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Message: [QUOTE="justql, post: 729238, member: 20321"] As I left home and headed across southern Kansas Saturday morning towards Enid OK ice was forming on the windshield. I was a little concerned but with Caig's gaurantee for a beautiful day of racing I forged ahead. I managed to arrive in Enid at Craig's house at 12:45. Upon arrival I found Craig and Terry already had the trailer loaded and were ready to go. After a little improvising we had the trailer hooked up and were on the road. It was a great trip down with good stories of past rides being the main topic. After a rough night of sleeping we were up and at it early Sunday morning. it was a little cool but it was dry. We managed to get to the race sight prep the bikes program the computers and be ready to go by our keytime. After two nights of little sleep, Friday was 6 hours, Saturday night was some sleep with tossing and turning in between, I figured I'd wear out really quickly. I followed Craig and Terry off of the start. After Craig's blunder of burning the check he stopped and was shacking his head in disbelief. I took the opportunity to take the lead. The next fifteen miles were the best riding I have had in close to two years. Although, I was not that fast I was still having a ball, doubling through whoops, wheeling through sand washes, hitting the flat corners perfect, hoping over rocks, all around great fun. :aj: Around mile 17 I realized I had been dragging the rear brake and not using the front.(hey it's been awhile since I have ridden) this resulted in a case of brake fading. The brakes came back about the time I realized I had a flat front tire around mile 18.5. I soldiered on. I then saw a nasty little (10 foot) ravene that ran ride beside the trail. Yep I did just what you're not suppose to, I looked at the thing and ended up dropping the bike in it. I stayed on the trail unhurt and the bike ended up on its wheels at the bottom of the ravene. Craig came up behind me while I was looking at the bike below me. He, being the true friend he is stopped and helped me muscle the bike down the ravene which included another good size drop. Fifteen minutes later we were all three on the trail again. We made it to the gas stop wa late. I aired the tire up and straightened the front end and we were all off again. Even though we were very late due to my lapse in judgement that resulted in my trip to the Grand Canyon we made good time. The remainder of the race was pretty much so a hare scramble. Terry did a great job! The first time enduro rider stayed close behind Craig and I all day. My impressions of west Texas races stayed the same. Lots of cactus, mesquite, and nasty, DANGEROUS, single track downhills. This was my fifth ride in that type of terrain and I still do not know how they go that fast in the stuff, You can't see whats over the little drop offs yet the guys bail off of them at 30+ mph. My bike was GREAT :thumb: Couldn't have asked for it to be any better. Lots of power to fly through the sand (which I still hate) and very stable and manuverable in the tighter technical stuff. The Trip home was not as good as the rest of the trip. VERY SLOW and long. I got in the house at 4:15, took a quick shower and laid down for an hour long nap before I was up and off to work. After a 13 1/2 hour long day I finally got home tonight. Everything considered it was a great trip. Terry and Craig were the perfect traveling companions. Thanks guys. I needed that trip. :) :) [/QUOTE]

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