The weekend started out on the wrong foot.Trailer promblems led to renting a trailer.
We got their friday night around 11 and got checked into the Forest Hills inn.Graet place ,cheap clean, Amarican owned.I felt fine with the bikes locked to the trailer and the stair case.
Saturday morning me and my wife hit Paragon.We came here together looking for somewhere to get her some ridding expeirence. The spots I ride at home are pretty tough terrain and not the kind of spot to hang around in.(legal?)
I get here bike warmend up we are all geared up It is about 35 degrees out I figure It will be a very slow day with no chance of sweating so I have long johns on under my gear. Her bike is idling.I kick mine.Fires up then dies.Kick about 30 times in am sweating like a #####.Fouled plug first one in 4 months. I change it fires up and we are on our way.
So here we are, It is her 4th time riding on pipey kx 100. She had a tough time. I dont know my way around but have a nice colered map. On the way down the access rode to the staging area she tells me this rode is pretty rocky. I think it might be a long day. We go up and down the coal road a few times and around Rubicon lake. She is doing great ,getting comfortable, smilling. I dont see the big open pit area at the back of the staging area. We spend some time in the staging area doing some drills.
We decide to hit some trails. I figure green begginer We will start with valley rode # 11. It says 2wd.Yea o.k. We head back to the parking lot and talk to the staff to make sure I have the right trail. He tells me their is a go around but when I get to the top to go left.so we head back She makes it to the tree after the brook.I ride here bike upthe rest off the way.Walk down and ride her up on my bike. I am sweating again.
We are on top of the world. I take us right not left. O boy Lots of rocks. Not begginner rocks Rocks that are bashing my skid plate. Looking back we are on Blue barry # 42 or around it anyway,but we are both determined to get to the haul road. She is doing great but having a tough time. The bike is geared to high for this and her skill level. About 1hour later and lots of walking and riding 2 bikes by me we are at the haul rode. I am sweating again.
We take a break at the and enjoy the spring.laugh at the poor map or our lack of ability to follew it.
We figure it is after lunch,lets ride the haul rode to the turtle road and go to the truck. The turttle is green. It surely should be better than the trail 11. We just took a wrong turn.
Oh boy # 2 The big one. We are at the bottem of turtle hill she looks at me and says I am not going up that. I tell her then we will have to go back to the rocks we just rode through. She gets her corage up and gasses it up on the tank on the pipe. Wow can she ride,Rocks spitting out leting the bike take its own line not fighting it, working it. Before the day is out we will be riding 3rd gear single track. Then she stops,I ride up to her and ask why she stoped. I can tell she is scared to death. She tells me how this is not fun.I tell her she hit everything perfect and did great. Mind you we are only 1/4 of the way up,but if you stop this is not a bad spot to stop. I give her a good pep talk and she is off. First gear on the pipe spitting rocks gets about 30 yards up it is pretty steep hear,she gets off to the right side of the trail into some good dirt gets traction and hangs on for the ride. The front of the bike is 5 foot in the air jumps over half the trail back to the left and she goes flying. She hit hard,It was a pretty nasty getoff into a pile of rocks, they hurt. I race up to her, I feel terrible this is no place for her. Bad choice of a bike, man I feel bad.
She has had enough and I dont blame her.I takes another hour to get up the hill me riding one then walking back down for the other. (I am sweating again) She wont get on the back of my bike afraid we are going to fall. I finally get her on the back and we get to the top with out any promblems. We ride back to the truck. She tells me to go out with the guys that are parked next to us.
Adventure # 2
I go out with to guys, ying and yang. One brand new crf450 and one brand new yzf 450.You know the type if they could have found an atk 700 they would have bought them
Dont ask me were we road it was fairlly short ride.We are on some quad type trails.After the crf falls for the 10th time,he asks me what size bike mine is. It must at least be a 400 because it is pretty fast.I figure maybe I am setting too quick a pace and slow it down some.(I am chuckling now as I type this) yang on the yzf rides into me 5 times going into corners.My bike slides around in muddy corners enough without the flywheel weight in it.I do not need any help ,thank you.The last time was a quick left in the mud He hit me right behind the foot peg, when he decided to go straight instead of turn.I told them I had better be getting back to the truck, they agreed and Then I blasted the hell out of their and never saw them again.
Day 2 Sunday
My wife decided to stay at the room and let me go ride with the guys.I had called home and had my son put a post up looking for a riding buddy.Redwing Ds responded and said he would be their.
