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AMFRacing1997 · 03-02-2008, 09:53 AM

I am getting ready to head out the door to hit up the Kal Haven trails at the corner of M40 & M43. This is a call out to anyone that wants to ride one more time before our 40+ Degree weather hits this afternoon and wipes out all our snow. If you want to meet up I will arive at the intersection in about 1 hour or so. I have to stop and grab a couple things and i will be on the road. there is a park and ride right on the corner there. If you want to meet up, give me a call. (269)816-1254
Mike

Surrounding areas in cass, st. joseph, berrian counties. Kalamazoo, south haven, and other surrounding areas.

bask171 · 11-11-2008, 02:21 AM

Hey I am looking for new people to start riding with.

It is me and my wife and we have sleds that are very reliable.

We love to ride but most of our friends are boring with riding corn fields around their house and the same thing over and over again.

Love to start riding with new people this season.

If you are interested give me or my wife a call

Adam (269)470-2251
Samantha (269)470-1223

We are from Niles MI

AMFRacing1997 · 11-11-2008, 06:47 AM

wow, I forgot i even made this post. LOL. Well, i am glad to have someone close that wants to go. We have a pretty decent group this year. Most of us are polaris, but we dont look down on anything. We are all in it for the sport and in some occasions, the thrill. I will let you know that our biggest rule that we follow is NO drinking and riding. I have herd to many stories of people getting hurt or killed with that. We dont need to lose any riders. I will give you a call later on today and we can talk a little bit.

Mike

jvanhare · 11-11-2008, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bask171

Hey I am looking for new people to start riding with.

It is me and my wife and we have sleds that are very reliable.

We love to ride but most of our friends are boring with riding corn fields around their house and the same thing over and over again.

Love to start riding with new people this season.

If you are interested give me or my wife a call

Adam (269)470-2251
Samantha (269)470-1223

We are from Niles MI

You have a pretty good trail system there, or are those the cornfields you are referring to? Deb and I head up to Baldwin occasionally for a change of pace. With gas prices down, maybe we can afford to go riding this winter after all. We usually leave out of Vandalia, ride down towards Lunker's, up through Sumnerville, and out past the Irish Spartan Sports bar off M-62., or ride the trail up to Lawton when we ride the Niles area trails.

AMFRacing1997 · 11-11-2008, 07:51 PM

heck, lawton is only about 7 miles from were we unload the sleds. The actual trail starts about 3 miles from the park and ride. Up till then, yeah there are feilds you ride, but it is well worth it once you get to the trails.

jvanhare · 11-11-2008, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by AMFRacing1997

heck, lawton is only about 7 miles from were we unload the sleds. The actual trail starts about 3 miles from the park and ride. Up till then, yeah there are fields you ride, but it is well worth it once you get to the trails.

So you park at the M-40/1-94 Park & Ride and head south? Do they plow that, I have a 2WD truck. Doesn't the trail cross I-94 heading north somehow as well?
So, to go south to Lawton, do you ride alongside M-40 heading south? The trail crosses M-40 north of Lawton somewhere and then you ride on the west side of M-40 down the trail? We come from Vandalia from the south, and usually turn around and head back from D.Coy Ducks or Old Hat, but I am game for staging from that park and ride area, if I don't have to ride along the edge of the road and tear up the carbides and Hyfax.
Vandalia is OK, but the city lot is usually plowed bare, and the roads in vandalia as well, so it is hard on the sleds getting to the south side of Vandalia where that little feeder trail exits to the west. I tried the Fire Department parking lot, but got a note from the sheriff not to do that any more on my windshield, which is too bad, as it is about 2 blocks from the trail.

clodev · 11-11-2008, 11:12 PM

jvanhare,
Remember to give me a ring or email when you come riding up in the Muskegon/Balwin area this winter.Love to ride with you again and the wife will probably join since we have a 2 place trailer now.

bask171 · 11-12-2008, 12:44 AM

Love to do some sledding with any of you guys just give me a ring if you plan on going out and I will see if I can make it.

rev800x · 11-12-2008, 02:25 PM

My wife and I are also looking for other riders to go with in the Cadillac so if your ever in the area, especially Boon (that's my actual address town) look me up!

jvanhare · 11-12-2008, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by rev800x

My wife and I are also looking for other riders to go with in the Cadillac so if your ever in the area, especially Boon (that's my actual address town) look me up!

Might come up the week before the NASF, we were out riding at the NASF, and the trails were beat up and tiring to ride on, which I guess happens a lot for that, and we never made it, took that road that is i think trail 6 that goes back into town, miles of whooped out snirt. By then we had had enough, the next morning there was a little more snow so we went down the trail south of town, seems like it was an old rail road bed, Pine River trail? Last year, we didn't do much riding while we were there, maybe a couple hundred miles total. Anyways, hope to actually make it to the Boon store camp fire one of these years. I hear they had snow drags there. We have been staying at McGuire's when we come up, as my wife really likes roughing it, hot tub pool, etc. Bar downstairs, so no driving involved, just a walk back to the room. It depends if gas stays low, and if I ever have any disposable income again in this life!

rev800x · 11-12-2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jvanhare

Might come up the week before the NASF, we were out riding at the NASF, and the trails were beat up and tiring to ride on, which I guess happens a lot for that, and we never made it, took that road that is i think trail 6 that goes back into town, miles of whooped out snirt. By then we had had enough, the next morning there was a little more snow so we went down the trail south of town, seems like it was an old rail road bed, Pine River trail? Last year, we didn't do much riding while we were there, maybe a couple hundred miles total. Anyways, hope to actually make it to the Boon store camp fire one of these years. I hear they had snow drags there. We have been staying at McGuire's when we come up, as my wife really likes roughing it, hot tub pool, etc. Bar downstairs, so no driving involved, just a walk back to the room. It depends if gas stays low, and if I ever have any disposable income again in this life!

Ya the trails totally suck around here during snow fest. They're not bad on Friday morning as I always try and do the poker run. The snow drags are held out to Boon if the lake conditions are not good enough. Last year they were on the lake. My aunt and uncle actually own Boon store and put on the camp fire from Friday morning to Sunday night. It's a cool little place to hang out and warm up. And lets hope the gas prices do stay low. Looking forward to doing some riding this year. Want to break that 1,000 mile mark. It's been a few years.

FXskidoo52 · 11-16-2008, 11:36 PM

hey i'm goin to school at ferris state, and i'm up for any riding anytime, im use to ridin everyday back home but in college its hard to find time, so i'm havin some withdrawls but i think i can manage

AMFRacing1997 · 11-17-2008, 05:12 AM

heck yeah, the more the better. Its trying to snow here. If benton harbor gets enough snow, i may go over there to work instead on Three Rivers. They have a schwans depot out there and i will just tow my sled so i can atleast say i got a ride in. LOL. well we will see. maybe they will go back to the origonal forcast that was posted saturday and we will get hammerd here.