Way to go honey!! I am so proud of you!!

so you going out this weekend to celebrate? i would!

its a good possibility, I am calling Justin in a couple minutes for a status check

congrats, I will probally never ever camp there but I know some peeps enjoy it

awww come on Esco, its not that bad.

okay I know that you should never say NEVER so I will leave it open for discussion with my wife

maybe I just like it down there better, cuz I havent had a good time at glamis in 7 years. granted I have only been there twice in those 7 years, so maybe I should give it a try again.

I see a family dynasty building here... J/K, congrats Ian!

wash 13.5 is my life the last 2.5yrs

well I am definately going to take a cruise up there, probably during T-day week

well it looks like all the a$$ kissin is payin off one way or another congrats and whats the deal with the car

car not ready, now its a push for next weekend. so who knows, I am pretty disappointed, but it is in the hands of the vendors, so what can ya do?

Congrats Ian

Can someone tell me what it takes to become a moderator?

i just noticed this forum didnt have one, so I asked Slappy if I could do it.

Well if you get it next weekend come on out and see us...


Congrats Ian You the Man

I may just make it a one day quick trip next weekend, who knows at this point, are you guys going to be at 13.5? I am not sure I want to drive up there by myself on the first day I have a new car, but we will see.

I am pretty sure I can find the washes, I just dont want something stupid to happen and the car break with me being between gordons and the washes and nobody around to help, that would be a long tow back.

Yea your right it would be...let me know

When are you guys leaving again? I should know for sure by Wed 11/17 if it is going to happen, I hope.

Not til thursday Night

maybe I can just get Justin to meet at Glamis instead of buttercup, jumping the double should test the shock settings....

There you go..and your welcome to camp with us if you'd like

BTW Congrads

I would also make that run with you guys......I will be at Gordon's over turkey day.

that would be cool to get a little group to run up there, maybe dune through patton valley then go up the east side of the dunes, hit china wall, then through the dunes to the washes, could be a fun ride, but I havent been that way before so I dont want to lead, I am still going to be a rookie at this driving thing, been about 4 years since I had a rail. I know RIPSTER would go too, and maybe another buggy if they decide to camp with us.

Congrats BRO

thanks DUDE!!!

welcome

startin with the one liners? must be gettin tired. I am.

Doing a great job moofer

I am trying to keep things active in here.

Keep it up doing Great

I just dont want it to seem like I am taking over, I just want to respond to everything and everyone, trying to make it a better place for all.

ur gonna have to make a trip to g so u can gimme a ride ian

planning on going up there sometime over T-day weekend, I was thinking Friday mid morning. depends on what the rest of the crew want to do.

How was your weekend Ian?

Ian I stopped by to say hi and check out the new car, but you were out duning. Maybe next time.

Lucky, well the car wasnt there because we ran into some delays, so you didnt miss much, I just got home a few minutes ago and it was a fun trip.

I saw JHeitsman, nobuggybob, MURPH, of course Justin with the snake car, we camped with Trader4Less, and I saw a few other cars, but cant remember the screen names that went with them

Hope all your guys' trips were as good as mine, no major injuries in our camp, and I didnt see any at all, so that was a definate good thing.

Sounds like you had fun Ian

Jason, I was going to stop but I wanted to get back to camp before dark, and the manx was running a bit off, it started to have a misfire when I was coming down the hill from the drags, #3 cylinder isnt firing right, hopefully it is something stupid like a loose plug or bad wire, I will look at it tomorrow when I have time, glad you guys had a good trip, I am going to try and get out there in 2 weeks, but its looking like I wont make it out until after Xmas, unless I do a day trip to take delivery of the new car, its all up in the air.

Check the valve adjustment?

I had some bad backfires from my Manx and then noticed that the cylinder tins on #4 were black - took a closer look and realized that the header stud that had pulled out and I replaced with a bolt was coming loose. Snugged it up and no more popping

Now it's time for some serious Manx Maintance. I ment to do a valve adjustment before this trip but ran out of time. Now I have to clean all the sand and oil mist off first...oh well, got lots of simple green and engine degreaser so at least it will all be nice and shiny again when I'm done!

The new auxiliary tank is sweet too - looks like it was ment to go with the car! Most people who saw it this weekend assumed it was the only tank - when they found out I also have the stock tank they all wondered how many months I go between fill-ups

Morning Ian

Morning Wes. Hope you have a great day!!!

Cool article, Jason! Couldn't imagine getting press like that out here...

It takes effort. We've been taking various people from the Sun out with us for almost 6 years now. Most of them have a pre-conception of what it will be like thanks to the CBD's misinformation and constant barrage of sky is falling press releases. They're almost always shocked when they get out there and see what it's really like for themselves.

"Unfortunatly" reporter turn-over at the sun is pretty high so we're always having to take new ones out and show them the dunes

The husband of the publisher has been asking to come out with us for awhile now. He did a story for their winter visitor guide on how important things like GPSes can be...and while he incorrectly attribuited Banshee Bob's story to me it was still a very good article on how to have a safe time in the desert. Hopefully he'll get to come out soon with us...he's pretty good with a camera (he's also the head photo-editor at the sun) and I'd love to have him get some action shots of us

Start making calls to your local paper and inviting them out. It can be a lot of fun showing them around and letting them experience the joys of the dunes first hand and it usually does wonders for how fair the reporting is afterwards.