By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

For those who like to plan ahead or get an early start on your maintenance (Dave) you will be happy to hear that the date has been set for the 2004 Jamboree. It will be July 16,17 and 18. We hope to make a good event even better. Lets hear some suggestions, what you would like to see and what you would like changed.

By david berger (Davidrrrd) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

OK JOHN I'L TRY TO HAVE A RUNNING MACHINE FOR THEN, HEH HEH HEH

By Brian whoeler (Victhedog) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

GREAT
GIVE US TIME TO SAVE THE UP FOR THE BIG COST OF THIS RUN

By GREG Thropp on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Our E-mail address is GThropp@msn.com Greg Thropp and Chief Lockwood

By Greg Thropp on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Chief Lockwood and I (Greg Thropp) want to thank all of you that showed up for our Eastern Amphibious Jamboree last year. We had a great time putting on the event and hope to see everyone again this year. I really enjoyed meeting many new friends. We have reduced costs and included a meal and brought back the rodeo. There are cash and trophy prizes and lots of mud and water and trails and fun. The Chiefs night rides are the greatest. We will have a casino nearby and are open all year by appointment. This is the same event hosted by the same Chief Lockwood as Humphry just a different location. Everyone is welcome at any of our atv events. All funds generated from our atv events have been used to pay expenses, maintain and improve our trails and property, and donations have been made to four local fire departments. If you want to be on our mailing list please send your address to GThropp@msn.com our web site is www.copperridgetrails.com Sincerely and hope to see you this summer, Greg

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Up here in western NY as well as the rest of the northeast, it has been nothing but a deep snowy freeze for the last month. The thought of a warm July night ride sounds like heaven right now. I sure can't wait for the Jamboree and the other summer rides to start!!

By philip w.cox (Philipatmaxfour) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

AM really looking foreward to meeting so many
other A.A.T.V.ers.I have about 75 hrs. on my new
Max 1V. Just talked my darling wife into
coming with me. Part of the deal; she just booked the hotel room.I am from Picton ONTARIO
CANADA. Do a lot of water crossing and island
exploring.Hope you guys will show a Canuk
couple what we need to know about Mud travel
which I hear you do quite a bit of.

By bigkodiak on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Philip
We should have a blast. It's a shame you have to stay in a hotel, alot of fun occurs at night at camp.
Russ

By Philipatmaxfour on Unrecorded Date: Edit

RUSS
Thanks for the reply. Iknow that you're right
about the benefits of staying in camp at night but a fellow can only push his luck so far.
keep the rubber side down.

By philip w.cox (Philipatmaxfour) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hi folks.Greg Thropp from Copper Ridge Trails
called me yesterday.Seems like a great guy, everything is all set for a memorable event and it's only 12 weeks away! Are there any other aatvers besides John Schwab, and Russ and I who can commit to being there?
Philip

By david berger (Davidrrrd) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

id never miss one!
maybe my maxII will even run this time,
and now i know the short cut's back to the snack bar,
(so i don't have to climb thoughs big hills)

By michigan maxster on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I plan on being there. All ready got the vacation scheduled told the boss I WILL BE GONE that weekend. I missed the the ride in October and heard it was a super good time. Me and the wife are ready to go. In fact started packing the the motorhome.

By mike cummings on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hello all,
I've been looking forward to this run for quite some time, and my family and I are very excited about attending! The ATTEX contingent will be well represented with at least 2, possibly 3 machines attending in our convoy alone. My parents, who used to be active in NATVA racing are looking forward to attending. I only wish that the opportunity to have sanctioned racing would arise again. With all the people there this July, perhaps some interest will be sparked. (?) Looking forward to meeting you all!

~mike

By liflod (Liflod) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Add 2 more Attex's to the list of machines. Both of them will be wearing "for sale" signs on them. My wife agreed to come with me also.

Lance

By mike tufano (Maximus) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

what is the address? I need info so I can go I would like to camp out so whats involed with reserving a little site for my truck and tent and family?

By oldnatva on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hey, Mike T.;

Just look under the 'events' section of this site and it gives most of the details and the address.

I should be able to attend with at least a couple more vintage Attex from the sunny south!

Don

By liflod (Liflod) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Are helmets required? What other rules/restrictions apply to this event?

