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Sponsors => Rocky Mountain ATV & MC => Topic started by: Rocky Mountain ATV/MC on January 18, 2011, 12:23:50 PM
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I know it's all ATV's here, but here's our first video showing some of our guys getting ready for their 2,000 mile round trip ride to LA Supercross and back. It will definitely be a tough, but fun ride. If it goes well hopefully we'll keep making these videos for people to check out riding areas, and trails. It will be cool to test out some products and give reviews from the trail too!
Check it out and let me know what you guys think,
Far from L.A. Rocky Mountain ATV/MC Ride (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTvGpr97n6Q)
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The ride started out a little rough, one of our bikes batteries died about an hour after leaving. We got it taken care of and we're back on our way though. We'll be putting our video and pic updates on here but if you want to see more updates you can check out our
twitter - Rocky Mountain ATVMC (RMatvmc) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/RMatvmc)
or our
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rocky-Mountain-ATVMC/59836933273?v=app_4949752878#!/pages/Rocky-Mountain-ATVMC/59836933273?v=wall (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rocky-Mountain-ATVMC/59836933273?v=app_4949752878#!/pages/Rocky-Mountain-ATVMC/59836933273?v=wall)
Feel free to ask any questions too.
Thanks guys!
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Very sweet!
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**It's been a pretty eventful journey so far! Use this link to see how our Bike Ride from Utah to L.A. is going!!**
Far From L.A. Ride (http://on.fb.me/rmriderlatrip)
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Wow. That takes some serious balls to go on a trip like that this time of year. Good luck and have fun. :thumbs:
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New updates guys, there was a lot exciting moments yesterday that's for sure!
(http://platform.ak.fbcdn.net/www/app_full_proxy.php?app=10442206389&v=1&size=o&cksum=8cbf7f67822c9b03c5163f76a1d84445&src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockymountainatvmc.com%2Fimages%2Frmsite%2FSocialnetwork%2FRMRiders%2FIMG_3573)
Day two dawned and we were ready to take off to find another battery issue. One of the KLR's was having fits. We attemped a bump start, but in 40 degree weather, it wasn't happening. After a couple other short cuts, we gave in and tore it apart. I guess the heated gear took more of a toll than we thought.
We were able to get on dirt outside of town. This combined with warmer temps had us in a much better mood. Most of us on this ride cut our teeth on dirt bikes and migrated to dual sport/adventure riding. Adam, on the other hand, came from the other side of the tracks. Needless to say, he is increasing his skill set!
Our prototype panniers are holding up, but our mount system needed some work. A very rough pole line trail wreaked havoc. I finally reached the limits of my patience and tossed the quick release stuff and had them bolted on permanent. It is nice having our engineer on the ride. He makes me feel like I'm a factory rider!
We made our way through Goldfield, NV. Outside of town is a junk collectors mecca. Someone has modge-podged several cars with stuff I can't even describe; poker chips, shells, sand, Santa Claus statues, etc. They have even woven a giraff out of shredded pop cans. Good stuff.
Get more updates, just click here - Rocky Mountain ATVMC | Facebook (http://on.fb.me/rmriderlatrip)
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Wow, this is interesting. I look forward to hearing hopw it goes!
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Sunday 1/23/10 – Today we decided to head south to see the Salton sea. The morning started out with no problems and we expected (hoped for) a smooth sailing day. We made it to the Salton sea. It is huge! It was pretty windy and stinky!! We looked around the visitor center. I guess it was quite popular back in the 50’s and 60’s. They are working to clean it up and revive it now. The beach is loaded with dead fish (which explains the smell). Infact, the sand looks like it is made from fish bones and scales.
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There's a lot more updates on our fb page, here's a link for everyone - http://on.fb.me/rmriderlatrip (http://on.fb.me/rmriderlatrip)
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You kidding me ? This is awesome !!! :cheers:
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Here's some more pics make sure, to check out the rest of updates on our Facebook on.fb.me/rmatvmc (http://on.fb.me/rmatvmc)
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Here's one of our videos too - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg36sKDH_6Y&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg36sKDH_6Y&feature=player_embedded)
Hopefully we'll be able to "work" on an ATV trip when we get back!
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So, which one's you in the pics ???
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I'm the one in all black... I'm a lot better at taking pics and videos then being in them!
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Here's a quick video of day 1 of our trip. It was so cold, without heated gear I don't think we would have made it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0fYCq8Ngek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0fYCq8Ngek)
I'm almost finished with our day 2 video. I'll hopefully be able to add it later today!
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Nice vid....the roads looked really hairy this time :help: do you guys change tire types as you go?
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dang, this is awesome!!!!!
how long of a trip is it? how many hours a day you riding?
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dang, this is awesome!!!!!
how long of a trip is it? how many hours a day you riding?
It was a six day trip, we were going anywhere from 300 to 400 miles a day. Most days it was mostly dirt. It was an awesome ride, good memories and definitely earned my man card, this trip was a challenge that's for sure. We were going anywhere from 6-8 hours a day of riding back to back for six days.
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Here is Day 2 video. We leave Tonopah and head into Death Valley.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_QTr-ldPt4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_QTr-ldPt4)
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dang, major props to you guys. And you got paid to do it I'm assuming! :D :clap:
freaking sweet, I'll check the vid out @ lunch :)
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In case we didn't mention earlier the NoToil Guy came along with us on our trip. Here's a video they put together to document our ride:
YouTube - Rocky Mountain ATVMC and The NoToil Guy Ride to Supercross (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZVh3Xhc-gE)
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Here is Day 3. I was having a ton of fun that day. Running NW out of Barstow on dirt was a hoot. The biggest disappointment was the Old Ridge Road being closed. We were so scared of I-5, we forgot to push record on the GoPro...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxv2iygvdio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxv2iygvdio)
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excellent vid!!! Love the guy falling over :lol:
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Here's our day 4 video. Supercross!! It was an awesome race, and gave us a break to get ready for the ride all the way back home!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-axHAkGH2DA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-axHAkGH2DA)
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Hey guys, here's our day 5 video. It shows some of our ride from Pasadena to Lake Havasu. It was pretty eventful we broke another case off, and snapped a sub-frame!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39c62v5KW8U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39c62v5KW8U)
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Here's our video for the last day of our ride. We traveled from Lake Havasu all the way back home to Payson, UT. It was only a difference of about 40-50 degrees in one day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoT1na4KQlA&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoT1na4KQlA&feature=player_embedded)
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that's like Minnesota... Daily :lol: