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[QUOTE="dirty~d~, post: 475770, member: 30241"] Ride Report (from the seat of my KDX) (Warning: Reading this might make your eyes burn.) It’s a bit long, but I wanted to cover as much as I could remember. Cold, crisp air. Clear, blue skies. New faces that felt like old friends from the second I stepped out of my truck. I knew it was going to be a good day. :thumb: Early afternoon Sunday we slapped our gear on and Lori made us decide… the road or the hill climb for warming up? Well, what better way to warm up than a hill climb you’ve never been on? I never realized how heavy my KDX was until I had to pick him up every 10 yards. At the bottom of the hill climb I managed to introduce myself to one of the trees that was living a peaceful existence, until that day. Some help from Karl and a few kicks to start it, I was on my way again… only to greet the next steep incline with my butt. Lori was nice enough to get my beast up the last 15-20 feet (boy do I feel like a wuss.) By then I was seeing a few stars. I think I need to increase the intensity of my morning step aerobics if I am to survive this bike. Noel fought with her KX and managed to make it to the top to be greeted with cheers of victory. From that point on the hill was going to get worse so Noel and I opted for the road up to the head of the next trail. The others went on up the hill to meet us at the top. We met up and took a few minutes to prep the bikes. There is nothing like a prepped bike and well, my bike was nothing like it. My carb apparently needs a little TLC as it was pissing fuel every time I stopped. Karl then noted that adjusting my sag might be to my benefit… boy was it. THANKS KARL! FC had to make a few minor adjustments on her KTM as well. Our pit stop was a great opportunity to glance around to take in how beautiful the area was. At that time I was kicking myself for not taking my camera. With the bikes now prepped and everyone pumped up to ride we went up one last hill climb… containing a rut with my name ALL over it. As we passed another trailhead I could see two quads coming up to the trail we were on. Well they got a front row view of me kissing the edge of this rut with my front tire and doing a full body slam to the ground. I hit so hard that I managed to bounce once. As I got right back up and started to pick up my bike I could see the expressions on the faces of the hunters… suffice it to say I know they think I’m crazy. :) I survived the rest of the hill where everyone was waiting for my dusty butt at the top. After that Lori took Noel and I through some pretty fun stuff. The guys and Sharla went up a different side of the hill and from what I hear she didn’t curse Karl once. Good girl. Noel started to experience a minor problem with her bike as we worked our way up a hill climb that I thought was pretty dang fun. Loose ground, a few ruts and pretty long, but not too steep. I’m really diggin my KDX at this point. When we had almost made it to the top Noel’s bike decided it’d had enough of this hill. Lori had me scoot to the top and wait while she took Noel through a less demanding section. As I made it to the top I met up with Karl, Dan, and Sharla (there was one other guy, but for the life of me I don’t remember his name). Us gals rested up and chit chatted while the guys fixed Noel’s KX. As I remember correctly it was a cable problem?? Once everyone was patched up and rested we, again split up. Sharla went with the guys once more to receive a royal spanking and from the report I received she survived it quite successfully. Atta girl!! :thumb: Lori, Noel and I went down another section of trail that was so SWEET. It was a lot of single track and farely tight in some places. That’s when I really started to learn how to toss my beast around. Granted I wasn’t going as fast as I could have been, but I was having just a wonderful time. I do remember dropping him a few times and having problems finding 1st gear on a couple of corners, but all in all I was quite pleased with my performance through there. Oh yeah, I almost forgot about the log that my bike pinned me to. Thank you to Noel for getting my bike off of my leg. J He has it in for me, I swear. When we made it to the bottom we were again given an option. Down the road to a new trail or fight our way back up the one we just came down… so back up we went. This is again where my memory is a little blurry. I apologize. Lori can fill in the blanks as she remembers those trails much better than I ever could. The next memory I have is doing a wheelie up hill, which I managed to hold onto for a few seconds. It felt great!!! I was being a squid and I DIDN’T crash. WHOOHOOOO!! :yeehaw: Of course shortly after I put the tire down I met a log that decided I was having too much fun. It grabbed the back tire and launched me into a full face plant. :ugg: I was hearing bells for a few minutes, but nothing was in techno-color so I knew I was fine. As I assisted Lori in getting my bark busters back in place we chit chatted about various trail experiences… Lori is one great gal. After getting the KDX pieced back together we raced up to meet up with Noel who had been in front on this section. She was patiently waiting. Heading down the hill behind Noel was an interesting experience. I’m about 20 feet behind her, watching as her rear tire starts to bounce inside a rut. Just when I think she’s got a handle on it, she disappears off the trail and all I could see was her back tire up in the air. I reached the corner and threw my bike down when I saw her on her back, head first down the side of the trail and her bike laying almost on top of her. GOOD LORD CHICA, don’t you ever scare me like that again! Lori had caught up by this time and we all worked together to get her and her bike back up to the trail. She was a little wobbly, but I was confident she would be ok. We all coasted down the hill to the road and made it back to the house intact. Shortly after we had settled in, the guys and Sharla came popping down the road. While warming by the stove we all shared our stories over a few beers. Never have I felt so close to a new group of people in my life. So now Lori, you ask if I’m up for it again? YOU’RE DARN RIGHT I AM! [/QUOTE]
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