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    Nothing special

    Just another dirt road ride on a cold day in october ,
    we got a late start on the day and headed out on the local loop
    about as far west as wendell via dirt roads



    ran into a guy at our lunch stop that I have ridden with before from ADV had lunch with him and parted ways . we were headed back home , I decided to make it a bit mor " interesting "





    then once I got my bike through I took the wifes bike through to avoid a costly "tip over"

    as it would be one thing to rip through here on a dirt bike but when you are pushing over 400 + its a bit trickier








    its funny that ihave the blue riding gear but the black bike .


    hopefully this cold snap is short lived and we can get out again with out bundling up . But the heated gear makes it tollerable .

    short day today but still nice to get out .

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    Re: Nothing special



    Now that's one way to make a leisurely street ride more interesting...

    Since I'm a noob, I typically hate riding on loose rocks like that. The suspension on my XR usually bottoms out, the bike bounces all over the place, and falling, definitely hurts.

    Were you in 1st gear and paddle walking the bike over?

    Or could you stand up, stay on the gas, and let the suspension deal with the imperfections?

    Quote Originally Posted by theothersean View Post
    as it would be one thing to rip through here on a dirt bike...
    That would be fun to see!

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    Re: Nothing special

    Wow that's nuts! Where were you?

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    Re: Nothing special

    Its a dirt road out near hardwick that washed out this spring , I have been down that section on my 250 before , stand up on the pegs and go through in 1st , but I did fall over as most of the rocks in the first section are about the size of basket balls .
    I went back a few months ago and moved a few rocks around so we could get the big bikes through, you have to go realy slow and paddle through the first section of big rocks or you will defintley bottom out the suspension and more than likely break stuff , but the second half you can stand up and ride it out . Its a nice section of road this time of year if you are getting cold, it warms you rigth up .

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    Re: Nothing special

    Quote Originally Posted by Bhavesh View Post
    ... The suspension on my XR usually bottoms out, the bike bounces all over the place, and falling, definitely hurts.....
    It sounds like you have no oil in your suspension. Fix it, set it up, maintain it and you'll have allot more fun.

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    Re: Nothing special

    Quote Originally Posted by DuncanMoto View Post
    I am not sure I would call that a dirt road.

    well once you get past that washed out section is a really nice twistie dirt road with no houses on it for about 2 miles .

    here is that same section back in march before it got really washed out
    we were on much smaller bikes though






    this is right after the wash out where its actually a nice road
    although the ice made it , " interesting"




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    Re: Nothing special

    Quote Originally Posted by theothersean View Post
    this one is my favorite picture out of all those

    is this a gravel road through a state forest? private land? public, unpaved road?

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    Re: Nothing special

    it was a Public road as were these , although not maintained for winter use










    I figured with the snow that is falling right now I would post a few from the spring

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    Re: Nothing special

    Have I been on that washout road before? It looks like the same road that washed out in the floods a couple years ago and you, Leah, Bob M and myself were riding down the unwashed out section on one of the banks? I may even have a picture somewhere, have to look

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    Re: Nothing special

    No you are thinking of this one







    which is about 5 miles away .

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