2013 Invasion Picture Thread

[RapidRick]

The gathering has once again commenced. Pretty breezy this mourning and the sand is smooth and soft. Winds are decreasing this evening and should be a nice evening for all. More to come :D

[redsox]

looks so awesome. i am jealous.

[Bryan Raffa]

Well........:lol: lookin for something to ride...... :rolleyes:

[CRAZY70MAN]

Well........:lol: lookin for something to ride...... :rolleyes: Holy Fu@#$% shirt Raffa!!! Demolition in the dunes!!! Any idea that was going to happen????? Or just rolling th dice???? Damn!!!! Still looks like good beer drinkin' weather!!:naughty::naughty::lock: Someones got somethin' for ya to ride I am sure....... That sucks your trike imploded????

[redsox]

OUCH,,,,, that'll buff right out. :naughty: that really sucks.

[Mr. Clean]

Well........:lol: lookin for something to ride...... :rolleyes:


I have procured a 350x in SAND Diego.....you could "roll" it if I go get it....:lol:

It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of
gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
"Hit it."

[RapidRick]

Didn't take you long, was it on the morning ride today?

[CRAZY70MAN]

Didn't take you long, was it on the morning ride today?

You guys in more than 1 pack out there or what??

[RapidRick]

I went out for Sunday afternoon to take them firewood. I live 45 minutes away and have to work that's what might be confusing.....but I'll be there this coming weekend.

[manbearpig]

Man raffa...

That takes some skill

[CRAZY70MAN]

I went out for Sunday afternoon to take them firewood. I live 45 minutes away and have to work that's what might be confusing.....but I'll be there this coming weekend.

Oh.....I gotcha...... 45 minutes from the dunes....... That would be freakin' sweet!

[Mr. Clean]

Work on one of kaseys bikes like datt! We don`t need no stinking jetting .......love jour wristpin bearing looks marvelous absolutely marvelous !:Bounce:Bounce:Bounce:p:Bounce:Bounce:Bounce

Better yet why not bring one of YOUR trikes out for raffa to work on like datt!!! :lol::lol:

[stroberts22]

Lowering the compression didn't help. Sand must pull these motors hard.

[Bryan Raffa]

Wrist pin pulled out of the wiesco piston. .... the rest was History.... hahah been rockin jasons 250 r but he mad need his spair back if he don't get his 450 up... off to get a cam chain.. the piston drove so hard into the head it split the head and re domed the top the piston..

[vegas250rr]

WOW that is some carnage... I really wish that we could have made it up / down rather this year... unfortunately the registrations still have not shown up for the bikes, and I am not paying for Ca. stickers when I have mine on their way!

be safe guys and send a lot of pictures so we can live vicariously through you!

[JasonB]

Sitting on the plane in Phoenix waiting to fly out to STL, man that was a blast! Got 9 hours of video and over 200 pictures with my gopro. 6 days in the sand with alot of cool people and awesome machines, can't wait for next year! Loading pictures tomorrow and making videos

Hope everyone makes it home safe and it was great to meet a bunch of new friends !!

[badass350x]

That was a blast Jason , glad you made it home safe , nice meeting you and the rest of the guys! O and thanks for helping with Gus's motor as well of the rest that helped out,,, which I think was everybody especially Mr Clean!!! You guys Rock.:beer:beer

[JasonB]

thanks badass350x, it was cool hanging out with your group! Should have parked closer and joined the shenanigans lol. Glad Gus's bike ran so well after he got it back together too, awesome to see everyone pitch in on a big trip to help someone!

[ATC-Eric]

Had a great time! Heat was getting to me there at the end, it was hard to do ANYTHING that last day! I have a lot of pictures to upload. It looks like it will take me the better part of the day to get it all done, photobucket has changed thier format.

To start things off, Lasagna from Bob and Suzzie! Was great hanging out with you guys. Thanks for everything:

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Just Ben:

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Jared, even though you'll never read this, thanks for everything you did!:

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Garry, Thanks for making the drive with all the machines! Im spouled now that I got to fly in for the first time!

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Wild Canadian siting! Ussually not found this far south!

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Camp

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Before things started getting busy:

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I think thats Louis sabotaging Sandys 450!

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[Louis Mielke]

On the plane headed home now, pics and vids when I can. And I didn't sabotage nothing! My 450 ran awesome all week and handled like a dream!

[ATC-Eric]

Guard Dog Cocoa:

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Enjoying the AC:

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Hall hangin:

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Miss Taylor enjoying her new X. THANKS MR.CLEAN!!!!!!!

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Richard being, well Richard, trying to roost everyone:

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Steve making his entrance! He made everyone welcome him at the front gate..........

