03 July 2010 Little Sahara Ride

One of the best rides of the year, so far.  Just the three of us made it out on this spur-of-the-moment ride.  Dan pretty much put this ride together at about 10:30pm the night before and I am so glad he did.  It was my first time taking the 2006 Honda TRX 450R out to the dunes, it performed better than I expected and took me absolutely everywhere I wanted to go.  We also had a Predator and KFX700 out all performed wonderfully.  We were surprised at the wonderful weather (probably mid 70s) and how empty the park was.  It was perfect!!!!

I want to go again soon!

Dunage!!!!

We got stuck here and there.

Way up on a berg.

D pooped out completely.

J cheesing it up with the 250R.

View from the top of the mountain!



Working out the kinks.

This is how happy you are when you are playing in the sand.

Pred and dead Raptor on the trailer.


Nice place to relax.





$10 bucks to mix up 4 gallons of 2 stroke full for the 250R, but still worth it.


There was literally only a few tablespoons of fuel left in D's bike by the time we got back to refuel.


Save the Bergs!!!


What a day! Started very early for me, 0330. Loaded up the Raptor and hitched up the trailer and off I went to pick up J in "Happy Valley." Everything went smoothly, and I arrived right on time. Ten minutes later the Predator was loaded and we headed off to D's house. Once there we ate some breakfast burritos and loaded up D's 250R (J2's Raptor was in the back of D's truck). We made good time down to the dunes and arrived just as the sun was breaking over the horizon. Took no time to unload, and just a little time to pump up tires (J2's tires were flat) and put on paddles. Then D took his first ride on the 250R (I've got vid of it). Eventually we saddled up and went out (D was on J2's Raptor). We made it up to the top of the mountain when D's chain came off and bound up, so back down the hill we went to fix the problem. At the base we learned that J2's bike wasn't registered and needed some serious repair that we couldn't do there. So, D, always the trooper, jumped on the 250R, which has no brakes! And we had some great riding.

Adventures:

How to get D over the hill without brakes?

How to not kill D on rides that you really should have brakes?

D's bike gets really bad gas mileage, where do we find more 2stroke oil?

All in all a great ride, I am sore from it.

Wonderful place to play!!!!!!!!