take photos of any neat stuff I see while on my adventures. Because I’ll never know if they’ll be there the next time.. it could very well be the last time and the end of a piece of history!

.. another beautiful Missouri ride.

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After a great day celebrating Thanksgiving with family, what better to do on Black Friday than get up super early, say around 4:30am in the morning, stand in line for hours and save a couple bucks on gifts!! Shooot.. I know a million other things I’d rather do!

Luckily, this year Black Friday was a beautiful sunny 65 degree day, a perfect day to get one more ride in before the season ends. And thats exactly what I did. This report is filled with an overload of photos, goofy self video, and some riding footage to boot! Read every word, skim the photos or just watch the videos.. heck I don’t care cuz I had a blast putting it all together…enjoy!

My Plan

I didn’t have one. Ahhh… what I did know is I was going the head south!  I rolled out of the house around 8am and pointed my WR south, towards Mark Twain National Forest area. There were a few roads I had marked earlier that I wanted to check out, possibly add them to future routes. So.. off I went, headed down a few country highways, the fog was still hovering over the fields…

I would ride solo on this ride.. but for some reason I never felt alone…

I passed through the little old town of Dutzow… most people don’t know or care that Dutzow was a settlement village for German emigrants dating back to early 1800′s before the Civil War.. the little town was referred to as Lake Creek. The creek to the east of the town still flows today and has the name Lake Creek.

There are several very old historic towns in Missouri, and a few very close to me. There’s one in particular that I’m going to ride to and poke around, every time I ride through it I’m fascinated by the history.. stay tuned for that one.

Before I know it.. I’m crossing the Missouri River into Washington.. getting ever so close to some good forest roads..

Get Me Off This Pavement!

For some reason today, pavement really depressed me, I couldn’t wait to get off this tarmac and ride gravel…then forest roads. Riding those kinda roads makes the experience so much better.. its like the well-produced soundtrack to a great movie, the movie wouldn’t be the same without it.

I turn southeast and run along Indian Creek for a few miles…

Looking out over Indian Creek…

I was a little surprise to see how swollen the creeks were today.. its a beautiful sound though. I took a break here and just listened to the water.

Have a listen…

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Now I’m entering the national forest area and you can immediately tell by the roads.. nice dirt roads.. not gravel.. but dirt!

This area here is just entering the Huzzah Conservation Area…

Heading down this great road where the Hinch Branch met, the view opened up and catching my eye, were several glaring white trees..wow..

I got closer to get a better look.. I’m not any kinda tree expert but I think these are white birch trees?! Whatever kind they are they sure did look amazing among the dab colors of their surroundings.

A few other neat things caught my eye running down the forest roads… here’s a glimpse…you can see my helmet cam footage in the video recap below.

It was nearing 11am, the temps were warming up and the riding was getting better and better… but I had no clue how good it would actually get.

Ridin’ The Pine

During the fall & winter months.. the pine trees in the national forests are beautiful.. you start to smell them as you near, the sound deadens like there’s snow on the ground.. I stopped for a few minutes just to smell the ros.. I mean pines!

As nice as these were here in the Huzzah area.. oh how they would get even better a bit later in my ride!

So I continued a few more miles exploring the area on roads I’ve never traveled.. finding neat and interesting things around every corner..

My WR doing what she does best.. taking me to things I’ve never seen or experienced before..

a neat little old church, I’d love to hear a sermon preached in this old church!

Stopping at this crossing I looked at my GPS and saw I was turning onto a familiar road, just never road from the very beginning of it. I knew I’d run through some more amazing pines.. typically I like to run these forest roads at a good clip because they are so smooth, but today, I’d take it slow and sink it all in.

Just like ole’ Betsy here.. sinking it all in, watching some kook ride by on a weird looking horse..

I’m getting closer to the pines of Mark Twain National Forest.. you can just start to feel it..

then a row of them on one side of you..

Then on both sides..

and the next thing you know.. you are engulfed by them.. feeling so small, just you and your motorcycle. I hoped off the bike and took a little walk around..

see my WR in there?

just a pretty surreal time for me that day, walking along among the pines.. the smell was that of Christmas. And the meaning of Christmas is quite special to my family and I. I was reminded of how blessed of a guy I am, walking back to my bike…

I saddled up and carried on… seeing old little cottages like this makes me wonder who built it? Who lived in it? Was this their pride and joy, their dream home? If it was, I’m sure it was quite nice living out here.

Oh, What’s This Waypoint?!

Still pointing my WR south, I decided to run Gobblers Knob Rd  instead of the usual Pigeon Rooster Rd which runs down Machell Hollow.  Gobblers Knob sends you over the Courtois Creek.. along this long low water crossing..

