Breaking in a newbie

[theothersean]

had a few people over last weekend. R7's brother in law had planned to just putt - putt around the field on his sons bike while we went out riding , but we dragged him into the woods with us , and for not doing much dirtbike riding before , he held his own . until the hill that has seemed to get almost everyone a time or two , but he gave it a go .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UU...yer_detailpage

[Kurlon]

Nice, I'm going through similar with my wife. So far she's played on MX207's and MX101's kids' tracks, and even ponied up for a run on MX101's full size track after a bit. We both chickened out after looking at the endurocross track at 101 though... heh. She's also put a good 70 miles of mostly converted railroad bed riding in with my family up north and is now hooked. Hoping to slowly introduce her to woods riding next.

[R7]

Good times Sean, thanks for having us over Fun weekend, trails are awesome and both fields offered great traction the second half of the day. I think the quad may have the advantage in both of them Great layout!
Only thing that could have made the weekend better was some cooler weather..wow was it hot!
And I think my brother in law has the bug now, I'm sure he'll be looking for a bike and some gear soon

[theothersean]

glad you had fun, and glad we could get him addicted .

[Not Sure]

Cool video. The double peace sign after the hill climb fail made me laugh.

[breakdirt916]

lol @ 2:37 & 3:51...but you can tell that bug just bit him bad because he's having a blast

I've seen the figure 8 drill in a lot of dirt-training videos...it's an excellent way to practice!

and the more you ride, the more the berms build up, and the more you can ride like this on it:
(that's not me!)

and that quad is mean!!

[theothersean]

I was actually thinking of getting a roto tiller out there to loosen up the dirt in the corners so it will berm up faster , being that the dirt is pretty well hard packed and i don't own a back hoe or bull dozer .

[R7]

I was actually thinking of getting a roto tiller out there to loosen up the dirt in the corners so it will berm up faster , being that the dirt is pretty well hard packed and i don't own a back hoe or bull dozer .

Rototill it and I'll come over with the Raptor again

[Pigman]

Nice I love getting people HOOKED..........

[breakdirt916]

want to make a circle rut and drag your bark busters?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orFoi...eature=related

shane watts...

[Paul_E_D]

Build it! I do these on pavement at MSF sometimes. I get dizzy pretty fast...

[Garandman]

I can remember following you guys on the Puppy Dog Route - for about five miles.

When the dust cloud kept getting farther and farther away, I decided that "Discretion was the better part of valor."

[theothersean]

I can remember following you guys on the Puppy Dog Route - for about five miles.

When the dust cloud kept getting farther and farther away, I decided that "Discretion was the better part of valor."

we didn't mind waiting at the turns , you could have stayed with us. maybe next time .

[theothersean]

oh yeh, and try this out , it works wonders at any speed . and will drastically change the smoothness of your corners in the dirt .


http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...e-changes.html

[theothersean]

Rototill it and I'll come over with the Raptor again

so I went out last week and tilled up one of the corners and used an iron rake to form a berm .
I took my watch and wedding ring off and set them on the front of the 4wheeler while I ran the rototiller , and forgot to grab them before I took off again , I did 3 or so laps around the corner to pack the dirt down before i realized I forgot to grab them .
I found the watch right away , but no such luck with the wedding ring , long story short over the course of several days I've spent more than 12+ hours in the hot sun and pouring rain , with a metal detector and an umbrella , then a weed whacker and again with the metal detector . I gridded of the atea with flags and swept the entire thing , maybe 100ft by 100ft at least 3 times. Just as I was about to give up on it today , just for shits i decided to sweep the outside of the area with the metal detector , and I found it not 2 feet from where I started .

Now I just need to till up the other half and I can start berming it in . only this time the ring stays in the house .

[Garandman]

we didn't mind waiting at the turns , you could have stayed with us. maybe next time .

Oh, you were perfectly gracious, but pushing it on a loaded bike far from home didn't seem like a good idea. Riding around on my son's XR100R seems more prudent.....