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Message: [QUOTE="Michelle, post: 644630, member: 16598"] To be honest Anne, I've thought long & hard about it and fought myself every step of the way. End of the day, though, I want to enjoy my riding & continue to do so. I also don't want to end up scared to try new things & new terrain (some of the rides I've been on are enough to put me off) and to get totally comfortable in the forest that we don't ride very often. I guess the TTR is a security blanket in a way, but one I hope to outgrow given time. I broke my thumb there at one stage because I freaked having to avoid some huge ruts and then because I was going to slow taking off on a corner, I dropped the bike (couldn't touch the ground) and put my right hand out (the clay was solid that day and I fell to my left - I f'ed up good hehehe). It was hard to ride back to base without really being able to hold on to the throttle lol CJ, we took you to the sand-based forest, which is much easier to ride (dull often springs to mind). It's flat compared to Rivehead, which is flat compared to Oregon. Some of the ruts are incredible, others are just a pain. I dropped my helmet in one last summer & it sunk (well, not quite, I managed to grab it before it went all the way down), but thankfully I kept the bike out (changing plugs, which almost went the same way as my helmet lol). The 4WDs pick a hole & see how deep they can make it before it's impassable with a winch. But it's fun to ride there, just the conditions change from day-to-day. I'll probably be like Kerrie with the KTM she rode (Natalie's?) & forget it has a button, but at least it starts easier than a bigger bike lol. I hopped back on the KDX on Saturday & couldn't start it, but I think she was protesting me not having taken her for a ride for a couple of weeks & that my last ride on her had been slow at the end (should've taken her for a strop but didn't think of it). Bbbom, shortening it by dropping it is fine by me, it's then having to raise it that'll be the problem lol. Anne, now you've got the perfect excuse for a baby bike to muck around on lol :) Lori, I'm sure I'll still find plenty of opportunity to get myself stuck - I'm a stuck-magnet. My ride last Saturday I decided to do some exploring but got frustrated everytime I got stuck (like continuously) - I just wasn't one with the bike but I was getting a feel for the terrain hehehehehe [/QUOTE]

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