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To pull him out of the soft stuff.

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Cocoa shaming Jason for sleeping allllll afternoon.

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[ATC-Eric]

More of Taylors 350:

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Jasons big bore R:

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Late night shenanigans!

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Did some detective work to find the culprit!

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Turns out it was Richard............ So we recycled the tape for incoming duners:

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Having a blast!

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Found the bottom of my suspension!

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Love this picture:

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[ATC-Eric]

Top favorite. I wish a lot of these pictures would have come out a little better:

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Lookin for mama!

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A picture of where Ben's Tecate landed after his incounter with the kiddy track.

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More to come later.

[JasonB]

finally something to stare at from my freaking cubicle at work! awesome shots man, and that pic of Jarred is hilarious!

[ATC-Eric]

..... No explaination needed.......

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Looks like some serious deep thought!

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Breakfast!

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Cool picture. Now that I think of it, we never did a big bike group picture! Shoot.

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Taylors first time in the dunes on 3 wheels. She did great!

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[ATC-Eric]

Side-Hilling has become my 2nd favorite thing to do in the sand:

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Sometimes you take to big of a bite though:

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Couldnt get back on it at that angle, so I put er in gear and pushed my way down the hill:
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Solid ground, Back to work!

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[JasonB]

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[ATC-Eric]

Lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bryan Raffa]

Bhahahahahahaha lol that's some good stuff!!

[just ben]

nice pics I only got a few before my bike bucked me. none after, I will work on getting them up later

[ATC-Eric]

Man Ben, Im just glad thats all that happened. That situation could have been a lot worse!

[vegas250rr]

were these tires on backwards?

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[JasonB]

were these tires on backwards?

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Nothing to see here, move along!


;)



Lol they were ran like that the first couple days and then flipped so Taylor got all kinds of traction. Then came the chen shins she ran the last couple days. Such a clean tree-fidy :cool:

[vegas250rr]

lol, gotcha... I run those in the dunes also, I absolutely love the traction they provide and they are still short enough to slide whenever i want to !

you can climb just about anything you want to with those tires with very little effort

[RapidRick]

were these tires on backwards?

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Helps stop quicker :lol:

[just ben]

Man Ben, Im just glad thats all that happened. That situation could have been a lot worse!Yeah no kidding,That was a hard hit.I looked at the x-ray again and the puncture on my shoulder was from the bone coming through.

[ATC-Eric]

Good god!!!!!!

[manbearpig]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP-hkB4ARgk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug9r4ZheDxg

[Bryan Raffa]

Ooofff....daym... it still could have been alot worse... heal up!!

[Atc-Taylor]

LMAO!! Jason, That picture of Garry cracked me up for at least 5 minutes last night.

Ben, I'm glad you're doing better,

And I'm glad to have those tires gone!

These are just a few of my favorite pictures.

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[Bryan Raffa]

we made it back at 330am last night to MI ..our trip was pretty smooth...all the bikes are safe.... altho we haven't looked in the trailer yet..:lol:... going to do some laundry and pack again for my flight home... I'm always the last one home... but it's so worth it... wouldn't do it any other way... thank you Jason and Sandy Hall... the grand caynon at sunrise was:drool: truely a trip of a lifetime!

I also have 9 solid hours of video .... some of it will blow your mind!!!:naughty:

[gus]

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this is what happens when you have 2 blown trikes and have nothing to do lol

[gus]

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didn't now Ben was so talented smoking a cigarette eating ice cream and drinking a beer wow lol i wanted to thank everyone who helped me with my engine especially MR.Clean you saved my life lol took the top end off and that's what i found cleaning the bottom end to see if i can get it running again

[JasonB]

lol at those shots Gus! Didnt get a chance to catch up with you before we left, it was great to meet you and badass350X and your group!

[fabiodriven]

Looks like you boys had fun!

I gotta ask, what the hell happened to Ben? I read back and tried to see if I missed something, but I don't think anyone said what happened to the poor lad!

[manbearpig]

looks like you boys had fun!

I gotta ask, what the hell happened to ben? I read back and tried to see if i missed something, but i don't think anyone said what happened to the poor lad!

berm track

[ezmoney1979]

berm track
That really told the whole story, it's like I was there. Thanks for clearing things up:beer

[Mr. Clean]

6th gear pinned, going thru buggy flats, hits a kiddy berm track.

When people camp the kids ride round and round in circles creating these berm tracks. He flew over the one side and stuffed the front end on the other. He was a good 40 yards from the track. His flag was 20 yards. I was on my way out on Wednesday for my first ride....and this is how Mr. Clean got to meet just ben.

