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In all seriousness, how (or where) do I practice? Is it okay for a total dirt beginner to do an enduro and just start at the back of the pack? I live in the city so it's not like there are any woods nearby.
A relatively small amount of money for a relatively long day of riding is what's really enticing.
Start with a turkey run. All the same punishment, sans the race environment. Figure out the roll chart, and when you can finish one of those with your lunch still onboard, you're ready for an enduro.
Other than that, get your boat stickers and go to Freetown, foxboro, hodges, any one of the few legal spots and get acquainted with the New England woods.
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NETRA enduro B-vet
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Get cozy with a group of riders and go play with them in a legal spot like Rippa says. Almost any weekend you can find people riding the trails of Hop/Ev in NH also. For 60ish bucks you get an OHV sticker and can ride there legal like. There are good training trails there.
If you spend some time with some other guys they can share some knowledge too.
Have fun.
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Cliff's Cycles KTM
NETRA enduro B-vet
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I'm happy to pollute your mindses.
Cliff's Cycles KTM
NETRA enduro B-vet
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Seriously though, what's a boat sticker?
Mass doesn't do yellow off-road license plates anymore. They give you stickers, just like you would put on a jet ski.
And the stickers are of the lowest caliber.
Cliff's Cycles KTM
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If a dirty bike is titled in RI, is it simple to get it titled in MA? Like is it as easy as a road bike, or are things a little more slippery?
Should be good. If it has a title it's no longer a dirtbike, it is now a motorcycle. Catch my drift?
Cliff's Cycles KTM
NETRA enduro B-vet
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Ok, time to start thinking of warmer weather....
I picked up a 2014 200xcw last fall. Two weeks after I bought it, there was a brilliant idea to run the last J Day GP of the year at Southwick. Ran C200 and finished around 33 of 45. No too shabby for my first time really back on a dirt bike in 8? years, and first time racing.
So for this coming year....
Do I keep trying to run with the young guys, or admit that I'm getting older and run C Vet?
I won't make all, but plan to run at least a few GP's. I plan to hit a turkey run or two (classic, etc), and maybe try a longer hare scramble, but we'll see.
Any other events I should think of?
Vet is always a fun class.
I definitely recommend the longer events. Personally, I could never work through the arm pump in 30minutes. With a hour and a half you really have time to breath through your eyelids and get settled in and get a groove on.
Cliff's Cycles KTM
NETRA enduro B-vet
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Please, I just signed up for C Senior!!!! Race number 906
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I don't think the difference between regular C and C-Vet is very big. Top ~10-15 riders in each are pretty close in times from what I've seen. If anything, I think you're a little less likely to see sketchy passing.
It might have a little more significance at a hare scramble, as the C250/Open/200 are further up the starting order. C-Vet means you'll have to work through the slower riders in each of those classes if you think that'll be a factor. Hare scramble is tighter, so less opportunity to pass compared to a moto track and wide Jday trails.
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