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!

New Paddles for the 450R

I just got a great deal on some paddles for the Honda TRX 450R.  Here they are:

These are the same Skat Track Haulers I have for the Raptor, just a little smaller.  Great condition will work awesome at the dunes.

Found some pics that someone took of us out of the start

Jared

Me

:)

Race Prep in Full Swing

All week I am coming home early to prep the two machines that will be making the trek to Wendover for our first ever competitive race.  Today I changed the oil and tranny fluid in the TRX and finished up some of the touch up that was sorely needed (it is a pretty screaming beast and looks way bigger than the Raptor). 

The Raptor got a bath,  chain cleaned off, as well as some touch up on the frame and A arms.  Last week it got a new air filter, batteries for the Trail Tech, and a new spark plug.  I also adjusted the front shocks to make them softer (all the way down).  For fun I painted the Super Trapp exhaust tip flat black (heat safe) as it was already on it's way to black.  I took both bikes up the road and they are pretty equal in noise but the TRX really pulls harder.

This is a picture of the spark arrestor that I bought for the very expensive DASA Exhaust system the TRX has.  Fortunately the Raptor has a spark arrestor already.  I ordered a new brake rotor for the TRX and a swing arm guard, since (just like with the Raptor) the first time I had the TRX out I hit a rock and bent it, I also bought my number plates and number.

So I have spent way too much in prep for this 126mile race, traded away my motorcycle, and will have taken off about 3 days of work.

I have a feeling it will all be worth it (even if I break down a mile into the race).   Oh, I have to let Dan know that the Raptors rear bearings feel like they are going (that will be next on the list to fix).

I can't wait!