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Rattlesnake Enduro - Fun, sun and (cough) DUST.(LONG)
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[QUOTE="Wintermute, post: 946000, member: 62144"] Lori is thrilled to have made it to the first gas in time to get the full 20 minutes to rest, fuel and rehydrate. Some of our club members are pitting for us so we have plenty of help. 20 minutes slips by and its time to get back on the trail. Still no sign of Farmer John. The next section starts off with a start control. We pull up to the flags and wait for our minute to come up, we notice that we one bike short one of our newbies is either really late or has dropped out. Minute 36 come up and we take off, the trail is ATV wide, fast and rocky. It turns back towards the trucks at the gas and begins going through a series of hill climbs and descents. Spectators line the trail for the next little bit. Then we dip back into the tight trees. This is a mix of fun trail and tight trees and we're doing well. I keep whooping at Lori trying to keep her motivation and energy level up. We catch and pass a couple of slower riders on minutes ahead of us. We come into a rugged and somewhat more open area, I'm well ahead of Lori when I tag a large rock with my rear wheel. The back of the bike hops and swings out to the right. For a moment I'm visualizing a nasty high-side then the back of the bike slams into a tree on the side of the trail. The impact bounces me back into shape, I throttle on and keep riding without a second thought. When we got home I discovered that the impact snapped the fender extension off just under the tail light taking my license plate with it. Doh! Some time later we catch up with Chuck, the STER clubber with the DRZ 400 dual sport. We're in a tight tree section and Chuck is having a tough time. He lets me by and I motor off into a nightmarish section tight trees and loose 5-6 inch square rocks. Not a few rocks, lots of rocks, like somebody was making a gravel driveway with oversized gravel. On the far side of the rocks we get back onto more normal trail. I ride into a 90 degree right that a lot of riders are missing so I stop and wait for Lori. And wait, and wait, and wait. Bikes are going by and minutes are counting down. There are so many KTMs I cant tell if Lori has passed me with out me recognizing her. I ride back a ways parallel to the trail calling out for Lori at the top of my lungs. No answer. Now I'm thinking that she went by me in a cluster of riders. She hasn't been this late yet, even after a tip over. I whip around and speed off down the trail. Several minutes later I arrive at the check more than 20 minutes late. I roll into the reset looking for Lori. She's not there. She must still be behind me. So I wait. To be continued. [/QUOTE]
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