CA./AZ. Dune Twisters READ

[mymint87]

ok ........what are your riding plans for Spring Break/Easter

Let Me Know where you'll be...I feel the Tsunami coming :w00t: :w00t:

I'll be at Gordons Well, buggy flats by the canal

desert season is coming to an end and I need to meet some members :beer


LETS TWIST

[Dammit!]

Am I the only person that has no idea when Easter is?

It's not my fault. I was raised a heathen.

[TrikerR]

sometime near the end of march?????

[Dammit!]

I might be able to run out there just for Easter sunday (whichever sunday that is). Would be nice to ride with other people for a change.

[mymint87]

My bad, i thought i posted this in the trikefest/local riding forum..

mods, do me a favor and move it...please :Bounce

[Dammit!]

March 27th! :Bounce

I should have that day off so I'm going to plan to go. These things have a way of not working out for me though.

[AZ250R]

Good bet I'll be there this weekend, evening of the 18th thru Sun 20th, but that is all for now! :D that I'm going soon, however, :mad: that I doubtfully will be there EASTER.
Buggy flats, Look for the "SpaceBalls" replica Winnabego! :beer

[Enigma]

I won't be able to make it. Company policy is you can't request holidays off and they are starting to be nazis about it. I was the last to get a holiday off with presidents day. A friend reguested the 4th of July off 3 MONTHS in advance and they said no. Hopefully next year I will have a new job and this won't be a problem.

But I have allready reuqested April 8-10 off for my last trip. Sorry Im gonna miss out.

Edit: Just looked at a calendar and I need to request days off 2 weeks in advance. So the last day I could have requested that off was Sun the 13th

[Dammit!]

How do I find the buggy flats?

[mymint87]

Buggy Flats is located on the north side of the huge earthen canal which runs parallel to Hwy 8.

so it would be

Gordons Well offramp....stop sign...proceed north... prox 2/300 ft come to a tee in the road...stop sign...proceed east follow road for half a mile...cross concrete canal.... your now in buggy flats

[Dammit!]

Cool. Hope to see you there. I drive a pewter colored 2003 S-10 Chevy with a little FMF sticker in the rear window by the way. You'd probably see the R long before the truck though. :D

[AZ250R]

Just got back yesterday, & it was GREAT to say the least! :beer
Small crowd overall @ GW, but Buttercup was packed. Sand drags going strong Fri Sat, with the fastest buggies I've seen yet (KAOS & RENTAL, if ya know them). KAOS was @ TEST @ night and starting from the canal & just LAUNCHING over the whoops section full speed almost coasting up the hill!!! :w00t:
There was a helecopter @ GW all weekend too!?!? Never seen that before. He would buzz over the dunes only about 30 ft above us. Then go land in the flats @ his camp. I think they were filming for something, hope they caught me doing that "superman seat grab" off the top of Patton valley! What a way to go, have someone else drive your $ 1/4 Million Deisel-pusher up there with all your toys. Then fly in @ your own leasure to use your stuff! :naughty:
Overall I rode 75 miles in 2 days of riding, one guy had an odometer on his dirt bike. Man I gotta figure a way to get back there this weekend.... :mad:

[mymint87]

i seen the same group when i was there for twistfest (weekend after pres day)

we first seen him buzzing the dunes (bout 30 feet off the deck) :eek: when we were @ pattons on a ride...then we freaked when we seen it at camp...were not talking 2 seater either, fricken thing can hold six, probably 250,000 a year just in maintenance and up keep on that pup.

AZ250R,

try and slice it so you can be there weekend after easter. Duner in my camp cracked a head on his scud so we're all bumping it back a week as to not leave him out....

FREAKEN LAUNCHING AT TEST and coasting????...sounds like a bad buggy :w00t:
i actually can picture that in my mind with your discription..makes me froth at the mouth.....hehe

MEMO TO AZ250R:
My 350x has wood loaded on the cooler rack and i got gas in an empty water bottle...can you say "NIGHT RIDE TO TEST".....

it's sounds like it's drying up out there...so it wasn't choppy or damp?

Arizona dunetwister has got me in tunnelvision mode with his report on conditions.... THANKS AZ250R

IM THERE DUNETWISTER, who else is going?? :beer

BTW, we'll have a good fireworks display, a duner is bringing 400lbs of explosives, he sets em up on 2 plywood sheets and wires them with one continuos fuse.........hehe
...we're talking ...phoo.phoo.phoo.phoo.phoo.phoo.phoo.phoo.phoo.ph oo.phoomph continuosly for about 20 mins...duners a freak about it, spends about 6"g's" a year on that hobby of his(and he always gets 2 for 1 at that price) so were talking 12"g's" worth of explosives....don't be smoking around his box either, WHEW! and remind me to park on the opposite side of the circle from his crazey butt ....every campsite around gives him major props on his shows..truley done on a professional level :beer

[Dammit!]