Courtois Creek is a larger creek in this area, it branches off the Huzzah Creek up north and continues for miles down to Iron county. The creek systems in Missouri are vast and absolutely beautiful south of Hwy 70. I’ve found the majority of the creeks north of Hwy 70 are muddy! like this one..

No mud around these parts down here.. my next turn would be onto Big Shoal Creek Rd.. which is just beautiful, runs along the Shoal Creek with some amazing bluffs…

I decided to take another break here…listen to the water sing while I drank some water..

While taking my break I began to zoom out on my GPS to see where I should head.. I first saw the waypoint “DillardsMill”, well.. haven’t been there so lets head that way… wait.. then I saw another waypoint.. “Oh, what’s this waypoint, “TunnelBNSF”??  Then I remembered… and knew I’d head there and save “DillardsMill” for later! I don’t think I ever got back on my WR any faster.. and was off like a shot!

This tunnel is part of the Burlington Northern railroad system.. and for some reason I just LOVE trains! They fascinate me, guess they bring some sort of simplicity to things nowadays. Those massive engines are kings of power. When I got home I began to research Missouri railways and Burlington Northern. I found this very interesting video about how the snow and then floods of 2011 affected BNSF (Burlington Northern & Sante Fe), specifically along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. I had no idea BNSF did so much work to try to protect their railways… wow!

 Rising Above: The Floods of 2011

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Amazing video huh?! I respect all they’ve had to go through while trying to stay loyal to their customers. So back to riding, and staying on the subject of trains…I kept my eyes out for railroad tracks! Then.. around a corner.. looky here…

I’m getting closer.. then off to the side of the road I see this chair next to a fire ring. I think BigDog & HighFive forgot this chair when they were down here on their big pigs.. haha!

Nah.. both those guys are WR owners and I respect them a lot. Riding down this road headed to the tunnel, I could see several cut-throughs into the woods where logging has been done. Not sure if this was legal logging or just Paul & Jed’s self-service lumber-jacking operation.. ha! Either way.. I took a ride into the woods to get a closer look.

Maybe this is the forest department clearing out trees.. but it sure did look awful crooked to me, the way trees were cut and branches piled up leaned against other trees.. who knows?! A few hundred yards later.. I round the corner and… there it was… a very cool tunnel going under the railroad… I rode through it and back, then got the camera out for a little photo shoot!

BNSF Tunnel

I had a lot of fun hanging out here.. a lady drove by in a truck and just smiled and waved at me.  Saw some kinda birds at the nearby house walking in the road trying to figure out what the heck I was doing. Oh how I’d love to stand under this tunnel when a train drove over.. too bad this part of the RR is not in service anymore…

After putting away all my gear, I headed north and turned left on John Coleman Rd to see the old RR bridge still standing over Huzzah Creek, and boy, to my delight another awesome piece of history right next to each other…. photos tell a thousand words.. enjoy.

You can’t have too many photos with your own bike in them.. can you?! This area was real neat… I did a little “Blue Eye Bill” on-location video here for your enjoyment and laughter.. haha!

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Well it was time to mosey on.. get back on the trail, it was around 1:30pm and I had no clue which way to go.. I decided it was too late to head more south to Dillard Mill.. so I needed a route.. then I talked to myself.. I said, “self.. why not follow this here railway as far back home as you can”.. then I answered myself, “thats a grande idea!” and thats exactly what I did.. I weaved and winded through some great roads.. had to hop out on some pavement then ended at another historic bridge in Steelville. I know its another month to Christmas but seems I was getting presents early!

These old bridges are becoming extinct it seems around here.  Just a month or so ago we lost an early 1900 swinging bridge to some new fancy smancy bridge.. bah.. I vote for a new swinging bridge if its gotta be new… anyway, not sure how much longer this bridge will stand, this photo will last longer thats for sure.

Road ends here.. I thought about riding across it.. but, well, I chickened out.. ha!

We just don’t make them like we use to. There’s a lot of things that pertains to.. but one things for sure. I’m glad my WR isn’t like the old bikes.. thats one thing I’ve welcomed the technology on this bike.. its just as reliable as they come. Just like a good old dirt road with a fresh set of 606′s!

Going on 2:30pm now and I’m a good 2 and a half hours from home.. so.. I started heading back home on country highways.. just hoping soon…

me and WR will cross paths…

with another amazing riding day like this one sometime soon!

I tell you, I just had a great season-ending ride and I’m thankful for great friends I’ve met on ADVrider,  for my loving wife that supports my adventures, two amazing little boys, a loving family, a courageous Mom.. a Dad who I greatly admire.. and a God that has created such a beautiful land for me to see his amazing handy work!

Soli Deo Gloria.

