Michigan Atc Riders

[Tiger76]

Hello,
My husband and I are going for one more ride befor winter kicks in. We are going to North Country Campgrounds in Baldwin, MI. On Fri Oct31 -Sun Nov 2
It is $20 a night camp is ATC accessible. There is electric! Water at site not possitive will depend on weather but they do have bathrooms and showers. If you want more info on the camp there # is 231-745-4410. I ride a 1986 350X Honda my Husband (Al) rides a 1985 250R Honda. We drive a 1999 250 disel 4x4 White with a prowler 5 wheel toy hauler behind it if you see us say hello. We hope to meet some people there. Tiger76 (Beth) See ya all.:w00t:

[Itrike]

Normaly I would be on this , but that weekend I'm flying to florida to help my mother move back this way. I am itching to hit some more MI trails. Hope you have a great time!

[tecat-z]

Some really nice riding up there. Enjoy.

[sbjones73]

man, my dad and i just got back from fishing in baldwin, we camp out at jigger trail every time.. i never knew that they had atv trails up there. i am from wisconsin, originally from lower part of michigan. i really miss that state.

maybe next year i will take my 250r up there with me!!!!!!!!

please post some pics

[Tiger76]

As of right now I have no way to post pictures. I am still in the olden day of cameras and do not have a digital and we also do not have a scanner. As soon as we get a new camera I will be poasting pics. Hope to meet u guys next yr.

[84 Rider]

I believe that is the weekend that starts Deer hunting gun season, I would be very careful that weekend!

[hublake]

MI deer hunting season (gun) starts on Nov. 15.

[sandpuppi101]

Well I'm glad too see that ther are some more michigan people representing.I see you don't post much ,but keep your eye out ,we try to have as many organized ride's as we cxan every year up here.Are you and or your hubby into ice racing,I help put on a huge festival up in Otter lake every year,Your more than welcome to attend,plus I have a annual ride that is getting bigger and bigger every year..Keep in touch Tiger

[Tiger76]

Sandpuppi101,
We never have, We are not much into the cold stuff, I hate winter and well my man feels the same way. If he did'nt have kids we would be so long gone. We love MI but not the weather. We would love to come and see it mabey try we don't know. Keep me posted on the dates and send me an address so I can map quest it. Also how much $ and is there camping or is it a day thing. Let me know and I will see what we can do about coming this yr. Tiger76

[Gag_Halfront]

Well, unfortunately I can't be there that weekend either, but I think Itrike and I are going to go hit the Little O this weekend. This is supposed to be peak foliage weekend for that area. It should be beautiful.

Anybody want to meet us there?

[Gag_Halfront]

Nobody else wants to go with us this weekend?

That's a shame. It's going to be great.

[shannonw]

Hey Dave, hope you two made it out, it was a gorgeous day here in SW Ontario.

Ross and I made it out for a short ride today and he let me ride one of the R's. It was a lot of fun, but now I understand why he always gets tired faster than I do on the Blaster... riding a trike takes way more out of you... and the R is way more bike than my blaster ... I'll have to work up to that one!

[Gag_Halfront]

We had a total blast! My daughter came with us and went on her first trail ride with Daddy! It was awesome.

Of course, she got over confident and rolled her trike, but that's to be expected with kids. No harm done except a busted brake lever and headlight bezel. She got right back on and finished the ride.

The big kids didn't go unscathed either. I nailed a tree. Ended up bending a peg when it smashed my foot between the bike and tree. Other than that, no big deal. Curt got banged up a bit worse than I did mostly due to coming around corners and hitting bits of tree laying on the trail. At least his bike didn't take any damage.

The Little O is an absolute blast to ride. Parts of it are really fast, parts of it are really slow as you weave back and forth between trees just barely far enough apart to fit between. We did the entire loop in about four hours. That was hitting it pretty hard most of the time, taking it easy every once in a while, and taking several breaks including one for lunch and fuel. The 350x probably has enough range to make it all the way, but we topped off anyway just to be safe.

One word of advice, if you go, bring a camera!

http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/Gag_Halfront/Rides/Lineup.jpg
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/Gag_Halfront/Rides/Alex2.jpg
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/Gag_Halfront/Rides/Alex1.jpg

[seantrx250r]

Man it looked like you had a great time.Weather was nice wish i could have made it

[Itrike]

Me and dave took our 350x and dave took the battle trike and you know the sx is mine.... well was untill a couple houres ago I sold it. Unfortunatly we were to busy riding on the big ride to take any pics......sorry. It was a great ride I will deff go up there again to ride. Next time I'll take the Big Red and do it a little slower.It was a pretty ride wish we had more time I could have stayed there all week.

[Itrike]

I have this one pic and the vid of gag on his daughters trike. Sorry if we high jacked thia thread.
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/Itrike/littleo015.jpg

http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/Itrike/th_3wheelchase.jpg (http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/Itrike/?action=view&current=3wheelchase.flv)

[Itrike]

Man you are making me feel bad. The Big Red is the replacement. I wish I could keep them all!!!

[tecat-z]

Awesome guys. We did the O this past summer. Think we did like 110 miles in one day. Have to get a early start for those long hauls. Next year we should get together and stay the weekend at the North Country campground. My buddy Mark with the 330R knows the trails well.

[Itrike]

tecat-z sounds like a plan ! MI has some great trails!!!!!

[sbjones73]

man, i wish i could have been there!!!!!!!!!!! look like some pretty darn good trails.
i may be moving back to michigan here in the next 6 months or so (not sure yet)
around the grand blanc area maybe.!!!!!! (i used to live in battle creek for about 3 years and auburn hills for about 14 years. i love michigan!!!!!!!

[sandpuppi101]

Gag, How's the 125M doing ? It look's great and your daughter has a big ol' smile on her face ,so I know she's loving it.Kurt you've deffinatly been getting some seat time in this year,That's awesome..Look's like the leave's are about peaking too.

[tapper190]

Nice pictures, I love riding in the fall! Count me in on that ride next year! I might have the 350x by then ;) :D :D
Tapper

[Gag_Halfront]

LOL! That video came out great! :lol:

Yeah, Roger. She _LOVES_ her trike. She bailed on it once, though. She got moving a little too fast and it bucked her off. Busted the rear brake lever and popped the headlight bezel out of place. Shouldn't be much to fix. She learned a lesson though, and started paying closer attention to her speed in the turns. I'll give her a screwdriver and have her "help" me fix it. I was just glad that she hopped right back on and kept going. I wasn't sure how she would react. You're right about peak color that weekend. I checked one of the foliage maps and it said that last weekend should have been just about peak. I swear it looked like someone took a postcard and made Michigan look like it.

We rode the smaller bikes when we went for my daughter's ride, then jumped on the thumpers. After we hammered through the whole loop (40-ish miles) on the 350s we were pretty tired so we jumped on the battle trike and the SX and put a few miles in at a nice leisurely pace. I kind of liked having both available. When we go back, I'd like to take both again and do one loop as fast as possible and one loop at a nice putts.

Ms. Tiger,

Make sure y'all get some pictures when you're up there.

[Gag_Halfront]

So, Ms. Tiger,

How did your ride go? Do you have some stories and pictures of your own?

[Tiger76]

Sorry, We were unable to go. :( My father in law had to have quintrupile by pass heart surgery. I am sorry I did not write befor now. My computer was having issues. We are going to put the toys and trailer up for the winter. We will start going out in march. Hope to meet you guy next year. Hope all is well with all of you. Dad is doing much better now. He came home Sat night. Will write later.
Tiger (Beth)

[Itrike]

Very sorry to hear. We all wish him well. I hope we can hook up in the spring!!!