Well OK, no good pix, it's a night ride!!! Anyway met up with some buddies for a night ride. Super good fun. Great trails, beautiful clear night overlooking the city folk. Could not have been much more fun. I ran the Trailtech X2 HID and it continued to impress. Throws a LOT of light out. They had helmet lights, I did not. No problem. Would have been cool to have one but totally acceptable without you just can't look around, over and down at things. Jumps and wheelies are kinda scary without a helmet light as it is blackout on the ground with your headlight pointing skyward. Did only 20 miles but was real fun. Took a few miles to get rolling and feel right. Night riding is interesting. I'll be doing more. he he he...
Yeah I think night riding is my new winter time hobby. Next time I will go with you guys. I cant wait until next summer to night ride GP.
Night riding is way cool! It was a perfect night for it too. I started the ride with 1 MR16 helmet light, 2 MR11 lights mounted to the bars and the Baja Designs headlight. By the end of the ride I was down to just the bike light. Ben had my spare set of MR11's as is only light, when the battery died I gave him the battery to my helmet light. On my KDX I left the lights on too much when we were stopped so the battery on my bike got too low to power the HID's. Lessons learned for next time. Ben got one decent picture of me and the archaic KDX. I need to get the lighting sorted out on the TXC. The night rides may end up being the last minute weather permitting type rides. I am looking forward to the next one. Later,
Looks like tons of fun guys!!! reminds me of when we used to go to the mx track on full moon nights and try to tear it up. Never been on the trails for a night ride though, well not on purpose at least. "sure we have time to sit here and watch the sun set, its not that far back to the truck." i have said that a time or two.
It really is more fun than i thought it would be. With a good light you can really tear it up. Super fun. with it getting dark here at 5:00 now night rides on nice nights like last night might be happening much more. Good times.
Has-been story's: In Az, we'd do a bunch o' NR. Lots of cool single-track etc...then end up ata bar- The Oasis, get some burgers and beers, head on back to the trucks and sit under the stars and chill. Man was that ever cool...dark, quiet, tons of stars. Sajauro's are a trip at night...so are gottos and paddle-up's. Loved NR'ng. It's takes a few to acclimate for me, all wobbly at first...pretty funny. Technical stuff is fun too, esp with a canopy. Then doing SAR in the mountains- I'd get called outta bed by Ranger's, middle of the night, snow, rain, frozen mud........"go find so and so- he's long overdue blah blah..." Stopped being fun at around 2:00 a/m with ice building in your boots and gloves. Was kinda fun at first but it got old FAST. Night riding rocks. Jealous of you guys.
He's in so cal - the reflection of all those city lights on the sky means it never gets dark LOL Is that you in pic #3? Did you grow a mustache?
Good one. Silly man. Don't own a bike with light's right now, no one here like to do same that I ride with anymore etc. lame excuse insert here. Did try out my Tri-Newt mtn bike lamp in the dez last year...worked good for tight stuff...sucked for anything faster than 15 mph. It was bright but...just not enough oopmh for speedy stuff. In a picnh I got 6 hours burn on low, 3.5 high. If it was just single track uber tight or canopied it would be great...super light-weight too. 22 degrees and falling here.......brrrrrr! Helmet's a little ratty inside... batt pack is on chest armor.
Yes, about 20 years ago. I looked just like this when we met. Thanks for caring so much about my looks
Sorry! The goatee sort of over shadows the mustache.... "unified look", yeah that's it. Good heavens you can't even walk without a stabilizer!
Crap! I'm blind...that is a SS. Not a triple clamp. And I still ride at night, the lights are on poles though.....try not to hit same. It hoits! http://www.cafehusky.com/forums/showthread.php?t=393
Night riding is a whole new experience in riding and a total blast. One of the enduro's that we have in our series is ran a night with the first rider out at 9:01 p.m. We ususally finsh up around 02:00 a.m after 45 ground miles. The club does lower the speed averages a little but does not skimp on the difficulty of the trails just because it is dark out.
Good stuff in this thread! My first night ride was a total nightmare where I spent a moonless night in the snowy woods in January with 2 guys I'd just met that morning. In fact, we couldn't make it back to camp because of snow and ice preventing us from getting up and over the mountain and we all ended up low on fuel due to detours. Long story...anyway, my first experience night riding was riding Eric's 426 for the first time (my CR125 had no headlight and had run out of gas long before...or so I thought. I got tired of pushing it with a separated shoulder so I rode the 426 while Eric pushed the 125) and it was scary!First of all the bike is huge and I couldn't let it die because it was a bear to start and I wouldn't be able to get my foot on the ground, then I was surprised by the fact that when the bike goes over a bump the light is in the trees and you have no idea what's in front of you (duh...) Let's just say I kind of soured on the idea of NR pretty quickly. Fast forward a few years to a dualsport ride gone bad, with much ensuing night riding. "Eh...that wasn't so bad..." I thought. Now it's gotten to the point where I kinda like it. I still have yet to put on all the auxiliary lighting Rajo showed me, but it is in the works. Nothing like a full-moon evening in the Utah desert to make one a fan of night riding Thanks for the fun photos, Kelly; You never disappoint WoodsChick
I love night riding but not night competition. Lots of light and a casual ride (duel sport) is just hard to beat. It's a whole different experience, sometimes almost surreal when you are out in the mountains and no one else is around. The desert is pretty awesome at night to, it's great to go bombing down a dirt trail that you are familiar with.
