The Heartland Spodes met up at a private track close to Enid. Thanks to OKKX'er for getting us the oppurtunity to ride the track. It was a private track with lots of doubles, some step downs, and a couple of table tops. The soil was a dry, powdery, hard pack mixture.
When I arrived bswift and newbie friend Darren were there already. Okkx'er and Thefastkidonthe80 arrived. After getting the lowdown on the track from OKKX'er, the good jumps, the bad jumps, and all of that type of info. We hit the track.
I owe a big thanks to OKKX'er, who spent a lot of time at the beginning of the day working with me on the jumps. A little historry about myself. I have ridden for over 25 years. Starting on cowtrails and progressing up to the trails my older cousins had layed out on the family farm. I rode my first enduro at age 29 six years ago. Since then I have ridden up to 12 enduros a year, a couple of cross countries. One MX at DW01. This was the third mx track I have ever really ridden. The first being Casey during DW01, the second in Tulsa OK A few weeks ago. I also was riding my kx250 which I just got, it was my second day on it. OKKX'er would tell me what gear to hit a jump in, how much throttle, etc. I was able to sit and watch him and then do it myself. MX547 has also helped this MX newbie alot. Thanks guys.
By the time the day was over I was "doing" five of the jumps. I never dropped the bike, I did land on the front end once on a step down double type of jump. I was short of the down hill landing are. Kinda scared me.
Craig_enid rode about at my level, he's also a woods rider, bswift was making a few more of the jumps than me, OKKX'er and mx547 were really airing it out on the jumps. Only one jump had them scratching thier heads. They were being shown up by a 14-15 year old kid on an older cr 250, the kid was doing cancans over a jujmp that was kinda hard to get the speed up neccasary to do.
In keeping with the Heartland Spode Bylaws there was food. Mrs. OKKX'er came and cooked for us. Really good food. Thank her again for me,Okkx'er.
Also in keeping with the traditions of the HL Spodes, mx547 initiated the new rider, Darren, by running over him. Darren said all he knew was he heard someone come up behind him hollaring HeyHeyHey, then he felt the impact. Good job mx, We got our rules you know;)
I can say that there was a moment today when my chest swelled up with pride. I mean I was as proud as a parent whose son had just hit a homer in baseball. At one point in the day bswift, who owns this monster bike called the Mamba, which is loaded with everything possible to stick on a bike, including a 310 kit. Anyways bswift was riding my "little" 250 when all the guys started practising starts. I mean there were 7-8 kx's, a older cr, and a suzuki all lined up drag racing down a grassy straight around some tires and back. Swift riding MY kx was pulling the holeshots, if he didn't get the holeshot he was usually second. Even with the front wheel off the ground down the straight in a full wheely he would still pull away from them.
Overall a good day of riding. Sorry some of you guys couldn't make it.
When I arrived bswift and newbie friend Darren were there already. Okkx'er and Thefastkidonthe80 arrived. After getting the lowdown on the track from OKKX'er, the good jumps, the bad jumps, and all of that type of info. We hit the track.
I owe a big thanks to OKKX'er, who spent a lot of time at the beginning of the day working with me on the jumps. A little historry about myself. I have ridden for over 25 years. Starting on cowtrails and progressing up to the trails my older cousins had layed out on the family farm. I rode my first enduro at age 29 six years ago. Since then I have ridden up to 12 enduros a year, a couple of cross countries. One MX at DW01. This was the third mx track I have ever really ridden. The first being Casey during DW01, the second in Tulsa OK A few weeks ago. I also was riding my kx250 which I just got, it was my second day on it. OKKX'er would tell me what gear to hit a jump in, how much throttle, etc. I was able to sit and watch him and then do it myself. MX547 has also helped this MX newbie alot. Thanks guys.
By the time the day was over I was "doing" five of the jumps. I never dropped the bike, I did land on the front end once on a step down double type of jump. I was short of the down hill landing are. Kinda scared me.
Craig_enid rode about at my level, he's also a woods rider, bswift was making a few more of the jumps than me, OKKX'er and mx547 were really airing it out on the jumps. Only one jump had them scratching thier heads. They were being shown up by a 14-15 year old kid on an older cr 250, the kid was doing cancans over a jujmp that was kinda hard to get the speed up neccasary to do.
In keeping with the Heartland Spode Bylaws there was food. Mrs. OKKX'er came and cooked for us. Really good food. Thank her again for me,Okkx'er.
Also in keeping with the traditions of the HL Spodes, mx547 initiated the new rider, Darren, by running over him. Darren said all he knew was he heard someone come up behind him hollaring HeyHeyHey, then he felt the impact. Good job mx, We got our rules you know;)
I can say that there was a moment today when my chest swelled up with pride. I mean I was as proud as a parent whose son had just hit a homer in baseball. At one point in the day bswift, who owns this monster bike called the Mamba, which is loaded with everything possible to stick on a bike, including a 310 kit. Anyways bswift was riding my "little" 250 when all the guys started practising starts. I mean there were 7-8 kx's, a older cr, and a suzuki all lined up drag racing down a grassy straight around some tires and back. Swift riding MY kx was pulling the holeshots, if he didn't get the holeshot he was usually second. Even with the front wheel off the ground down the straight in a full wheely he would still pull away from them.
Overall a good day of riding. Sorry some of you guys couldn't make it.
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