On Sunday, Drew and I went on an adventure on our dual sports into the central Oregon coast range. Our twin goals were Valsetz and Valley of the Giants. We made it to within two miles of Valsetz before we were flagged down by a state trooper. Evidently motorcycles have recently been banned from the forests even though cars and trucks are still allowed. We are investigating the matter further to see if we can get special written permission to travel on forest roads. The whole central coast range is inside a Cooperative Travel Management Area. It would have been nice if the signs we passed had mentioned motorcycles being disallowed. The trooper gave us a warning and shooed us out of the forest. We are now researching new places to ride or ways around the regulations so that we can get our dual sports some more exercise.
This video has a few clips of some of the more memorable sections of road that we ventured across.
Elevation profile. The dip in the middle is where the state trooper turned us around.
Route map. Note that it’s difficult to get a good GPS lock in the forest. It’s even harder when in deep ravines.
This was a spectacular place to ride.
Spare can of fuel.
Now where are we?
We are here.
We almost explored up this road.
Gorgeous country.
Valsetz is down there somewhere.
Microwave relay station.
Why yes, we are on an adventure.