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09-30-2010, 01:07 AM | #1 |
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Heading for the mountains again! Life is AWESOME!
Heading off to the Washington Cascade Mountains tomorrow to do some serious trail riding. Stay posted for pics.
Q's got a new giant dirt-spec Dunlop knobbie. I need all the help I can get!
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09-30-2010, 01:23 AM | #2 |
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I eagerly await the photos!
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09-30-2010, 10:46 PM | #3 |
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Q and I just got back, will post a few pics later. We both had a great time and neither one of us sustained and damage.
This time I rode with some experienced friends on high performance machines and I absolutley could not keep up at all :( . They were forever waiting on me. Partly because of Q but mostly my mediocre riding skills. :? The route was a 20 mile trail up into the mountains, all single track and almost every inch is technical. Stream crossings, steep side hills, rocks, roots, a little mud here and there. Very steep on the downside. I was not able to do the trail in reverse, although I tried. I got stuck a couple of times and decided to go the other way to the gravel road and back to the cabin that way. So I wimped out a bit but I had a great time and was safe. I think I need a CRF....
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09-30-2010, 10:52 PM | #4 |
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80 degrees and no clouds with unlimited visibility. The views of Mt. Rainier were spectacular. Unfortunatly I hardly had a chance to stop and take pictures, like I say I was Tail End Charlie!
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10-01-2010, 02:16 AM | #5 |
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I doubt that your skills are mediocre. Q isn't exactly an optimized woods bike.
A CRF would be nice. An old XR is fun to toss around as well (1996 to 2004). Quarter litre is all you really need.
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10-01-2010, 02:34 AM | #6 | |
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I'd wimp out and take the easy way down too. No shame in that. |
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10-01-2010, 06:58 AM | #7 | ||
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I never liked the down-hill runs much, either. Glad you had fun and got back safe. Looking forward to the pics. Bill R |
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10-01-2010, 09:18 AM | #8 |
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riding sweep isnt that bad, as long as you had fun riding
as for the downhills, just point and go works for me you should be able to plate a CRF450X there |
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10-01-2010, 11:46 AM | #9 |
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Here's the pics!
Sorry so few, I was always on the move catching up, no time to take enough pics!
Dogwood Lake: White Pass ski resort: White Pass: Doc and his friend Andy. Andy's the one who brought us, he has the cabin and the big diesel Ford that brought us safely up the mountain: The (not so) Mighty Q: My friend Scott. He rode an CRF like a banshee! Q: Duane who rode a Husqvarna 410: Mt. Rainier: Q resting by a mountain lake:
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10-01-2010, 12:50 PM | #10 |
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Thanks for posting the great photos, Doc. I think both you, and your XP200, did a good job keeping completing the ride with the bigger, much more expensive motorcycles!
P.S. I don't blame you for taking the gravel road descent; I would have done the same. Spud
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10-01-2010, 09:43 PM | #11 |
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Looks like a blast, is the new tire a 606?
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120/90-18. It clears the chain by about 1/8". 8O
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