2011 US RaptorSource tour

[Peelz]

should go from pismo to sand mountain nv. then to coos bay or. 

I like this...

but, start at glamis before pismo. 

dream trip right there.

[UncleBeaner]

must buy quad to crash into randy with

[Gunz]

HATFEILD McCOY

[exentix]

i only see one that is within driving distance of less than a day or so  thats hatfield mccoy... i say we hit up trevorton PA. look it up on youtube. monster hill climbs, and plenty of trails. only been there once, but its definitly the new riding spot for this summer for us  id love to be able to ride with some of the forum but this seems to be a mostly west coast thing

[Gunz]

i only see one that is within driving distance of less than a day or so  thats hatfield mccoy... i say we hit up trevorton PA. look it up on youtube. monster hill climbs, and plenty of trails. only been there once, but its definitly the new riding spot for this summer for us  id love to be able to ride with some of the forum but this seems to be a mostly west coast thing

West coast thing? Thats MR, we're all midwest and east coast. Colo, Neb, Okla, Ark, Ohio, IL, IN,KS Iowa, Minn,Pa,Va, and so on. We just want to hit the whole country....

[Hefe]

what about MI damn it!

[Peelz]

what about MI damn it!

what about it?

been there already. 

[Hefe]

yea... we RAWK!

[Segkast]

i only see one that is within driving distance of less than a day or so  thats hatfield mccoy... i say we hit up trevorton PA. look it up on youtube. monster hill climbs, and plenty of trails. only been there once, but its definitly the new riding spot for this summer for us  id love to be able to ride with some of the forum but this seems to be a mostly west coast thing

West coast thing? Thats MR, we're all midwest and east coast. Colo, Neb, Okla, Ark, Ohio, IL, IN,KS Iowa, Minn,Pa,Va, and so on. We just want to hit the whole country....

Funny how it breaks up like that kinda huh ? Seems MR has got a hold on most the West coast, and PA area for some reason ? You guys have got everyone else pretty much on lock. Honestly, I spend more time there due to the fact that I ride the same type of riding as those guys, and meet up with them to ride -but I like to come over here 'cause I got love for most the people here.

So this thread hsa got me stoked, this would be a killer opportunity. I'll be marinating on how to pull this off for a while now, thanks guys

So I personally really (outside of sand) have always really wanted to ride in coal country (Treverton, PA) like someone else mentioned...the hillclimbs look dangerous...So I wanna see if I can crash on them bitches. ( I'm sure Jamie from MR would be willing to 'tour guide' us through this area) It is on private property, but they allow riding...LMK, I can get more specifics ?

Hatfield McCoy just looks undeniably kickass (so does Colorado !!!).

I know most people think sand when out west, but a little hard-pack desert riding baja style might be worth a day as well, especially if you're already in the Glamis area - very easy to get to.

As far as sand goes out west here, the places you HAVE to hit are St. A's, Glamis (obviously) and the Oregon coast. As far as the OR coast goes... Your real options as far as what'd be worth it are basically Florence, Winchester Bay, and Coos Bay.

If I had to choose one it would be Winchester Bay hands down. I don't really ride anywhere but the OR coast, and Windy bay is THE BEST. PERIOD. Florence you can ride the beach, and I'm sure that'd be cool for a little bit if you never get the chance, but gets boring real fast (the beach, not Flo). Florence/Winchester are about 15-20 min apart from eachother by the way - two days ? No?

Now the OR coast dunes aren't like anywhere else's dunes, the treeshots and hillclimbs, trails and beach, lakes... and just everything is pretty unique as far as sand goes, so y'all better not pass that shit up !!! Even if I can't make the tour, I WILL make this leg. FYI, depending on the timing- it might be cool to meet up with our HUGE NW Rally? The turnout was rediculous this year, we owned the dunes

I dunno about the other places, but again for the coast here: Glamis is pretty much out of the question as far as any later than May other than night rides. Even late may is pretty hot I guess ? April-may starts getting nicer up north here, April-Sept. is all pretty rideable as far as OR, but gets kinda sketchy sometimes toward either ends of the season. You're always gonna be rolling the dice in the NW in Spring or Fall as far as getting rain, kinda tough...

So I'ma see what I might be able to swing, cause this sounds like a fuckin killer time !!! If nothing else, Maybe I can swing something where I meet you guys over in that neck of the woods, and ride with you until you hit the left coast here (as good as that pizza sounds) ?

[Livingmylife93]

Only read the first post, but i would love to do a day or two at the Hatfield Mccoy trails!

2011 is also my graduation year, and it'll be my second year driving so ill have everything set up and ready to go for this trip! This will be my first raptorsource trip and probably the biggest and the best one. 

[Segkast]

If you hit Glamis, and plan on doing the OR coast... it might be worth skipping Pismo ? I've never been, but it deosn't sound like the biggest area for actual riding... anyone who's been there know if it's WORTH it if you have other options ? Seems kinda like it just gets crackin there once G gets too hot to ride...

[Peelz]

If you hit Glamis, and plan on doing the OR coast... it might be worth skipping Pismo ? I've never been, but it deosn't sound like the biggest area for actual riding... anyone who's been there know if it's WORTH it if you have other options ? Seems kinda like it just gets crackin there once G gets too hot to ride...

Never rode there, but scenery is beautiful. I would visit that place all the time, I have family I would stay with that can see the dunes from the end of their street.

Ask Socal. He used to ride there I believe.

I will be there in the late summer/fall of 2011 anyways on a family trip. With, or without quad. Costs $250+ to ship it

[exentix]

yea trevorton is private property, there was about 2-300 people there when we went. the hills do look huge, but they are all fairly smooth and pretty straight, not too many obsticles or anything. we went one time, but people online say you have to pay to go there but nobody said anything to us about it. theres a whole bunch of trails too, we got lost and took about half an hour to get back. we ended up riding on the main road into town and right through city streets and nobody said a word to us. its like thats all they do in that town is ride. its pretty freakin sweet 

[robkd]

I call a spot next to seg in the hauler!  Sounds like a blast to me to hit some riding areas.

[Alkire193]

Afghanistan has some nice riding. I can show you some videos. Does this tour cover international war torn destinations?