Sheetiron 2023 – May 20/21

[Dave G]

It’s a club ride, just a different club.  Oakland Motorcycle Club’s Sheetiron is a 2 day out and back from Stoneyford CA to Fort Bragg.

https://oaklandmc.org/sheetiron-300?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=6417ca006468540a5e07b3ca&ss_email_id=6417d4afa210e95c56d3d289&ss_campaign_name=Sheetiron+2023+is+happening%21+Details+inside%21&ss_campaign_sent_date=2023-03-20T03%3A36%3A39Z

Sign up is on-line this year so no messing around with self addressed stamped envelopes.

You can camp out in Stoneyford on Friday night or stay in Williams.  You’ll need to book a room in Ft Bragg for Saturday.

This year it appears that it will be forest roads only on Saturday so no hard-way routes.  Sunday will have single track in Cow Mountain.

If you want to go we can all ride as  a group or multiple groups.  Share the ride down and hotel costs etc.

 

[Eric Larsen]

Looks like fun. Have you camped in Stonyford?

[Randy]

This event has been cancelled due to storm damage.

Randy

KTM 1290 SAR / KLR 650 ADV / WR 450F

[Dave G]

Just saw that Randy. Bummer.

Eric, I have always hotel-ed in Williams on the Friday night but a lot of people did the campout. The club keeps a bunch of members there through the weekend and they keep an eye on everyones stuff.

[Kurt138]

Hey Eric,

Just to tack on to what Dave wrote, I have camped in the Fouts Springs/Davis Flats areas several times. That is right in the center of the Stonyford Recreation Area, which is a few miles west of the little town of Stonyford. It is an excellent place for a ride weekend, with plenty of long hill climbs and technical single track, and is a major draw for people coming from the Bay Area. Races are held there too. I had friends who were enduro fanatics and I rode the Jackhammer Enduro up there with them 3 or 4 times.

On the flip side the area was closed for several years after the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire and again this year due to heavy rains and snow. I don’t think you can really count on it being open for riding every year. Anyway, once the snow clears there are great single track trails close to Reno in the Tahoe and Plumas National Forests. Or I should say, if the snow clears this year.

BTW, here is the Sheet Iron cancellation announcement from the Oakland MC: https://oaklandmc.org/sheetiron-300?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=641e4772f6e7aa5d37592f84&ss_email_id=641e510f60ec333286fd99a8&ss_campaign_name=Sheetiron+300+Dualsport+2023+Canceled&ss_campaign_sent_date=2023-03-25T01%3A40%3A37Z

Rides: KLR650, KX250

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Kurt138.

[Eric Larsen]

Thanks for the info. We’ll have to plan our own trip.

[schulz11@gmail.com]

There is soo much riding around the Reno area; surprised no one is willing to plan rides anymore. What’s going on?

Is it because new members do not know how? Are afraid to?

I have some ready to go, but looking for some new routes.

Mark

Rides: HONDA AFRICA TWIN

[Eric Larsen]

I’ve been planning a trip east to Sheckler Reservoir, but I’m waiting for the trees to turn green.

[RenoDeano]

Eric Larsen wrote:

Looks like fun. Have you camped in Stonyford?

Eric, you can camp at Stonyford’s fairgrounds (primitive RVs or Tent Camping)

H. D. Chaney

[RenoDeano]

schulz11@gmail.com wrote:

There is soo much riding around the Reno area; surprised no one is willing to plan rides anymore. What’s going on?

Is it because new members do not know how? Are afraid to?

I have some ready to go, but looking for some new routes.

I will not be in the area from May to July, but on return will be posting some rides in Nevada.

H. D. Chaney

[Eric Larsen]

Thanks for the info.

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