whoa big foot !!don't mess wit da sasquatch!!! You guys have some beautiful ride zones, thx for post, very very nice.
Sasquatch loves hiding in the bushes taking pictures at the most inopportune technical moments...very crafty animal...especially on a Husky!
Nice picture! I'm always jealous of your smooth style riding. You seem to be doing a lot of MX this year...cool. I bet that has really added to your speed on the trail! David
The TXC makes the Motocross stuff almost easy, I have never been on a bike I felt so comfortable jumping. My speed on the trail was limited by my corner speed. One of my goals when I started riding MX was to improve my corner speed. I am still pretty slow in the corners compared to most MX guys but can hold my own and it has helped a bunch on the trail. Later,
Sorry to get off topic, but... So what do you do to practice corner speed? Also, what percentage of the time do you stand into corners compared to sitting? I find that I sit in corners when the turn is flatter and stand when there is a berm, but overall I stand much more than I used. I thought your bike felt amazing on jumps and in the air (good balance front to back)! To date, it is the best bike I have ever ridden. I want to get into MX (no crazy doubles) for the fun of it and it's great for training/working out. I also want to get into trials. David
I worked on braking less and carrying momentum through the corners. Those fantastic husky brakes are able to slow me down a bunch more than I really need. Also I worked on getting back on the throttle much earlier while still leaned over, that was the hardest part for me. For me I try to stand in the fast corners and sit in the slow ones. I have poor form though, my really fast friends are always trying to work on my body positioning. When I get tired I go into trail rider mode, sit too much and drop my elbows. Getting the corner speed up helps a ton on those crazy doubles, I said I would never do them also... One practice track I rode has a 75 foot triple with a nice safe downhill landing. No problem, I even over jumped it a few times. There was also a 60 foot triple out of a corner that I never got comfortable with. I did it one time and came up a little short, so I left that for another day. Then I found out it took my friend Larry a year to do it and he is an expert/master class MX rider... Trials has been replaced by MX this year, not enough time for all the cool riding opportunities. Later,
Great movie guys, It was like that once upon a time here in No. Cal. Now you hit gates every mile. I could almost feel the cold air on my face. One thing about the woods, you get really strong, makes all other riding feel easy. Was that a WR300? Nice and healthy sounding. C ya Jim
Great riding in Washington and Northern Oregon. There are no single tracks or anything decent in the Southern Oregon area. Remember to just keep coming up to Washington and Northern Oregon if you want a good ride.
Im going to disagree with oregontrail on that .... My advice for riding in Oregon is 'go east young man'. I like the open spaces and lack of mud. China Hat offroad area outside of Bend is a good place to start, but there are dirt roads all over central and eastern oregon with trails off of those.
Trials! I can balance (at a stop, on level pavement) for about 23 seconds now! sometimes I went to a event last weekend in ridgecrest, there's another in Sonora CA this weekend.
PC, sat down with my husband and watched your video last night; beautiful country! Enjoyed the ride very much, but a couple of those off cambers with a drop off to hell made my stomach start hurting. Massive trees and looks like they're still logging that area. Don't like the logging, but as long as they log an area, they should allow riding in it too. Good stuff, thanks for posting. What are you riding btw?
