Whats up.
I know most of you love your dunes. But who love those trails, Lets get some some good trail riders together for some future rides this season. If your in SoCal, post your up coming rides here and lets go riding.

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'07 Polaris 500x2-Mine<BR>'03 Kawasaki Mean Streak-Mine <BR>'06 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 - Wife<BR>'06/07 Kazuma Meerkat 90 - Son

Any weekend I am not riding somewhere else, I ride the trails behind Lake Arrowhead. Love the challenge of that narrow woods trail stuff......which we have precious little of it here in the southland! I ride the Rancher 4X4 in winter when there is snow (great snow riding up there sometimes!), and the 400EX when the trails are clear. We stage from Miller Canyon near Silverwood Lake, and ride up the fire roads to Pinnacles staging area and pick up the trails there.

If there are some of you who have never been, I would be glad to be a guide for your first ride.

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Southern California Deserts and Mountains....

Desert: 450R, 400EX
Technical Trail: Rancher 420 and 350 4X4's
Kids: Two 250EX's and TRX90
Dual-Sport Bikes: KLX250S and XT225

Past rides: 300EX, 2wd Rancher 350, Recon, TRX90, Z400, LT160, LT80, Warrior, Blaster, CRF230F

Reconranger,
I took your advise from your posts here and thumpertalk. Im new to the quads but not to 4-wheeling. Millers canyon was great, I was only there for about 3 hours but had a great time starting to explore the trails.
********By the way were you guys up there this past Saturday around 10am...I past 2 guys one on a Honda the other I didnt see, around the Sewage plant near the top. I was rinding my Polaris 500x2 red.


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'07 Polaris 500x2-Mine<BR>'03 Kawasaki Mean Streak-Mine <BR>'06 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 - Wife<BR>'06/07 Kazuma Meerkat 90 - Son

We went to Spangler Hills/Trona Pinnacles on Saturday. http://forums.atvconnection.com/messageview.cfm/catid/27/threadid/513663.cfm

Sunday, did oil changes and maintenance all day!

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Southern California Deserts and Mountains....

Desert: 450R, 400EX
Technical Trail: Rancher 420 and 350 4X4's
Kids: Two 250EX's and TRX90
Dual-Sport Bikes: KLX250S and XT225

Past rides: 300EX, 2wd Rancher 350, Recon, TRX90, Z400, LT160, LT80, Warrior, Blaster, CRF230F

Reconranger, all riders,

I was planning on going riding in Millers Caynon the weekend of the 17th or 24th wanted to see if there would be any takers to join or ride with???


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'07 Polaris 500x2-Mine<BR>'03 Kawasaki Mean Streak-Mine <BR>'06 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 - Wife<BR>'06/07 Kazuma Meerkat 90 - Son

We are doing Ocotillo the weekend of the 24th. Might do a quick Miller Canyon ride this weekend or maybe the 17th.

Looks like the weather is going to be to hot this weekend for anywhere in the desert!

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Southern California Deserts and Mountains....

Desert: 450R, 400EX
Technical Trail: Rancher 420 and 350 4X4's
Kids: Two 250EX's and TRX90
Dual-Sport Bikes: KLX250S and XT225

Past rides: 300EX, 2wd Rancher 350, Recon, TRX90, Z400, LT160, LT80, Warrior, Blaster, CRF230F

hey recon, if you go up to lake arrowhead this weekend or on the 17th i'd love to go meet you up there early on a sunday morning for you can show me the way. them san bernardino mountains have some great trails in there but have not been on one. love to take a day trip and ride with you, get familar with the area.

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2006 Polaris Scrambler 500 A.W.D. 2008 POLARIS SPORTSMAN 400 4X4 2006 Polaris TrailBoss 2004 CRF150F 1986 XR100R 1995 Polaris SLT 750 1996 Polaris SLT 780

i'll be going to hungry valley tomorrow. never got a reply for that miller canyon ride. if anyone want to meet up there at hungry valley well lets do it. 310-916-1654. see ya all there ya hear.............!!!!

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2006 Polaris Scrambler 500 A.W.D. 2008 POLARIS SPORTSMAN 400 4X4 2006 Polaris TrailBoss 2004 CRF150F 1986 XR100R 1995 Polaris SLT 750 1996 Polaris SLT 780

We decided to do Ocotillo last minute. Actually wasn't to bad if you were in the shade or moving on the quad.

Will probably do a quick Miller Canyon this weekend if anyone is interested in that........

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Southern California Deserts and Mountains....

Desert: 450R, 400EX
Technical Trail: Rancher 420 and 350 4X4's
Kids: Two 250EX's and TRX90
Dual-Sport Bikes: KLX250S and XT225

Past rides: 300EX, 2wd Rancher 350, Recon, TRX90, Z400, LT160, LT80, Warrior, Blaster, CRF230F

MILLER CANYON is near lake arrowhead correct? im in for the ride on 17 or 24

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2006 Polaris Scrambler 500 A.W.D. 2008 POLARIS SPORTSMAN 400 4X4 2006 Polaris TrailBoss 2004 CRF150F 1986 XR100R 1995 Polaris SLT 750 1996 Polaris SLT 780

Sat or Sun would be great ....Open all day.
What time at the trailhead?

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'07 Polaris 500x2-Mine<BR>'03 Kawasaki Mean Streak-Mine <BR>'06 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 - Wife<BR>'06/07 Kazuma Meerkat 90 - Son

Sorry guys Sat 17th or 18th...

