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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Southeastern Washington desert
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Spud gets great mileage out of his tires. I suspect he has a better right wrist control than I do. :roll:
Both of us ride on hard rocky loose highly abrasive desert type terrain. I ran Avon Gripsters on my XR250L years ago and I liked them. On hard or desert type conditions then did well. In the wet off road they'll put you on your face quickly. 8O
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Idaho
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
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Spud, that is seriously beautiful countryside you have there, I love the pictures!
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![]() ![]() Here's a photograph of my Christian Brother Andy descending a steep, rocky slope on his Yamaha TT-R225. ![]() You can see my Honda XR650L at the bottom of this slope. ![]() ![]() Incidentally, Andy dropped his bike after riding to this spot. ![]() ![]() Spud ![]()
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Southeastern Washington desert
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Beautiful pics, Spud. I wonder how many of us CR's have Spudpics as our computer's wallpaper. :P
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![]() ![]() ![]() I employ the tractor-like torque of the XR650L to crawl up these steep, rocky slopes. Andy barrels up the slopes, riding wide-open-throttle on his TT-R225. 8O ![]() Andy descends almost as fast as he rides up the mountains. ![]() ![]() I will never become as good a trail rider as Andy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Brother Andy rides hard, but he enjoys the beautiful scenery even more than the hard riding. ![]() ![]() Spud ![]()
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Southeastern Washington desert
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Spud, anytime I feel as if I live in the most beautiful part of the country all I have to do is look at your pics to know i don't :? . May I add also you are an excellent photographer. :wink:
We've all been in Andy's position, horizontal! :roll: Due to the extra power, I also find my KLX to be much easier to ride than Q, although I certainly appreciated that bike too. ![]()
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Thank you, Doc.
![]() ![]() ![]() Of course, descending is frequently more hazardous than ascending. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Incidentally, that hill is a lot tougher than it appears in the photographs. ![]() ![]() Spud ![]()
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Southeastern Washington desert
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Its hard to capture in a picture how hard a hill is to ride. I've posted pics here of the Hill Of Doom and other toughies and they don't look so bad in the pictures! :?
Plus it has more to do with the looseness and rockiness of the surface than the actual incline too.
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![]() ![]() I can assure you, it is difficult to hike up that trail! ![]() Spud ![]()
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