who's done the WABDR?

[KFhunter]

Thinkin on getting a few friends and wives and doing it.

[JWEBB]

Looks like a blast! I’m am definitely in when my kiddos are older

[Scvette]

How are you going to do it? Jeep/other 4x4 or motorcycle? Did it on bikes last summer,had a blast. Planning on doing one of the others this year.

[KFhunter]

Originally I want to motorcycle it and might still, but now it's changing to trucks as none of my fam ride but me.

[TheStovePipeKid]

My father in law said he'd do a few segments with me via motorcyle. He's got a DRZ 400 and I've got a 1200gs adventure. I'm curious about what it would be like going up babyhead hill in 4 wheel rig. My wife said she would drive the support vehicle with her mom, so we got that going for us if we ever get it planned.

[Scvette]

Originally I want to motorcycle it and might still, but now it's changing to trucks as none of my fam ride but me.

There will be places you'll not see in a vehicle cause it'll be to rough to take a vehicle through,we did come across a group of guys in jeeps,but I know they didn't go through some of the places we did. It would be fun in a jeep,but on a bike it's awesome. Going down the jungle into lake Chelan,no way could you do that in a jeep.

[Scvette]

My father in law said he'd do a few segments with me via motorcyle. He's got a DRZ 400 and I've got a 1200gs adventure. I'm curious about what it would be like going up babyhead hill in 4 wheel rig. My wife said she would drive the support vehicle with her mom, so we got that going for us if we ever get it planned.

The group I went with decided to bypass babyhead hill,that bothered me so much I went and did it with another guy a month later. That was an adventure,I was on my Ktm 690,he was on a 1290. So about 230 in the afternoon he got a flat,we started from packwood and the plan was to do babyhead hill section only then into ellensburg only. So we got the flat fixed in an hour and took off for babyhead hill,so as we get up on top of a hill that I thought was babyhead hill,cause it was pretty rough going up it,it tops off and levels off for a little while,he pulls over and has another flat front tire. So now it's pitch ass black out,we're changing his tube and we hear some other bikes,he looks over and we can see their lights and then tells me,that's babyhead hill. Anyway we get going get to the bottom of it and off we go.....not even close to what I was expecting,I thought the long hill we went up earlier was babyhead,I thought babyhead hill was pretty easy,and we did it at night.  Sorry about the long winded reply. I still had a blast and can't wait for the next BDR that I'm going to do.

[swanny]

I've done sections of it but not the whole thing. Would like to make it a point to do the whole trip someday though.

Where is Babyhead Hill?

[Scvette]

I've done sections of it but not the whole thing. Would like to make it a point to do the whole trip someday though.

Where is Babyhead Hill?

Babyhead hill is between packwood and ellensburg. It would be one of the toughest spots you'd do before heading down into ellensburg. 4-6" loose rocks,there's a couple other places like it,but I think babyhead hill has some turns in it,if you stop for any reason on a bike you're not going to make it,so you have to go back down and try again. I'm sure there are some that could start if they stopped,but most can't.

[Ghost Hunter]

Is the Chopaka Grade Rd. still a part of it?  Heard they had closed that because it runs thru private ground.  If so Chopaka Lake would be side trip off the Toats Coulee Rd.

[jackelope]

There’s an Oregon route too. You can keep on going south if you want.
Assuming you guys know about the video that was made documenting the WABDR?

[gaddy]

No, got a link??

[Scvette]

There's all kinds of BDRs, Oregon,Idaho,Cali,Colorado,and a lot more states have one. Also the TAT which runs east to west or vice versa.

[gaddy]

Typed in WABDR and there was a lot of stuff on u-tube. Looks like a great time.

[Scvette]

Section one starting from the south is kinda boring,but after that it gets really fun.

[jackelope]

No, got a link??

https://ridebdr.com/WABDR

Looks like you have to pay to watch it through Vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/wabdr

[KFhunter]

I watched a bunch of youtube on it, and can't see why a truck couldn't do it?

what I could do is have the truck do some alternate (easier) routes, while I bike the hard stuff then meet up.

[jackelope]

I watched a bunch of youtube on it, and can't see why a truck couldn't do it?

what I could do is have the truck do some alternate (easier) routes, while I bike the hard stuff then meet up.

A while back a motorcycle riding buddy of mine was going to do it with his motorcycle riding friends. I was going to drive his Jeep and follow them as a sort of support vehicle. His Jeep was pretty well equipped and I think we decided I'd be able to do most of it, but there was a few spots that were a little tight quartered for a vehicle.

[KFhunter]

One problem would be the bikes travel a lot faster than a jeep