ride report – Live Like Pete

Green River Dirtbike Trip Report: Good While It Lasted

Pete — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 17:18:57 +0000

For years I’ve been itching to get up to the Green River area and ride. There is so much technical terrain, subway-shaped tubes of rock washes, and incredible views in every direction. When I saw there was a Green River Dirtbike Rally coming up I immediately signed up and made plans to head up. Instead of bringing the Sprinter moto van this trip, we decided my toy hauler (“the big dumb trailer”)...

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Ride Report: Toquerville and Warner Valley Moto Trip

Pete — Tue, 05 May 2020 03:25:28 +0000

Every year our group makes it up to Utah to ride the Toquerville Twister singletrack. It’s a flowy, intermediate/ advanced trail that is only accessible by dirtbike. It hugs canyon walls and borders deadly cliff sides. The hardest part is keeping your eye on the trail because the views are that awesome! Once you make it past all that, it winds through rocks and trees and the singletrack ends at a...

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Ride Report: Kennedy Meadows…Singletrack Heaven!

Pete — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 02:41:28 +0000

For years I have heard about Kennedy Meadows as an epic place to camp and ride dirtbikes. When anyone asks about this place online I usually see the local So Cal riders respond with something like, “it sucks, don’t go there”. This is the same way we joke when people ask about Dumont Dunes, therefore I know it must be good. So what is Kennedy Meadows and where is it? It’s just outside the small...

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Ride Report: Singletrack Sunday near Primm, NV

Pete — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 06:34:58 +0000

Since it rained on Saturday, Mike B and I decided to take advantage of the prime dirt and weather conditions on Sunday and head out to find some singletrack near Primm. The Primm and Jean/ Roach area offers tons of trails and singletrack. You just have to look past those powerline roads to find them all. We left Henderson Sunday morning and headed into Boulder City for some quick Micky D’s...

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Adventure Ride Report: Goldpoint, Nevada

Pete — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 16:41:16 +0000

Every spring our riding group, My2Wheels.com, gets together in the little town of Goldpoint, NV to camp and ride. It’s a great place to base camp because there are several old sites to see and places to ride in every direction within a couple hundred miles. The riding isn’t technical or challenging, but just getting out with friends and adventure riding is just what I needed after spending most of...

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Motocamping In The Mojave Preserve

Pete — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 03:16:58 +0000

The Mojave National Preserve is a massive area of protected Mojave Desert south of Nipton, CA stretching all the way to I-40. Despite its vast size, many city dwellers don’t know about this “hidden” gem in the desert. Home to the largest Joshua Tree forest in the world, the Mojave is the perfect destination for a quick and easy motocamping trip. Saturday morning a group of friends and I met up at...

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Ride Report: Goodsprings and Mt Potosi on 500’s

Pete — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:12:31 +0000

September is here and the heat is finally leaving the Vegas valley. My good buddy, Tom, and I haven’t ridden together for years. He recently picked up a 2017 Husqvarna 501 (the twin to my ’17 KTM 500 EXC-F) and we’ve been itching to get out on the little bikes. I think the last time we rode was back when he had his KLR650 and I was on my XR650L on a rather cold and snowy April weekend in the...

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Adventure Riding through the San Juan Mountains of CO

Pete — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 01:33:33 +0000

Located in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Colorado are some of the tallest mountains in the country, the San Juan Mountains. Back in the late 1800’s, this was an area of many large scale gold and silver mining operations. The old ghost towns and mining camps are now homes and small tourist towns. Much of this area’s history has been preserved and the old buildings and mining equipment are...

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Nelson Singletrack Trails: Ride Until the Sun Sets

Pete — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 05:47:33 +0000

Monday night Steve and I took advantage of some very unseasonably cool temperatures for Vegas in June and headed out to Nelson for an after-work rip through the hills. We hit singletrack pretty much the entire ride. There were some big hill climbs and tons of fun gnarly stuff. The weather was insanely nice. I knew the temperatures would be hitting 115° within a week so I’m really glad Steve...

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Slaying Singletrack & Bushwhacking Near Goodsprings, NV

Pete — Tue, 30 May 2017 19:36:41 +0000

Monday’s ride started near a staging area close to Jean, NV. Our plan was to ride some singletrack and do some exploring in mountains east of Goodsprings. We had 5 guys: two KTM 500s, one KTM 525, one KTM 530 and a fully loaded DR650. We hit the dirt and headed towards a track I had previously ridden before. It zig-zags through the mountain range east of Goodsprings. Glen, a local rider that I...

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