So who are the Adv riders here?

Mine getting the 790cc treatment!
Stay away from ProCycle, they are worse than crack!

 

On top of the fact that Moab sucks and needs no more visitors, they just shut the place down. No hotels, no camping. Arches is still open, it's going to be epic like it used to be and would be again without the NPS for us locals that can day trip it.

 

I placed my first order with Procycle last Thursday. Had the goods sitting on my porch Saturday. You're right, I want to order every item they sell!

 

That place better be back to open by the end of April. There’s a bunch of us planning to spend some time there.

 

Jeep Safari is over Easter. If they don't open then, there is gonna be a huge shit fit.

 

from what I heard from friends that was what they were wanting to keep out... but that could have just been internet keyboard warriors...

 

The word around here is the shut down now is to hope to allow the big events next month.
Their thinking (since they are freaking out like some of the internet disease experts on this very beeb) is that if they keep the outsiders away now, the healthcare peeps might still be OK enough to be available for the inevitable busted morons that happen every Easter and the rest of April with other events. The hospital there is quite small, only has a handful of ICU beds and a couple ventilators.
The thought process is that they aren't worried so much about tourists getting sick and being there, but the tourists getting the locals sick and overwhelming the hospital so when someone gets crushed by a jeep, crashes a bike and breaks a bone, falls from a cliff, etc., they won't have any resources to help out.
But who knows. April brings in boatloads of cash down there. I still think the top of the curve is closer to end of April, so it is possible the freak out ruins EJS. But my gut tells me they will let it happen. But those that get hurt down there will likely end up with a very expensive line item on their insurance bill when they get to ride the fancy ambulance an hour by air.

 

Well that's what I get for tossing out a prediction. The EJS has officially been cancelled. Not by any governmental organization, but by the group that puts it on.
I still think the city is open by then, but no official Jeep Safari.

 

does that include airbnb's? I was looking for a place there last night and there were plenty of options still. I was considering doing my working from "home" from someone else's home, then going MTB'ing in the afternoons. I figure I would be just as isolated there as I am here.

 

We’re open in Damascus

 

Not sure how they are handling that to be honest. But the hotels are told not to allow any visitors that aren't locals. I'll see if there is any mention of short term rentals.

Updated - https://moabcity.org/551/COVID-19-Information-and-Updates

You could try Green River, it's a quick drive down to bike and I haven't heard of them closing it down.

 

cool, thanks for the update

 

Where? When I google damascus, UT, I don't get a hit.

 

Two time zones east.....

 

gonna be a hell of a commute to the MTB trails in Moab then...

 

There are more trails than just Moab

 

Ended up coming back across the Baja border late Wednesday and drove all night to get home Thursday morning. My former wife’s daughter is career state department stationed in Monterrey Mexico. She says the border is now closed. Only migrant workers and essentials allowed to cross. Tourists are locked out indefinitely. I'm feeling pretty lucky.

 

Since I have endless amounts of time on my hands, I've been having fun with this cheap DR I got last month. I'm turning it into a bug-out bike. Cases are Harbor Freight Apaches, I found a tool tube and of course a 1.75 Rotopax. Put on a set of Tusk D Sport tires this weekend and then last night a Galfer brake line since stopping isn't the forte of this bike. Now the only thing missing is someplace to go There's a group that's planning on doing a section of the KAT in mid-May, I hope to tag along on that excursion.

One other thing...I had a fork seal that was leaking from the day I brought the bike home. Don't know if the PO just neglected to tell me or the ride home in the truck caused it. Anyway I spent $5 and got a Seal Mate. I was skeptical that this little piece of plastic would do shit but damn if it doesn't seem to have fixed the problem. I haven't ridden the bike since then but it was dripping just sitting there and that has stopped totally.

 

Where is the gun rack?

 

so, did you trade the 950Supermoto for the Adventure?