Fe_princess
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- Sep 7, 2001
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Well, here's my report. Let's start with I had no idea what to expect. I'd never had a honeymoon, let alone ridden through Baha. Trailboss tours was worth every penny. Those folks know how to ride and party. I can say it was the fastest I've ever gone on a dirt bike. The ktm was geared for 75-80 and I had the thing in 6th gear almost the entire time. I kept looking for 7th..?
I learned that hesitating on the throttle costs you, esp. in the sand. It's like riding on two flat tires, so just stay on the gas and the tires will just hook up! I couldn't believe how fast I was going. I was freaking myself out. We rode on the beach thru salt flats to sand bars to dried out creek beds to roads that couldn't even be called roads(there was a hurricane in Nov). We had to do some pavement and a lot of gravel roads with hidden rocks waiting to captipult you at any moment. Bill and I rode side by side a whole day; it was awesome doing my favorite thing with my newlywed! I think we drove 1400 miles in all. My bike seized the 2nd to last day, so I was lucky enough to get an xr 400 for my last days ride. It had considerable more power than the ktm and sucked up a lot of vibration. I'm glad I took my bike. I feel more in tune it with and its reactions, but it beat the crap out of me. The bike vibrated so much that I thought my eyeballs were floating. I had to remind myself on a few occasions to let the bike do it and stop trying to steer it which ended up costing me energy which one should always conserve on a 250 mile day. We also rode for 60-80 miles at streach sometimes which was a nice change from the start and stop of the trails. I was worried about my back 40, but my hands took the brunt of the punishment. I got stabbed by a cactus on the 2nd day and my hand swelled up like a blown up glove, but fortunelty Chris had some magic ointment. One day we rode to a little town on the sea of Cortez called scorpian bay and had lobster for lunch where I was obliged to drink as much tecate without going crosseyed. The one thing that was different(well everything was) was the animals on the trails. A lot of cattle and dogs running straight to the bike with fangs bared. I think I acutally kicked on . We also saw donkeys, goats and lots of little ones yelling, wheelie-wheelie( Bill soon became everybodies hero) This was definetely the time of my life. It a great way to start a marriage or continue one...:p
I learned that hesitating on the throttle costs you, esp. in the sand. It's like riding on two flat tires, so just stay on the gas and the tires will just hook up! I couldn't believe how fast I was going. I was freaking myself out. We rode on the beach thru salt flats to sand bars to dried out creek beds to roads that couldn't even be called roads(there was a hurricane in Nov). We had to do some pavement and a lot of gravel roads with hidden rocks waiting to captipult you at any moment. Bill and I rode side by side a whole day; it was awesome doing my favorite thing with my newlywed! I think we drove 1400 miles in all. My bike seized the 2nd to last day, so I was lucky enough to get an xr 400 for my last days ride. It had considerable more power than the ktm and sucked up a lot of vibration. I'm glad I took my bike. I feel more in tune it with and its reactions, but it beat the crap out of me. The bike vibrated so much that I thought my eyeballs were floating. I had to remind myself on a few occasions to let the bike do it and stop trying to steer it which ended up costing me energy which one should always conserve on a 250 mile day. We also rode for 60-80 miles at streach sometimes which was a nice change from the start and stop of the trails. I was worried about my back 40, but my hands took the brunt of the punishment. I got stabbed by a cactus on the 2nd day and my hand swelled up like a blown up glove, but fortunelty Chris had some magic ointment. One day we rode to a little town on the sea of Cortez called scorpian bay and had lobster for lunch where I was obliged to drink as much tecate without going crosseyed. The one thing that was different(well everything was) was the animals on the trails. A lot of cattle and dogs running straight to the bike with fangs bared. I think I acutally kicked on . We also saw donkeys, goats and lots of little ones yelling, wheelie-wheelie( Bill soon became everybodies hero) This was definetely the time of my life. It a great way to start a marriage or continue one...:p
