Sunday (Aug 12th) - W Mass?

[Paul_E_D]

Damn Tony, That sucks about the shoulder. You old guys seem to get hurt most when you're not even riding!

[PB]

Tony:

When in doubt, gas it. More throttle is your friend.

Hold the bars loosely. Death grip on the the bars will cause early arm pump.

You're welcome.

Sorry I missed all the fun.

[Ken C]

Yeah, sorry to hear about the shoulder.

I thought about you guys yesterday while I was safely tapping away at my keyboard. I'll get out there come fall, um I mean autumn.

[ChR1s]

Tony, I'd like to apologize for us not coming to your aid sooner. When he heard some yelping coming from down the hill, it sounded like a chick?

But you're right about PSF. B-Town has got some stuff that's kinda tricky. There's plenty of fun stuff in between the stoppers though. BTW, I believe you've got the stock gearing on the WR? If you don't mind the additional revs on the street, I strongly suggest putting a 52 in back. That'd eliminate having to use 1st for all but the slowest going, and make 2nd more usuable as the "new" 1st gear, and closes the gap between 2nd & 3rd. For our woods riding, that was a vast improvement on the WR426.

Sean & I did the loop to the left and included Sky Peak. You missed my attempt to drill my body into the earth in 3rd gear, head first. That left a mark on the once shiny lid. Got a nice Popeye elbow today, too.

The Michelin S12s on the YZ = death on rocks. As soon as they get a load, the knobs roll over and it feels like the bike is riding on marbles. Probably would've been better if I put the spent 756s back on, since the S12 rear got chunked a bit. I will never ride S12s in a state forest again. Getting up the rocks was quite a challenge at times, requiring constant modulation of the clutch & throttle in an attempt to avoid initiating any wheelspin.

[Paul_E_D]

I thought it was just me struggling on the S12s in the rocks... I can't wait to try something different.

[ChR1s]

D756 is a good tire for varied terrain. The S12 kicks ass where it's meant to be. Rocks is not that place.

[TTD]

Tony, I'd like to apologize for us not coming to your aid sooner. When he heard some yelping coming from down the hill, it sounded like a chick?

BTW, I believe you've got the stock gearing on the WR? If you don't mind the additional revs on the street, I strongly suggest putting a 52 in back.

Sean & I did the loop to the left and included Sky Peak. You missed my attempt to drill my body into the earth in 3rd gear, head first. That left a mark on the once shiny lid. Got a nice Popeye elbow today, too..

I actually couldn't even yell up the hill. I tried and I couldn't catch enough breath to yell. I had the guy on the Quad that helped me pop it back in yell up for me.

As for gearing, I have it geared down already. I only use first for real slow uphill stuff... otherwise I'm always in second or third.

Sorry I missed your crash... I REALLY would have liked to see it after all the shit I took that day.

And Paige... thanks for the advice. I know I have to stand up more, but I'm now convinced the arm pump is more a bike thing. I didn't have one bit of it after switching to Gary's bike. The amount of vibration and jarring was significantly less, and I'll be tweaking my suspension to fix that.

[PB]

Standing up is simply a way to force your weight on the pegs and squeeze the tank with your knees. You don't need to actually stand, Tony, but you already know all that.

After seeing Kenny Law ride some ratty old POS in a number of Hare Scrambles, laughing as he went flying by all the geared up, modded up bikes, I am a firm beleiver in the fact that it is the rider and not the bike. Attitude is everything.

I did find that a stearing damper on my KDX200 made a big difference in my arm pump over rocky terrain.