by Wayne Smith Originally Published in the IAMC Newsletter, May 2014 2013 was a great year to have ridden the IAMC Challenge. The sites selected for the Challenge varied in difficulty from very easy to challenging, but all of them were… Read More »IAMC 2013 Challenge: IN THE MIRROR
Twenty-two of our club members participated in visiting one or more of the 2013 Challenge sites. The four club members who made the bronze tire level (10-19 sites visited) are Gordon White, Ronald Schinnerer, Eric Exline and James Wilson. Another four reached the silver tire level (20-29 sites visited) and include Michael Hardy, Kevin Peter, Don Nesbitt and Ron Hoppins.
My preference for maps include the Benchmark Road and Recreation Atlases specific to each state. These are excellent detailed sources for both paved and unpaved roads. Also the AAA state and regional maps are good for overviews on highways less traveled.
Rigging and loading my custom-built Happy Trails Products Kawasaki KLR 650 for the first multi-day ride of the year brought a Cheshire grin to my mug. I hadn’t been out for a proper ride since the previous September, meaning a winter’s worth of pent-up throttle lust had go9en the be9er of me.
The most reliable means of resolving the paradox is with the experience of fellow riders. Reports and plans at motoidaho.com, advrider.com and other sites provide routes and trail conditions in words and pictures. If you’re looking for adventure, it’s a great place to start.
I do a lot of my ride navigation by GPS, so when I start planning, I use a mapping program that is compatible with my GPS. I start by placing the major locations that I want to visit as waypoints on the map. This will give me a basic idea of where my route is going to need to go. With the major points of interest on my map, I’ll usually let the program generate an “Auto- route” of the trip.
The Wallowa Valley Jamboree is an annual event that is held in Enterprise Oregon. It is coordinated through a thread in the Pacific North Wet forum on Adventure Rider. Our own IdahoSam is one of the original founders of this event. In recent years, Sam has led a group on a two day over to Enterprise. It is the route that Sam created, that formed the basis for our ride this year.
posted the ride late in January, and by early March I already had a full 8 man roster. I was pleasantly surprised at the quick response, but then had requests from other individuals asking if I was really going to limit the ride to 8 riders only. My next thought was, “Now what am I going to do?” I know the saying that you can’t make all the people happy all the 2me, but I really wanted everyone to be able to go.
Helmet Testing has come a long ways since this 1912 football helmet test. The death in 1956 of William “Pete” Snell, a popular amateur auto racer, from head injuries during a race that his helmet failed to prevent led to the formaTon of the Snell Memorial Foundation the following year.
Dear Idaho Adventure Motorcycle Club Members, I hope this message finds you all in high spirits and ready for the adventures that lie ahead. My name is Alex Crane, and I am excited to introduce myself as the newly elected… Read More »A message from our new President, Alex Crane