Baja Dirt Bike Riding in the 1970’s: Fill ‘er up!
My friend and excellent dirt bike rider, Alan Dietor, and I began riding in Baja in 1974 when the roads
My friend and excellent dirt bike rider, Alan Dietor, and I began riding in Baja in 1974 when the roads
I began riding and working on motorcycles in 1955 after completing my Korean war service, and now more
In late July of this year (2018) I was riding in the eastern San Diego County mountains when I encountered
When I coined the phrase Multi-Surface Motorcycles years ago, I didn’t expect it to catch on like
From the editor: Here is another article I found in Elden’s archives. It’s from Scott Wexman,
Editor’s note: Pauline Read has just written her first article for Top Gun. She reminisces about
I wandered in and out of motorcycle shops in San Diego county, studying all the new models of every available
From the editor: During my searches of Elden’s archives I have found a number of letters and testimonials
We are fortunate to have Rod Morris and Multisurface Motorcycle Products on this website. Not only has
From the editor (Pat Rose): As I’ve been looking through Elden’s archives on motorcycles
The other day I was motorcycling on a gnarly forestry road in the Laguna Mountains east of San Diego
This ride took place earlier in 2016 but we didn’t want to post it until we had the final product
On a recent ride to Baja, Elden Carl logged his 200,000th mile on KLR-650’s. The big mile occurred
In November 2015 Mike Henshaw and I took a ride to Baja with an overnight stay at Maria Navarro’s
(Editor’s Note – I haven’t ridden a motorcycle for over a year now due to personal
Back in the last decade of the 20th century I took Bob Kornafel on what was to be a Baja pavement ride
The other day Pauline and I had a nice surprise when Jay and Emily Wilgus and Jay’s mom Linda dropped
The number one thing that needs attention on every KLR650 is replacing the rear shock spring with the
The person who came up with the slogan “Keep it simple, stupid” knew what he was talking about.
When Kawasaki added another 25 or so pounds to the front of the already heavy KLR 650 in 2008, it ostensibly
Glossary MSM – Multisurface Motorcycles/Motorcyclist MMP – Multisurface Motorcycle Products
My two favorite hangouts happen to be south of the international border, which is located 20 miles from
I coined the term “multisurface” motorcycle back in the last century because there was no other term
It Is Indeed a Small World. The other day I took off on one of my short mountain loops of about 50 miles.
When the best all around dirt rider I ever knew, Alan Dietor, and I began riding in Baja Norte in 1974,
Ask any KLR650 owner what the number one thing is they don’t like about their bike and 99.99% will
Glossary MSM – Multisurface Motorcycles/Motorcyclist MMP – Multisurface Motorcycle Products
Glossary MSM – Multisurface Motorcycles/Motorcyclist MMP – Multisurface Motorcycle Products
I’ve pretty much avoided the electronic age I have only two modern instruments of communication; a
I called Rod Morris and he suggested we meet at Bell Valley east of Potrero on Hwy 94 for a roll-on test
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