I'm still planning to go. Will only be for a few hours on Sunday but should be worth it. Trying to find some new fork boots first (mine are one size too small and grab the forks a bit).

What are you going to be driving so I know what to look for?

[mymint87]

I'm still planning to go. Will only be for a few hours on Sunday but should be worth it. Trying to find some new fork boots first (mine are one size too small and grab the forks a bit).

What are you going to be driving so I know what to look for?

are you still going on the 27th...cause i'm bumped back a week

hopefully you can go the weekend after easter

i can pm you with a cell phone number or give you some general direstions to my camp and a brief discription of my scud.

[AZ250R]

AZ250R,

try and slice it so you can be there weekend after easter. Duner in my camp cracked a head on his scud so we're all bumping it back a week as to not leave him out....
I'm ON IT! Will try verry hard to get ONE of my freinds to take me. ;)
The sand was almost perfect. Sat night through last Sunday was quite windy, but made for loads of "untracked bowls". I'm sure this week its just get'n torn up though, but by the first weekend in April... I gotta go, I'll post when I find out. :beer

[Dammit!]

I might bump it back a week as well then since I'm actually a little under the weather. Taking sundays off is no big deal anymore so it won't be a problem.

[mymint87]

that would be cool if we could swing it...I know for sure i'll be there...nick too

[Dammit!]

How are things looking for this Sunday?

[mymint87]

we are going to gordons this weekend...be leaving back home sunday around 12 noon

[Dammit!]

That's about about what time I would be showing up. :(

[AZ250R]

I'm S.O.L. this weekend, "Spaceballs" is down for some cooling issues. :mad:
So Dammit ya ought to get ahold of me to use the pass.
Theres a good posibility you wouldn't need it anyway. 2 weeks ago there was nobody checking on Sunday when we were leaving.
I'll be down in Chandler all weekend during the day. Saturday evening I could be coming right up the 101 to go home too, so that could be a tradeoff point somewhere. Let me know...

[RideRed250R]

well i got back from dumont yesterday and there werent to many people out there but it was crap all day (just went for the day) everyone went to competion banshee guys were acting nuts (almost got taken out by one comin down) and alot of the pople who were there were drunk. first time i saw rangers out there actually writtin tickets.
adam

[mymint87]

the scuds are loaded and ready to roll...5 trikes and 2 trikes with training wheels...DUNES, DUNES AND MORE DUNES......

my friend is meeting us out there, he's from Tye, Texas and he represents that state well,

his scuds packing a 85 350x and a 87 200x for his wife..last time out he spanked me hard. we had a rip roaring roostfest and the cowboy had this duner covered in sand.

taught me to watch were i pause while riding cause the goat roper kept coming up in my rear view mirror and roosting my butt while laughing so hard he fell off his own stallion..

this dunetwister says payback time....hehe

i'll post pics when i return.....GORDONS WELL RULES THE WORLD

[Dammit!]

Anybody else on the board up to meeting out there on Sunday? That's a long drive to end up riding alone all day.

[mymint87]

Anybody else on the board up to meeting out there on Sunday? That's a long drive to end up riding alone all day.

it's cool if you don't make it...that is a long drive going solo.... :eek:

[Dammit!]

Truck is loaded. Gonna leave as early as I can manage. Hopefully gonna get out there around 10:00am. If I don't get lost that is.

[AZ250R]

Well... I'm most likely go'n out this weekend, the 9th & 10th. Anybody gonna be there? If not I may convince them to stay @ Buttercup since its such a short time out & probably won't be much night time action...

[mymint87]

i think merriman is bumping out this weekend...

I sorry I wont be there :cry:

Buttercup is radical, bigger dunes than @ Gordons...not to mention you park and your right next to Dunes :w00t:

last weekend the vendors were out @ buttercup but several of them told me there shutting down for the season...also last week was Pair-a-dice's last weekend also...

bring shade and plent-o-fluids... duh...you know that, i dont know why Im telling a duner like yourself that ....duh

me and merriman are talking about a day run in the next couple-o-weeks...were going to scope out a place for a trike meet.....maybe Olgiby :wondering

sadly enough i think us southwest dunetwisters need to reload and SERIOUSLY think about next year....I have a feeling next season will be THE TSUNAMI TRIKE CRUSH for us southwest duners.....

anyway have fun out there and its becoming more clear to me that i may have to wait for next season to meet your 4th gear WOT flying arse....bummer for me

btw snap a pic er two for me huh?...

i'm jealous, your duning and I'M NOT :cry: :cry:

