Easter 2013 - Spangler

So let's get this thing started. I have a ton of pictures. For some odd reason I said I had my laptop with me, so Rack and CP thought it would be cool to dump all their pictures on my computer.....My Dad is going to love sifting through all those later...:smirk:

So we arrived and got camp all setup...
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As you can see, the Cat is gone. Couldn't even get the backdoor down in time as my Dad was standing there with his helmet on ready to burn fuel....

Since the scooter was brand new and only had a short run up my street and back, I wanted to get an hour on the motor and change the oil before Turtle Shifter showed up the next day to throw us down the RF.

She is pretty......:drool:
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After dropping the air pressure in the front and rear tires from 60psi to 15, I was ready to roll...
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Since it was a "break in" ride, we made our way over through Prospectors, over ant hill and across the valley to Trona Rd and the train tracks.

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The crew....and yes, we had a girl with us riding her CRF150R. I believe this was her 2nd or 3rd time out riding. They were out there for a week starting Sunday.
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Not much picture taking as we made time across the Teagle valley and towards Invader DH. I stopped at Invader and asked if anyone wanted to go up, but no takers. I would have, but with break in going on, I passed.
We made our way through the sand hills and back across Trona Rd.

Stopped at the tunnel and grabbed this shot....(look familiar JAX?)
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Here is the crew getting ready to go in...
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One by one they head through and drop off the other side...
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"Hey what's up?"
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Rack is giving the "Hold Up" sign. "I need to get into position to grab a potential Dirt nap shot."
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Oh my bad, he was giving some solid advice on how to roll off the edge...
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Looks like it worked...
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Stay tuned...
 

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A pic from Rack's view coming out of the tunnel.
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Rack wanted to get a pic of the bottom of skid plate to capture the added HP this this is putting out with my addition....I don't think he was close enough....:smirk:
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We got back to camp and I had 1.2 hrs on the motor..:thumb: Drained the oil and grabbed my new oil filter and said.."mmmmm, this does not look right"
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Some how the shop sent the wrong filter for the bike. Oh well, it will fit the TTR, so since the old one looked good, I put it back in, added 1.5 QTs of fresh oil, ran a couple cycles through the motor and tucked her in for the night.

Stay tuned...
 
So the next day, Turtle Shifter (Shorty, I am telling you, you need to change his name to this:smirk: )showed up and we all suited up for a run towards RF (Royal Flush for those that are not paying attention).

Rack left the boys at camp or told them to do another ride as he did not want to add to his shop bill by replacing parts on 3 scooters...:smirk:

Here the crew getting ready to take off.
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Turtle Shifter told me to lead us over towards Steven's Mine and he would take over from there.....so we head out and I stopped on top of the Ant hill by Prospectors....
"Hey what happen to Turtle Shifter?"
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Oh there he is....:smirk: "I got this......"

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:crash: No I don't
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He gets to the top and its time for repairs on the "shifter"...
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TS gets the shifter back on, tightens it down and off we go.......

Stay tuned....
 
So we make our way over to the hills and start heading in the direction of the RF. We need to make our way up and over a few hills first...

Here is stitch working the old 2 smoke...
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TS looking out over the hills, asking himself, "should I just lie and go down this one or really take them to the spot?"
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Working my way up one of the uphills....This bike has some serious torque.
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Red Lawn Dart...or should we say "Red Yard Sale"..:smirk:
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Yard Sale asking TS if he even knows how to read a GPS...:smirk:
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Stitches is saying "Oh I am getting a picture of Rim Dent going down"....
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heading this way....
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I was following Rim Dent down the hill so I could give him some advice....I have started my CDA Racing Off-Road Riding Tips School and Rim Dent is my first victim....errr I mean student..
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RYS has some good form here...One finger on the front brake, on his toes, looking forward, weight back...Only thing I would change is too many fingers on the clutch....
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Stay tuned...
 
Chillin' on top of the next ridge...TS says "it's down there"....
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So down there is where we are going.....
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Stitches making his way down....
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I thinking I can skate across this hill and drop in on the other side. That would put me in front of these bull doggers....:smirk: Or it was more of ....."Squirrel!!!"
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Rim Dent is looking down at his front tire and it caused TS to copy him and do the same thing....:doh: Meanwhile Stitches is telling them both to get out of the way...
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I was watching the Ballet on TV with my Mgr before I left for the dez and thought I would try some of the Ballet moves on the hill....":wow: I have good form...:smirk:
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Well we made it down that section.....:hifive: for everyone.....
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What? we're not there yet?.........

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Aw here we go....Looks like it's this way guys.......
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Stay tuned....
 
Chillin' on top of the next ridge...TS says "it's down there"....
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So down there is where we are going.....
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Stitches making his way down....
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I thinking I can skate across this hill and drop in on the other side. That would put me in front of these bull doggers....:smirk: Or it was more of ....."Squirrel!!!"
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Rim Dent is looking down at his front tire and it caused TS to copy him and do the same thing....:doh: Meanwhile Stitches is telling them both to get out of the way...
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I was watching the Ballet on TV with my Mgr before I left for the dez and thought I would try some of the Ballet moves on the hill....":wow: I have good form...:smirk:
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Well we made it down that section.....:hifive: for everyone.....
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What? we're not there yet?.........

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Aw here we go....Looks like it's this way guys.......
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Stay tuned....

Yeah, I thought if looks could kill when I said, "Uh, no that was just the drop in, the Royal Flush is down their. Oh, and by the way, that wasn't the right drop in. That was the one the rock crawlers made over New Years to get out. The Motorcycle drop in is right over there about 20 yards and MUCH easier":picard:
 
It's amazing how that not too difficult hill bites people once in a while.:smirk: When I die, bury me there please. It is one of my most favorite places on earth.:thumb: Great report so far. Carry on....

Well, I tried one of the slots in the middle of that hill and didn't make it. Turns out I bent my shifter in the process so when I turned around and tried to go back up the poosey:poke: way everybody else went:wave:I was stuck in 1st gear so I was trying to shift and nothing was happening and down I went again :crash:
 
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