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[Kuro Neko]

Then it was out to some unexplored logging roads along the Elochoman river.
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Wow!
The number of rindo you've got to explore around the Elochoman River look just amazing.
Not only the terrain, but so many trails, and little bridges.

Jealous!
It looks like you've got some decent navi capabilities on board, as you would need it to get home safely...

 

[DeadguyAle]

Wow!
The number of rindo you've got to explore around the Elochoman River look just amazing.
Not only the terrain, but so many trails, and little bridges.

Jealous!
It looks like you've got some decent navi capabilities on board, as you would need it to get home safely...
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@Kuro Neko The Elochoman valley is just one of the areas available within a few miles of my house in Clathlamet Washington. There is a large state forest area available in Oregon across the Columbia river which only takes twenty minutes to access also.
I moved into this area a couple years ago, have explored about a thousand miles of logging roads all within the range of a tank of gas. Have many miles of unexplored roads remaining but need to carry extra gas to extend my reach.
Navi capabilities are a must as it's very easy to get disoriented and very few of the roads are marked with any type of road indicator. I always pick a destination then map out multiple tracks using USGS forestry topo maps in Garmin basecamp. Tracks are loaded to a garmin Montana as my primary navigation tool. I also use a garmin InReach to lay down a bread crumb trail and OnX offroad to track the route. When it's time to head back home I have multiple options to backtrack my path. Just way too easy to get turned around disoriented and there no towns or people around for miles.
Always enjoy reading about your travels and seeing a different part of the world through your eyes!

 

[DeadguyAle]

How do you find the street tires on similar, as I am chewing through block tires with my transport stages on bitumen to get to my trails?

I really don't have much to compare the stock tires with. They perform much better after I upgraded the shocks and swing arm bushings.
Most of the logging roads have a base of fist size and larger rocks that get compacted by 40,000 pound logging trucks running over them for a couple months. Once the area is logged the roads only get used by an occasional pickup truck or motorcycle. For these the stock tires are okay even when wet.
On Finer gravel surfaced roads using 3/4 minus rock (17mm and smaller) they tend to get squirrelly but are not terrible.
I stay away from muddy roads or roads covered in wet leaves because they are scary on those.
Have a pair on Shinko 241's sitting in the garage to be mounted once I get a few more miles out of the existing tires. No doubt they will be somewhat better but the stock tires have worked reasonably well.

 

[Kuro Neko]

@Kuro Neko The Elochoman valley is just one of the areas available within a few miles of my house in Clathlamet Washington. There is a large state forest area available in Oregon across the Columbia river which only takes twenty minutes to access also.
I moved into this area a couple years ago, have explored about a thousand miles of logging roads all within the range of a tank of gas. Have many miles of unexplored roads remaining but need to carry extra gas to extend my reach.
Navi capabilities are a must as it's very easy to get disoriented and very few of the roads are marked with any type of road indicator. I always pick a destination then map out multiple tracks using USGS forestry topo maps in Garmin basecamp. Tracks are loaded to a garmin Montana as my primary navigation tool. I also use a garmin InReach to lay down a bread crumb trail and OnX offroad to track the route. When it's time to head back home I have multiple options to backtrack my path. Just way too easy to get turned around disoriented and there no towns or people around for miles.
Always enjoy reading about your travels and seeing a different part of the world through your eyes!

That sounds just great! Thousands of miles of logging roads to explore... great stuff!
I can imagine getting lost would be a nightmare, and your navi solution sounds comprehensive.

Yeah, I love seeing all the pics too.

I really don't have much to compare the stock tires with. They perform much better after I upgraded the shocks and swing arm bushings.
Most of the logging roads have a base of fist size and larger rocks that get compacted by 40,000 pound logging trucks running over them for a couple months. Once the area is logged the roads only get used by an occasional pickup truck or motorcycle. For these the stock tires are okay even when wet.
On Finer gravel surfaced roads using 3/4 minus rock (17mm and smaller) they tend to get squirrelly but are not terrible.
I stay away from muddy roads or roads covered in wet leaves because they are scary on those.
Have a pair on Shinko 241's sitting in the garage to be mounted once I get a few more miles out of the existing tires. No doubt they will be somewhat better but the stock tires have worked reasonably well.

Interesting, as I was thinking of the Pirelli City Cross similarly; street, with moderate trail capability (as opposed to my mostly trail oriented tires now):

 

[Kuro Neko]

Up one mountain trail, a great swimming hole!



A swimming hole, with catered lunches and ice coffee.



Fellow riders.



Mountain house opposite swimming hole...

 

[Kuro Neko]

Random ride pics from the last few excursions...

 

[Solrac77]

Beautiful day for a ride ...

 

[tumblingdice54]

Over 10 km of mixed trails near Napanee, Ontario

 

[Kuro Neko]

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Looks glorious!

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Over 10 km of mixed trails near Napanee, Ontario

Just the stuff the CT was engineered for... nice.
I spent a summer up on Kashagawigamog, and we had a small outboard, but a Hunter Cub would have made a great companion to explore...

 

[Kuro Neko]

Business trips, guests, typhoons, have all kept Hunter Cub mostly garaged... but, one or two quick runs still made...



Up one rindo, the overgrown wet grass signaled it was a winter ride to come back to - with no leaches.



Mountain shrine in same area.

 

[DeadguyAle]

Last couple rides have been on the KTM so it was time to bust the trail out for a 4th of July excursion.
Pleasant 10 mile ride along the Elochoman river brings me to the end of the pavement and onto the gravel heading up into the mountains.

Start gaining elevation within short distance, hillside covered in Birds-foot-trefoil.


Gaining altitude the views start to show the topography of the coast range, fox glove is in full bloom.
Just up the road had a fox make a brief appearance before heading back into the woods.


Made a brief stop to stretch the legs and caught this Lorquin's Admiral butterfly sunning itself on some hogsweed.
As I continued on the road was showing signs of a long wet winter. slips where part of the road is starting to slide down the mountain.

And a small landslide. The dirt was still pretty soft and wet so had to dismount and figure out a path around. You can see my track on the left side. Was not the best choice so took a different path on the way out.
Soft ground was covered with elk tracks, I had one cross the road in front of me a couple miles prior to the slide.

Soon after the road split into a three way intersection, went to the left and ran out of road after a couple miles.

Time to head back towards home anyway, will leave the center and right road options for another day.
I did catch this Barred Owl on the return trip.

67.8 miles on a .5 gallons of gas! Average speed was around 20 mph so not setting any land speed records but the roads are pretty primitive and you never know what's around the next bend.