Warning, no real Husky content other than the conversation with the guy on the XR600 about buying a new txc510... I did think a lot about where my husky would have been better than my WR for the aggressive pace we were keeping... We had a pretty big group yesterday at the start of the day and had a good 20 mile ride of some of the tough stuff. The riders were... Margie - crf450 steve - kdx220 Tim - CRF450 (pin it to win it) Cliff - crf230 (girlfriends bike) Josh - WR250f Sean - CR250r Mark - XR600 old school CR guy forgot his name - old cr250 with a bald rear tire... it was flat though... Me - WR250f We staged at Cliff's house. First trail of the day following Margie for a bit then trying to catch Tim. second trail following Mark on the xr600 Third trail, I wanted to get good fast footage of Tim but cliff took off first so you get to see Tim's killer pass on Cliff. I eventually get past Cliff and almost catch Tim before he misses a turn. More of the same, me chasing Tim. He crashes then gets back up like nothing happened and takes off like his hair is on fire. Re-group This is a more technical section with some tough climbs, I made a couple dumb mistakes and Tim got away from me. More chasing Tim, until he almost took his head off on a tree... More fun with Tim, at a slightly more sedate pace... Margie on the 450 Steve on the KDX... at this point we lost Sean and the guy on the old school CR250. They headed back via gravel roads. Snowy road to the bridge gap jump... Someone drug the bridge into the creek... Cliff tried to use it, while everyone else attempted to jump the gap. Tim made it Cliff eventually got through Steve goes for it. From another angle... Margie tries the hands free method... Mark on the xr600 now knows what not to do. more in a bit...
Chasing Tim for a bit until I screw up then I follow Margie up the hill climb. http://jmetteer.smugmug.com/Motorcy...ND-TRAILS/10776055_yMEyJ#751210525_Pqn8v-A-LB Steve on the hill I follow Mark on the XR for a bit, a race breaks out between Josh & Cliff then I follow Steve for a bit. More following Steve The hill from hell... usually not a problem but yesterday it was for some of us. Margie was not one of "us". Steve and I were "us". Cliff makes it. Margie makes it look easy. Tim has to work for it... The next 6 or so video's would be Steve and I failing to make this climb. I will save you the redundancy and just post a couple. They are on my Smugmug if you must see the madness in it's entirety... Steve... I was sure he had this, then Gravity took over. More of me and Steve not making it... Following Josh for a bit then Margie for a bit on Tim's bike Margie and I switched bikes for this hill climb, Tim's bike wasn't working too good for her. Margie on the beat to hell WR... Steve kicking some butt on the KDX. One last clip chasing Tim. And the first trail of the day becomes the last, following cliff on the 230.. Good times! Later,
Lotta videos to follow. Looks like a great time except for taking a bath in the creek. Dang, that would just be too cold.
Sweet video clips. I recognize the long hill climb from one of Kelly's video's, awesome! I've been looking for another GoPro on eBay for quite a while, can't wait so I can post some pics/clips.
We have had insanely great weather this year for December. It has been cold but dry, the trails were perfectly loamy with some ice thrown in for good measure. We even had some dust in spots, where there wasn't snow. The rain begins tomorrow, the trails will look different very shortly. Later,
I remember my first enduro with Puget Sound Enduro Riders (Pissers for short)in January in the snow and rain, riding over wet slash cut and through ground cover that just covered all the little clear cut stumps and bogs so you couldn't see them till you were right on top of them. Streams gushing and uphills of wet clay with exposed tree roots on them. Okay, maybe I don't miss that so much. Good memories, really....and I got third place in my class.
