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Posted by XR650L_Dave on July 7, 2008, 9:03 am
> I can see a speck of light way down at the end of the long tunnel of
> my riding suspension, and to celebrate the Pup and I went riding
> yesterday. According to my service log, the last time I rode was Feb.
> 9...<sheepish grin>
>
> We headed out to Sand Hill Ranchhttp://prsports.com/moto/contact.php
> and had a great time. Rode as long as we could stand until we boiled
> over (internal temp, not the bikes :), and headed home. It took most
> of the ride home, about 30 minutes, with the AC on full until my face
> didn't feel like the inside of an oven.
>
> It's a great place to ride, mostly because it's a "GP" style mx track
> meaning I can ride without having to worry about defying gravity. It's
> a private track, they keep it well groomed and watered, and it's a
> nice sandy loam which is rare for this area. And no CARB red-sticker
> crap.
>
> No crashes, small crowd probably because their web site said they were
> closed. Everyone on the track was smart enough to keep it fun, and I
> took home the title of slowest rider of the day.
>
> I was proud of the Pup--there was one lone jump with a small but steep
> face, modern mx style. Only about a third of the riders could clear it
> just right--the approach was tricky and it was just as easy to
> over-clear it as under-jump it. (One KTM rider managed to break his
> steering stem on the thing.) Pup studied a few of the good riders,
> said "I can do this," and off he went. The first attempt was short,
> the second a shade too long, the third try he nailed it, and the rest
> of the day he looked forward to the part of the track most of the
> other riders dreaded.
>
> --
> Charles
> '99 YZ250
Awesome.
Sounds like a track I'd like, except for 'the breaker'- not on my XRL,
anyway.
Dave
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