Dirt biking...just what did those dirty minds all come up with, hmmmmmm? :icon_twisted:
My first day getting dirty..and BOY did I!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh: :laugh:
I got up at 0-dark-thirty, and hit Starbucks for a mainline (just insert the coffee needle here, please). I was so excited I couldn't sleep the night before..or the night before that, but it wasn't a problem the night after getting dirty!! A good friend lent me all of her gear...she'd not even used it yet! What a friend!!! *insert hearts here*
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I rode the little borrowed 100, and it's the perfect bike for a vertically-challenged n00b to start on. Plenty of power, not too tall, and not too difficult to kick start. My little itty-bitty bike is the one all the way in the back....#5! :icon_mrgreen:
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We started out on dry, hard-packed soil, and within an hour I was feeling pretty comfortable. I swear toward the end I got some air on one of the little jump hills! After that grand start, we had lunch, and then we headed out again.... Oh boy.....sand.... I can't say I loved the sand.... I think I might be too new for that?? I took a couple of little spills; the first time, a 6" bit of sand grabbed my tiny front tire, and down I went...hard! LoL! I got the bike up, got it started again, and started off again... oy.... That hurt!! So...about.....ooooh....2 minutes later, down I went again! gRRRr... This time I couldn't get the bike restarted, and was in a bad spot. My friend (who was wonderful!) got the bike and moi to a safe spot, got it restarted, and off we went again. Up...up....UP...and then dowwwwwwn... I was REALLY happy to hit the hard-packed dirt again (if you'll pardon the 'spression). Terror doesn't begin to describe that little part of the trail for me...I think I need more hard-packed trail practice....
Oops....I all ready broke it.... :cry:
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Ok...I didn't...tube/stem problem. :icon_mrgreen:
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All in all, I have one sprained ankle, one strained neck, more bruises than skin, a nasty bump on my chin (where my chin fought two battles with the handlebars when I crashed....and lost both times), I'm scratched, cut, and bruised, and I can't WAIT to do it all over again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm bruised and battered, but I'm not broken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My favourite part was the little "jumps." I'm not really jumping yet, but it won't be long...
I didn't really get any pics of moi (I was REALLY busy haha!!), but I was a very dirty girl, and I earned every speck of dirt on me! One of my mentors tried to wipe some of the dirt off, but I shooed him away. That was my dirt! LOL!!! I have to admit that I'm kind of proud of my dirt...
The little kids there are sooooo adorable!!!!
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I'm hooked. I'm really thinking seriously about taking a dirt-school day... I'm definitely going to get my own dirt bike... :icon_mrgreen:
Something to dream about for the future: :icon_lol:
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I'd planned on riding street on the Sunday after my first day of getting dirty.... but I don't think I could have thrown my leg over the SV. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
You definately Need a Spanking to Add to those Bruises. :laugh:
Yeap I started on a Dirt Bike and Wish I still had one.I guess it has to be the Most fun that you can have with your Clothes on. :thumb: I guess Comparable to S&M. :laugh: :laugh:
nothin like a dirty girl....... who rides :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted:
uuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmm dirty leathers!!!!! :o :laugh: :o
when eber you ride in sand keep that rearwheel spinning sit back further on the seat and use a bigger bike the smaller tires will have a hard time in sand.
:thumb: Awesome story Pandy... Motorcross is AWESOME! :thumb:
Great job lady, you will pick it up fast if you keep goin. The learning curve is very gentle depending on the riding your doing.
Here is a pic of myself on my KTM taken at a friends backyard track...
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Great job!
Quote from: mach1 on January 22, 2008, 10:22:42 AM
when eber you ride in sand keep that rearwheel spinning sit back further on the seat and use a bigger bike the smaller tires will have a hard time in sand.
The guys I was riding with didn't tell me this stuff! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
WONDERFUL pic, Daniely!!!!! :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: I want air like that! :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: Daniely on January 22, 2008, 12:56:15 PM
Great job lady, you will pick it up fast if you keep goin. The learning curve is very gentle depending on the riding your doing.
Here is a pic of myself on my KTM taken at a friends backyard track...
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Great job!
Quote from: scottpA_GS on January 22, 2008, 11:06:51 AM
:thumb: Awesome story Pandy... Motorcross is AWESOME! :thumb:
Yes it is! Never thought I'd *enjoy* getting my hands (and everything else) dirty and my body battered and bruised, but I'm hooked on dirt now! I can't wait to go back! :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: I'm looking at used dirtbikes now. :icon_twisted:
Quote from: Jughead on January 21, 2008, 08:56:13 PM
You definately Need a Spanking to Add to those Bruises. :laugh:
Can't disagree here! ;)
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 21, 2008, 10:24:11 PM
nothin like a dirty girl....... who rides :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted:
Can't disagree here, either... :icon_lol:
OK you asked for it. (http://www.kawasakitriplesuk.info/images/smiles/spank.gif) (http://www.kawasakitriplesuk.info/images/smiles/norty.gif)
More!! MORE!!!!!!! :laugh:
Sweetheart...after crashing TWICE during my dirty little venture, a lil ol' spankin' ain't gonna hurt nuttin! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Not a great fan of dirt riding, the times I've been I've spent too more time off the bike picking it up than I did riding it. :nono:
Quote from: bubba zanetti on January 22, 2008, 10:17:17 PM
Not a great fan of dirt riding, the times I've been I've spent too more time off the bike picking it up than I did riding it. :nono:
But the JUMPS!!! They make all the "picking oneself up and brushing oneself off (with help from the opposite gender :icon_twisted:)" ...... makes it all worth it! :icon_mrgreen:
what the picking up part, or the brushing off part :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted:
I only went riding with males, so getting dusted off by them would lead me to give up riding even quicker. :laugh:
In my sebatical from street riding the last year I went and bought myself a KTM 360 two stroke. Quick as all HELL, great desert bike. I did motocross at a local track every tuseday and thursday nights on practice nights. As well as doing a couple of trail trips. For me, free riding on a track (not even motocross practice) such as the one my buddy has, is FAR more fun than anything. You can run at your own pace, you can jump if thats your thing (im a big fan hehe), you can get turning down, you can flat track it, SOOO many options. I'm glad your gettin into it, the more the merrier. See if I cant find you another pic here...hmm...