[fabiodriven]

Thank you Mr. Clean.

Wow Ben, that must have been some scary shite! I hope you heal up well buddy!

[JasonB]

ya Ben and I were hauling trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro out from the sand highway and we both had it pinned out. We were like 100 feet apart and I look over to see his Tecate cart wheeling through the lot with a HUGE storm of sand behind it. When I got over to him I think the first thing he said is, "MAN I HAVE TO TAKE A SH!T" lmfao I made him lay down and went for help

[badass350x]

^^^^ Lmfao^^^^^ glad you were OK to Ben! The trike didn't look to bad either..

[Bryan Raffa]

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[3wheeled roofer]

Nice job on the fore arm.....guess I missed some fun. u eat a SANDwich. hhhahahahhhhahahhhhbbababhahhabahba

[Bryan Raffa]

Nice job on the fore arm.....guess I missed some fun. u eat a SANDwich. hhhahahahhhhahahhhhbbababhahhabahba

yes you did... you turned a few of us into ANIMALS! last ride ,,,,,last day,,,,,, last 30 min ... and I stuffed it! LOL

[gus]

No kidding. Hopefully we can meet up again next year to get burned and we can also jump in that freezing canal lol.


lol at those shots Gus! Didnt get a chance to catch up with you before we left, it was great to meet you and badass350X and your group!

[JasonB]

ya that canal was refreshing as hell! See you next year, the Invasion is my list of Annual trips I WILL NOT MISS AGAIN!


Bryan, nice freaking shots man! those panoramic shots are cool.

[just ben]

I only got a few pics but here they are. 165840165841165842165843165844165845165846 I had a great time and it was nice to meet some new people. I will be feeling this trip for a while but will remember it forever,I can't wait to get back out there :crazy:

[yaegerb]

I only got a few pics but here they are. 165840165841165842165843165844165845165846 I had a great time and it was nice to meet some new people. I will be feeling this trip for a while but will remember it forever,I can't wait to get back out there :crazy:

Uh, so Ben....you tanked your Tecate at full throttle on a kiddy berm and you broke your collar bone? Is that cut on your should from the collar bone protruding through the skin? A+ on the crash of the week man :w00t:

[3wheeled roofer]

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Crash of ben's year. to travel that far to visit our hospital ....thats spreadn the wealth. Hopefully they dont know trailprotrailpro real name, no name no bill.haha Told u that split was an attempt of your skeletal inerds trying to break out. bitchen x ray ben, thats one for the garage wall next to your pics of that poor abused trike. you will both b up and runin in no time. Take care ben and dont let the nightmares of kiddy tracks dance in your head.

Thanks all for the other kind words, Ill be there next year doin the same just another year slower with age. Kinda sore after a week of trikeing two days of off roading and changing four trailer flats.

[thestud25]

Damn, sorry to see that Ben! Post some pics of the Tecate!

[just ben]

The bike came out alot better than I did,I guess that old kawi is tougher than I am. My gopro shut off 5 minutes before the crash,GRRR. That would have been some good footage. The bike is staying in Michigan for a while for mr.Hall to work porting his magic on it. Next time I'll be fast enough to clear the damn kiddie tracks haha. I didnt get any pics of my bike stud. post # 25 in this thread shows my bike when it happend. If you look close it shows the track I hit in the background.

[Bryan Raffa]

Park bench.. Me ,sanches, Jason hall ,Josh,louis milkie,just ben, and Jdog it was awesome to hit it 3 times this year!:D

[aldochina]

looks like an unbelievable time as usual!! Some year! Glad your semi ok Ben! was that early or late in the trip? Broken collar bones hurt! Reminds me of back in like 88 my father was pinned across the lake at night on his 350x, hit the burms from a track, broken collar bone!! My ma was pleased!

better karma next year for the NY'ers!! Sorry to hear about the 490 Raffa!

[Bryan Raffa]

its just a bike buddy no big deal ....;)
I'm more pissed that I'm missing all the HD vid's off my camera... not too thrilled about that .. there was some cool stuff.. sand dragster, Patton valley.. park bench.. :(


so with 9 hours off Gopro footage, I have decided to create Sand Gladiators 2 after the original! can be seen here..http://youtu.be/NF6NzCCKTYA

lets get started with Part 1!:naughty:


http://youtu.be/U-U6S4jwOuU

[Bryan Raffa]

Walk with electro glide...........yes 490 died on da sand hwy ........oh no.........not a 4-stroke honda.......yawn!!!:Bounce:Bounce:eek::Bounce:Boun ce

and where the hell were you hiding??? lmao...