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'07 Polaris 500x2-Mine<BR>'03 Kawasaki Mean Streak-Mine <BR>'06 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 - Wife<BR>'06/07 Kazuma Meerkat 90 - Son

Saturday later morning or very early afternoon looks good for me. Should be cooler this weekend! You take hwy 138 east past Silverwood Lake, then turn left at the sign that says "Miller Canyon Unit". Then immediately turn right onto a dirt road (2N37), and there are two staging areas up a couple hundred yards. I like the second one, because it has more room for trailers. You will need an Adventure Pass for parking, or risk a ticket.

The lower portion of the ride is semi-rough faster fire roads, then up on top (behind Lake Arrowhead) it turns into fun but challenging 50" wide woods "quad single track". Mostly semi-technical, but full-on technical in a couple of spots. Definitely not suitable for beginners. It's about a 2+ hour ride if you go all the way to the Deep Creek bridge.

E-mail me at reconranger@adelphia.net anyone who is interested.





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Southern California Deserts and Mountains....

Desert: 450R, 400EX
Technical Trail: Rancher 420 and 350 4X4's
Kids: Two 250EX's and TRX90
Dual-Sport Bikes: KLX250S and XT225

Past rides: 300EX, 2wd Rancher 350, Recon, TRX90, Z400, LT160, LT80, Warrior, Blaster, CRF230F

I'm game for Sat. morning or early afternoon
LA90043 are you going to join in the morning or afternoon??
Reconranger...what time in the AM. I am only 15 min away so anytime for me is good.
For future ref I'll be in a Silver F150 Ext cab / red Polaris 500x2

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'07 Polaris 500x2-Mine<BR>'03 Kawasaki Mean Streak-Mine <BR>'06 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 - Wife<BR>'06/07 Kazuma Meerkat 90 - Son

im gonna join saturday morning early afternoon. but then of course it can also be at sunrise sunday morning. the ride is on though for me. nor rain nor snow is gonna keep me from riding this weekend at millers canyon and join up with you guys there. the adventure pass can be bought where huh? silverwood lake huh? yes?

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2006 Polaris Scrambler 500 A.W.D. 2008 POLARIS SPORTSMAN 400 4X4 2006 Polaris TrailBoss 2004 CRF150F 1986 XR100R 1995 Polaris SLT 750 1996 Polaris SLT 780

How about 10:00 Saturday morning?????

I have the choice of taking the Rancher and going looking for some the more technical trails, or the 400EX and avoiding the more nasty stuff. It can all be done with 2wd, but in the more technical stuff it is "nice" to have 4wd here and there. What do you all think??? What are you up for???

Anybody else???? All are welcome!

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Southern California Deserts and Mountains....

Desert: 450R, 400EX
Technical Trail: Rancher 420 and 350 4X4's
Kids: Two 250EX's and TRX90
Dual-Sport Bikes: KLX250S and XT225

Past rides: 300EX, 2wd Rancher 350, Recon, TRX90, Z400, LT160, LT80, Warrior, Blaster, CRF230F

Reconranger, LA90043,

10:00am sounds great. I got a 4x4 and would love to push to see what it could do, so I'm game for the technical stuff. Dont mind a couple of war wounds on the plastic or belly.

LA90043,
The Adventure Pass you can get on the way up, at Sports Chalet in Rancho Cucamonga just off the 15 freeway. The address is 12449 Foothill Blvd, Rancho Cuc. 909-987-4321. They open on Sat at 9:00am so you could be in Silverwood by 10-10:15am easy.
The Adventure Pass is $5/day or the better bet is $30/year. Sports Chalet is in the corner next to the 15 Freeway in the same Shopping Center as Living Spaces....
Is your quad 4x4????



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'07 Polaris 500x2-Mine<BR>'03 Kawasaki Mean Streak-Mine <BR>'06 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 - Wife<BR>'06/07 Kazuma Meerkat 90 - Son

So, then we can make it a technical trail adventure! In that case, if we have time we can try the section of 3N34 between Deep Creek and Crab Flats.....lots of big rocks!

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Southern California Deserts and Mountains....

Desert: 450R, 400EX
Technical Trail: Rancher 420 and 350 4X4's
Kids: Two 250EX's and TRX90
Dual-Sport Bikes: KLX250S and XT225

Past rides: 300EX, 2wd Rancher 350, Recon, TRX90, Z400, LT160, LT80, Warrior, Blaster, CRF230F

YES, THE QUAD I RIDE IS 4X4................HEY CAN I GET AN ADVENTURE PASS AT ANY SPORT CHALET HUH? I HAVE 2 NEAR MY HOME............

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2006 Polaris Scrambler 500 A.W.D. 2008 POLARIS SPORTSMAN 400 4X4 2006 Polaris TrailBoss 2004 CRF150F 1986 XR100R 1995 Polaris SLT 750 1996 Polaris SLT 780

just found out that any/all sport chalet have the adventure pass for sale. how convenient huh?

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2006 Polaris Scrambler 500 A.W.D. 2008 POLARIS SPORTSMAN 400 4X4 2006 Polaris TrailBoss 2004 CRF150F 1986 XR100R 1995 Polaris SLT 750 1996 Polaris SLT 780

Recon & LA,

First off.....Sorry I bailed so fast without saying Thanks and Goodbye. I was later then I thought and had to jet.....

Next. Recon Thanks for guiding the way, it was a blast...I got to see a lot of the Mountains and had some great people to ride with. Hope to ride with you guys again .
By the way, the way out the ride was 23.5 miles to the trail head @ Millers Canyon...all in all I would say about 50-60 miles max.

Lastly. I think I did some damage to my thumb helping that guy on the dirt bike...It is almost the size of a golf ball and I can barely move it. War Wound to remember the ride.

Till next time,
Attila

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'07 Polaris 500x2-Mine<BR>'03 Kawasaki Mean Streak-Mine <BR>'06 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 - Wife<BR>'06/07 Kazuma Meerkat 90 - Son