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A Perfect Memorial Day!
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Posted by: ktmboy---------------------
Well, Sat. morning I finally figured out a way to straighten the bent sub-frame on 'boy Jrs. YZ, pieced the bike back together, and declared to the boy that Monday A.M. he and I were gonna ride.
Mon. A.M., let the boy sleep in 'til 9:00, kick back, read the paper, breakfast, 2 cups of coffee, then it's down to 76 for some fuel.
We get back to the house, gas the bikes, get dressed, and head out of the garage toward the open desert near the house. The boy hasn't ridden since February, so he's a little nervous, so I take him on a couple of easy trails to warm up. A half hour later he's ready for adventure, so we ride towards the truck stop.
At the truck stop riding area I have him check fuel and he's still got two thirds of a tank, (he's got an MX tank, but my E/XC holds over 3 gallons, so I never check my fuel until he's low), so I announce to him that I'm finally gonna take him up to the Phelan ridges. He's stoked! He's been begging to go up there after hearing all the stories from the Wrecking Crew rides, but I kept telling him he wasn't ready yet.
We hit the powerline road and motor up to the top of the pass, then follow the ridge to one of the overlooks were I give him a chance to take in the view. After talking about technique a little, we head out on some of the easier ridges (rated 'difficult') and he's having a blast! 
He DID have 2 get-offs into the brush today that required my assistance to help drag the bike out. (Actually these bushes were more like trees!) The first wasn't his fault, as he had lost his back brake, and couldn't brake-slide the tight turn at the bottom of a downhill section, and slid straight into the ****/tree.
The second one was a bonehead move on his part, and I chewed him out (nicely) for it, pointing out that he should never jump over anything that he cannot see the other side of unless he's checked out the landing area before jumping! :o He got some good scratches out of that one, so hopefully he learned something. There was also a memorial cross put up nearby, and I pointed out to him that perhaps that young man had blindly jumped the same place but wasn't as lucky as my son was when he landed. This is the down side to teaching our kids to ride: it can be dangerous, and that part of it makes me crazy! :scream:
So now we hit the powerlines again and head back topwards the house. By now it's after 1:00 PM, and the swimming pool is calling us.
We get to the house, park the bikes, strip off the gear and head straight for our swim trunks and the pool. I throw some dogs on the grill, jump in and soak while they're cooking, then we have a nice lunch. It was a fitting end to a great day of riding.
Posted by: mxbundy---------------------
Awesome report boy.
Glad to see junior is improving.
Cant wait ti see the lad on one of our rides.
Bundy
Posted by: Ol'89r---------------------
Great report boy.
Sounds like we have a whole new generation of riders coming up. 
Pretty cool. :D
Posted by: a454elk---------------------
Nice way to spend a day, even if it IS in the desert!
Posted by: Battered Sav---------------------
Thanks for the report KTMboy.
I'm glad the lads ah, lesson wasn't too painful.
Posted by: ktmboy---------------------
Thanks for the nice responses guys! I'm going to try to get him out at least once a week now so he'll be ready to go on a Wrecking Crew ride by fall.
Posted by: CPT Jack---------------------
Sounds like fun. Memorial Day just wasn't the same in Mexico City - yuck!
Posted by: Boodac---------------------
Now if the boy had a shiney new KTM under him he would have cleared that jump. <got to help talk dad into a new bike for the boy>. Now that is what you call a classic storybook Memorial day ride.
Posted by: ktmboy---------------------
A 200MXC would be nice!
Posted by: Boodac---------------------
So does that mean he gets the next new bike or does he get dads hand me down?
Posted by: 70 marlin---------------------
sounds like you've got it made! school of hard knocks alway's seems to work, thank godness he ***** to laugh about it.
Posted by: ktmboy---------------------
He's next---I'll rebuild mine since I like it!
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