GripTwister Tours

GripTwister Tours Dedicated to providing killer rides for those who choose a dual sport as their weapon of choice.

GripTwister Tours provides fully supported dual sport tours of Baja, Mexico. For those really looking for adventure, we've also created self-guided GPS tours of northern Baja, as well as the Olympic mountains in western Washington.

There’s a LOT of this stuff in the higher elevations of the Olympics Loop GPS Tour this time of year. Watch out, as it’...
05/19/2025

There’s a LOT of this stuff in the higher elevations of the Olympics Loop GPS Tour this time of year. Watch out, as it’s slippery as s**t.

Day 3: This is the first time in 22 years of updating the Olympic Mtns Loop GPS Tour that I chose lodging over camping ...
05/11/2025

Day 3: This is the first time in 22 years of updating the Olympic Mtns Loop GPS Tour that I chose lodging over camping out every night. We stayed at the Rainforest Resort Village on the shore of Lake Quinault on night two, which was so great after the intense workouts we got trying to pass the many obstacles we were presented with yesterday.

Today was a lot easier, though we had to work through a section of snow that we were advised by a SxS driver was totally impassable. Glad we didn’t take his word for it and checked it out ourselves. The only section we couldn’t complete was the Three Peaks loop north of Wynoochee Lake, which is always the last section for the snow to melt off. It will likely be another 3 weeks or more before it’s passable.

Some of the roads that were in bad shape and overgrown have been brushed and graded, while others are getting rougher and more overgrown still, and will likely suffer washouts in the near future if the FS doesn’t do some maintenance on them soon.

But for now, we were lucky and the route didn’t need to be modified at all this year. So if you have last year’s edition, you’re good to go another year. And for those on the pre-order list, your packages will be shipped out this week and should be in your hands very soon.

To all of our customers past and present- thank you for your support. Without you, we wouldn’t be able to continue the annual updates.

Ride safe!

Day 2 of the annual revision ride. Oh man, what a slog! Two trees to get under (one requiring laying bikes completely on...
05/10/2025

Day 2 of the annual revision ride. Oh man, what a slog! Two trees to get under (one requiring laying bikes completely on their sides), a rock slide to get over, lots of snow to get through, then a short section of downed trees to get over. Happy that we made it through all of it somehow intact, if a little beat up and worn out. And happier yet the forecast changed from rain in the morning tomorrow to dry! Here’s hoping we don’t get turned back tomorrow by any obstacles, as it’s the longest section between fuel stops.

Heading out on the 2025 Revision Ride for the new edition of our Olympic Mtns Loop GPS Tour. Fingers crossed the roads ...
05/08/2025

Heading out on the 2025 Revision Ride for the new edition of our Olympic Mtns Loop GPS Tour. Fingers crossed the roads are clear!

Left yesterday afternoon to wrap up the remaining section of the loop still needing to be checked. Fantastic weather, an...
06/07/2024

Left yesterday afternoon to wrap up the remaining section of the loop still needing to be checked. Fantastic weather, and so far no washouts, slides or other closures (knock on wood). Should have it wrapped up by tomorrow so we can begin shipping the 2024 edition next week. Woohoo!

I used to ride up and down this steep powerline road and the adjoining forest service roads in the Duckabush valley on ...
05/31/2024

I used to ride up and down this steep powerline road and the adjoining forest service roads in the Duckabush valley on my Yamaha 80 the summer of the sixth grade (1980). That was such a magical time!

Day 1 of the “revision ride” didn’t go well. The BMS or some other part of my bike’s lithium battery started glitching ...
05/31/2024

Day 1 of the “revision ride” didn’t go well. The BMS or some other part of my bike’s lithium battery started glitching out. When it would, if engine RPMs weren’t high, the engine would want to die. It did several times, after which it wouldn’t have juice to crank it back up. But then it would start working again after a few, sometimes several, one time over 15 minutes. Not acceptable, so I limped home and changed out for a new battery.

So I’m gonna head back out again tomorrow, but the coming rain and loss of time means I likely won’t be able to wrap up the last bits of the route until next Thursday, which means first shipments will go out the week of June 10th.

Thank you to all who’ve placed their orders already. The wait is almost over!

Hey rally nav lovers! GripTwister Tours is pleased to announce that our Olympic Mountains Loop GPSTour is now available ...
09/22/2023

Hey rally nav lovers! GripTwister Tours is pleased to announce that our Olympic Mountains Loop GPS
Tour is now available with a roadbook add-on option. What do you think? Have you ever navigated by roadbook before?

Thank you to those who placed your pre-order in anticipation of the newest edition of the Olympic Mountains Loop GPS Tou...
06/13/2023

Thank you to those who placed your pre-order in anticipation of the newest edition of the Olympic Mountains Loop GPS Tour. Those orders will ship out tomorrow. If you want to get one yourself, our ordering page will be back on line, too.





Made it back home in one piece. Now I just need some time on the computer to complete the less glamorous part of updati...
06/09/2023

Made it back home in one piece. Now I just need some time on the computer to complete the less glamorous part of updating the tour. Aiming for June 15th to ship out all pre-orders and to reopen the ordering page of our website.



May need to take an extra night to finish. Stay tuned!
06/08/2023

May need to take an extra night to finish. Stay tuned!



Thankfully it was all passable. And only encountered a small amount of snow on the side of the road where I was conce...
06/07/2023

Thankfully it was all passable. And only encountered a small amount of snow on the side of the road where I was concerned about it. Everything is looking good, so far. Heading out of Firks now for a night of peace and quiet somewhere in the middle of nowhere.




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