As I was sitting there at home, contemplating the honey-do list for the day, my ears perked up when I heard a familiar noise approaching... ah, the sweet sound of a boxer twin. Sure enough, Bruce and Kevin were pulling up my driveway on their GS's. They were heading out on a ride and checked to see if I wanted to join. Looks like the list would have to wait a little longer...

My 950 was in the shop getting the fork seals replaced, so I got ATGATT and fired up the 525. It was a funny site to see my puny little dirt bike riding alongside the big ol' bimmers. 

We headed up Seven Springs road, with the intent to take Table Mesa back over to the highway. With the recent rains, there were a lot of water crossings -- which created quite a few challenging spots on the way.

Bruce hitting a water crossing	Cool shot of the crossing	Further back	Turned over truck
In the name of VonHexhead	Check out the skid marks	GS style	EXC style

It had been a while since I last rode Table Mesa, so we weren't sure what to expect. It turned out the trail was pretty bad in several spots. There were many times when Kevin had to inch across patches of bowling ball strewn crossings on his 1150. The fact that his bike was shod with Tourances didn't help much, but he did a great job handing the beast. After about the seventh rough crossign, he was getting a little tired and decided to just gun it across. Problem was, he ended up heading stright for the only tree in a five-mile radious. Check out the movie below...

Table Mesa road	Pullin' in the GS	The first rough crossing	Kevin making it across
Bruce hitting the next one	Kevin vs. Tree...	Yet another rough crossing	Making it across
View from the other direction	Spilling the 1150	Little help?	Team effort
Crossing on the EXC	Ahhhhhh...	Drying off	almost got away
Burnt landscape	The last water crossing	Bruce making it through	Guiding Kevin across
Made it	Those steroids are working	Cool shot	Survived!

Despite the rough parts, we had a great time beating up on the big bikes. Sure beats the hell out of honey-dos... .