craig_enid
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- Mar 23, 2000
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Well, the final tally was VioletSP, Enduro_Nut, and Craig_enid arriving at the Stillwater 500 around 7:30 AM for some trail time before the temps hit 'miserable'. Justql, OKKXer, Bswift, MX547, and OldMaiconut were all there 'in spirit'....
E_N's VOR wasn't back from the upgrade shop, so we were on the KDX's for the day.
The plan was to run one loop of the Golden Eagle course to give VioletSP the feel of what she would encounter at the Red River enduro, hopefully her first race. Started out a little dicey when she had a front brake wash-out and low-sided on a right turn. No damage done and we were soon back on the trail. Violet was leading the row, cleaning the spiders from the trail, (Get it OFF me!!!!) when the next biff occurred... it was a right turn downhill into a ravine, Violet missed the back brake and had to grab the front just as she was hitting the turn. The combination of the front brake and the front wheel hitting the outside berm launched her and the TTR down the hill. She did a Superwoman imitation into a rather large patch of poison ivy. She went about 15 feet and the bike went 10, so it was a good landing. We took another break and got rid of all the arachnids that were along for the ride. She tweaked an ankle injury on this one, so the 'fun factor' was rapidly diminishing....
The last straw was on a rutty uphill that had a mass of tree roots that were exposed, right at the top of the hill. I went up first, dropped the kickstand and headed back to watch the carnage. She made the attempt before I got there, so I found the TTR in a position that I knew it had to have 'landed' in.... She was pretty shook up, after that one, and we decided to scout a trail back to camp. Found a way out to a road and took 3 easy miles back to the truck, water, and food.
E_N and I took one more run while Violet found some shade. E_N, being a KDX owner in the past, quickly got his 2-stroke legs back. He took the lead, and quickly stretched his lead out enough that the dust wasn't a problem for me...... it settled before I got to it! Coming off shoulder surgery, and riding someone elses bike, he goes real good! :D
We missed all you spodes who couldn't make it, and look forward to healed bodies, and cooler weather!
E_N's VOR wasn't back from the upgrade shop, so we were on the KDX's for the day.
The plan was to run one loop of the Golden Eagle course to give VioletSP the feel of what she would encounter at the Red River enduro, hopefully her first race. Started out a little dicey when she had a front brake wash-out and low-sided on a right turn. No damage done and we were soon back on the trail. Violet was leading the row, cleaning the spiders from the trail, (Get it OFF me!!!!) when the next biff occurred... it was a right turn downhill into a ravine, Violet missed the back brake and had to grab the front just as she was hitting the turn. The combination of the front brake and the front wheel hitting the outside berm launched her and the TTR down the hill. She did a Superwoman imitation into a rather large patch of poison ivy. She went about 15 feet and the bike went 10, so it was a good landing. We took another break and got rid of all the arachnids that were along for the ride. She tweaked an ankle injury on this one, so the 'fun factor' was rapidly diminishing....
The last straw was on a rutty uphill that had a mass of tree roots that were exposed, right at the top of the hill. I went up first, dropped the kickstand and headed back to watch the carnage. She made the attempt before I got there, so I found the TTR in a position that I knew it had to have 'landed' in.... She was pretty shook up, after that one, and we decided to scout a trail back to camp. Found a way out to a road and took 3 easy miles back to the truck, water, and food.
E_N and I took one more run while Violet found some shade. E_N, being a KDX owner in the past, quickly got his 2-stroke legs back. He took the lead, and quickly stretched his lead out enough that the dust wasn't a problem for me...... it settled before I got to it! Coming off shoulder surgery, and riding someone elses bike, he goes real good! :D
We missed all you spodes who couldn't make it, and look forward to healed bodies, and cooler weather!
