Imperial Invasion! Gordons Well, CA Dune Ride!

**Dammit!** · 01-10-2010, 01:57 PM

Well the Imperial Invasion at Gordons Well (Imperial Sand Dunes, CA) has come to an end. It was an epic week of riding and meeting trikers from all over the country.

There will be MANY pictures and videos posted in this thread. I have TONS of video footage but it will take me a while to get through all of it. I'll start it off with some pictures. These were actually taken by accident. Curtis (fla2-stroke) thought he was recording a video but had the camera in picture mode. He ended up with nearly a thousand still pictures from one trek into the dunes. I combed through it for the best images.

In the pictures, that's our very own Bryan Raffa in front of Curtis on the 350x and 1inthemiddle and 3razors farther out front on the quads.

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**Dammit!** · 01-10-2010, 01:59 PM

More helmet cam pics.

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**RapidRick** · 01-10-2010, 02:04 PM

Ditto

!! Made it out for Sat. Good to see folks again and meet new new fellow trikers also. Look forward to the pics and vids to come

**Dammit!** · 01-10-2010, 03:07 PM

I put the GoPro on

's whip. The vibration caused this weird fun house effect.

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After that, I mounted it on the bottom of the rear skid plate on my 350x. The video from both of these angles will be posted later.

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Jason Hall, Kasey, HondaHarry, HondaHarry's friend whose name I can't remember right now and Billy Golightly.

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**harryredtrike** · 01-10-2010, 03:33 PM

those look great dammit.i wish i lived out that way.cant wait for another killer vid from you.

**Dammit!** · 01-10-2010, 04:21 PM

The group taking a break during a ride.

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HondaHarry's sweet Tiger 200.

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Doesn't get much better than this.

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Mr. Clean

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Mr. Clean again.

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ATC-Tim

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**Dammit!** · 01-10-2010, 04:27 PM

fla2-stroke on his 1985 R.

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Kasey airing out his custom 310 powered 250R.

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Mymint87's XR500 powered MUTT.

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Corey Sprock taking flight.

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**dcreel** · 01-10-2010, 05:16 PM

Awesome!! Thank you for the pics... Can haz moar?

**joedirt** · 01-10-2010, 05:36 PM

Looks great wish i could have taken part sweet!

**Dammit!** · 01-10-2010, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by dcreel

Awesome!! Thank you for the pics... Can haz moar?

There's going to be a ton more when people start getting home. Here's a couple of Billy putting Jason Hall's suspension to the test. It passed.

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I still have more to go through so I'll post more later.

**MonroeMike** · 01-10-2010, 07:45 PM

Some great shots.

**350Xccelerator** · 01-10-2010, 08:21 PM

lol diggin the rockstar helmet

**Dammit!** · 01-10-2010, 08:23 PM

Here's me getting towed out of the dunes, courtesy of Mymint87. The 350x just up and died on me. Something with the carb.

The light bar made a great anchor for the tow rope. Got it dead centered. I didn't even really need to hold on to the bars. Tracked totally straight.

**aldochina** · 01-10-2010, 10:50 PM

awsome shots, look forward to seeing the rest of the ride.

**harryredtrike** · 01-10-2010, 11:00 PM

that sucks dammit.all that time to get the headlights working and she pukes out.sounds like my trip to bundy hill

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