mattawa anyone????? 20th

reid wrote:

Arive at 9:00 or ready to ride at 9:00 ?

Still have a mile or two until staging area after that. So I would say ready to leave there at 0900

*bigjer and flying W will be late so it's ok if you are too. lol

Inspector wrote:

*bigjer and flying W will be late so it's ok if you are too. lol

Just because we did last time, jeez. LOL

I may be up for this... cuppala questions: Is this Shell station right in Mattawa or out by the highway? Will I need to be street legal? I ask because I've always ridden the trail bike at Mattawa and it isn't very legal. It is, however, the correct weapon for that terrain!

dhally wrote:

.... Is this Shell station right in Mattawa or out by the highway? Will I need to be street legal?.....

Shell station is on the other side of Mattawa (last building in town on the left?)...It takes about 10sec to drive through lol.

I'm 90% sure you only need tags.

Inspector is right, should be the last place on the left in 'downtown' Mattawa. Address is 723 Government Rd. From I-90, head south on Hwy 243, take a left on RD 24 SW, and head up the hill. This goes through town, and the Shell station is just on the left. The jump off point for the ride is just a little further down the road on the left. It is called R SW. Head up that hill, and there is a parking area where we can unload and gear up. I have included a link to Google maps of the Shell station location. (I still don't know how to post a picture from Google Maps)

http://tinyurl.com/32hngrt

Maybe

yeah....BMW at mattawa.....cool!

Inspector wrote:

yeah....BMW at mattawa.....cool!

ooooooh ya, what better place to ''break'' it in proper!!

that weekend sounds real tempting. just that mattawa has a lot of sand right? the 230 dont have enough power to stay a float on top of the sand it just sinks lol. i got a house i can stay at right on moses lake so that would be an easy drive over from mosses.

Chris6_85 wrote:

that weekend sounds real tempting. just that mattawa has a lot of sand right? the 230 dont have enough power to stay a float on top of the sand it just sinks lol. i got a house i can stay at right on moses lake so that would be an easy drive over from mosses.

It has everything. Rocks, sand and dirt. https://pnwdualsport.forumotion.net/adventure-reports-f7/mattawa-t244.htm

It is sandy but should be packed down with recent rains. There are sand dunes down the north side of the mt. but I've never gone down there. What I do remember is lots of rocks. I think the 230 might do OK if it has good knobbie tires.

well in that case. i am 90% in. u all heading that way that morning or is there going to be a few camping or hoteling it? if u all want we could stage in moses lake friday night and drive over to mattawa in the am if u dont want to wake up early early sat morning for the long drive.

anyhow if big jer is going i should go. i have not seen him in a long time and he was a hoot to ride with.

Ok, not new-new, as I actually rode mattawa many years ago in the 70's, Jeeped, and Quaded since, but just got a wr250r last weekend.

Love the Mattawa area, but is this an advanced enough ride maybe I should get some more stick time first?

Otherwise I'd love to go.

sounds good to me. why not come and try out that new wr250r. more the marrier

jeffpack1957 wrote:

Ok, not new-new, as I actually rode mattawa many years ago in the 70's, Jeeped, and Quaded since, but just got a wr250r last weekend.

Love the Mattawa area, but is this an advanced enough ride maybe I should get some more stick time first?

Otherwise I'd love to go.

Bwahaha...dude, i suck at dirt riding. You'll do fine on the roads/trails. Through the valleys the faster riders can just take off and wait or do the run twice.

Riding Pooling?

Not sure I wanna drive all that way by myself.

I'm not even sure my tires will get here by then so don't wan't to make plans then have to break them last minute. Also found out my truck only hauls one bike on long trips...LOL.

I just have a flat trailer, but assuming tied properly, can haul 2 bikes.

jeffpack1957 wrote:

I just have a flat trailer, but assuming tied properly, can haul 2 bikes.

i just happen to have a motorcycle carrier, i do have the motorcycle trailer, but i dont have it liscenced yet in my name. so i dont want to use it. we could meet up friday afternoon/evening somehwere near the instersection of 405 and I90 if u want to covoy over. so who all is a go on the west side?

Chris6_85 wrote:

well in that case. i am 90% in. u all heading that way that morning or is there going to be a few camping or hoteling it? if u all want we could stage in moses lake friday night and drive over to mattawa in the am if u dont want to wake up early early sat morning for the long drive.

anyhow if big jer is going i should go. i have not seen him in a long time and he was a hoot to ride with.

i'll see ya there!

Inspector wrote:

jeffpack1957 wrote:

Ok, not new-new, as I actually rode mattawa many years ago in the 70's, Jeeped, and Quaded since, but just got a wr250r last weekend.

Love the Mattawa area, but is this an advanced enough ride maybe I should get some more stick time first?

Otherwise I'd love to go.

Bwahaha...dude, i suck at dirt riding. You'll do fine on the roads/trails. Through the valleys the faster riders can just take off and wait or do the run twice.

ya inspector is telling the truth, he really does suck at dirt riding

jeffpack1957, this is a pretty layed back ride, no pressure,alot of different terrain, so you can do what ever your comfortable with, just have fun. one last hoorah for the end of the year.[ it is spitting snow here right now] so you'd better come along, it will be a blast

I've never ridden Mattawa but hopefully there is some single track for Shane.

I guess it sort of depends on pass conditions, as I dont have chains for the truck.

But I'd much rather ride pool over there, then drive by myself.

I get lonely!


Anyone from the west side going?

Chris6_85 wrote:

jeffpack1957 wrote:

I just have a flat trailer, but assuming tied properly, can haul 2 bikes.

i just happen to have a motorcycle carrier, i do have the motorcycle trailer, but i dont have it liscenced yet in my name. so i dont want to use it. we could meet up friday afternoon/evening somehwere near the instersection of 405 and I90 if u want to covoy over. unless i ask the father Nlaw if i could borrow a truck i could haul two bikes that way. any how those are my options

so who all is a go on the west side?

Ah, missed this one, lets sync up next week, but I dont plan on leaving until early saturday, unless you were planning to overnight somewhere, which is cool too. If that, then I'll drive the truck and trailer to work, as I work in Redmond.

my work has a house right on moses lake just off I90 so i was planning on staying there firday night so that way i dont have to wake up early early to get to mattawa by 9 am. its a 3 bedroom house and should be empty. being that we are working during the week over there. see we are renting the house instead of staying in a hotel for 6 months. its kinda nice

I think I'm going to try and make this one 95% sure sounds fun.