I mean, who doesn't http://www.vimeo.com/10857594 Great day riding in the SW WA Cascade foothills. Good times
Oh yeah! Those trails were super fun. I wanted to hit that creek crossing where Trackmaster face planted in Jakes vid, but we never saw it. I think Cliff was concerned not everyone was capable of tackling the upper trails, so we hit the easy stuff. The easy stuff was pretty damn epic
Nahh, Cliff loves torturing people on those trails. The upper stuff was probably still under snow. That would have gone a bit past torture... Later,
Neat riding. Just love those vids coming in, watch them first thing before work, cheers me up and puts off that work feeling for a while. Thank you for going to the effort.
GREAT video! I remember the sound of that motor like it was yesterday. The BEST 300 motor of all time. I also remember riding trails like that on my 300 and thinking... "This is WAAAAAY too much bike for my old fat a$$" I gotta tell you though... I yearn for the days when I could pin the throttle on my '09 WR 300 on a railroad bed or fire road. And NOTHING comes close to the hillclimbing capability of the 300. What a GREAT bike! (just too much for my feeble, old man, "gotta go to work on Monday" skills).
PC, Man, that's some hairy, make-your-own-way, stuff! So was that a 300 you were on? Sounded like you could lug it and lift it at will. I briefly rode a KTM 300 yesterday for a few minutes at the Desert 100. 1st 2-stroke I've ever ridden. Very light and powerful and ran nicely with a Rekluse and trials tire. Krieg, I wonder how my 510 would compare to the 300 on a hill climb? I blasted past 3 riders on various bikes on a steep, rocky, loose hill yesterday and accelerated the whole way up. Started from the bottom in 3rd gear on the Rekluse. I've never hit a hill that hard before and it really was a blast! I actually had to back off a tad to keep the front down. Was an awesome feeling after seeing so many people not making it.
Nice vids. Looks great! That wouldn't be far from me. I'd love to know where it is, if you wouldn't mind showing a new guy sometime.
Its not far from the Couv', that's for sure. It's not a publicly maintained or advertised trail system, so I'm not in a position to be bringing people out there. And even if I did, I would be so lost that I'd lead us straight to bigfoots lair. I'd be glad to go riding with you anywhere else though. I'm riding at Eddieville Sunday if you're interested in going. ioneater, while the 300 and a 510 are different beasts all together, I think you'd be amazed at what this bike can climb just off idle. It's a very versatile bike as it can lug up any hill in 3rd gear and never lose traction or you can blast it WOT throwing 200' of roost. I've had lots of bikes over the years and this one will be a permanent fixture in the garage. It's a really good, no frills, all business bike. It's not bad for a 1988 model
Understood. Thanks for the invite. I'm not available this Sunday. I would like to ride with you guys sometime though.
Ion, that's pretty much the same words I would use to describe the 300's hill-climbing capability. I remember it well... 3rd gear, twist throttle, yawn, let go of throttle about 2/3 of the way up lest you continue to the moon... Effortless would best describe it.
PC. That is some good dirt you have there. Sounds like your cam chain is loose though. :smirk: Ringa ding ding.
