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[QUOTE="KTM Mike, post: 1289404, member: 22658"] [b]Day 1: A BAD WAY TO START A BIG RIDE![/b] We met up with Ted and Connie at the starting point at 7:00 AM, got our bikes unloaded, geared up and ready to roll. YZMan showed up on his V-Strom to send us off as well. We all said our good byes, fired up the bikes, and head out of the parking lot…almost. My Penton died literally 10 feet onto the trail! Could not get it to start for the life of me. I drafted YZMan into helping me attempt to bump start it (Thanks!) – no luck. I assumed it might be a simple fouled plug. I grab my pack looking for the spare plugs and plug wrench. . . nowhere to be found. I soon realized I totally forgot to put on my fanny pack – where was it I left my brain that morning? So, we put in a new plug – still no luck, even with more bump starts. YZMan’s tongue was hanging out before we gave up – I thought he needed the exercise. We fiddled with it some more without success. As much as I did not want to, I knew I could not delay our departure any more, and reluctantly decided to park the Penton, and unload my “back up bike” I had brought along just in case. I will fess up on why the Penton did not want to run later on. So, I fire up the EXC – to have it die! Another spark plug swap, and I was good to go. I had recently been messing with some jetting changes, and had not swapped in a new plug since then. I should of known better, but I really did not expect to be riding the EXC. Finally we were on the trail for real. Ted was quite familiar with these trails and set a pretty steady pace all day long. For the majority of this day, the trails were in rather good shape showing signs of regular grooming and maintenance. The farther north we went, the deeper the sand seemed to become. Once into the Lincoln Hills trails, I noticed we were part of only a few bikes that had been down the trail since being groomed as I could still see the marks from the groomer in the sand in spots. Whoops were not bad at all until the last 10 miles or so. This day had a fair amount of road sections, two tracks and faster ORV trail and route. The last 10 miles found us on Woodsy’s Beloved Boon Trail – some fairly tight, whooped out single track. Minus the whoops, it would have been a blast to ride. The boys and I had the honor of seeing the spot where Ted and Woodsy met some 5 years ago during Ted’s first MCCCT ride, stopped for some pictures along the way. By the end of the ride, we all seemed to be feeling pretty good, though that last whooped out section was pretty tiring. Mitch commented that his bike just did not seem to be handling well – all over the trail. I did see him crash a couple times in corners, and was wondering what the issue was. As we loaded the bikes up, we discovered Mitch's bike had a flat front tire! Before we could take on fixing the tire, the kids insisted on eating. We found this little family restaurant (Da Dog House or some such thing) attempted to fill the bottomless pits – and discovered the world’s neatest bathroom urinal. It was more like a garden water feature than a urinal – really – I swear it was. I sure hope that was the urinal…oh oh…now I am a wondering. By the time we were done with dinner we found ourselves putting a new inner tube in by flash light in the motel parking lot. I was quite happy we had no pinched tubes. Finally got to bed around 11:30 PM. Way later than I had hoped – but that is the way it goes. Prior to this day, the longest day I had ever put in on a dirt bike was around 120 miles – and for my kids, 80 miles. We were all quite happy to see how well we were doing by the end of the day given that we all had exceeded our previous longest days by a large margin. Day 1 was behind us, and once the Penton issue was set aside, went rather well. [/QUOTE]
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