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Zool, Gullus and I are in Seattle, ClutchPuck is about 30 minutes north of Seattle.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqdH8ik9dc Need more sweet dirt bike videos. This is me on the left at China Hat waiting for the rest of the group to catch up. I don't have any good action shots since everyone in the group was riding. 
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First race of the season. Kind of a bummer. Jason "One Lap" Hubbert checking in with race report. Got in about 10:30 or so found my bros and went and got checked in. Race was delayed a bit but these things happen and it wasn't a huge amount of time so not a big deal. This is my first race of the season and first time using my new go pro. They both kinda sucked. BWFF's!  Was lined up next to Joe in trail riders and did my usual start of let everyone go then take off. Kit has a video of the trailriders start and I told him to burn it because I look like a complete spode(which I am). Now we're off the line and tailing Joe and we're rocking along through some wide open stuff and some single track and some mud bogs. Actually did a lot better on the mud bogs than I figured I would have but then ROOTS! Roots cutting across the trail on a left hand turn. Joe squirreled it a bit and made it through fine. Myself? I hit them, squirrelled it and spun around but kept it up, was heading towards and tree and spun it around again and then one more spin out and was basically a 360 over the roots. I'm positive it looked comical. Another rider coming up behind me and I decided to let them go past but she hit the roots and dropped it. Helped her get the bike back up and started and going and she takes off. Another rider coming, hits roots, drops it. I'm already parked so help him get back up and get started again as well. I get back on my bike and start crossing the roots straight on and drop it. I'm like, REALLY!? Joe's ride.  After picking it back up I was back on trail and having fun. Course was damp and muddy in spots as well as some rocky climbs but I kinda like that stuff so was having a good time. I'm clipping along and then get caught by Joiner(super fast guy who won). I pull over and then it's just a freight train of people coming through. So I'm basically parked as all of them are faster than I am so I'm just going to get in the way. Finally get a gap and from there on I'm doing about 100 yard trail sprints then having to move over for someone. Lotta bikes, small loop, so that kinda sucked. lol twinkies!  At one point while I was pulled over I put my goggles up on my helmet but the didn't stay and flipped down into my eyes and knocked out my left contact.  Sucked. BUT! I found it on my seat and I had eye drops so could put it back in, I don't have a kick stand so on my slow roll up to a tree I guess some brush knocked it off. I searched for it for a bit but absolutely no luck of course, I'm in an effing forest. Get back on the bike and the ride back to the finish is nuts. Judging lines was out the window as one eye seeing clear and the other blurry sucks, so I bounced off a few trees, made sure to get out of peoples way, and fell over again one time when I parked over a hole staying out of the way.TBBR  Finished my lap, headed back to the truck, hung out with Kit and the pit board and twerked it for Tim which almost made him crash. Bummer is when I get home, my go pro only has 7 min on it. It SD card errored out. Reinsert card and it's fine again. SON OF A... So zero footage of any antics of my spode riding. Found out later after testing it would freeze after about 2 min of recording. Then decided it didn't want to turn back on. Then figured out hard reset and would turn on, then freeze and not turn back on. Basically a brick. Others have had them brick out too. Took it back to best buy and exchanged it hoping that this one decides to be awesome. Around 110 bikes on a roughly 4 mile course.  For racing, I need to get faster, right now I'm just an obstacle, so think I'm just going to ride on the weekends and try to get faster then maybe give it another go at Turkey Creek race. Then again in the fall. Pulling over every 30sec to Min isn't the funnest riding I've ever done. Need more seat time/stamina. Me!  Cheers!
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Silver! ~*MY GIRLFRIEND*~ wrote this blog post about two months ago at her first race. Looks very similar to what you just posted! Thought you might enjoy. A quote to prime you: "My first, overwhelming impression is that I should not be doing this, because I am in everybody's way. One-third of my way into my first lap, people are already lapping me--the front runners, and then the whole pack. I am crashing, stalling, or just falling over at a steady rate of once per minute, and my arms are getting tired." http://idbb-vt.blogspot.com/2013/03/gravity-by-tko-in-2nd-round-i-go-to-j.html
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Apr 12, 2013 13:49
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Nice, that was a good read. 
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Apr 12, 2013 15:44
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Have you ever ridden with prescription goggles? They are seriously awesome and solve the contact/glasses issue. Get some tearoffs and you're golden
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Apr 12, 2013 16:41
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Pretty much everywhere doesn't let you use tear offs.
