Whew, well, finally did get to come back on and post, was a crazy sunday, spent most of it cleaning my XX! :lol: Well, we started Saturday evening around 7pm. I was on the 700xx (only one in my area somehow) another on a Rincon?? 500, another on a Sportsman 700, and the one buddy that has a Sportsman 800, was riding his friends 450r (his Sportsman was out due to a bearing problem in the rear right tire) and the 450r was full exaust, filter, and some controller on it. We hit some small rock road to get to our first tough ride, went well, we all were just putting around. When we got to the first area, I wasn't enthused at all... trail was just wide enough to fit through, turns everywhere, deeply rutted, and all mud.. I think I fared well, almost stuck a few times, only because I was behind the guy with the 450r, so when he'd stop, or kill it (it randomly died at times for no reason, the owner beats the crud out of it) I would stop, then nearly stuck trying to go again. I killed it way too many times in the process, kind of frustrating me.:steamed: I looked like a moron, always stopping, kicking it into neutral, starting again, only to kill it down the trail abit more. And if I'd kill it in reverse, was quite a chore to get it back to neutral again, figured after a while, rock it a bit while shifting, it'd get it back there. One thing I noticed, while it may have been due to traction, it was a bit of a hassle to get it to turn, wasnt the smallest radius, but by far not as small as I thought it should have been. At least I wasn't on the Sportsman, that thing is a tank to turn. To be honest, while it may have been due to rider inexperience, and my first actual clutch atv, I think the trail we were on would be better suited for an atuo 4x4 atv, but thats just me. After we got out of the slop, we hit a few old farm dirt roads, and that was fun! Some rocky old roads followed and we stopped for a break. I was really surprised the guys I was with didn't wan't to race or anything, the ego and their big atv's usually get the best of them, but I think the short road ride there put them in their place, I kinda opened it up a bit. Overall, I had a great time, and would love to go again, but the guys don't ride as much really, so I think I'll have to be a lone wolf for a bit. I'd prefer that route anyway, they were just slowing me down :hey::lmao:
Oh yeah, got tons of pictures to put up! Ones when I brought her home, ones before I went riding that night, ones after that night (ugh so muddy), and ones after I cleaned it up! So purdy!
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