I decided to jump on my 2002 Suzuki DRZ-400 and ride back roads from Guthrie to Pawhuska, camping in Pawhuska for the night and returning home the next day. I didn’t have a planned route but just wandered and made some stops at interesting locations along the way. Download GPX tracks on Google Drive. Crossing…
I have owned carbureted motorcycles for decades. Usually they worked great, but occasionally they didn’t, and it took me years to figure out how to troubleshoot these mechanicals marvels. Of course, that was before YouTube and social media made it easy to just do a quick search and find the answer. Luckily it is much…
The 2024 GOAT ride now spans five nights and six days and provides over 1,000 miles of riding around the beautiful hills of northeast Oklahoma. James Pratt talks to GOAT founder Daniel Sawin about this year’s GOAT ride, why it was expanded to six days, and what riders can expect for the event. Podcast Click…
What a fun time once again riding the Kiamichi Mountains of southeast Oklahoma. To those who say the area around Clayton is all fenced and gated and difficult to ride, I say “bull tweet”. You just gotta know where to ride. My group did loops on Friday and Saturday that consisted of pavement, gravel, dirt…
The thirteenth annual Clayton Lake Dual Sport Ride is in the books, and what a great weekend. The weather was darn near perfect except for the dust from dry conditions. Mornings were cool, afternoons were warm, and the skies offered enough clouds to keep the late afternoon sun at bay. Friday Day 1 Kay and…
A nice little side trip while you are riding near Guthrie is a stop by the Boot Hill section of Summit View Cemetery to see Elmer McCurdy and Bill Doolin‘s gravestone. Both are well known Oklahoma outlaws, although Elmer became famous for his travels AFTER he died. The location is accessible by both dual sport…
I was traveling back roads in Oklahoma on my way home from an assignment in Altus when I ran across an old rock gasoline station that caught my eye. The architecture of this building is similar to structures in Medicine Park, using the rounded stone and concrete mortar. I stopped to photograph this abandoned building…
Many in Oklahoma City are familiar with Grand Boulevard. There is even an exit for it off I-35 between SE 29th and SE 44th street. And they may drive it when touring the opulent homes in Nichols Hills. Or jog along its path in south OKC. Or follow it to Trosper Park in Del City,…
My wife Kay and I were driving in our Jeep north of Enid, Oklahoma and saw a sign that pointed to “Skeleton Creek Ranch”. Thinking this was some type of cool dude ranch or something, we followed the signs to see something. Eventually one small sign pointed down a cow path in an empty field….
2008 Adventure Challenge Champion and 2010 BMW GS Trophy competitor Bill Dragoo will be teaching an adventure riding class in Lexington, Oklahoma on April 20-21 at Sundog Trails ORV park. Bill will be teaching attendees how to ride big adventure bikes in challenging off-road terrain.