By Greg Thropp on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hi everyone, Just a little info. For those needing a hotel, motel most are sold out for that weekend already. Here are a few that we did not list that may still have some room. They are 20 mins. or so from us in Ellicttville.---- Holiday Vally-716-699-2345, Ellicottville Inn-716-699-2373, Eldoweis-716-699-2734, Kelly lodge-716-699-4515, Inn Ex Inn-716-699-2002, Telmark Hotel-716-699-4193, Snowpine Village716-699-2912. They are building a new one in olean I will try to find out when it will be done and post the info. Please try to have something with you as helmets are required by New york law and Insurance. Please call or e-mail us with any questions.

Sincerely Greg 716-372-4021, 716-378-4942 gthropp@msn.com or visit our web site at www.copperridgetrails.com

By mikesmax on Unrecorded Date: Edit

well is everyone geting ready for the ride at copper ridge i am going up on thursday cant wate last year was a BLAST!!!! mike from the NORTH JERSEY 6X6 CLUB see you all at the ride!!!

By mike cummings ( - 129.44.246.63) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

The date is getting closer! I would love to try to make it down on Thursday, but it looks like Friday will have to suffice. Time to get everything cleaned, tightened, greased and aired up. The Attex(es) will be in prime shape to blaze through the trails! Can't wait to see who/ what shows up!
~mike
Buffalo, NY

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I attended the Dice Run at Copper Ridge last weekend and and have some good things to pass on:
Greg has bulldozed the entire trail, eliminating most of the bigger ruts that caused some folks problems. When a freshly dozed trail gets some rain, can you spell slime? Slime=fun!
He has also added over three miles of new trail to the course, bringing it up to 19.5 miles.
The trail is sort of a figure-eight, with all of the really big hills on one loop, and the milder hills on the other. No one should be afraid to ride here.
Make sure that your brake system(and your ability to operate it ) is in good working order since Copper Ridge contains many, many significant grades.
There is a huge pile of wood just waiting for a bonfire, bring your marshmallows and a v-e-r-y long stick.
Weather permitting, Greg was going to attempt to clear out a nice grassy, shady area for us to camp. Even if he can't we will all be camped together instead of split up like other years.
The new price structure should help offset the extra cost of getting there this year.
Bring on the friday night ride!!!!

By bigkodiak on Unrecorded Date: Edit

John
Sounds like Greg did some serious hard work. Can't wait to get there.
Russ

By blbyx150 ( - 216.208.194.117) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Great to see a little more chatter about the
Olean Copper Ridge event. I am pumped and
ready to rock. Thursday isn,t going to happen
but we'll be there by early Friday afternoon
or have one heck of a tale to tell why we
weren't. Eleven days and counting down! John
count me in for the Friday Nite Ride I'll be
there with bells on. Philip

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Russ- Glad to hear that you are coming. Have any vacation? You could spend the week at my place and then go to Ledges! It is about a three hour drive from here. The mud down by the swamp has increased in size about 300% ain't that too bad!(at Copper Ridge)

By bigkodiak on Unrecorded Date: Edit

John
Thanks for the offer but unfortunately I have to work that week. I will be at both rides though.
Russ

By Timothy Schotanus (Mudbuster) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I will be there friday afternoon also. I should be there in plenty of time for the night ride.

By rex572000 ( - 209.240.205.61) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hi all,
Three years at Humphry, and one at Copper Ridge. Can't wait for this year. I will be there along with Dan, "The rollover King from Humphry" and maybe Bill Friday afternoon. It'll be nice to see everyone again, and some of the old ones that didn't make it last year. Hoping to see a big trunout this year. Sounds like Grag has done alot of work the make this event the best ever. Thanks Greg for continuing this great ride. Larry (Sti-Me), Jackson, Michigan

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hi everyone,

I will be there Thursday late night or Friday afternoon!!!

Matt

By jdhoath on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I am going to be pulling in thursday night around 10 or 11 at night. see you all their.
Living in the parents basement while i am building the new house for my wife and me of course.. thats where I have been if anyone is wondering. I will be at the ledge ride next week also.
John, you know i am ready for the friday night ride, hope it turns out better than some of our friday night haspin rides.. later Jon Hoath.

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I am happy to report that we had soaking rain all day today here in western NY and we are expecting more of the same for thursday. Why would anyone be happy about that, you ask. Well that means that there will be plenty of mud for this weekends ride at Copper Ridge. The local forecast is for a cooler weekend (70s) and a chance of more rain sunday. Bring your rubber boots!

