I raced with this Kawasaki guy for almost the entire race, finally got him in the end . I was on him pushing through a very tight canyon and he ripped off his left handguard on a huge boulder, I thought he destroyed his hand...I grimaced and gasped,,,,,but he kept going and later asked me if I saw his hit , I said hell yes, and i told him I expected hand carnage, he said he just pulled his hand off in time as the bar smashed into the rock.
41 total starters. at my first calculation it looks Cyril was 4rd OA and me 5th OA we both beat all but 2 pros* and all but 1 open expert* (there were some DNFs among the faster experts and pros...but its the finish that counts) smooth and steady and on the pipe whenever you can. Im tired and will do a good math check 2 moro http://www.puertamx.com/mxr2.html *all local, but most are kids!!
The start log clock data may be off----after looking close---but whatever 30 secs off at most from what I see.
almost the entire race we were glued never more than 100 yards once I caught up (as mentioned above). Him, quite a bit faster than me in the open stuff, he's a Sen. 40+ Desert Expert, me faster in the single track. Still so stoked on our race within the race, very clean racing, super intense fun.
Next Frame from above......after catching up to and then passing the French guy (Beta300RR) when he missed a ribboned turn, he caught me back up and passed me in a rock garden bottle neck and still beat me on aggregate time, more great bench racing stories!!! Great photo because Cyril asked me if I knew he was shadowing me for a while and of course I had no idea---here's the Photo evidence of the French Beta Shadow!!
This sounds super corny, noted from latest pictures back to Tecate Enduro, but Im really liking my body language and feel/ergos on the (this bike especially) bike, I guess all these different moto schools paid off, --- Marty Smith MX clinic, RynoPower/Techniques and Ergonomics (Ryan Hughes), Graham Jarvis School as well as all the hours watching the different masters do what they do with smooth and low effort style.