Video Recap

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After our awesome Swinging Bridges ride back in July, we decided we needed to get out again. Where too? South to Arkansas, Freddy and Morgan were ready to ride the Boston Mountains area again, and for some of us it would be our first.  After a conference call with all the participants, we decided I’d reach out to my fellow ADV buddy “DRZCharlie” for a recommended route, after all it was his backyard!  So that’s what I did.. I talked to Charlie and described what we were looking for and the amount of time we’d have to ride… he sure did come through on this one!

Let’s see.. there ended up being nine of us on the trip… Freddy, Morgan, Travis, Paxton, Yousef, Ken, Jonathan, Russ, and myself. What a great group of guys to ride with, we had all different kinda bikes and riding experience, but we all shared the same love for adventure. That always makes for a fabulous trip. I know each one of these guys would give me the shirt off their back if I needed it.. and that’s the kinda buddies I want to spend time with.

The Trip Begins

We would all meet up at Kimberling City Inn in Kimberling City, MO on Thursday night. Some trailered down and a few rode down from Columbia, Springfield and I think Travis even rode from West Plains… I would load up the Tacoma and drive down listening to the World Series on the radio.

The guys landed a condo so we all got to find out who snored and who didn’t. I ended up sharing a quite small pull-out bed with Freddy, luckily only once did I find my hand where it shouldn’t have been.. haha! The next morning we headed to the restaurant for some breakfast.. boy this took a lot longer than we wanted, then we’d head to Blue Eye.. right.. wrong! The first bike repair occurred before we could leave the parking lot.. ha!

This first video shows our meetup, repair work, flat tire and oh..yeah!!.. the beginning of some good riding!

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Riding with a large group takes a little time to fore everyone to sync up and get into that smooth groove. After a few miles our group started to gel… especially when we came to these next roads in the following video. Man it was a good riding, very fun and even the guys on the big bikes were smiling from ear to ear! The only one complaining was Freddy’s KLR.. seems the fan fuse blew out which isn’t the best when you are riding slow technical stuff..

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Camping @ Sam’s Throne

It’s been a great day of riding and beginning to get late in the day. We didn’t get as far along on the route as we had hoped but that’s ok, we’re just along for the ride.  We reached Mt. Judea for gas and supplies when Ken had mentioned a beautiful primitive camping spot out on Sam’s Throne. So we headed towards it and a beauty of a ride it was. I did a little research on Sam’s Throne and found it to be quite interesting. It’s most popular these days among rock climbers but here’s where it got its name:

Sometime in the 1820′s buffalo hunter Sam Davis, in search of his sister who he claimed had been kidnapped by Indians, climbed on top on a sandstone outcrop and preached fiery sermons to the hardscrabble settlers who lived below. Besides spewing damnation, Davis claimed to have a hoard of gold stashed on the summit of his rock, and built a log blockade across the formation’s walk up to keep out would-be thieves. He also said he’d live for 1,000 years. His rock pulpit became known as Sam’s Throne. It is also said that he used a cane to ambulate and that the cane was hollow and filled with gold dust. Before Sam died, he allegedly climbed up to the Throne and buried the cane, where its treasure resides to this day.

The peak in this photo below is what’s named Sam’s Throne, this rock sits right in the middle of this beautiful valley…

This video you’ll get to see some of the fun switchbacks we rode heading to camp, then this amazing view along with our awesome campsite. I slept so good, you could hear the wind russel the tree tops as it moved from one side to the other.. so peaceful lying in a tent listening to it move.

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Glorious Day Two

As we descended from Sam’s Throne, we all noticed the temperature was dropping.. I didn’t think it would have been warmer up there but it sure was!  Once again before we got too far, we had to stop in Jasper at the Junction Stop to fix that DRZ again and flat number two for the trip!! Pax & Ken seem to always jump in to help out so they are our designated pit crew…the first flat on Pax’s 950SE was repaired and ready to go in under 20 mins, it was amazing!

Back on the route, today would be the best day of riding, as our journey took us towards Oark, which means we would ride some of the TransAm Trail. After a brief chat with DRZCharlie the night before, he mentioned that a few roads near White Mountain had been closed and stay away because they were keeping a close eye out for intruders. No worries for us.. there’s good riding all over the place down here.

As we neared the road closures, we continued around Turner’s Bend.. and came across several Harleys on the side of the road. A lady was waving her arms, there had to be trouble around the corner and sure enough there was. Seems one of the big Harley bikes was run off the road by a white Jeep, the rider had to put it in the ditch. His face hit the top of the windshield and put a gnarly long welt on his face. He only had one of those little skull cap helmets, so no face protection and boy did he need it! He was up walking around and said he was alright.. but he sure didn’t look alright!

Ok.. back to our adventure.. man the weather was fabulous and the riding even better.. see for yourself!!

