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A Photo Essay of Recent UP Trail Rides: 2big4akdx & Nestrick
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[QUOTE="Nestrick, post: 798002, member: 45162"] [See photo: Left] By the time we got unloaded, it was about 5 PM … the day was cloudy and it had been raining before we arrived. The soil was very most and the mosquitoes were absolutely WILD … note that there is really no formal trailhead parking area … just a wide spot in the road with barely enough space to turn around and park. Also, this is the first incidence I encountered regarding Neal’s proclivity for parking the truck so I had to basically use a machete to hack my way through the brush in order to exit the vehicle. Take note also how clean the bikes are … Neal could hardly wait to bust through a mud puddle just down the road so he could get some dirt on his bike … for him, that was the official start of the trip! In my case, careful examination of the CRF’s muffler indicates a small, yellow plug in the pipe … in my eagerness, I forgot to remove it … normally my bike is a good starter, even cold … but today, after about 10 kicks I get one fire which has this really ‘different’ tone … again that gnawing feeling begins to creep into my subconscious … then Neal says in a rather matter of fact way: “Maybe you ought to remove the plug from your pipe?” Man, I ripped that sucker out and on the next kick the CRF came to life … whew … I was really getting worried ‘cause Neal was sitting there on his KDX with the motor running … [See photo: Middle] Being our first ride, I was a bit worried as this trail was rated a 4 which meant to me that it would resemble Evart which is the only 4 trail I have ridden to date. Well, parts of the trail were indeed as challenging as Evart, but overall, Foreman Lake is a much more fun to ride in my opinion. It has open trail areas such as shown in this photo which are narrow, often rocky and hilly, but sufficiently wide to permit noobs like me to motivate at a reasonable pace. [See photo: Right] Here you see Neal blasting through one of the open spots between wood stands … the twisty trail is about 10 inches wide in the dirt, and your really need to stay within its boundary as just off the trail are many hazards concealed in the tall grass and brush. The grey stuff in the grass on the right is a large rock and part of a stump just off the edge of the trail which is difficult to see from Neal’s perspective … not something one wants to encounter accidentally at speed! [/QUOTE]
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