[AZ250R]

sadly enough i think us southwest dunetwisters need to reload and SERIOUSLY think about next year....I have a feeling next season will be THE TSUNAMI TRIKE CRUSH for us southwest duners.....
I didn't want to say it, but this may be my last run for the season... ya never know though... weather could cool way down in a month & we'll ALL go again! Yah Right! :rolleyes:


i'm jealous, your duning and I'M NOT :cry: :cry:
Well that's what I was say'n last week so :p

P.S. I Like Ogilby, especially for a planed meet. We'd have as much room as we want & can DO WHAT EVER WE LIKE!!! :beer

[mymint87]

We'd have as much room as we want & can DO WHAT EVER WE LIKE!!! :beer

Do you mean we can stay up past 9pm and go on night rides? :Bounce :Bounce :Bounce

[Dammit!]

Buttercup is radical, bigger dunes than @ Gordons



Really? I thought it was the opposite.

[RideRed250R]

and i would say glamis has bigger dunes then both depending on were * go. i think pattons got the steepest tho
adam

[AZ250R]

I think that Buttercup has the "tightest, steep edjed bowls", and most witches eyes of them all. Making for the most "technical" riding of the 3 areas, in a sense... Its definately got the quickest trip to a "competition hill" area, thus for a short 2 day trip with kid-os makes for a good time for all.

Lately, I'm like'n the 2 smaller valley areas south of Patton, but that's just me. :D

[mymint87]

Lately, I'm like'n the 2 smaller valley areas south of Patton, but that's just me. :D


your description of buttercup puts it in a nut alot better than mine

i also like those same valleys to ride

[mymint87]

and i would say glamis has bigger dunes then both depending on were * go. i think pattons got the steepest tho
adam

maybe thats why they call her Mother "G".....hehe ;)

[RideRed250R]

lol jus tmy 2 cents
let me know when * go riding next i want to see all your guys rides, hey iam going the 23-24 to mother G anyone wanta join???
adam

[mymint87]

sorry RideRed250r, I think im done for the season :cry:

thats a bummer cause you'll be duning and I won't, Time to break out the boogie boards and hit the beach...maybe this off season all the dunetwisters can get on the same page and have a twistfest to kick off next season.... :w00t:

[SpeedBump]

All I can say to you guys that have EASY access to Dunes is YOU ALL SUCK!! I am about as jealous as anyone could be. Mud, Mud and more Mud is all we get around here. Can't wait till the kids get outta school, me and mom are moving BACK to Texas.

Anyway, glad somebody can get out and roost...get some pics up....love to see em...keeps me thinkin bout sand.

[Dammit!]

get some pics up....love to see em...keeps me thinkin bout sand.

Way ahead of you.

http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=33845

[AZ250R]

Got back yesterday from Gordins Well (buggie flats area). Way windy Fri Sat, more so that I can almost handle. The canopy flew off of poor Spaceballs @ 11pm Friday only 1 mile from the GW turnoff!?!?! :mad: Was a strange situation having that thing flapp'n from the rig going 60mph in a sand storm. We stoped & cut it all the way off, hell its a 1985 Wienerbagle so the things due for a few upgrades anyway...

Killer ride'n late Saturday & Sunday though, good drags then hill action @ night even! But its gonna just get darn hot from here on out so I'm think'n thats it for this season... :confused: But heres one last image of me Trike'n off into the sunset....

[Dammit!]

I'm gonna be out there as much as possible next season. Sucks it took me so long to finally get a taste of it.

[mymint87]

[QUOTE=AZ250R]. The canopy flew off of poor Spaceballs @ 11pm Friday only 1 mile from the GW turnoff!?!?! :mad: Was a strange situation having that thing flapp'n from the rig going 60mph in a sand storm. We stoped & cut it all the way off, hell its a 1985 Wienerbagle so the things due for a few upgrades anyway...

[QUOTE]

well seeing how you were the last one of us out there in the dunes...Did ya turn off the lights?...hehe

and this off season.....are you going to "freshen up" Spaceballs or is the scuds tongue hanging out of the grill?

[AZ250R]

and this off season.....are you going to "freshen up" Spaceballs or is the scuds tongue hanging out of the grill?
I'm think'n its gonna get all kinds of upgrades by winter. Maybe even some "movie prop wings" could help out. :p

[Merriman]

so where are we riding at for the group trip next season. I really think you guys should try Ogilby. I'll show up and lead every ride. I'll even take you guys on a super fast ride if you dare. we ride the same dunes as Gordons, but there are some smaller ones for the kids, and it makes a great MX track too!!!!


I'll bring the YFZ450 for the super fast ride. ;)

[Merriman]

oh yeah,

I'll bring a trike too :w00t:

http://www.yfzcentral.com/merriman/my%20pictures/IMG_1010.jpg