2013 RMAR Rendezvous, Silverton, CO - July 25-28

Saturday morning at RMAR central

So jealous I couldn't make it this year.

From the top of Black Bear, which proved to be a bit too much for the Super Tenere's.


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Near the top of Engineer pass. Wish I wouldn't have left our rain liners at base camp..42 degrees at the top and drenched, but had a blast anyway!

RMAR from above

I had a lot of fun hanging out in Silverton, even if it was cut short by bike trouble. Big thanks to the crew I rode with (sorry I forgot your names) for hauling my sorry ass back to camp, and to Kim for hauling my sorry ass back to Albuquerque. No idea what's wrong with the bike yet, I'm hoping they'll have some news by midweek once they look at it.

Hopefully I'll be back next year, probably with my truck.

--Pat

Thanks Big John, John, Mac, Mark and the rest of the RMAR crew, Sherry and I had a great time. We'll be back. Please extend our gratitude to the town of Silverton and Red Mountain for their hospitality.

Thanks to Kimberly for weathering the storm.

Thanks to Klim, Kawasaki, Wolfman Luggage, Woodys Wheel Works and the rest of the sponsors.

Thank you PAPA. Hope you guys made it home safely.



Hope everyone has a fun safe year. We miss you all already.

Thanks for sharing stories and pictures.. maybe next year I'll go too.

that and I need a GS or GSA or Rallye

What a blast! Thanks to everyone with RMAR and all of the sponsors who made this a great event! A few more pics from the weekend:

Glad to help. I hope they get the bike fixed quick for you.

Hey Pat,

Good to ride with you yesterday. Beware the ghost of Wager Gulch.

Here is a little reminder of good will from the RMAR event.


Too bad you didn't get to ride with us today as Chris and I rode some really fun stuff today.

Hope your bike is healed up quick.

Steve

Just saw this now...... I know quite a bit about the 8gs. Have had mine since '09. I am in spot 23 with the yellow/carbon 8gs. I would like to have a look. Here until tuesday.

Thanks for the offer, but the bike is sitting in the Albuquerque dealership. My suspicion is something with the charging system, either the R/R or the stator. I'm slightly mechanically inclined and I know just enough about electronics to be dangerous, but I'll let the guys with all the right diagnostic tools sort this one out.

Ok..... Bummer. I looked around for your bike in camp this morning, and did not see ya. . That is too bad. I am not sure if it still is under warranty.... But I wrote this short trouble shoot of your charging system.....


http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=809879

The stators have been known to fail on these, due to overheat, and as such I am running a mosfet R/R.
That thread can be seen here....

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=781564

Anyway, John at Sandia is a good man. Tell him hi please.

Erling

What?! I missed meeting Sherry?! Ok...NOW I'm pissed.

Hope ya'll had fun Rob, mucho cuidado headin home.

to all of ya that made the time to return to this sweet mountain village,,Kudos for your efforts,,,,
there was so much i would have liked to do,,started to do ie like arranging a musical treat etc,,,and there's only so much of me to go around

the good lord handed my a pile of stressfull happenings that i am only now getting to sort out,,,,i do see the light in the tunnel,,good friends have stepped up to the pump to keep me sane...thank you one and all

in the meantime ,,,i did send my right hand wheel wizard up be of help ...hope he did a good job once again,,,

i'll do my damndest to be there with you all next time,,

in the mean time,,,please do stop in at the wheel works,,,and you'll be treated to my legendary Mile Hi WWW welcome

FYI,,have created a place for you all to pitch a tent on my front lawn,,my nifty new men/womens room features a great shower to spiff up,,,so ya can chill and get a tour and even get your wheels built while ya wait,,have loaner bikes... and plenty of advice for the hot set-up when it comes to eating ,boozing and trail-riding....


woody

Zach did great...... checked out the wheel he build last year.... and sold me on a 21 tubeless front...... yay.

Awesome weekend! Enjoyed meeting new people and riding a bunch of new singletrack, and showing the "goods" around Rico to more riders. Last night was a ball in town, maybe I imbibed a bit too much...straight vodka shots at the Captain's place really did me in but all was well in the world this morning as I rolled out of camp!

Some highlights, though I didn't take many pictures:

We lost a large set of keys 2" ring with a yellow bottle opener on it. Fell off the truck somewhere between RMAR and the Mill tour. If found Call Kevin 505-363-9874.