TOAK, The Thread of All Knowledge Part X
10-21-2017, 10:32 AM
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10-21-2017, 10:53 AM
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I have. Not anymore. Too slow and too many sharks.
10-21-2017, 11:05 AM
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Lou......turn......the........gas........valve.... ...on!
10-21-2017, 11:14 AM
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Where do you go to do off roading? In spite of all those Ural videos, I wouldn't try anything rough with it (suspension is harder than a sportster, if that's possible), but I have a Yamaha enduro that's hardly gotten the tires dirty. Be nice to find a place my daughter could take it off road while I tag along on one of the sportsters. They do pretty good in the dirt, for a road bike. That's one of the few things I miss about Arizona, all that wide open ride me land.
10-21-2017, 12:41 PM
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When I was in my 20's, I surfed every spot on the Texas coast, surfed in Mexico, California, and Hawaii, and all over Florida's East Coast. Dawn and dusk was when I saw most ocean predators. No interest in surfing at night, as Lou said. Sharks come in the shallow waters hoping to trap mullet and other food they like.
I was teaching my BIL to surf in Ft Pierce Fla back in the 90's on the East Coast. Saw a huge bunch of mullet running for their life headed right toward us. Told BIL don't move your legs, be still, as we were sitting on our boards. Knew something big was after em, cuz these mullet were 18"-2' long
A 7' Bull shark split us at an amazing speed chasing the mullet. Never gave us a glance.
BIL paddled in and never went back out...
I was teaching my BIL to surf in Ft Pierce Fla back in the 90's on the East Coast. Saw a huge bunch of mullet running for their life headed right toward us. Told BIL don't move your legs, be still, as we were sitting on our boards. Knew something big was after em, cuz these mullet were 18"-2' long
A 7' Bull shark split us at an amazing speed chasing the mullet. Never gave us a glance.
BIL paddled in and never went back out...
10-21-2017, 12:45 PM
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10-21-2017, 01:12 PM
10-21-2017, 01:23 PM
Lou, how do you like the Camp Chef?
I have their smoker and it works pretty well, thinking that stove might be nice on fishing trips and such where we stay over night.
If she does, I'll volunteer to kiss them and make them better...
Where do you go to do off roading? In spite of all those Ural videos, I wouldn't try anything rough with it (suspension is harder than a sportster, if that's possible), but I have a Yamaha enduro that's hardly gotten the tires dirty. Be nice to find a place my daughter could take it off road while I tag along on one of the sportsters. They do pretty good in the dirt, for a road bike. That's one of the few things I miss about Arizona, all that wide open ride me land.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ohv/index.html
We hit the Soo line the last couple times, went out of McGrath and ran the Red Top and Solana trails.
Go here and download the trail map.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ohv/trail_detail.html?id=43
We were using a Polaris 570 and 850 Sportsman ATV, but we did see some bikes, have to watch out for water holes, most are ok, a few are more than that though.
The Soo line is wide enough you could drive your car down it, but is restricted to just ATV's.
Alw