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2021 MOA Rally Picture Thread
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there’s a GS Giant for ya!
adamchandler
YouTube Mechanic
I'm not sure that's what Mosko Moto intended when they build their luggage but it's nice to know their gear can handle it.
adamchandler
YouTube Mechanic
So am I, but I take the card out of my camera, hook it up to a gadget on my phone, copy the pics to the phone and then to the cloud. Instant backup.
Upload a few to IG & FB, the rest are edited and used for other purposes later
As a member of the MOA, I get greater personal reward by making other members feel a greater sense of belonging by showing them what's happening at the rally right now, not 90 days later.
Also used to do this same thing from BMW press events, but I no longer contribute to the BMW ON.
Thanks for the links! I sometimes wonder how much social clout / traction I lose out on by not posting photos from a ride / rally as it's happening. No one has ever complained in the comments. I have ride reports that come out a month after the ride but I tell people who are hungry for content that my Flickr has all of the photos a few days after the trip if they really want to browse - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamjackson/?
But if you look at this Flickr Album versus this Ride-report and the YouTube playlist, I personally think the ride report is a much more pleasant experience:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamjackson/albums/72157715852811166
https://advrider.com/f/threads/3-blokes-from-new-hampshire-visit-colorado-and-utah-2020.1469006/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc-rhUVUGj8v6ufyko7a0VDKQ9MplBuni
but everyone these days wants to know what's going on this moment even if the quality is a little lower.
Visian
look out!!!
Well, not everyone, but I can tell you that many do like a real-time teaser followed by progressively deeper detail. fwiw, it amplifies the return on the effort invested in creating the content.
Also true, as you say, but somewhat of a bummer..... too many people do not appreciate graphically exquisite content, or even realize they're experiencing it.
If we ever meet in person, remind me to tell you the story of Zen and the Ride to Redmond.
adamchandler
YouTube Mechanic
Well, not everyone, but I can tell you that many do like a real-time teaser followed by progressively deeper detail. fwiw, it amplifies the return on the effort invested in creating the content.
Also true, as you say, but somewhat of a bummer..... too many people do not appreciate graphically exquisite content, or even realize they're experiencing it.
If we ever meet in person, remind me to tell you the story of Zen and the Ride to Redmond.
Sounds good and I just spent a little too much time going through that page. That's a fantastic rally resource page....everything anyone would need in one place.
Visian
look out!!!
Done in the days of very low bandwidth, and since there was only one Internet line for the entire rally, we got up at 4am to post the previous day’s pics. Another “what a difference 20 years makes” thing.
Good times!
nyfty
New member
I've volunteered the past few years to be an additional shooter for the magazine during the rally, and then turn them over to Bill. And have volunteered again for Great Falls. I don't post images to social media while I'm on the road. I don't want to broadcast where I am...and more importantly where I'm not. That way I can maintain OPS SEC. Right Ranger Reece?
tractorrider
New member
Will try to post some on my way to rally if I can!!
Here some photos from Tennessee ...
Here some photos from Tennessee ...
gsinnc
Well-known member
Will try to post some on my way to rally if I can!!
Here some photos from Tennessee ...
Tennessee was the first rally I missed in years and it looks like it was a blast.
riderr1150gsadv
Well-known member
tractorrider
New member
Looks really nice road!! Do you have any gpx tracks??
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Road to Ferry
We're kind of a luddite crew and we don't use GPS (I was a cartographer so I prefer paper) so I'm sorry to say we don't have any tracks. However, if you're looking to take a ferry to Great Falls and you're travelling on US Highway 2 turn south at Chinook, MT: https://goo.gl/maps/rMKmerV23CmrEhHy6
There is no gas between Chinook and Winifred and the roads are impassible if wet.
The first image is a few miles south looking at the Bears Paw Mountains in northcentral Montana. The second image was taken a few miles north of the Stafford Ferry (the Missouri Breaks).
We're kind of a luddite crew and we don't use GPS (I was a cartographer so I prefer paper) so I'm sorry to say we don't have any tracks. However, if you're looking to take a ferry to Great Falls and you're travelling on US Highway 2 turn south at Chinook, MT: https://goo.gl/maps/rMKmerV23CmrEhHy6
There is no gas between Chinook and Winifred and the roads are impassible if wet.
The first image is a few miles south looking at the Bears Paw Mountains in northcentral Montana. The second image was taken a few miles north of the Stafford Ferry (the Missouri Breaks).
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Geez, you guys start to pack that early? A few days earlier I look around, see if I need anything, and start making a pile the day before. I figure if I forget anything I can buy it on the road, (rarely happens!)
Rain gear, bug spray and sunscreen is always on the bike, so most of the times I just toss some clothes and toiletries in a bag and go.
Also, you guys will have to do without me. I was thinking about going, heck, I retired this spring, but other stuff got in the way.
Rain gear, bug spray and sunscreen is always on the bike, so most of the times I just toss some clothes and toiletries in a bag and go.
Also, you guys will have to do without me. I was thinking about going, heck, I retired this spring, but other stuff got in the way.
lee
Debbie's Servant
Most trips I pack several days ahead. Debbie packs the night before or the morning we leave.
We usually leave our tank bags and tail rack bags packed.
lee
Debbie's Servant
Heated jacket liner or a unheated liner. If we don't take the Warm N Safe waterproof heated liner a thin rain coat to wear at end of day if needed. (We take the heated liner on most trips)
Gloves.
Saddles
Water jug
Microfiber and cleaner for face shield
Sun block
flash light
Extra rok straps
Ear plugs
Zip locks
COVID stuff
Beer I didn't drink the night before
Rharrod
New member
This maybe a nice day ride from Grant Falls? May have to take a day off from the rally and make a loop out of this one! What ya think? Richard
PGlaves
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On this route, 16 miles south of Chinook is the Bear Paw Battlefield, Nez Perce National Historic Site. This is the location where Chief Joseph and a band of Nez Perce, attempting to flee to Canada, surrendered to the U.S. Army. In what is considered one of the most memorable speeches ever, Chief Joseph has been translated to have said:
"I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking Glass is dead. Tu-hul-hul-sote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say yes or no. He who led the young men [Ollokot] is dead. It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are – perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever."
If you are riding across U.S. 2 this is a worthwhile short side trip. We discovered it on a test ride after I replaced the deformed axle tube and rebuilt the rear hub on Voni's F800S in a motel parking lot in Chinook in 2011.
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