Let's get dirty...check here for rides.

[Sideshow]

bummah, hey. pretty sure i'm 100% for 8am arrival. cant wait to visit me ol trail.. .

I may be down for this. Should know later in the week. Been dying to get the new bike dirty.

[typeone]

I may be down for this. Should know later in the week. Been dying to get the new bike dirty.

cool. looks like sprinkles towards noon so i'll be sticking to an earlier plan. think i have a kid thing around noon anyway.

will also confirm in next day or two.

[MoXzilla]

sweet! do you know which trails you hit? it's the one drag about that joint, gets confusing quick until you do it over and over again in certain patterns. riding an event there helps a lot.

HAhaha I have no clue! It will defiantly take time to figure out the trails. I just found good loops. I didn't do the rocks(guys there were telling me about that way, Im too noob to do that right now specially when it was raining) . When I first got there I went to the main office. I didn't know the entrance was farther down 12 but the guy there gave me a map and explained everything.

[black]

crap sunday is mothers day... I only have sat and that wil probably not happen

[typeone]

HAhaha I have no clue! It will defiantly take time to figure out the trails. I just found good loops. I didn't do the rocks(guys there were telling me about that way, Im too noob to do that right now specially when it was raining) .

cool. yeah, there are ways to tailor the loops depending on what mix you want to ride. the right-hand side of the paved road has great stuff too, but a lot stay to the left only. on the right, you'll generally know it will get more technical because you start going UP.

[typeone]

my neighbor and i are confirmed for HVD tomorrow, should roll in around 8.

[loudbeard]

Sorry, I'm out, company getting here around 11 tomorrow. I'm pretty much locked in for next Saturday.

[Sideshow]

I am going to try and make it for 8 too.

[number9]

I'm away this weekend

[typeone]

I am going to try and make it for 8 too.

cool. i might be more towards 830. didn't get to load up. see you there!

[typeone]

I'm away this weekend

soooon!

I am going to try and make it for 8 too.

goodTimes! great to meet you, Chris. that X is sexxxy. look forward to the next sesh

[Sideshow]

Good rip today. Looking forward to the next one

[bryco13]

So, I'd like to go back to adjusting my suspension and tire pressures, not necessarily at the same time, so let's review tire pressures first. I've run the recommended lower pressures and feel like I'm riding on flat tires. My bike (wr250r) comes in at 295, let's say 300 with the farkles. I'm not much less at 265 geared up. I bumped the tires up to 20psi to go get it inspected last weekend, and I felt like I was riding on grease. Made for a pretty miserable ride. I have Kenda Trakmasters on it right now. I don't mind riding slow from my house to the trailhead (maybe 2 miles), but I don't want to run them too low and getting a flat out in the woods while alone (how I seem to be at most times). Any help would be appreciated.

[Chippertheripper]

14f/13r would be in the realm of normal and hopefully still enough to keep you from pinch flatting.

[bryco13]

That's what I've attempted off road, but it feels like I'm running flat tires. Should I adjust my suspension to prevent that feeling?

[Imbeek]

you may need to just get used to the feeling. With knobs and lower pressures, it's not gonna be a race slick feeling of connectedness. FYI when stunters want to be able to drift at will, they overinflated their tires, decreasing the contact patch on their non-knobby tires to the point of very little traction, intentionally...when you do the same thing with knobbies, you create an even smaller contact point. It's not good if you aren't stunting (LOL)

What do you mean by "feels like I'm riding on flats"?
If it's softness over what looks like rough terrain, good
If it's steering too slow, raise the rear end or drop the front or both (and vice versa for too fast/plowing steering)
If it's rolling resistance or the sound of the tires, that's normal

Is the rear sag set correctly on the bike and does it have proper springs for your weight? 265 geared up is almost twice what a wr250 is probably sprung for, stock

[Chippertheripper]

That's what I've attempted off road, but it feels like I'm running flat tires. Should I adjust my suspension to prevent that feeling?

yeah, I don't exactly understand your expectations, I guess.

[typeone]

Good rip today. Looking forward to the next one

psyched you dig that loop, looks like we can extend it with those new hills up top. we need to show you the other two as well... and do the one right at edge of quarry backwards... you'll have enjoy.

[bryco13]

I need to adjust my suspension. As far as the "riding on flats" sensation, I'm coming from the world of mountain biking, being a bigger guy I run higher pressures, when a tire starts to get too soft it gets a bit squirrelly, esp in the rear. This is what I'm feeling on the dirtbike, almost like it floats around too much, and of course while riding I can't actually see my rear tire to judge how it looks.

[Chippertheripper]

That feeling, I assume, is related to the tire spinning and not necessarily being hooked up at all times.

[bryco13]

That kind of makes sense, I don't notice it feeling like it's floating when I'm tractoring around, only when I'm going a little faster, I just assumed with knobbies like that I always had traction. The feeling causes me to tense up, which sucks cause when I feel loose I feel like I'm riding better.

[Chippertheripper]

loose is fast.

[Sideshow]

psyched you dig that loop, looks like we can extend it with those new hills up top. we need to show you the other two as well... and do the one right at edge of quarry backwards... you'll have enjoy.

Nice! It's going to be a great season.

[typeone]

I'm pretty much locked in for next Saturday.

what time? i have t-ball at 8am, gonna try to forge a hall pass for 9'ish escape but gotta play it cool.

[loudbeard]

what time? i have t-ball at 8am, gonna try to forge a hall pass for 9'ish escape but gotta play it cool.

Yeah, about that. I'm cancelling again, Dad called yesterday and I'm tasked to helping him put docks in the water this weekend. Sorry, I promise I'll make it out at some point. Probably mid June now, we're going to Europe for 10 days leaving Memorial Day weekend.