Posted by Mike S. on October 21, 2011, 7:18 am
sean_q thinks:
> My idea of dirt biking is none of the following:
Do what makes you happy. But you're missing out on
some of the fun.
A putz is a fool or an idiot. So probably not the best term.
I seem to remember Cycle magazine calling your sort
of riding dirt donking. You'd be a dirt donk then, not
sure what the heck that really means though.
Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.
P.S. going dirt donking with buddies on my sons TTr125
tonight in the mud. Seems the local park system bought a
huge (for NE Ohio) tract nearby and we're going to explore
before it's fenced off and sanitized. Getting out the camo
riding gear.
P.P.S. And the "trash the lawn at the Days Inn" race is Saturday.
Gonna be a mud fest but we're ready.
Posted by Tiago on October 21, 2011, 8:27 am
> What I do like is to ride
> at a leisurely pace over minimally challenging terrain such as
> old logging roads on a small dirt bike like a Honda XL175
> while watching the scenery go by and trying to connect with
> the environment around me.
Most of the folks I know like to dirt ride exactly like you say,
either because they don't feel the competitive need, or they don't (or
can't) have the latest model race bike. I say go out there and ride,
enjoy the nature... Ignore those who say you should "race" every time.
However, as Mike S. says, racing is fun, there are lot of amateur
races out there. When I raced, my goal was have fun and ride trails I
never rode before, I never cared what position I finished the race...
Put in just two words: have fun! That's the point!
-- Tiago
Posted by XR650L_Dave on October 21, 2011, 8:31 am
> My idea of dirt biking is none of the following:
> a. racing around a closed dirt track
> b. racing overland across a desert
> c. climbing rock walls
> IOW there's no competitive element. What I do like is to ride
> at a leisurely pace over minimally challenging terrain such as
> old logging roads on a small dirt bike like a Honda XL175
> while watching the scenery go by and trying to connect with
> the environment around me.
> Is "putzing" a good word to describe this activity or is there
> a better one. And I hope this isn't considered low status or
> anything like that -- of which, here's an example I ran into
> in a different venue:
> I was visiting a friend who ran a diving resort. He packed a dozen
> people on an aluminum boat with all their heavy-duty professional
> diving equipment and raced off to explore sunken wrecks etc.
> Meanwhile I scrounged an old inner tube and put on a pair
> of cheap swim fins from a thrift store and splashed around
> near his dock (at a top speed not exceeding 0.005 knots).
> Somehow I didn't need a lot of expensive gear just to relax
> on the water and gawk at nearby chix in skimpy swimwear.
> After a while the dive boat returned and the divers looked
> at me and my equipment scornfully, as if it were mere toys
> compared to their heavy-duty professional diving equipment.
> Which of course it was, but they didn't have to get so
> elitist and contemptuous about it.
> SQ
I've done the vast majority of my riding just exploring at a leisurely
pace, albeit I like to have difficult terrain.
All that has been on a mix of a twin-shock XR200, a DR125, an XL200,
and my XR650L.
Shooters out shooting crap is plinking, I think of doing the same on a
dirt bike as plonking.
Dave
Posted by Mike S. on October 21, 2011, 2:07 pm
XR650L_Dave defines:
>Shooters out shooting crap is plinking, I think of doing the same on a
>dirt bike as plonking.
I like this best. Go plonking and have fun.
Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.
Posted by JustWait on October 21, 2011, 2:20 pm
On 10/21/2011 2:07 PM, Mike S. wrote:
> XR650L_Dave defines:
>> Shooters out shooting crap is plinking, I think of doing the same on a
>> dirt bike as plonking.
> I like this best. Go plonking and have fun.
> Go fast. Take chances.
> Mike S.
Around here, "plonking" would suggest either a bb gun or a sling shot...
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