By liflod (Liflod) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Well my wife and I made it through our first event still smiling. The weather was great and so were all the people who frequent this message board. We are already planning our trip for next year. Next trip , I will bring something with a 4 stroke. Great Attex turnout. We had 10 Attex machines + 2 old Attex racers. What a great time !!

By david berger (Davidrrrd) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

i too have made it home safe and sound,
and have begun reviewing the tape from weekend,
i did loose one camcorder along with the tape i hoped to use, it lookes like it is working but nothing go's onto tape and it canot play back another tape, (wrats) but thers about 3 hours ok so far to make a video from other recorders,
and if anyone wishes to submit a copy of thers i'l be happy to try and include some in the finel vertion of this years video,
john schwabs makeing one also

By Larry W. Stimer (52866) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I had another great weekend at Copper Ridge this year. It was very nice to see old friends and meet new ones. I'm sure everyone had a great time. With all the rain we've had, there was alot of mud for everyone. The new trails were great. The hills, well all i can say is "WOW".
I want to thank Greg Thorpp and John Lockwood for having us back this year. We had a better turn out this year, but still need to have some of the old Humphery people back to make this a great ride.
Greg is having us back in 2005 so lets see if we can get back to around 100/125 machines. The Date's are July 15th,16th,&17th. I'm almost packed and ready to go.

By mike tufano (Maximus) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Me and my family had such a great time speical shout out to jill and lance your made great neighbors for a short time any way and joe if your out there Im still interested in that articulated6x6 frame whats your price? contact me at fifty.legman@verizon.net bye the way everyone was great the 6 wheeler crowd are a great bunch of people and mr schwab let me know when the video will be ready?

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Larry said it very well, one word Wow! Another great weekend at Copper Ridge. One thing that was great about this last weekend, besides the great weather and terrific trails, was the atmosphere of fun that prevailed all weekend. There was always people laughing in the background and often all around. We had as few breakdowns as I can ever remember for a group this large, although out two-stroke freinds seemed to struggle a bit on the trails.
Also as Larry said, tell your freinds what you liked about the event so that we can get the attendance up for next year. Tell US what you did not like about the event so that we can try to correct it before next year.
We would like everyones opinion about the Jamboree, pro or con. If you didn't go tell us why
and vice versa. We want this event to keep getting better. More to come. I will let you know when the video is done.

By Bill Aras (Blueknightnj) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Greg,
Wanted to personally say thank you again for a wonderful time. I also wanted to apologize for heading up the hill to your brother’s house, (on Saturday evening) however it was to turn around and not to drag race on the air strip. (lol)
I also wanted to compliment your personal family staff as they were all helpful and fantastic.

As a beginner and still a bit of a novice I found the trails very challenging, especially the “DOWN HILLS”.

I have a suggestion, to have a few trails that are not as challenging for us beginners and those who are just starting out. This would enable a larger audience to take advantage of 6 wheeling at a more comfortable level.

Thank for listing.
Bill T ( Max IV, the one with the strobe lights!)
BlueKnightNJ - The guy who had something for everyone who had a NEED! (

By Bill Aras (Blueknightnj) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Greg,
Wanted to personally say thank you again for a wonderful time. I also wanted to apologize for heading up the hill to your brother’s house, (on Saturday evening) however it was to turn around and not to drag race on the air strip. (lol)
I also wanted to compliment your personal family staff as they were all helpful and fantastic.

As a beginner and still a bit of a novice I found the trails very challenging, especially the “DOWN HILLS”.

I have a suggestion, to have a few trails that are not as challenging for us beginners and those who are just starting out. This would enable a larger audience to take advantage of 6 wheeling at a more comfortable level.

Thank for listing.
Bill T ( Max IV, the one with the strobe lights!)
BlueKnightNJ - The guy who had something for everyone who had a NEED! (

By Tory Gardner on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hey
I was the new guy at Copper Ridge this year which brought the customized black and red max 2. My self / my better half Jackie and both my brother's had a blast. I would like to thank every body for their hospitality. I would also like to thank R I for having parts on hand to make my repairs possible or I'd still be on top of that mountain! Ha Ha! Hey! Makem, Breakem, and then Makem better! Well any way we'll see you all next year and we should have a little somthing to compete with thouse Max 4's in the pond race and somthing else to give those Attex's Hell in the barrel races. Hey it's all about fun and bragging rights!

