Our family's adventures with nature and off-road vehicles.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Just Back from Coral Pink Sand Dunes!!
Coral Pink Sand Dunes, UT as seen on my new Go Pro helmet cam
Well, what can I say? The trip was very memorable for many reasons (even though it was only an over night). Let's leave it at this, "Satan" the '95 Suburban is now dead and will receive no more investment ($). We had to be towed from Draper to our home (at least we weren't in the mountains somewhere). The quads all worked even though there was some doubt about the little Scrambler (thank you guys at ATVConnection.com for the trouble shooting). The Yamaha Breeze did surprisingly well out on the Dunes and my oldest son evidently carved up the sand with the big dogs on the dunes as well (wish I had eyes on that)! Here's some of the scenery and riding. The greens were really this amazing as well as some wonderful wildflowers, what an awesome park! Oh, and everyone should be filming with a Go Pro!
Well, what can I say? The trip was very memorable for many reasons (even though it was only an over night). Let's leave it at this, "Satan" the '95 Suburban is now dead and will receive no more investment ($). We had to be towed from Draper to our home (at least we weren't in the mountains somewhere). The quads all worked even though there was some doubt about the little Scrambler (thank you guys at ATVConnection.com for the trouble shooting). The Yamaha Breeze did surprisingly well out on the Dunes and my oldest son evidently carved up the sand with the big dogs on the dunes as well (wish I had eyes on that)! Here's some of the scenery and riding. The greens were really this amazing as well as some wonderful wildflowers, what an awesome park! Oh, and everyone should be filming with a Go Pro!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Tooling around on the Polaris with the wife
This was the first time that the wife and I have been out together on the Scrambler. Lots of fun just putting around.
See if you can hear the wife protest going through the mud:).
Here's another vid..
See if you can hear the wife protest going through the mud:).
Here's another vid..
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Up in the Hill with the XL 185 S
I took out the XL 185 S tonight for a ride out around the hills near my home. What fun. I have no experience riding 2 wheels off road so I am pretty cautious, but even so I almost wiped out. After I splashed through a puddle I was able to stop just before heading off into a thicket of scrub oak, it would have been painful (glad my helmet was on). Lots more slow practice needed and some decent tires wouldn't hurt either.
Fun, fun, fun.
My rough calculation for the first tank of gas is 71 MPG, and that is with the idle not working well (so I have to rev it high to keep it alive at stops, almost all stops) when the bike is cold. This is a 29 year old machine pulling my 200++ pound carcass almost 25 miles a day! So, I think if I get the carb tuned up I should be able to push on through to 80 MPG. I am also thinking about changing my sprockets to see if I can increase my top speed for cruising:).
These dirt trails are so nasty rutted it was hard for my inexperienced self to ride, but very fun!
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