2012 KTM 250sx
Friday I stopped by Concord on my way home and grabbed a short but sweet 1 hour ride. I have not ridden my mtb as much as I would like this spring. Work and 2 boys have kept it irregular. Add to that no regular group rides I can latch on to and it makes it that much harder to convince myself to ride solo. As usual I was glad I went. The conditions where perfect; loose over hard. I had slowly changed the setup of my bike to a point where I just wasn’t myself. Having realized this I started to play with settings and slowly I have been getting back to my usual, aggressive self. I am running my fork very stiff with a lot of slow speed compression and no high speed compression. I have rolled my bars forward and I’m diving into corners more confidently. Thursday’s and Friday’s rides were good and by the end of the rides I was slashing my rear tire to the point of rolling the tire off the rim.
Saturday morning I hopped on the 530 and rode to Half Moon Rd. Todd and I did trail 30, 18, 32 and the last 3/4s of Duncan’s. I tried to ride as much with out stopping as I could. Oh by the way, 4 strokes are cheating.
Sunday was Mother’s Day and I tried to let Meghann do whatever she wanted. Wyatt and I ran some errands on the morning and then we headed to her mom’s for the afternoon and dinner.
I am going to try and get back into the gym. My spindly arms and barrel chest look so ridiculous together. I guess I’ll try to bring my arms up to match. Furthermore I need to get some strength back in my knee. Its still not 100% from the Feb 20th crash.
Getting Out
May 10
Ride to Haw from the house and back. It was a little wet but offered some from fun turns.
iPad fun
May 2
I bought Meghann an iPad for our anniversary and we have had too much fun with the photo booth app. Also we just tried out the Facetime app and that is pretty cool as well.
Perry Mtn. Fun Run
Apr 16
Drove down to Leeds, AL to Jeff’s house Friday after work. Saturday morning we couldn’t sleep we were so excited. By 9 we were on the road to Maplesville. There is a private club called Perry Mtn Motorcycle Club who runs a few national level events and has a reputation for great events and even better trails. I was not dissapointed. Being from Ole’ Rocky Top I ride mostly rock and hardpacked dirt. The only time I get great dirt is at events were enough riders keep the soil fluffed up. Perry’s soil had a high sand content. In the dry it was loose and dusty. In the trees it was moist and perfect. You could brake drag into turns and power throttle out. It was a great experience. Jeff and I did two laps on the 10 mile course before Karl showed up around lunch. Together we got another lap on the long and two on the 4 mile course. The first day ended with a 38 mile total. Saturday night we cooked some moose steaks and peach cobbler and went to bed very satisfied. Sunday we got up early, banged out another 2 long laps and 2 more short laps. By the time lunch rolled around I was completely whooped.
Better than work
Apr 9
Friday – Drive to Harlan and setup camp
Saturday – 4 Wheel at Black Mtn OHV with Meghann, Wyatt, and Rory
Sunday – 4 Wheel again and head home
Monday – Morning mtb ride at Norris and yard work around house
Tuesday – Get Wyatt new 20″ bike at Bike Zoo and then trail rides at Panther Creek SP with Meghann, Wyatt, and Rory
Wednesday – Dollywood with Meghann, Wyatt, and Rory
Thursday – Morning moto ride at Royal Blue and then a quite dinner at Bonefish with Meghann followed by desert at Sonic
Friday – Fresh NOLA crawfish and dirt biking at TTC with Loo and Troy
Saturday – More moto at Aenta Mtn. with Jeff, Karl, Troy, and Ian
Sunday – Even more moto at TTC with Jeff and Karl then home to ride pumptrack with Wyatt and Rory
Plans
Mar 29
We have plans to camp and 4wheel this weekend in Harlan, KY’s Black Mtn OHV area. We will return on Sunday evening, swap vehicles and head off to the beach in SC. We again have plans to camp in Francois Marion State Park just north of Charleston. We will take the bikes, moto, and kayak. Should be fun.