I dont see him and it is a little after 9 am.Their are no lone bikes to ride with so I take off with some quads and bikes.One big happy familly. Complete with junior on the cr80r with sneakers. We ride around but stop every 1/4 mile . The quads just do what they want riding off the trail everywhere down the streams ect. The 16 year old daughters are f-ing this and f-ing that. At every intersection they all head in different derections. I am riding around like a nut trying to keep them together,when they seperate. And I am voted the officiall trail guide since I have been her before. I am just waiting for the beer to come out. I have got to get away from these people. I get my chance,The two fathers on the bikes loose the whole group (and their kids). I find them but the group is gone. They ask me to get them back to the parking area. I punish them by setting a very fast pace through some very rocky stuff. One guy asks to take a break.Nope cant do it. I am late to meet a buddy at the parking lot.lets go
The day gets good
I get back to the parking lot.Jim (Redwing DS) is their. But his kx is broke. I offer my wifes kx100. He agrees. I meet Scooter from her on the board. Me Jim and 2 guys parked next to jim take off for a great ride.one on an 520 exc and a fast guy on a yzf 250. My wifes bike is smoking so bad you cant see anything through it on the coal road. Remember it idled through the whole day before. Jim quicklly clears it out. And it is just a great day. We rode pretty hard . I did not want to set to fast a pace with Jim on the punny bike. You just cant ride it fast through anything technical but Jim did a great job
About halfway through the ride We were stop and I pulled my clutch in and master cylinder parts landed on the ground. That is not good. We went back to the truck tryied to fix it .Could not I thought about calling it a day but was having to much fun. We went back out for another 2 hour ride with no clutch. I only stalled a coplle of times. After a while it was not a big deal. I think I actually carried more speed threw the tight corners with out the clutch . I would let the front and back of the bike slid until it hit something to get traction on be it a root, a rock, a burm, the trunk of a tree. Kind of a controled slide. Plus I was much more presice with my back brake (a lot of pumping). But my gearbox cant be happy with me I beat the #### out of it. But it was well worth it
Riding around sunday without my wife I explored most of the park. Though I did not ride everytrail,(It is to big to hit everyone in a weekend). I found plenty of begginer freindlly riding. It is out their you just need to know how to get to it and not take any wrong turns.
Before my Wife returns her kx is going to go threw a change.Lower gearing,Flywheel weight,Porting for lowend and maybe a throttle stop.
But I am looking foward to heading back with the kids son or just myself to ride with the guys.
ED
We got their friday night around 11 and got checked into the Forest Hills inn.Graet place ,cheap clean, Amarican owned.I felt fine with the bikes locked to the trailer and the stair case.
Saturday morning me and my wife hit Paragon.We came here together looking for somewhere to get her some ridding expeirence. The spots I ride at home are pretty tough terrain and not the kind of spot to hang around in.(legal?)
I get here bike warmend up we are all geared up It is about 35 degrees out I figure It will be a very slow day with no chance of sweating so I have long johns on under my gear. Her bike is idling.I kick mine.Fires up then dies.Kick about 30 times in am sweating like a #####.Fouled plug first one in 4 months. I change it fires up and we are on our way.
So here we are, It is her 4th time riding on pipey kx 100. She had a tough time. I dont know my way around but have a nice colered map. On the way down the access rode to the staging area she tells me this rode is pretty rocky. I think it might be a long day. We go up and down the coal road a few times and around Rubicon lake. She is doing great ,getting comfortable, smilling. I dont see the big open pit area at the back of the staging area. We spend some time in the staging area doing some drills.
We decide to hit some trails. I figure green begginer We will start with valley rode # 11. It says 2wd.Yea o.k. We head back to the parking lot and talk to the staff to make sure I have the right trail. He tells me their is a go around but when I get to the top to go left.so we head back She makes it to the tree after the brook.I ride here bike upthe rest off the way.Walk down and ride her up on my bike. I am sweating again.
We are on top of the world. I take us right not left. O boy Lots of rocks. Not begginner rocks Rocks that are bashing my skid plate. Looking back we are on Blue barry # 42 or around it anyway,but we are both determined to get to the haul road. She is doing great but having a tough time. The bike is geared to high for this and her skill level. About 1hour later and lots of walking and riding 2 bikes by me we are at the haul rode. I am sweating again.
We take a break at the and enjoy the spring.laugh at the poor map or our lack of ability to follew it.
We figure it is after lunch,lets ride the haul rode to the turtle road and go to the truck. The turttle is green. It surely should be better than the trail 11. We just took a wrong turn.
