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So, went to check out HVD today, looking for some of the novice trails. Within about 2 minutes of being on the trail I ran into a nice guy on a 2 stroke KTM who introduced himself and was able to let me know where the old railroad bed was (I wanted to learn how to handle dirt roads before just heading out into the woods). On the way to them I found a cool trail that looked like a lot of rocks that went downhill and swept to the left as it narrows. Obviously I have no idea where I am, lol. So anyway, find that this is just a short loop that has some fun dips and lots of berms, which is where I learned a very valuable lesson. No matter how much biking and downhill racing you have done, it doesn't mean shit when you have a motor under you. After 2 loops I was obviously ready to go pro, I hit a couple good lefts, got the left foot down and actually felt the bike hook up in the berm, what a feeling! It was like a 250 pound heavy breathing, very slow Travis Pastrana. Then comes the berm to the right, turned too late, rear wheel comes to the top of the berm and then over it, and right out from underneath me. I went down on my right pretty hard, broke most of the fall with a nice straight right arm into the ground, but was laughing the entire time. Get up quick, make sure fingers look straight and no clicking noises anywhere, and lift the bike up (bike stayed idling on its side until I got it upright, then it stalled?). Put my first scratches on it and continued on to have too much fun to be pissed. Finally got to hit the old train bed, which can get squirrely as shit when you start gaining some speed, also learned line of sight is definitely a factor off road. Anyway, awesome time, can't wait to get back out there this week. Anyone know of any smooth trails that may be better for me to learn on? And pics:
Exhaust guard and hand guard did their job!