RollinHusky
Husqvarna
AA Class
After about 6 weeks of not touching the machine at all except for 1 enduro race in early May, we decided it was time to head to the local mx track and give the old TC449 (2011) a run. Of course this was the track I rode when it was pouring rain last fall, and the day that problems with the electrical of the bike started. All those issues have now been corrected, and it turns out, the bike was not to blame. It was still very frustrating but after trial and error and going through all the scenes in this horror show, it all boiled down to one mud ride in the fall.
Back to riding. Sanair is well known for it's drag racing, being a hotspot for that sport in the 70's and 80's. Since those time, the big drag race associations aren't allowed to run there anymore due to complaints from the neighboring community, mostly because of noise. However, the site still holds races on it's drag strip and on it other tracks regularly, just on a smaller scale. In comes motocross. About 3 years ago, two fellas partnered up and opened a small mx facility adjacent to the drag strip. The soil is hardpack clay, the kind of dirt that would be awesome for flat track racing. The jumps never rut up, but the landings never soften up either. It's quite different from a sand track and sometimes you wonder if the suspension works at all, because the landing are so hard. Nonetheless, it close to home, not expensive and open often enough to keep my mx fix in check.
On May 31st, the weather was warm, the sun was out and I was ready. Or at least I thought I was. My last mx run dated back to April, and it showed. The 1st hour of riding, I couldn't figure out why I wasn't going as fast as I had gone on previous rides there. Eventually I settled in and managed some decent lap time. Not 1 hickup from the TC. This thing is only a 2011, and I purchased it late last summer, but I must have reached 100 hours on it already. All on either an mx track, or in an enduro race.
This week, we are looking at hitting a sand mx track. That should be a good test too!
Here are some pics from May 31st. Enjoy!
Back to riding. Sanair is well known for it's drag racing, being a hotspot for that sport in the 70's and 80's. Since those time, the big drag race associations aren't allowed to run there anymore due to complaints from the neighboring community, mostly because of noise. However, the site still holds races on it's drag strip and on it other tracks regularly, just on a smaller scale. In comes motocross. About 3 years ago, two fellas partnered up and opened a small mx facility adjacent to the drag strip. The soil is hardpack clay, the kind of dirt that would be awesome for flat track racing. The jumps never rut up, but the landings never soften up either. It's quite different from a sand track and sometimes you wonder if the suspension works at all, because the landing are so hard. Nonetheless, it close to home, not expensive and open often enough to keep my mx fix in check.
On May 31st, the weather was warm, the sun was out and I was ready. Or at least I thought I was. My last mx run dated back to April, and it showed. The 1st hour of riding, I couldn't figure out why I wasn't going as fast as I had gone on previous rides there. Eventually I settled in and managed some decent lap time. Not 1 hickup from the TC. This thing is only a 2011, and I purchased it late last summer, but I must have reached 100 hours on it already. All on either an mx track, or in an enduro race.
This week, we are looking at hitting a sand mx track. That should be a good test too!
Here are some pics from May 31st. Enjoy!
