Exploring new trails near Mae On 1229 > 1230 > Dirt ride

jb2112

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Counter-clockwise loop with some single track. This is a pretty cool find so close to Chiang Mai.

Still staying local with the Lifan 200 I decided to explore some new territory just off my pre-explored territory.
My goal was to ride a trail down to a village road and also to link up two villages, the first name unknown, the second, Ban Kunta.
Capt Slash had trailblazed from Ban Kunta northward, but I wanted to connect to his starting point from the southern village.

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You can see from the image above I ALMOST made the connection. It was looking pretty gnarly on that trail and I was on the Lifan, so I did not want to commit...but now I wish I had.

Trail starts on the dirt portion of the 1230 before you get to the Viewpoint.
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Take a right here:
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It starts off as double track but that soon starts to disappear. Sorry, there are no photos at the bottom as I was busy dragging the bike around!
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I turned around and headed up past the viewpoint to the turnoff to village #1 (N18.78909 E099.29595)
The ride into the lower village has sections of dirt and sections of concrete.

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In the village I take a left at this little intersection (N18.78607 E099.33282)
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A few hundred meters up the road is the start of the dirt section where I find a trail between the villages. I start the trek...
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It starts off as double-track, but narrows down to single-track in sections.
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Some of the ruts are pretty deep, and hidden by the leaves
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And this is where you exit in Ban Kunta!!! (N18.79733 E099.34647)
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At the road I take a right and not very far away I see the dirt trail heading north again into the mountains.
(Slash has done a trip report on this leg...)
I follow that trail up to the concrete section of the road
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This is the intersection with the road. I take a left to head back through village #3 and to the 1230. I believe this is where Slash took a right and headed toward Chae Hom. I'll do that one another time.
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A rest area along the way
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Nice twisty bits
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This is where you exit onto the 1230 (looking back at exit route)
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Welcome jb2112! :DD

Very nice first report, will have to go check those trails - nice find

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How are you liking the Montana GPS?


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A friend came all through Laos with us on his Lifan 200 Cross without 1 problem, they seem excellent value, the only negative seems to be the suspension.
 
Phil,

What a day on and off the Lifan today, but I will leave that up to Ally to post the initial report about today's good fun. Needless to say, I am having clutch problems in a major way. Suspension is hard, but with the new softer seat I am dealing with it.

The Montana is great! Ally got me up to speed with all-things-GPS, so I am really enjoying it more. I have awful reading vision so I really like the wide screen and big touch screen pad for the keyboard.

More to come shortly....
JB
 
Thanks for the report, it brings back fond memories of good trails, good friends, good riding and good times.
 
Sounds like a day full of drama!

Con, hienz & myself all just met up with Colin in Nan, hienz's lifan behaved all the way but was very underpowered up the hills....1251 & 1091 were fantsstic

jb2112 said:
Phil,

What a day on and off the Lifan today, but I will leave that up to Ally to post the initial report about today's good fun. Needless to say, I am having clutch problems in a major way. Suspension is hard, but with the new softer seat I am dealing with it.

The Montana is great! Ally got me up to speed with all-things-GPS, so I am really enjoying it more. I have awful reading vision so I really like the wide screen and big touch screen pad for the keyboard.

More to come shortly....
JB
 
Welcome aboard John, all trip reports especially off road one are welcome here
 
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