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[Tom Myers]

Hello, Just finished, ride report webpage for our recent ride on the Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route (Tom Myers, XR400, and Zander Nosler, KTM 640 Adventure). See our OBDR ride on http://www.cycoactive.com/obdr (Photos, maps, day by day description) It was mostly gravel, some dirt, little pavement. The OOHVA website lists the ride as 700 miles. We found it to be 956 miles from CA to WA across eastern Oregon. We camped five nights. It was fantastic. We will re-live it all winter.... The OBDR was christened one year ago. It was created by the OOHVA (Oregon Off-Highway Vehicle Association, http://www.oohva.org). I said it many times over the last two weeks and I have to say it again, BRAVO OOHVA!!!! The OBDR uses mostly gravel roads, usually OK for a jeep but sometimes "adventurous". It's not challenging, terrainwise, by dirtbike standards, but load your dirtbike with 40 lbs of camping gear and it gets a little harder. After 956 miles............??? You just have to try it. The OBDR goes from desert to high mountain forests. It's a perfect example of the thousands of miles of backcountry roads the public may lose access to if the "Roadless Area" threats are not monitored closely by the real forest users. Ride it while you can, and in the meantime, contribute something to protect our rights to recreate responsibly on OUR public land. If nothing else you'll see just a glimpse of the vastness of our country, and you'll KNOW land that many others (who want to close the land) will NEVER see (and probably don't care either). It's been a lot of work getting the webpage together (I hope it's finished) and that you enjoy it! Tom -- +---------------------------------------------+ | CycoActive Products | 701 34th Ave | Seattle, WA 98122 USA | | Design/Manufacture of Motorcycling Accessories | Products website: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc | e-mail: moto@... | tel (206) 323-2349 fax (206) 325-6016 | trail tips website: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc/trail_tips +---------------------------------------------+

[Backroad Bill]

> Just finished, ride report webpage for our recent ride on the

Oregon

> Backcountry Discovery Route (Tom Myers, XR400, and Zander Nosler,

KTM

> 640 Adventure). > > See our OBDR ride on http://www.cycoactive.com/obdr (Photos, maps, > day by day description)

Tom, Great trip, great job on the report....it sure beats reading the local paper in the morning. And it makes me wonder how (poorly) a KLR would do in the sand tracks northwest of Wagontire.

[Darrel & Deanna]

It' my inkling that the larger front wheel rolls through irregular terrain much better than smaller wheels. Result being better off-road handling. It's true that the Muz Baghira, KTM duke and the like, have the same size wheel on both ends, but they're street machines. Darrel A12 *********************************************************************** Why do all/most dirt/dp bikes have larger OD front wheels than the rear. I know there has to be a good reason, but it escapes me. JD (I'm not an engineer, I just portray one at work)