Snow WABDR

TDC made a mid-October partial Washington Backcountry Discovery Route (WABDR) run, just for fun. With snow at higher elevations, this trek was one to remember for a lifetime! As always, more fun was had camping once the beers and tequilas started flowing freely.

The #sunlight ran out before we found a #campsite on the first night of our #wabdr run. The ridge north of #ellensburg offers a #greatview . The #battery ran out on the #yamaha #ttr125l front light, so finding a site in the dark was #extrafun . Good thing @rsctakeover @rmooreid and @motobum101 had #workingheadlights .

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MotoBum Camps

Last Minute Ryan Smiles

Swamp Monster TT-R125s

Righteous1 Packs

Section 3 of the #wabdr was a little #snowy and #icey . The #yamaha #ttr125l did a great job #keepingtherubbersidedown when others #werentsolucky . #tinytires and a #125cc engine blew away the #bigbikes . I know @motobum101 @rsctakeover and @rmooreid had fun anyway.

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#thedirtycrew doesn’t let a little hurdle stand in our #way. Photo credit: @motobum101

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Celestial light shines upon @rsctakeover while he laughs about the look on people's faces when the see our crew snow riding. With @sdcomins & @rmooreid #snow #wabdr #bdr #pnwdualsport #adv

A post shared by Wilder Molyneux (@motobum101) on Oct 17, 2017 at 10:16am PDT

When touring through the Washington state back country, @motobum101 and I can't help but do most of it on one wheel. 📸: @rmooreid #rsctakeover #wabdr #adv #advrider #pnwdualsport #wr250r #yamaha #wheelie

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Wenatchee Confluence State Park - Day Use Area - TDC Only

Morning View, Wenatchee Confluence State Park

The #Yamaha #trr125l made it to the top of #Chumstick today. All part of the @ridebdr #wabdr fun! @motobum101 @rmooreid @rsctakeover and I are having a blast.

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Overall, it was a good run. This video summarizes and captures a sliver of the fun had.

The Rebel Rides

On a cold winter day, out comes the neighbor's Honda Rebel... to keep the machine alive.

Swamp Monster and MotoBum took these 250s out and wrang them for all they were worth... which is a lot... considering they're 250s and all.

Winter with MotoBum & Swamp Monster

Winter Rebel and The Olympics

Honda Rebel Badness

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from a mad man on a motorcycle.

MotoBum rides on Thanksgiving Day 2015

TDC ADV 2015

A subset of The Dirty Crew take a northern central Washington state long weekend 527-mile dual-sport motorcycle adventure tour. This video is a memoir of the trip taken in October 2015.

TDC 2014 WABDR

In a nearly unprecedented move, core members of The Dirty Crew, accompanied by two of the very finest Special Guest Stars, made a fall season run at the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route on their mostly 250cc motorcycles for five days. The following is a brief excerpt of pictures and video captured for posterity during the October 16-20, 2014 seven-person group ride.

Enumclaw Leg Stretch

Mt. Saint Helens

CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO -- MotoBum Gets Beer

CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO -- Josh Corner Wheelie

Rainier

The Larch

Gifford Pinchot National Forest Lava Tube Arch Jump

Ice in the Ice Caves

From left to right: Righteous1, stunt WR250R

Edge of the World

MotoBum on Umtanum Ridge

Shotgun Ruthie's "Lil Trooper"

Oak Creek

The Cascades

Ghostface KLR on his WR250R

Long Shadows

The Vista

The Last Night

End of Ride - Photo by Swamp Monster (not pictured)

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Related historical posts:
TDC 2012 WABDR Run

250 Take Over

This week something unprecedented happened. Half of the crew bought 250cc dual-sport motorcycles.

On Wednesday, Shotgun Ruthie bought a brand-new 2014 Honda CRF250L. Within hours, E-rock had a brand-new 2013 Yamaha XT250 delivered to his door.

Today, Ghostface KLR picked up a low-mile, ever so slightly beat-up, used 2008 Yamaha WR250R.

Unprecedented!

These three machines join the TDC undercurrent of Last Minute Ryan's XT250 and MotoBum's WR250R, terrorizers of the alleys and loading docks of North Seattle.

Now, the minority's knowledge of riding the kind of motorbike that is the most-fun-with-your-pants on is... the majority.

This is the 250 Take Over. 

Shotgun Ruthie's Honda CRF250L

E-rock's Yamaha XT250

Ghostface KLR's Yamaha WR250R