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Posted: 4/16/2009 10:17:11 PM | But think of all the guys you'd attract...  | |
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Posted: 4/17/2009 5:15:45 PM | laughing
yeah they tend to like that look | |
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Posted: 4/17/2009 6:49:09 PM | dusty,
Alas I am too young and an evil smoker so your restrictions prevent me from sending you the info. Send me a message and i will reply with details as a way around that.
As for the rest of you who already have bikes..... Go sign up for the ride!!!
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Posted: 4/18/2009 1:58:06 PM | Email sent and maybe I'll change the age restrictions and lower it a bit.  | |
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Posted: 4/19/2009 1:53:30 PM | the ideas guys are giving on getting familiar with a bike by dirtbiking..is a very good one...the trike one would work very well as well...
yep..spent some time on the farm dirt biking and quadding..and loved it...we still do it today.....
and at 40 I got my class 6 and my first road bike...just something i have always wanted to do...
have discovered though that i actually prefer getting dirty...quadding in mud is awesome...and prefer the balance of the quad..at my age i then don't have to think as much..lol...balance..shifting..breaking..steering..ect....(although I do miss having a rear view mirror on the quad!!)
if i was to hit the hwy on a motorbike again..i think i'd stay small...or get a trike...or i might...mabye...perhaps...be able to do the passenger thing with someone i weally weally trusted....
i did enjoy a trip to jasper on my own steam last year over may long weekend...it still is just the only way to take in the view and smells of the mountains...awesome trip... | |
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Posted: 4/19/2009 1:55:28 PM | hey!!
on another note...we do all these singles runs on motorbikes...
how about doing one for us who love to dirtbike and quad...???
any ideas?? | |
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Posted: 4/19/2009 4:09:00 PM | I was all gung ho to meet up with people at the Prairie Creek Ranger Station but for some reason that fell through. On a camping thread I made mention of a group campsite out at Mountain Aire Lodge and that fell on deaf ears as well. Rest assured that off road riding is not in short supply out there. If memory serves gasoline on the other hand is. Our word for the day is JERRY CAN. LOL
I am coming to the conclusion that POFers that are into playing in the dirt are few and far between. As soon as I get my Nerf Bars and a new rear tire mounted I'll get back to you, OK? | |
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Posted: 4/20/2009 6:26:06 PM | oki doki!!
am thinking...since spring tis in the air...might have to get out that jerry can...
jerry?? | |
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Posted: 5/6/2009 1:18:42 AM | | OHSIX, has great comment's here, they make alot of sense. To add to his post, firstly take a course if your experince is zero, maybe even if you know a dirt bike personally. 15-20 hour's to get comfortable could be about right. In these 15-20 hour's I'd break it down a little more. After taking a course on riding all you've done is tour a parking lot, hitting second gear at most, part of the training, more time has to be spent in as controlled space as possible. What I suggest is to hit the country, paved subdivision road's give you the chance to feel the weight of your own ride. Chances are it's a heavier machine than the bike's you learned on and the clutch throttle will feel different. As well these road's are much less travelled, beside's the odd wayward dog, you should have room to get the feel of the bike and build on the confidence gained from your initial course. It won't take long to build from that experince and I'd suggest hitting the hiway, cruise to a smaller town and get some initial traffic experince there. It's something else to be sitting at the end of a turning lane feeling car's rip by at 80 K only a few feet away. Small town's have less traffic and make it easier to practise and enforce safer habit's. Learn to recognize how to time a pass thru an intersection with a car beside you, how to ride not in a car's blindspot, distance to stop at a light behind a car and still leave an escape route. Stuff like that is easier in a small town. Less congestion is a good thing. | |
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Posted: 5/6/2009 9:31:50 PM |
I am coming to the conclusion that POFers that are into playing in the dirt are few and far between
hah
the dirt is almost as much fun as the pavement - gonna go find some mud next week out by Chamber Creek.... | |
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