So for my resolution this year I decided to do the only thing that I know I am lacking.....get more ride time in :ride:
So ride I did.
Yea I know your thinking yea right yzinger you DONT need to ride more. But ya know what they say, opinions are like :moon: everyone has one :rotfl: and my opinion is that I need to ride more.
So with that said I hooked up with my buddy C-more and Slow Joe and headed north to Little Manistee. North you say! yes north. Jan 1st and I am headed even farther north. Like it isn't cold enough here I got to go farther north to get a challange. We met at the southern staging area on Little Manistee at 8:30am and geared up. Note to self, bring riding boots into truck were it is warm :bang: It was a balmy 20 deg outside and no wind. The ground was mostly free of snow but still frozen solid. I was sure glad that we had them studs in.
We took off going counter clockwise on the 2-tracks. Just taking it a little easy while the bike warmed up. Its quickly aparent that traction will not be a problem at all as it was near 100%. The frozed ground combined with 600 gold screws makes for crazy traction. Turn the go handle and the front tire claws at the sky. :yeehaw:
But as much fun as the 2-tracks were, they were cold as hell also. We dove into the 1st single track crossing we saw and started to tear it up. Joe was coming off injuries and was a little slow at first. But he loosened up and was soon feeling fine on his CRF450. Its bad enough riding behind him in the summer but now I got to worry about getting pelted by flying screws out of his rear tire. Yikes!
Cmore as always was riding good on his YZ426. This is one of his last rides for a while. His bikes are going up for sale as Uncle Sam is sending him overseas this year. He ships out on 1/28/05. So he is really enjoying these last few rides.
I am finially starting to get the feel of the YZ400 back. I havent rode it all summer, I got skippy (CRF250X) for that. The big thumper just feels strange coming off the Honda. But I am getting better on it. The cold weather jeting I did seems to be working fine. For all you 4-strokes out there with the pumper carb I got 1 word for you, STARTER JET. Put a bigger one in there. They start sooo much beter in the cold temps with a bigger starter jet.
So anyways we continued along in the single stopping on occasion to warm our hands on the exhaust and clear out foggy goggles. There is the ocasional downed tree on the trail. But with studded tires they arn't even a challange. It just claws right over them. There was spotty snow and ice but for the most part the trail was clear and frozen. You could really rail corners with the studs. Just dive into the corner and the bike just sticks. Awsome fun. We made a quick stop at the Carrieville gas startion for munchies and drinks. We sure got strange looks from the other customers.
So ride I did.
Yea I know your thinking yea right yzinger you DONT need to ride more. But ya know what they say, opinions are like :moon: everyone has one :rotfl: and my opinion is that I need to ride more.
So with that said I hooked up with my buddy C-more and Slow Joe and headed north to Little Manistee. North you say! yes north. Jan 1st and I am headed even farther north. Like it isn't cold enough here I got to go farther north to get a challange. We met at the southern staging area on Little Manistee at 8:30am and geared up. Note to self, bring riding boots into truck were it is warm :bang: It was a balmy 20 deg outside and no wind. The ground was mostly free of snow but still frozen solid. I was sure glad that we had them studs in.
We took off going counter clockwise on the 2-tracks. Just taking it a little easy while the bike warmed up. Its quickly aparent that traction will not be a problem at all as it was near 100%. The frozed ground combined with 600 gold screws makes for crazy traction. Turn the go handle and the front tire claws at the sky. :yeehaw:
But as much fun as the 2-tracks were, they were cold as hell also. We dove into the 1st single track crossing we saw and started to tear it up. Joe was coming off injuries and was a little slow at first. But he loosened up and was soon feeling fine on his CRF450. Its bad enough riding behind him in the summer but now I got to worry about getting pelted by flying screws out of his rear tire. Yikes!
Cmore as always was riding good on his YZ426. This is one of his last rides for a while. His bikes are going up for sale as Uncle Sam is sending him overseas this year. He ships out on 1/28/05. So he is really enjoying these last few rides.
I am finially starting to get the feel of the YZ400 back. I havent rode it all summer, I got skippy (CRF250X) for that. The big thumper just feels strange coming off the Honda. But I am getting better on it. The cold weather jeting I did seems to be working fine. For all you 4-strokes out there with the pumper carb I got 1 word for you, STARTER JET. Put a bigger one in there. They start sooo much beter in the cold temps with a bigger starter jet.
So anyways we continued along in the single stopping on occasion to warm our hands on the exhaust and clear out foggy goggles. There is the ocasional downed tree on the trail. But with studded tires they arn't even a challange. It just claws right over them. There was spotty snow and ice but for the most part the trail was clear and frozen. You could really rail corners with the studs. Just dive into the corner and the bike just sticks. Awsome fun. We made a quick stop at the Carrieville gas startion for munchies and drinks. We sure got strange looks from the other customers.