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We had a blast running those roads, me and Freddy let Morgan lead out on the last section.. it was fun chasing him down.. I was holding back the WR so I didn’t make them feel so slow on their big bikes .. haha! She eats up the rough stuff, even that rock Freddy kicked up right in front of me at 9:40 on the video! They do out run me on the slab.. but hey.. I’m definitely OK with that.  No.. honestly, I was amazed at how fast Morgan can ride that GS.. he’s got it all tricked out, YZ front-end and he kept saying how great it handles with the Wolfman bags instead of his hard cases. They are both very good riders, and man I’m still smiling when I think of us tearing down that road.. as you saw at the end of the previous video.. everyone was giggling like a bunch of girls!!

Morgan on his GS

We stopped for a little break after running down that beautiful road and by this time we were getting hungry! If you don’t know yet, the place to eat down in this area is the Oark Cafe.. World famous burgers and pie… or maybe its just the best thing around after a long hard day of riding… I want to think its world famous! Don’t forget to write your name in the little book down there.. a lot of ADV’rs in that book.

But.. before we get to eat.. its another great road.. one of the favorites of the whole trip for sure!

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Now .. its time to enjoy a great meal at Oark Cafe before we ride the great Warloop Rd…

Enjoy the atmosphere of Oark Cafe.. it’s a hoot! Then journey down Warloop road, a different kinda hoot.. haha!

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After Warloop we headed down to Mountainburg for gas and camp supplies. Our plan was to camp up at Devil’s Den.. well, its an adventure right!? When we got to Devil’s Den the campground was 100% FULL!  We even asked locals for a remote campsite and couldn’t find anything. By this time it was pitch dark, which enabled us to see coming from the west a nice size storm.. the lightning reminded me of 4th of July.  Travis pulled up the radar on his phone and sure enough a large storm was heading our way. The camping there at Devil’s Den can be a bit muddy, I know I didn’t want to pack up in that muck. So we headed north and ended up in Fayetteville at hotel for the night.  We ordered some pizza, watched Albert Puljos knock 3 homeruns out of the park and shared a lot of stories.. it was a great day!

The next morning, Sunday, we needed to head out. A few guys had a looong ride back home and others needed to get back to the trucks in Kimberling City. We stopped for breakfast before we’d say our good-byes..

A last group photo before we would all head for the hills… thanks Travis for taking the photo.. ha!

I think I can speak for everyone here, we had a great time… we thoroughly enjoyed hanging out, camping and riding during this trip. So……. where we going next boys?!

The Route

Our trip took place Oct. 21-23, 2011. Just look at these elevation changes…

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ADVrider Ride Report

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These guys are doing this right.. they have documented the “making-of” the TCAT and have posted it here on ADVrider.com.

An excerpt from Deadly99:

I hope you enjoy reading about our “making of” story as it unfolds.
Where to begin? Canada is huge…..9.9 million square kilometers! The population of Canada is only about 31 million and the bulk of that is spread across the southern strip of the country that borders the United States. What does that mean to us? There is a whole lot of wilderness up here and some damn fine riding. Given the scope of this project and the reason I suspect it hasn’t already been done is that taking on a project like this is…. well a bit overwhelming. We’ve decided to take this project on in two phases. Phase one will be the Eastern half of the country. Our goal is to have this half completed by the fall of 2011 (yikes that less than a year and a half away). The other reason to start this thread is as a motivator. It will make it much more embarrassing and shameful to back out now that we’ve made it public knowledge :)

The goal: To make a route across Canada that can be ridden by dual sport bikes that are loaded with gear.
The route will primarily be gravel back roads. Some days will have sections of off roading and some will have sections of pavement. Wherever possible we are trying to have as little pavement as possible but it becomes unavoidable at times.

We have to go back to the roots.. and thank Sam Correro for starting this movement of trails with his creation of the Trans-America Trail years ago… thank you!

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Scott was also kind enough to post photos of his setup right here.

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Last Monday I had the chance to get out on the trail… my WR250R has a brand new pair of shoes too!  I just had to put on the trusty Dunlop D606s front and back. My last set gave me over 5,000 miles so they were worth every penny.

Since I only had a few hours to ride, I decided to head down one of the great creek roads close to my house.. Charrette Creek Road.  Yea.. I’ve put up a video from this road before, which you can watch here.  But this time I took a new trail that led me to a beautiful little swimming hole. I got off the bike and did some filming with my Canon Vixia HF100. This camera continues to amaze me with its HD quality..I think it’s the perfect video camera to bring along to capture off-bike action. Helmet cam footage is from my GoPro Hero HD mounted on the center of my visor. I wanted to see if I like this angle better than the side chin mounted angle.

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