PHX - CocoKaiPres Dual Sport

10 riders joined me for a 130 mile ride through Arizona high country including cool temps and spectacular scenery!

Marshall's Service Center - Honda 650L
EsconDeasy - Honda 650L
ewilly - Suzuki DRZ400
Mike955i - KTM 525
Slowred - Honda 450X
CZRyan - KTM 525
Eric B - KTM 450
Robert S - KTM 450
4play - KTM 600
Jerry K - KTM 300
Nighstalker - Honda 450X

Eric B came out of retirement and joined us.



You can hardly recognize him all geared up.



AAA award winning Marshall's Service Center on the much renowned Honda XR650L

Much of this ride would be on roads I had never been on before, and they looked very promising! Promise for rocks and hills!!



Just follow the pole line.

ewilly wipes the dust from his goggles.



Mike955i is ready for the next challenge!

czryan on a particularly tricky hill.



Mike got knocked off the side.



Jerry waits for no man.

ewilly and I got Mike back up on the trail, we should have given him another minute to rest...



OUCH!



Ready for another try.



MG powers that 650 right up!

Time to start climbing Casner Mountain.



Crazy switchbacks!



Part way up.



Slowred showing me where the red rocks are.

The gang at the top.



Nice soft grassy ride.



Super cool road!

It's hard to describe just how awesome this stretch of road is!



View to the west, Sycamore Canyon.

One last hill to climb.

EsconDeasy pointing out the way NOT to go.



Slowred and EsconDeasy assessing the trail so far.

Passing through a burnt area.



Shady pines.

Stop for food and fuel.







Great gas can!

Next stop, Volunteer Canyon.



It's a, it's a, it's a long way down!!





czryan and ewilly.



MG



Da gang.

Great stuff, Casner Mt just enough to keep your attention with the switchbacks:eek1

looks like a lot of fun.

Cool, looks like fun

Great ride Terry, thanks for putting it together. Had a great time, despite my tumble.....

After Volunteer Canyon, we switched to bump and run trail riding protocol and really started covering some ground. There was a lot of ground to cover!

Wide open grasslands near Williams, AZ.



4play following the leader.

Next stop on the schedule was Sycamore Point. I was wondering if it would be worth the 5 mile one way run down to the overlook. I'll let you be the judge.



I don't think anyone was disappointed. Casner Mountain is the ridge in the distance, about 3 miles swallows flight away. That was our ride in.



ewilly, 4play, and Eric B taking it all in.



MG was speechless!