[Bryan Raffa]

Couple pics atceric took. hey billy does that look familiar...:naughty::naughty::naughty:

[badass350x]

lookin good Brian!!!!!!!
Couple pics atceric took. hey billy does that look familiar...:naughty::naughty::naughty:

[Bryan Raffa]

http://youtu.be/D_x7g2zvlHk

[JasonB]

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6007/gopr0058.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/194/gopr0058.jpg/)




EAT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Edited to note that it's not blurry in the front of the photo, that is the sand blowing across the top of the hill I'm on

[just ben]

I just got a chance to look at the videos I shot,not much worth posting but I do have 10 very interesting minutes of JASONB sitting in the sand talking on the phone. (forgot to turn the camera off) I will work on the few minutes I do have and get it up soon.

[JasonB]

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[JasonB]

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Edited**** I just threw these shots up because photobucket is being a total whor3 right now and won't allow me to upload. So I made an imageshak account and tossed a dozen random photos up, more to come tomorrow along with a video

[JasonB]

I just got a chance to look at the videos I shot,not much worth posting but I do have 10 very interesting minutes of JASONB sitting in the sand talking on the phone. (forgot to turn the camera off) I will work on the few minutes I do have and get it up soon.


Lmao I was talking to my girlfriend, I'm sure there's some very interesting stuff on there hahahahhahaa

[gus]

The bike came out alot better than I did,I guess that old kawi is tougher than I am. My gopro shut off 5 minutes before the crash,GRRR. That would have been some good footage. The bike is staying in Michigan for a while for mr.Hall to work porting his magic on it. Next time I'll be fast enough to clear the damn kiddie tracks haha. I didnt get any pics of my bike stud. post # 25 in this thread shows my bike when it happend. If you look close it shows the track I hit in the background.

Remember Ben if that tecate becomes to painful for you to repair you can sell it to me lol !!

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[Bryan Raffa]

Taco Night!!:beer

[Bryan Raffa]

http://youtu.be/qOwH4HCjuIk

[Bryan Raffa]

Just a heads up ,,,,,thoes vid I posted are all now avalable on mobile....

[Bryan Raffa]

http://youtu.be/-ZAGOu04IHk

[Keith Salyer]

Looks like everyone had a great time. I love that Go Pro footage

[Bryan Raffa]

FIVE!!!

http://youtu.be/zM5jSGLJ3CM

[Bryan Raffa]

How about a little sand rail action... watch me trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro myself!!!!!

http://youtu.be/URNaZUDXI9E

[Bryan Raffa]

Part 7 Last of the rail action...not sure if I could have handled any anymore anyways!:lol: I'll get back into some more 3wheeler action after this!;)


http://youtu.be/6d_jrpdpPtM

[Bryan Raffa]

Part 8 Back to some 3 wheeled shredding!


http://youtu.be/QN1i0nYPGZ4

[just ben]

Looks like the dunes aren't done with me yet! WTF!!! I know this a picture thread but whos looking at the event thread? As many people know I took a hard hit out there and busted up my collar bone. I did get treatment while I was out there, in yuma at the E.R and it cost me 1600.00 for a sling and a suvenier disc with a couple pics on it.I was advised to see an orthopedic dr within 7-10 daysto be sure it's healing right but not having insurance I don't wanna pay for it and they won't see me anyway without going through the E.R again (even more cost) so I havn't been to see anyone. One of the usual guests to all my family functions wanted to see the X-Rays yesterday(he's an MD) well he showed them to an orthopedic DR. today and they want me in tomarrow for an exam and surgery on Wed. I do have some video of the ride that I'm still editing And I'm sure I will have some more pics related to the ride (kinda)

[JasonB]

sorry to hear that Ben! that blows, suprising they consider just looking at that disk to be a consult for surgery. Mine was busted at TF 09 and I didnt get treatment until over a week later when we got home. Even then it was too late to do anything with it, but it wasnt as bad as yours! That Xray makes me cringe, you took that trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro like a man

[gunner25105]

500R can't wait to see & hear it, something faster to"try to" chase down!sounds fun jason.

[Bryan Raffa]

last ride last day ... and I bite it! burnt my arm up good!


http://youtu.be/_3KzQ-MKJng

[just ben]

WHAAAAAAAA I burnt my arm, I don't wanna hear it!!!! Thats what you get for riding red!!

[gunner25105]

last ride last day ... and I bite it! burnt my arm up good!


http://youtu.be/_3KzQ-MKJng

nice vid. [part 2 #9] i live for that s*%t.shens

[Atc-Taylor]

Did anyone get footage or shots of me high-fiving man bear pig at the top of the Biggest dune?!!