first hard ride......and yeah, there was mud

brandoz28

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finally got this thing to a place called Bluff Creek, its an awesome OHV park with TONS of trails, an MX practice track, an MX track, and some pits, but the pits were flooded. had a great time, only spent like a couple hours out there, no real damage but i did move the bars forward when the frame/a arms made themselves a good home in the middle of a mud hole lol. it was a good time, can't wait to get the new shocks on the front. anyway....this is the pics/vids section.....sorry no pics of the place, these are after i got back to my parent's place.


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this is from burying the front lol. i'll have to tighten them down a bit
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And me standing next to it. those brand new moose gloves were clean for about 25 minutes after i bought them today lol.

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hahaha, looks like a great time man!! must feel GREAT to get out and ride that baby after sooo much work I:I I:I
 
yeah, it was a little bitter sweet, the trans is still giving me fits, and just having the front brakes makes going down hills a little nerve racking lol
 
awesome brotha, boy is that filthy lol... glad to see u are finally getting to tear it up on the blasty man...make sure to get pics of that park next time
 
Looks like fun, I'll have to keep Bluff Creek in mind when I'm looking for a park to ride at. Did anyone else ride with you?
 
hell yeah, thats nasty dirty, had to feel great !!!!!
 
thanks guys, it felt great to get it out and really beat on it, i went by myself, so that kinda sucked, and the brakes/trans deal kinda sucked. but it was easy to get over all of that and really knock it around on the trails. some are RUTTED out....

the 18/20 tire combo did a ton better than i thought it would, and the ruts here are so deep its not gonna matter how big the tires are, if you get in a rut you're not gonna hit bottom.


i almost had an AWK moment.....that huge clod of mud/dirt in the bumper/frame is from coming down a hill and seeing mud at the bottom and thinking awwwwww no biggie....the key here is its full of water. the ruts were DEEEEEEEP and the front of the blasty dug right in and that's why the bars are leaning forward. once again, so deep bigger tires weren't going to help much.


i can't wait to getthelittle things sorted out and hit the trails again!
 
Nice to see that thing muddy!!! Sounds like you had a blast.Are those bars ape hangers off of a harley.lol haha
 
haha deep water trails around where i live and go to is rutted out every where so im always draggin frame so i made a skid and am worried about changin tire sizes butt looks like u had fun
 
that park has a ton more trails i want to explore once i get the rear brakes on and functioning and get my new shocks on. there's also an MX track and some practice jumps i want to try a little more as well