gotdurt
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Ouch, I hurt. I'm sore in places I didn't know I had muscles.
I guess I'll start this of since I'm on and have a few minutes. Rusty's still out at Crooked Creek, he spent the night for some more riding today.
I almost didn't go, then decided at the last minute to make it happen. The last task I took on in preperation was to mount the Teraflex that Irondawg gave me, which I almost didn't do due to fears that the 140/90 wouldn't fit in my swingarm... well after going the Rusty's house to use his cool tire-machine-thing, I discovered that I was right; the knobs were pressed against the right side of the swingarm, and the tire BARELY cleared the back, by about 1/8" (This tire is more than 4" in diameter larger than my M6006) My concern here was that once the wheel started spinning, the tire would expand due to centripetal force and reach out and grab the swing arm I broke out the knife and trimmed the side knobs so that it would at least roll...
I also had several other problems, including not being able to find the key to my trailer and to the gate where the trailer is stored...
I finally found the keys and made a mad dash to get the trailer at 6:30AM, just 30 minutes before Tony (Disbanded) was to show up at my house and an hour before we were to meet Steve (Ghoti) at the Valero down the road. I got back at 7:05 to find Tony waiting in my driveway. We were a tad late meeting Steve, but finally we were off like a herd of turtles...
We left the nasty Austin weather for a dryer Waco and once we reached the park we were greated by the excited owner who went on about how the trail surfaces were perfect... and they were! I unloaded the bike and removed the headlights (never got around to that due to the other issues), then went out to test the tire clearance... No obvious rubbing, I think this is going to work! If it doesn't, I brought along another tire just in case.
We followed our tour guide Rusty around for a while, ate lunch, watched Tony school everyone on the MX track.... on his KLR , then later in the day got in our own aimless riding time ripping through the woods before calling it a day.
I have to say that these are some great trails; they flow really well and really easy to get into a rythm. Even the tight bike-only trails weren't too tight for the big bikes, so we had a blast. I even got on the "MX track", which is about as close to a MX track that I've ever been on
It was great to finally get to ride with Rusty and Steve. Unfortunately I didn't take any pics, because when I pulled out my camera bag, I found nothing but lenses; the camera was sitting on my desk at home
So, I'll leave the pics up to Rusty and Steve
Now I'm off to church
I guess I'll start this of since I'm on and have a few minutes. Rusty's still out at Crooked Creek, he spent the night for some more riding today.
I almost didn't go, then decided at the last minute to make it happen. The last task I took on in preperation was to mount the Teraflex that Irondawg gave me, which I almost didn't do due to fears that the 140/90 wouldn't fit in my swingarm... well after going the Rusty's house to use his cool tire-machine-thing, I discovered that I was right; the knobs were pressed against the right side of the swingarm, and the tire BARELY cleared the back, by about 1/8" (This tire is more than 4" in diameter larger than my M6006) My concern here was that once the wheel started spinning, the tire would expand due to centripetal force and reach out and grab the swing arm I broke out the knife and trimmed the side knobs so that it would at least roll...
I also had several other problems, including not being able to find the key to my trailer and to the gate where the trailer is stored...
I finally found the keys and made a mad dash to get the trailer at 6:30AM, just 30 minutes before Tony (Disbanded) was to show up at my house and an hour before we were to meet Steve (Ghoti) at the Valero down the road. I got back at 7:05 to find Tony waiting in my driveway. We were a tad late meeting Steve, but finally we were off like a herd of turtles...
We left the nasty Austin weather for a dryer Waco and once we reached the park we were greated by the excited owner who went on about how the trail surfaces were perfect... and they were! I unloaded the bike and removed the headlights (never got around to that due to the other issues), then went out to test the tire clearance... No obvious rubbing, I think this is going to work! If it doesn't, I brought along another tire just in case.
We followed our tour guide Rusty around for a while, ate lunch, watched Tony school everyone on the MX track.... on his KLR , then later in the day got in our own aimless riding time ripping through the woods before calling it a day.
I have to say that these are some great trails; they flow really well and really easy to get into a rythm. Even the tight bike-only trails weren't too tight for the big bikes, so we had a blast. I even got on the "MX track", which is about as close to a MX track that I've ever been on
It was great to finally get to ride with Rusty and Steve. Unfortunately I didn't take any pics, because when I pulled out my camera bag, I found nothing but lenses; the camera was sitting on my desk at home
So, I'll leave the pics up to Rusty and Steve
Now I'm off to church
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