A couple of weeks ago I went up for a ride on my dirt bike at my best friend’s parents’ place. It was really only the second time that I had been on a dirt bike since probably around 1990. I’ve spent a lot of time on dirt in four-wheelers and go-karts but not motorcycles. It was so much fun. I have a clip in the blog of Phil shooting me riding around his course with his vholdr. Unfortunately, this is the only video that I am able to show because the others were corrupted!!
http://www.vholdr.com/node/5515
You can check around my profile and see a little bit of other footage, but it really isn’t that great because the clips freeze up.
Kind of a bummer, but I promise that I will show a few other vids before the winter sneaks up on us. A quick, funny story, though.
The day before we loaded the bikes up, we were screwing around, without gear on, popping wheelies and getting excited for the next morning. Well, I have a 2004 RMZ 250, and Phil has a CRF 230. My bike has a bit more torque than his, so it’s much easier to pop wheelies. Well, I got off my bike and let him take a crack at the Suzuki. By the time I turned around, he was doing a wheel stand and fell of the back of the bike. I cried it was so funny. Thankfully he didn’t get hurt, because I really wanted to ride the next day.
So the next morning, we arrived at his parents bright and early. The ground was still covered in dew, and the trail or track that he had created was covered in grass, which makes it awfully slippery.
After about an hour of riding, we finally burned enough of the grass away so that we had some decent grip.
Another joy of having a race bike is that I get to kick-start it rather than pushing the starter like Phil. Let’s just say I learned my lesson when we went trail riding in a river bed. It’s no fun kick-starting every time you stall going through big rocks, loose boulders and sharp inclines. I am just not experienced enough on my dirt bike to have that much control. I am not at the point where I can anticipate what all of my controls are going to do before I do them.
Regardless, I had a lot of fun! This Saturday we are heading south for a long ride. We’ll be sure to have the camera on …
Jarrod