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Apr 12, 2013 16:50
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Jim: I have not. Normally my contacts are fine though, just the way I tucked them up under my helmet visor wasn't far enough so when they flipped down it put the foam right in my eyes. I should have just taken them off completely. Lesson learned. No biggy though as I have the one a day, wear them once, toss em, so not like I"m out a whole bunch. Will probably start taking an extra pair with me just in case from now on. n8: Maybe where you're at but I was running 2 tear offs and a buddy of mine was running 5 tear offs(which is too many he said he'd stick with 3 or less next time). Even if they were outlawed you could just get some roll offs and be solid. CorBrapGi...
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Silver posted:n8: Maybe where you're at but I was running 2 tear offs and a buddy of mine was running 5 tear offs(which is too many he said he'd stick with 3 or less next time). Even if they were outlawed you could just get some roll offs and be solid. Around here we don't ugly-up our scablands.
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Apr 12, 2013 20:07
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No the 4x4 and Quadtards do that. Can't piss off the side of a trail without staring at a trail side river of Busch lite cans and jerky wrappers. gently caress.
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Apr 12, 2013 20:12
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I was going for the irony of keeping "scablands" looking nice. But yeah those fat bastards make a hell of a mess, I bring grocery bags in my backpack and usually try to pick up a few of the less gross-looking cans to haul out.
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Apr 12, 2013 20:26
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Create biodegradable tear-offs and make a fortune.
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Apr 12, 2013 20:50
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No one does cleanup rides? I've seen more than a few times where people go on rides and just pick up trash
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I haven't done any clean up rides yet. I do try and leave with more trash than I came with though and always try to make sure I pick up all my own stuff. Tear offs I have, but honestly I haven't even torn one off on the trail. Also lot of guys will just stuff them in the waists of their pants or under their chest protectors from what I know when they do need to tear them off on the trails. We call them quadrosexuals, and yes they can leave a big ol party mess for sure. First 2 races they had to announce to everyone to effin pick up after themselves as the joints were TRASHED when everyone left.
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I rode Jordan Creek in the Tillamook State Forest yesterday. It was pretty challenging with the snow and clay on rocks, especially on steep downhills. I did a faceplant on one of the rocks on a downhill, but with all the gear I wear it didn't even hurt. The evs jersey I got did a pretty good job protecting my elbows on that one. My CRF450R:  Towing setup:  The only damage from my face plant:  The bent brake pedal would get scary in some of the downhills as I'm trying to catch what edge was left. Also I'm going to get a 53 tooth rear sprocket as my gearing is much to high for the tight technical trails. Ramsus fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Apr 15, 2013 |
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Apr 15, 2013 18:59
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I got a new helmet, pants, knee pads, and 53t sprocket in the mail. I got the most ridiculous helmet they had. http://www.motosport.com/dirtbike/VEGA-FLYTE-HELMET-HORROR-GRAPHIC#reviews I got a steel sprocket since I'm getting heavy into rough trails. It was a pleasant surprise to open the box and find out it was black. It's a bland silver color on motosport. It should look pretty good once I get it on the bike. I'm going to Brown's Camp in the Tillamook State Forest this weekend. But before I can go I have to get that sprocket on, adjust the valves (the intakes are way out of spec) and adjust the clutch.
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Vague post ahead. I want to pick up a small, old dirtbike (I've been looking at 85s recently), but I know jack poo poo about this segment of motorcycles. I just want something junky, but still operational, to dick around on and teach family members to ride. What models should I keep in mind, and what should I be expecting to pay for something less-than-pristine? AncientTV fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Apr 20, 2013 |
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Apr 20, 2013 20:53
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$1500 on a first dirtbike? No woods around here - just desert and sand. I like inverted forks... Slight preference to 2t over 4t unless I can be persuaded otherwise. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/mcy/3748287432.html ? http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/mcy/3752678126.html ? BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Apr 20, 2013 |
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Apr 20, 2013 21:23
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AncientTV posted:Vague post ahead. I want to pick up a small, old dirtbike (I've been looking at 85s recently), but I know jack poo poo about this segment of motorcycles. I just want something junky, but still operational, to dick around on and teach family members to ride. Yamaha TTR110 is my pick. E-start, bulletproof, 700bux-ish
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AncientTV posted:Vague post ahead. I want to pick up a small, old dirtbike (I've been looking at 85s recently), but I know jack poo poo about this segment of motorcycles. I just want something junky, but still operational, to dick around on and teach family members to ride. You want something air cooled and four stroke. BlackMK4 posted:$1500 on a first dirtbike? No woods around here - just desert and sand. I like inverted forks... Slight preference to 2t over 4t unless I can be persuaded otherwise. Either bike would be fine - plan on doing a top end when you get either.