See You next Year Tory

By Tory Gardner on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hey
I was the new guy at Copper Ridge this year which brought the customized black and red max 2. My self / my better half Jackie and both my brother's had a blast. I would like to thank every body for their hospitality. I would also like to thank R I for having parts on hand to make my repairs possible or I'd still be on top of that mountain! Ha Ha! Hey! Makem, Breakem, and then Makem better! Well any way we'll see you all next year and we should have a little somthing to compete with thouse Max 4's in the pond race and somthing else to give those Attex's Hell in the barrel races. Hey it's all about fun and bragging rights!

See You next Year Tory

By philip w.cox (Philipatmaxfour) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Irene and I are home, safe and sound. Return trip to Canada, was good,but it took all day. We had a great time. The people at this event were all great fun to be with. Greg, from Copper Ridge did an amazing job making those trails. If it were not for the machines in front of us, we would never have believed that our machine could go down a hill that steep with us still in it! Jim won the water race fair and square but I am so proud of my second place trophy and my wife and I are eternally grateful to him for leading us and three other machines, out of the woods when we got lost on the saturday night ride. Irene and Warren (philip).

By Timothy Schotanus (Mudbuster) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I was the one that won the water race and led some of the people out of the woods on the night ride and it should be explained that it is part of the night ride to get separated from everybody else. The weather was great and the people were great and the trails were great. Every bit as good as Humphry if not better. We need more people next year so get the dates posted as soon as possible so everyone can plan ahead.

By hydro_mike on Unrecorded Date: Edit

snip>>
although out two-stroke freinds seemed to struggle a bit on the trails. >>

My family and I had a wonderful time at the event, and hope to be back in equal or greater numbers last year! Granted, two-stroke trail machines are a different breed of AATV, and don't lend themselves to idling along at slow speeds through the wonderful maze of trails at Copper Ridge. However, as a bit of a testament to the vintage vehicles, which were WELL represented at this year's meet, one gentleman brought in a 32 year old machine on a trailer, somewhat in pieces, and had the machine running the trails at a blazing speed in no time. We fellow two-strokers went out on a few less-technical/ more speed-intensive runs through the hills while the stump-puller crowd was chugging through the woods with equal gusto.

I was very impressed with the water-crossing competition,and the ability of the beautiful Max IVs (and others!) It shows how both schools have sturdy followings, and how much larger these events could become. Let's hope next year is even bigger and better!

~mike
Attex ST/503

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Tim- Next years event is already in the planning stage. It will take place July 16+17 2005. I could not believe your water speed! Next year you may be pulling a water skiing competition at Copper Ridge. Wait until you see yourself on the video.
The video is completed and I am now in the duplicating process. Mailing will begin friday before I head out to the Ledges ride. I will have some extra copies with me for those who would like one.
I also have about a dozen Copper Ridge Jamboree tee shirts that were left over. Contact me at jsschwab@localnet.com should you desire one. They are $12 +$2 to ship. I will have some with me at Ledges also. To say the shirts are stunning is an understatement. I was wearing mine at MacDonalds on the way home and a supermodel tried to pick me up! She said it was the shirt....

By liflod (Liflod) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Speaking of struggling 2 strokes on the trail...My wife and I had some difficulty due to a fuel cap that was not vented. It took a while to figure out because it would run great for 20-45 minutes and work well on the flat , but when we came to a hill it wouldn't do it. another thing we discovered was to ride towards the front of the line where they drive alot faster.

By ej warden on Unrecorded Date: Edit

My wife and I had a blast. See everyone there next year in my Attex Lil' Truck with the skull-n-crossbones flying.
P.S. Has anyone found my muffler?

By liflod (Liflod) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Does anybody have any pictures of this years Jamboree? Greg Thropp can use some of this year's event for the Copper Ridge web site. I would also like to see them posted on this board.

By Bill Aras (Blueknightnj) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Photos of Copper Ridge:
I will have some photos (5x7) by next week.

Have Greg contact me off list at BlueKnightNJ@prodigy.net to let me know if he wants SCANS, or actual photos which I can mail.

Bill

By Greg Thropp on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Thanks for the pictures. I could post some more if they are available. E-mail in jpeg format, try to trim them to 70kb before sending, or send hard copy to Greg Thropp, PO Box 626, Olean NY 14760

Chief Lockwood and I had a great time putting on the event this year. It was good to see old friends and make some new ones. The rodeo went well we will try to expand on it next year.

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

To all who ordered Jamboree videos- They have all been mailed and should have been received by now. If yours has not arrived contact me at jsschwab@localnet.com Thank you to all