Invitation to St. George, UT desert trail ride on 4/21

3TV · 2007-04-18 10:36:31

Hi folks. I'm new here, and thought I would offer up an invitation to join us on Saturday April 21st for some desert exploring with the Rhino. We're planning on going to Werner Valley, just outside of Washington, UT. We will be unloading at the Fort Pierce Trail parking area at 10 AM. Daytime temps should be 70 to75 degrees. I plan on bringing the family, for a relaxed pace trail ride. We may even show my wife the Rhino Rally race course from this spring, so she can see what we do on the bikes. The Rhino Rally is a once yearly motorcycle desert race, not a "Rhino" race, but the course would be fun to explore on a Rhino. Difficulty level would be a 5 on a 1-10 scale.

3TV

Badley · 2007-04-18 15:34:51

Welcome. Love to be there (and get out of this storm) but will be stuck here this weekend. Brother in law from St. George has a Rhino I will pass along and see if he is interested.

Plan on riding the Paiute Trail later this year with a group. Interested?

MR. KRYPTONITE · 2007-04-19 06:22:47

I would also love to be there but have my last class on Saturday for my EMT certification and can't miss it since we will be testing... :cry: Thanks for the invite!

We are toying with the idea of hitting up Moab next weekend. I will post up and let everyone know by Sat or Sunday what we are doing and everyone is welcome to come.

I would also love to hit up the Paiute Trail later this year with a group! Lets all make some plans.

3TV · 2007-04-19 07:42:52

Can't make it to Moab next weekend. The Buzzards desert race is that weekend, and there are three of us in our family that will be racing it.

The Paiute ride sounds like it could be fun. I thought most of the more fun technical sections of the Paiute were closed to side by sides though. What portions of the trail would you be doing?

3TV

Badley · 2007-04-20 08:53:34

Not sure what part we will be doing - I have never ridden the Paiute. Brother in law from St. George suggested we do it, I will see what I can find out.

scubasteve357 · 2007-04-23 08:13:34

the piute trail is amazing. you can ride all day. stop in little towns to fill up and keep going. It is not as technical as you might like. but it is still one of the most beautiful places to ever ride and the weather is nice

MR. KRYPTONITE · 2007-04-23 10:16:36

So how was the ride 3TV? Any pix?

3TV · 2007-04-23 20:30:21

We had a great time, and did about a thirty mile ride all together. It was one of the more fun days I've had in a long long time. No pictures, sorry. My youngest son surprised me though; he rides a KTM 65 SX, and he was going so fast on the rocky two track roads that we could not keep up with him in the Rhino :shock: . My Rhino tops out at 49 mph, and I did not know a 65cc dirt bike would go that fast. I knew we wouldn't be able to keep up with my older son and his KTM 300 XC, but he doesn't need watched over as close as the youngster does. I was definitely worried when the youngster left us behind, but all turned out ok, and now he knows better.

The only sour note of the day was when an Arizona BLM officer stopped to tell us the entire area we had ventured into was closed to off road vehicles. The roads are open, but cross country travel is not permitted, and we were parked on the road when he pulled up to us, so I question why he stopped to tell us that. Warner Valley, where we started, is open to travel anywhere, but we were on a road 15 miles south of there when he stopped and checked our registrations. He was decent about it, but it still leaves a sour taste in your mouth when they take your license and check you out on their radio. It makes you feel like a criminal even if you haven't done anything wrong.

MR. KRYPTONITE · 2007-04-24 06:53:28

Sounds like a great time with the family! Wish I could have been there.

As for the BLM officer, he was probably just board and needed something to do...

3TV · 2007-05-05 16:32:37

Well now I know why the KTM 65cc dirt bike was walking away from the Rhino on top end. We went back to nearly the same area today, (one valley farther north) but with three bikes instead of two bikes and the Rhino. My KTM 300 XC-W has a small digital speedometer behind the front number plate. It turns out that the KTM 65 tops out at 55 mph, :shock: which is quite a bit faster than my Rhino's top speed.

This is a great area to ride, so if anyone is interested in a trail ride later in the fall we can set one up. It would be an all UTV ride if we did it as a group ride though.

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