Finally got the chance to go back to here and travel this area again ... This time with my 2 good friends Sarge and Julius ... The 2 125cc 4t bikes they are riding were built by Julius. He got 2 125cc yamaha engines (with eStart), 2 frames (probably china made), had custom exhausts made, added every thing else needed, and fabricated it all together to make a bike... Not sure why but the one he rode was a lot slower and weaker than the bike Sarge was on ... Here's a few pics before the videos of the uphill climb back to the top of the ridge ... One of the fabricated bikes at the start of the ride....Plenty of ground clearance on this bike with 14" rims. The second bike has 16" rims. My 08 WR250 sitting at the river in the bottom of the valley before the climb out. The second, faster bike at a point along the climb up and out of the valley. Mud was sticky but not sticky enough to stop the bikes and not too many mud bogs along the way... Sarge got stuck on the downside of this curved-uphill due to his rear tire being slick ... The second video in the thread below is about this road (Hiway 101) and you can see how much the road has deteriorated in about the last 6 months ... Its maybe about 1.5 yrs (?) since I first saw this road graded out completely flat and smooth ...I'll use this actual, real, unofficial test case to call BS to all those who say bikes riding destroy the earth ... Bikes mark the earth, not destroy it, and their mark will not remain long after the discontinuation of riding .. http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/carabao-highways.29931/ -- This is another aspect of the riding here ... Always changing and without cement being poured here, about all the mountain road riding gets gnarlier until the graders come around every 2 yrs or so ... And even after any big rain here, the roads and riding can all change ...
A few more pics of the area where we got blocked for ~20 minutes or so ... Julius coming back down to help Sarge up the hill. Sarge getting a bucket of water to help wash some of the mud off his bike. I like kickstands on woods bike ...
Video of the start of the climb from the river to the top of the ridge -- Carabao Hiway 101. Carabao traffic at the 4:05 mark. View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofyU48SbXMk
My bike is a 1 kick starter almost aways... But ya gotta kick it like you mean it ... My left foot is about ~1 foot off the ground when I reach the apex of my kicking stroke ... Sort of like a WWE guy stomping the mat every time he hits a guy ... 250cc, 2t bikes aren't soft ones ... View: http://youtu.be/fT5NX9dhw9g
This is just me walking back to help Sarge ... Its a good look at the mud we are in and a little funny at the end ... You gotta remember, Sarge is ~64 yrs old ... He was giving Julius a hard time all day on his faster bike and I know Julius is a fast rider ... So Sarge, really had a good time overall ... He might end up riding a Husqvarna in the Kopiko SX series this year :0) View: http://youtu.be/vN2I9C-0Hxs
Here's the solution for getting the bike up the hill and we were blessed with a small shower adding to the overall good time we were having... View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaJYBSsOnMI&feature=youtu.be
Final push to the top and out of the valley .. View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prh8PJaW-5g&feature=youtu.be
