All 2st The obligatory video thread.

Heres my effort from the weekend...I was feeling right at home on the 300.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFXuWSGPPqs

View: http://vimeo.com/61942551

Is this why your kick start looks like a grizzly has been chewing on it Great vid btw

Ran across the guy on the quad by himself so we rode with him. He was giving that old girl hell (he wasn't exactly a youngin' either. 53 years old and it was an 88 honda 250R)


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwivmOe2xvs

Race Update - I recently did another race with the LACC gang. These events are getting pretty popular and the turnout was great with 137 riders in the main event alone. I've only recently started racing and this was my fourth go at it. C-Lites class on my CR 125. I got a fantastic start this time around and was 2nd going into the woods, only to throw it away 10 minutes later when I got impatient trying to make a pass for the lead in a technical section. It sucks watching a train of 8 or 9 guys that you were in front of blow by in about 2 seconds. But I fought back and ended up finishing 4th in my class with 5 laps in 1 hour 40 minutes.

Here is a little bit of footage from lap 2. The grass track section was super fun and I was getting quicker through there as the race progressed and by lap 5 I think I really had my braking points dialed much better. It's fun to have someone on a big bore leave you in the dust on a straight only to reel them in or even pass them back in the braking zone. These light little bikes stop so well! Much room left for improvement but I'm getting faster...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCNy1GxtPH8

I sure do like the sound of the 125s

Some open stuff and then a little singletrack. First try adding sound. Husky 360 followed by KTM 450 filming. I had a little surprise for my friend about 2 minutes in.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwOR_ZJSRnY&feature=player_detailpage

I was just thinking that looks a lot like the woods I ride in, then I saw you were from St Louis. Duh.

BTW the music track is awesome.

That's Howling Wolf in his video. Nice choice colemanapp...

Every man should listen to some Howling Wolf once in a while, or a lot. You owe it to yourself to at least pick up the greatest hits from amazon or apple or something. Seriously.

Yep Howlin Wolf and MO woods. Lankydoug, we are right at 1 month away from 2 days of the best singletrack MO has to offer. MTRA Show Me 200 AMA dual sport and I believe spots are still open. Let me know if you're interested and we'll get you set up. There's a couple good videos I posted from the Show Me 200.
JSK73, nicely put. Everyone get some Wolf.

Is the MTRA the guys that do the poker run near Viburnam? If so I joined that group last year and had a blast riding the poker run. One of my friends who ride a YZ250 said he rode a lap along with a guy on a Husky 360, that might have been you.

Yep, MTRA. I was there but there could have been another 360. Rode with cousins. This is probably one of the only years the 200 hasn't sold out. At least I hope not, I'm planning on signing up when I get there. OH hell, here's the show me 200 video, again 360 in front of camera.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbo8GLUTJOY&feature=share&list=UUWC14X38v7guLFxGQR5Dhdw

Here's some from the w/e here in Oz.
Kinglake West state forest


View: http://vimeo.com/65494336



View: http://vimeo.com/65506670

Somebody needs a new rear fender.
Those blokes on the 4jokes kept you on the fireroads to make them feel fast. Surprise them next time with a higher drive on your sprockets, or take it to the bush. You would probably be waiting for them to catch up.

I'm not in this group but this is pretty typical of the wider stuff I ride in central MO. Usually we mix trails like these with some tighter single-track.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdEiAmRQmjI&feature=youtu.be

Dats some nice trail right there, last 2 guys showed a perfect example of what keeping your feet on the pegs can do for ya

MO looks very similar to the stuff we ride in Eastern Tennessee. Steady momentium and standing is the key to those long rocky sections.

Yep, there seems to be a magic speed where you glide over the tops of the rocks. If your too slow it beats you up and too fast will usually put you in a tree.

Here is how I ride in my imagination... sadly, reality is all together different.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk_jfb5ImM8&feature=youtu.be

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQJiSMkoeI4