South East saturday looks like a good day

Well guys its time to break the cabin fever!!

I'm heading up to Prentice Cooper state park Tn. (WMA) to stir up some turkeys saturday, I think i'll stay away from the river crossings this time though, I already have an engine on the bench and the guy I'm going with has only been out riding once before.

Anyone else going to take advantage of near 60* and the sunny sky saturday?

well I'm not hitting prentice cooper ...luckly I check there site and most trails are closed during the winter months...

I'll head out to this new place in alabama called doc hilt's, i was going to go there on labor day weekend but the riding buddy refused so we went to broad river where I sank my kdx.

JD
did you load up the engine really good during the ring seating (break in) like we were discusing on another thread?/

did you set you ring gap to specs?

I'm sure you can sort it out just throwing some thought out there

well I rode Doc Hilt's trails yesterday in Alabama, I had a good time and I felt great..the bike was very happy too

I played with the clickers front and rear (one change at a time) and ended up going in 2 more clicks on the front and after all the messing around witht the rear the rebound is back to what it was and compression only one click in when all was said and done.

so I found I was better off with rear traction over the smaller jumps in the trail than the provided lift of the rear tire from additional compression setting which also provide a rear end buck when I was off the throttle.

I also want to go back to a 50t rear sprocket I am at 13/48 now with the tall d803 trials tire and while that is fine normally, when I get tired and slow down a bit the step twisty hill climbs I find myself slipping the hell out of my clutch in stead of shifting down.

if my trail tech was reading right I was averaging 25mph anyhow.... riding was mainly between 15-and 36mph with some bursts up to 43mph an dthat was beyond my comfort zone with all them trees and errosion ruts smiling at me..

And today I am a bit sore but I'm glad the weathrer broke for the ride

JD
could it be that the weather is the problem...it is colder out now and you really never said where the problem was at rpm wise?

yeah mine has good pull, i swaped bike very briefly with my buddy (89 yz250) I thought I was going to die and swaped right back it, had super stiff suspension low handlebars high footpegs and enough power to make things real hairy, i dont know how he controls it! this is his second time out riding

on my rebuild: I still have the top end droped off at my wifes work and need a spring washer for the clutch then its time to brake in the blastard, then I will send the swing arm from the spare frame off for a plus 4" job and start hunting hydro brakes