Well, took my first long trail ride today. Meet up with a couple of locals, good guys! Fast! One races Hare Scramble, he is scary fast!
Bike ran good, I need a bigger bike or I need to lose some weight! I felt like I was ringing it's neck, but it did fine till I broke it!
I'm new, so I am learning that speed is your friend at times. Laid the bike down three times over 15 miles of riding, not to bad for first dirt bike and first time riding since 1996! Either way, First lay down was from front brake use and sliding out on me in a turn (should of just leaned more and rode the wave). Second was from the same thing, just in rocks, in a turn and rocks.....Need to get better at that!
The third lay down and this is the crappy part! Climbing a root and rocky section I hit a rut and was following the guys in front of me.....No good, I didn't have enough speed, down I went on the left side. Handle bars missed the rock ledge and the clutch lever found it.......
"Hey, why is there oil here now"......Oh, the Clutch M?C snapped where the lever bolts to it.....and the plunger comes out and oil comes a flowing.
Now what? I have no clutch and I'm 12 miles into the woods, no roads or fire trails close and some nasty hills to push the bike up.....
I find a little down hill and jam start the bike......Now it is do or die..... No clutch, must hit every line, every speed right and every corner right.
Well, I made it to the other side of the mountain that is a total of 15 miles or so......Park the bike and wait for the guys I was riding with to bring a truck around the mountain and take me back to my truck.
To top it off, I had two tires given to me and paid $20 for a new front tire. Starcross tires at that, the same I am running now. They are not dry rotten, so it's a step up....
All and all, good day, expensive but good day.