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.

Mount Pilchuck

MotoBum and Last Minute Ryan (LMR) took a dual sport day up to Mt. Pilchuck on Friday, 4/8/16. Mt. Pilhchuck is located up the Mountain Loop Highway, just outside of Granite Falls a bit.

The dirt road up was fun. Half way up, the road was closed to cars. It was only motorbikes and hikers up to the spectacular views.

Higher up the mountain from the views, the snowline was hit. While unphotodocumented, MotoBum rode a section of slushy ice, which ended up in near disaster, but he saved it with outrigger feet, barely.

Later, after much fun was had coming down the mountain , Last Minute Ryans's 701 Enduro ended up with a nail in the rear tire, rendering the bike useless, only to be retrieved near 11pm with his truck near the top of the Mountain Loop Highway.

LMR was able to fix his tire on the weekend... with a large tire iron and shot of tequila.

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

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.

MotoBum WABDR Prep

As MotoBum preps for a WABDR run with The Dirty Crew, he has only one issue -- that old Bridgestone Trail Wing TW302 has to go...

Video shot by Last Minute Ryan with a "phone."

Music by J.S. Bach; Minuet 2.

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

Another 1000 Wheelies - Done

MotoBum's second thousand motorcycle wheelies project is complete. The complete weblog, including the final post containing pictures and video, is located at:

http://another1000wheelies.blogspot.com/

2013 D100 Alternatives

Last Minute Ryan, Ghostface KLR, Shotgun Ruthie, and MotoBum all saddled-up on dual-sports. It wasn't for the annual Stumpjumpers Desert 100 event. It was for fun as everyone had decided not to attend the D100 for 2013.

The planned route looked like this:

But we ended up just here due to snow:

Fun was had. We crossed a couple of locked backcountry gates and had a really great time.

Here's the (unlisted) dual-sport video -- Port Townsend Dual-Sport:

Swamp Monster, and his dad David, had a separate D100 Alternative at Tahuya.

Here's the dirt bike evidence video -- A New Ride:

MotoBum's "Two-Fiddy"

Yesterday I had myself a micro local adventure.

First, I rode the Seattle Metro #358 Express bus.

Then, I took the ferry to Bremerton.

When my Move To Bremerton was done, I took a walk. It was a chilly winter day.

I picked-up a fresh 2012 Yamaha WR250R dual-sport motorcycle. What a dream. The name of the machine is "Two-Fiddy."