Oh boy # 2 The big one. We are at the bottem of turtle hill she looks at me and says I am not going up that. I tell her then we will have to go back to the rocks we just rode through. She gets her corage up and gasses it up on the tank on the pipe. Wow can she ride,Rocks spitting out leting the bike take its own line not fighting it, working it. Before the day is out we will be riding 3rd gear single track. Then she stops,I ride up to her and ask why she stoped. I can tell she is scared to death. She tells me how this is not fun.I tell her she hit everything perfect and did great. Mind you we are only 1/4 of the way up,but if you stop this is not a bad spot to stop. I give her a good pep talk and she is off. First gear on the pipe spitting rocks gets about 30 yards up it is pretty steep hear,she gets off to the right side of the trail into some good dirt gets traction and hangs on for the ride. The front of the bike is 5 foot in the air jumps over half the trail back to the left and she goes flying. She hit hard,It was a pretty nasty getoff into a pile of rocks, they hurt. I race up to her, I feel terrible this is no place for her. Bad choice of a bike, man I feel bad.
She has had enough and I dont blame her.I takes another hour to get up the hill me riding one then walking back down for the other. (I am sweating again) She wont get on the back of my bike afraid we are going to fall. I finally get her on the back and we get to the top with out any promblems. We ride back to the truck. She tells me to go out with the guys that are parked next to us.
Adventure # 2
I go out with to guys, ying and yang. One brand new crf450 and one brand new yzf 450.You know the type if they could have found an atk 700 they would have bought them
Dont ask me were we road it was fairlly short ride.We are on some quad type trails.After the crf falls for the 10th time,he asks me what size bike mine is. It must at least be a 400 because it is pretty fast.I figure maybe I am setting too quick a pace and slow it down some.(I am chuckling now as I type this) yang on the yzf rides into me 5 times going into corners.My bike slides around in muddy corners enough without the flywheel weight in it.I do not need any help ,thank you.The last time was a quick left in the mud He hit me right behind the foot peg, when he decided to go straight instead of turn.I told them I had better be getting back to the truck, they agreed and Then I blasted the hell out of their and never saw them again.
Day 2 Sunday
My wife decided to stay at the room and let me go ride with the guys.I had called home and had my son put a post up looking for a riding buddy.Redwing Ds responded and said he would be their.
I dont see him and it is a little after 9 am.Their are no lone bikes to ride with so I take off with some quads and bikes.One big happy familly. Complete with junior on the cr80r with sneakers. We ride around but stop every 1/4 mile . The quads just do what they want riding off the trail everywhere down the streams ect. The 16 year old daughters are f-ing this and f-ing that. At every intersection they all head in different derections. I am riding around like a nut trying to keep them together,when they seperate. And I am voted the officiall trail guide since I have been her before. I am just waiting for the beer to come out. I have got to get away from these people. I get my chance,The two fathers on the bikes loose the whole group (and their kids). I find them but the group is gone. They ask me to get them back to the parking area. I punish them by setting a very fast pace through some very rocky stuff. One guy asks to take a break.Nope cant do it. I am late to meet a buddy at the parking lot.lets go
The day gets good
I get back to the parking lot.Jim (Redwing DS) is their. But his kx is broke. I offer my wifes kx100. He agrees. I meet Scooter from her on the board. Me Jim and 2 guys parked next to jim take off for a great ride.one on an 520 exc and a fast guy on a yzf 250. My wifes bike is smoking so bad you cant see anything through it on the coal road. Remember it idled through the whole day before. Jim quicklly clears it out. And it is just a great day. We rode pretty hard . I did not want to set to fast a pace with Jim on the punny bike. You just cant ride it fast through anything technical but Jim did a great job
About halfway through the ride We were stop and I pulled my clutch in and master cylinder parts landed on the ground. That is not good. We went back to the truck tryied to fix it .Could not I thought about calling it a day but was having to much fun. We went back out for another 2 hour ride with no clutch. I only stalled a coplle of times. After a while it was not a big deal. I think I actually carried more speed threw the tight corners with out the clutch . I would let the front and back of the bike slid until it hit something to get traction on be it a root, a rock, a burm, the trunk of a tree. Kind of a controled slide. Plus I was much more presice with my back brake (a lot of pumping). But my gearbox cant be happy with me I beat the #### out of it. But it was well worth it
Riding around sunday without my wife I explored most of the park. Though I did not ride everytrail,(It is to big to hit everyone in a weekend). I found plenty of begginer freindlly riding. It is out their you just need to know how to get to it and not take any wrong turns.
Before my Wife returns her kx is going to go threw a change.Lower gearing,Flywheel weight,Porting for lowend and maybe a throttle stop.
But I am looking foward to heading back with the kids son or just myself to ride with the guys.
ED