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BlackMK4 posted:$1500 on a first dirtbike? No woods around here - just desert and sand. I like inverted forks... Slight preference to 2t over 4t unless I can be persuaded otherwise. I'd go the second one, personally, it's cheaper and looks pretty well maintained. Obviously pictures can lie so you'd have to check it out when you get there, though. Having said that, a yz125 will be a bit of a bitch to learn on as it'll likely stall out pretty easy and probably have too much power for a lot of beginners (unless they're huge). Having said that, I haven't ridden a 2t 125 in a couple of years and it was my first real bike so I could be mis-remembering. A yz250f if you're looking for something to grow into or a ttr230/crf230 4t would be pretty decent starter bikes, as they won't be so on or off like a 2 stroker smoker will be. Of course all this is just my 2c.
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Guni posted:Of course all this is just my 2c. I more or less agree. You cannot lug a 125, for hills you need to fan the clutch to effectively ride it. I always tell people to find a KDX200 or KDX220 for a good starter bike that you can have for years.
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VTNewb posted:Yamaha TTR110 is my pick. E-start, bulletproof, 700bux-ish n8r posted:You want something air cooled and four stroke. Thanks guys, off to Craigslist I go
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VTNewb posted:I more or less agree. You cannot lug a 125, for hills you need to fan the clutch to effectively ride it. I always tell people to find a KDX200 or KDX220 for a good starter bike that you can have for years. All he has to ride around him is sand and DOONZ. You won't do much lugging in that stuff anyway. I started out on a 125 riding similar stuff and it was a good choice.
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n8r posted:All he has to ride around him is sand and DOONZ. You won't do much lugging in that stuff anyway. I started out on a 125 riding similar stuff and it was a good choice. I've never ridden DOONZ so listen to n8
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VTNewb posted:I've never ridden DOONZ so listen to n8 I didn't read the dunes bit either. A yz125 would be a decent bike for that sort of riding where you don't really have to manhandle the bike. Having said that, it's still important to consider who will be riding it, obviously if it's a 10 year old girl, yeah you probably don't want a yz125, but if its a normal sized man/woman they should be fine.
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http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/mcy/3712929824.html If this has good compression, I can only assume a still-dirty carb, bad plug, needs valve adjustment, or something like a clogged fuel line. I know the 400s are indestructible, but how are these 125s? Would this be a pretty safe buy?
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Apr 23, 2013 18:03
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Bob and I riding at Stillwater. Lotta cussing in the video, apparently I turn into a sailor while on a dirt bike or something. Also very start of the vid you'll see how I got this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDXESN-MWCs
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Apr 23, 2013 18:15
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I swear every time I ride, I come back with a tattoo, so I feel your pain, man.
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Apr 23, 2013 18:19
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Does anyone know of an Iphone app I could get that would map my track with GPS?
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Apr 24, 2013 16:44
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Motionx-GPS will record tracks and spit out a gpx file when you're done
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Someone talk me out of dumping my yz450 for a 300xcw, please 
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Apr 30, 2013 19:53
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300 w/ a linkage? Or the old style stuff.
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Apr 30, 2013 20:09
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For woods riding? No contest. Get the ktm.
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Apr 30, 2013 20:09
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Yeah if you're moving to trails there is no saying don't do that. Absolutely do that.
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yep I am too big of a pussy to huck myself through the air on a motocross track any more (I've always sucked at it anyway) and much prefer woods riding to begin with. couple that with the fact I am going to make myself do a couple hare scrambles this year regardless of what bike I'm on.... the 300 seems like a decent choice. can't wait to get my 2smoke back on! n8r the xcw has the direct link shock and no gas cartridges in the forks like the xc does.. it's set up a little softer but is more compliant for slow riders like me lol
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I have the 450 XC-W and it's loving AWESOME. I probably would have bought a 300 had it been FI, which was one of the things I really wanted. Plus I've never been able to ride one.
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I geared my crf450r down and don't have a problem now. Of course getting a woods specific bike would be ideal but I can't afford that and I ride a variety of terrain anyways.
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I'd probably look into the cost of re-tuning your suspension for the woods and re-gearing vs. swapping around.
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Yeah but how do you account for the costs of broken bones? Is it a ratio of time off the bike vs. medical bills?
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