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Quads are fun too, this is me on a Polaris 500 wheeling up a sand dune at pismo...
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coool I started on dirtbikes (well , I liked the fourwheelers more and owned one ).
Ill take a dirtbike on the track anyday, but I will NEVER ride a dirtbike in the sand lol, quads all the way.
Cool post glad you got out there in the dirt Pandy, I love KTMs, I planning on getting a 400 after I win the lottery :thumb: :thumb:
Here's a Picture of my Baby.Wish she were Still together and Running. :cry: I had more fun on that Bike well when I wasn't Getting Hurt. :laugh:
She was a 1992 CZ400 (380cc) Not Very fast but was Like getting Plowed into the Dirt By an International Harvester.Everything on it was Made of Either Cast Iron or Cast Aluminum.
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Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 23, 2008, 12:03:44 AM
what the picking up part, or the brushing off part :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted:
Yes. :icon_twisted:
Daniely: Yeah...I wasn't a big fan of the sand on the little 100's tiny tires.... :cookoo:
Great pics, Daniely...got more?? :icon_mrgreen:
I got a crapload more, how many more you want? lol
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I've got more to get you but goin through the photobucket i cant find em. I know I have them on my external drive so I will upload more for you tonight.
ALL of 'em!!! :cheers: :cheers: :bowdown: :bowdown: :thumb:
I'm so darned stoked about my dirt experience that I'm actually starting to EXERCISE to get my muscles in shape for it.... totally unheard of for me! :laugh:
No need to exercise, ride for a month and as long as your actually riding righ at your limit maybe pusshing it a bit, you WILL get in shape lol.
Pandy, exercise is more than mixing and drinking margaritas :laugh:
Quote from: pandy on January 23, 2008, 12:44:26 PM
ALL of 'em!!! :cheers: :cheers: :bowdown: :bowdown: :thumb:
I'm so darned stoked about my dirt experience that I'm actually starting to EXERCISE to get my muscles in shape for it.... totally unheard of for me! :laugh:
Need Some tough Practice. :thumb: Dry River or Creek beds are Best then you can work your way up to Running Creeks and Rivers. :thumb:
Pandy! AWE some!!! :thumb: Isn't dirt a kick?! I LOVE little dirt bikes (used to ride dual sports). They are a ton of fun. Do as much as you can, it really makes for a better rider on the street, even though technique is way different. I think it adds confidence.
Dang, are you going to be having a TON of FUN!!! :icon_mrgreen: Keep us up to "speed"....!
As for bruises and being whupped, it will be easier next time out, and it's the most physically demanding sport (motocross). Yeah, exercise and flexibility work will help.
With sand on a light little bike like that you actually want to go fast enough to kind of skate on top of it. If a wheel starts to sink, buhbye! The bike will wiggle like crazy going faster, but if you are on the pegs and your weight is back and you're keeping up the entry speed, it should just skate along. Hang on and go with it. I always rode sand fine when I didn't SEE IT COMING, I'd just hit the gas because I didn't have time to think. If I saw it and it was deep and a long patch, I'd freak myself out! It's hard work pushing even a little bike in that stuff! :laugh: I haven't ridden dirt on anything with a motor in it since the late 70s, last bike was a classic, a Honda CR125 Elsinor. It kicked butt back then. But it was only a couple of times on that, I rode an 80 a lot before that. But an hour on the CR and I was exhausted, I bonked so bad I thought I was going to need to go to a hospital!!!
Oh, next time TAKE PICTURES! A THREAD LIKE THIS IS "WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICTURES"!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Daniely, fabulous AIR pics! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
From the look of that big hill climb in the last picture, it appears you went to Hollister. I went there a month ago for my first dirt ride and had a blast too. Now I just need to fit a dirtbike and a pickup into the budget.
I had the pickup and the dirt bike, sold 'em and got the GS... 8)
Both the quad pics are out here at Pismo Dunes (Oceano State Park). Some GNARLY hills now though, still alot of fun, we take our trucks out there about every other week. Only 2 hours from here, Hollister hills is a bit of a shot, Gorman is closer. I love Millwood too, its only 45 min to an hour away from here, LOTS of trails.
:icon_twisted: pandy, nothing like a girl gettin dirty...... IN LEATHER :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted: :kiss3:
which one is u
you rarely ever see pandy in pics ;) i caught a few of em, and photochopped one, into another pic, but rarely do you see a pic of her. kinda adds to teh mystery :icon_twisted:
I'm the one with the beard! :P
LOL! By the time it came time to take pics of me, I was too busy glaring at everything (especially the bearded one), and trying to stay upright in the sand... I'll take pics BEFORE heading out next time! :o
It was Hollister Hills, and it was a BLAST!!!!!!!! I can't wait to go back again!!! I've been looking at tiny rigs to pull a little dirt bike with my Honda. :icon_mrgreen:
Wait...who said exercise is more than just mixing margaritas!!! Shots of Patron are EXCELLENT for practicing balance!!! :cheers: :icon_twisted: :laugh:
indeed