- Sep 9, 2000
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Ok, here's my recap of today's ride!
Excellent ride as usual. Pulled in today to find Nathan waiting in the parking lot. RM_guy was gone off to ride already and scout the trails. I BS with Nathan awhile and Flyin Scot pops up around the corner. Nathan reminds me of the water splashing he owes me and warns me to expect it sometime soon. :eek: Everyone shows up except Chief Wiggam and his crew and Ranger Dan (Scooter). Scooter arrives and proply hides his truck in the back of the parking are so no one sees he's hauling a Honda (Squeaky's). Scooter said he didnt want the value of his truck to increase due to the Honda. So he unloads it quickly and sticks it by my truck. Great, now everyone will think i caved in to the Carmicheal craze and bought a Honda. :(
Chief Wiggam finally shows up, they must of been up too late at the campground and slept in. We mounted the bikes and headed out for a quick loop as Scooter got a call in the office from Red Wing. He was running late so Dan stayed behind to wait for him. We head out to the kiddies section so Flyin Scot can show off his skills. :p Once again he is beat by the famous hill that his wife can climb but not him.
Hey Flyin Scot, your suppose to stop at the top of the hill. Not 10 feet from it.
From there we head out on "high road?". Since the famous puddle jumper Trigger wasnt there i filled in. As you can see in the first picture. Nancy boy (RM_guy) turns right and takes the sissy way. I proceed to "take" the puddle!
RM_guy wussing out.
Entering the Black Hole.
Wall of water.
Wow this is deep, look at the water level compared to fender.
Hey where did my front fender go?
Ok, after the puddle fun we continued on and Flyin Scot decieded he need a smoke and drink. Humm, how long were we gone? 15mins? Somebody get him some Oxygen! I head back the easy way with FS so i can clean the camera and googles. The rest of the gang go back the way we just came.
Everyone heads back out except Red Wing, still a no show. So Scooter tells them to call his Cell when he shows up. We do the same loop and Flyin Scot finally beats the "wife hill". Give him a hand folks as he finally got to check off one more of his goals in life! LOL! More riding takes place and we finally hit some Single Track. What fun that was. I dropped my front sprocket 1 tooth as per JasonJ's suggestion. Wow, what a difference that made in the tight stuff. The ol 450 had its snap back that i lost with the addition of a flywheel weight. Plus no more 1st gear stalling.
Here is a pic of why Paragon is Paragon! Check out the nice rock garden.
More riding takes place and more fun occurs. Flyin Scot and Red Wing had some fun on a muddy, whooped out uphill trail. The both get stuck and need help getting out.
Here is the pic that nobody wants me to post except RM_guy. Its proof that he can actually make it up the hard way of his "Howe" hill. He gets a :thumb: since i couldnt make it.
More riding occurs and we finally head back for lunch. After lunch i deciede i need to head out but not after we all try out Squeaky Girl's XR200 in the jeeps obsticle course. That little bike sure takes a beating. Good thing she didnt get her new plastic in time otherwise Chief would of had to buy her another set as he snapped the rear fender off looping it out. I told him that only a trials bike could do it but he wanted to prove me wrong. Then you have Nathan doing endo's in the parking lot. Sam, we do have one request. Please fill up the gas tank before you drop it off. When Scooter went to ride it he ran out and filled it up with RM_guy's gas. Forgot Dave was the only one that ran Premix so it wouldnt start. He sat there kicking and kicking til he finally gave up and we packed it up.
Flyin Scot and I call it quits as i had a long drive home and 3 bikes to load. Thanks to the gang we got the bikes loaded and i was able to get on my way earlier than i hoped. I did want to checkout the new Single track "with bridge" but that will have to wait til October 19th.
Well that's my post and i'm off to bed. See you guys tomorrow afternoon as i have a busy morning at work.
For more pics Click Here!
Excellent ride as usual. Pulled in today to find Nathan waiting in the parking lot. RM_guy was gone off to ride already and scout the trails. I BS with Nathan awhile and Flyin Scot pops up around the corner. Nathan reminds me of the water splashing he owes me and warns me to expect it sometime soon. :eek: Everyone shows up except Chief Wiggam and his crew and Ranger Dan (Scooter). Scooter arrives and proply hides his truck in the back of the parking are so no one sees he's hauling a Honda (Squeaky's). Scooter said he didnt want the value of his truck to increase due to the Honda. So he unloads it quickly and sticks it by my truck. Great, now everyone will think i caved in to the Carmicheal craze and bought a Honda. :(
Chief Wiggam finally shows up, they must of been up too late at the campground and slept in. We mounted the bikes and headed out for a quick loop as Scooter got a call in the office from Red Wing. He was running late so Dan stayed behind to wait for him. We head out to the kiddies section so Flyin Scot can show off his skills. :p Once again he is beat by the famous hill that his wife can climb but not him.
Hey Flyin Scot, your suppose to stop at the top of the hill. Not 10 feet from it.
From there we head out on "high road?". Since the famous puddle jumper Trigger wasnt there i filled in. As you can see in the first picture. Nancy boy (RM_guy) turns right and takes the sissy way. I proceed to "take" the puddle!
RM_guy wussing out.
Entering the Black Hole.
Wall of water.
Wow this is deep, look at the water level compared to fender.
Hey where did my front fender go?
Ok, after the puddle fun we continued on and Flyin Scot decieded he need a smoke and drink. Humm, how long were we gone? 15mins? Somebody get him some Oxygen! I head back the easy way with FS so i can clean the camera and googles. The rest of the gang go back the way we just came.
Everyone heads back out except Red Wing, still a no show. So Scooter tells them to call his Cell when he shows up. We do the same loop and Flyin Scot finally beats the "wife hill". Give him a hand folks as he finally got to check off one more of his goals in life! LOL! More riding takes place and we finally hit some Single Track. What fun that was. I dropped my front sprocket 1 tooth as per JasonJ's suggestion. Wow, what a difference that made in the tight stuff. The ol 450 had its snap back that i lost with the addition of a flywheel weight. Plus no more 1st gear stalling.
Here is a pic of why Paragon is Paragon! Check out the nice rock garden.
More riding takes place and more fun occurs. Flyin Scot and Red Wing had some fun on a muddy, whooped out uphill trail. The both get stuck and need help getting out.
Here is the pic that nobody wants me to post except RM_guy. Its proof that he can actually make it up the hard way of his "Howe" hill. He gets a :thumb: since i couldnt make it.
More riding occurs and we finally head back for lunch. After lunch i deciede i need to head out but not after we all try out Squeaky Girl's XR200 in the jeeps obsticle course. That little bike sure takes a beating. Good thing she didnt get her new plastic in time otherwise Chief would of had to buy her another set as he snapped the rear fender off looping it out. I told him that only a trials bike could do it but he wanted to prove me wrong. Then you have Nathan doing endo's in the parking lot. Sam, we do have one request. Please fill up the gas tank before you drop it off. When Scooter went to ride it he ran out and filled it up with RM_guy's gas. Forgot Dave was the only one that ran Premix so it wouldnt start. He sat there kicking and kicking til he finally gave up and we packed it up.
Flyin Scot and I call it quits as i had a long drive home and 3 bikes to load. Thanks to the gang we got the bikes loaded and i was able to get on my way earlier than i hoped. I did want to checkout the new Single track "with bridge" but that will have to wait til October 19th.
Well that's my post and i'm off to bed. See you guys tomorrow afternoon as i have a busy morning at work.
For more pics Click Here!
