Popped my cherry...

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Edited Date/Time 3/24/2014 4:00pm
...On the 2014 riding season! I know you southern and west coast boys enjoy riding all year. But here in PA it's a pretty exciting day to be able to finally dust off the gear and Moto again. Still some snow, and it's 34 degrees...but it's getting warmer Smile

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dirtnapper 3/23/2014 8:49am
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So jealous!

Up here in Alberta we are still weeks away from the first ride.
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bullpen658 3/23/2014 9:04am
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Cool looking bike but those blue hand guards gotta go bro.
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dirtnapper 3/23/2014 9:08am
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bullpen658 wrote:
Cool looking bike but those blue hand guards gotta go bro.
( I think they must match his powerband......................................Whistling )

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BobPA 3/23/2014 9:48am
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bullpen658 wrote:
Cool looking bike but those blue hand guards gotta go bro.
dirtnapper wrote:
( I think they must match his powerband......................................Whistling )
Hilarious haha, I liked them at first but I have grown to hate them, may go black...

It's been an unusually brutal winter for snow and temp here. I'm really hoping the weather breaks soon
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pitbike502 3/23/2014 10:19am
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heard we were getting a noreastern this week...
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BobPA 3/23/2014 1:15pm
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pitbike502 wrote:
heard we were getting a noreastern this week...
Don't say that SadSad
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davistld01 3/23/2014 1:48pm
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I'm DAMN tired of cold weather in the Midwest!!
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Brad460 3/23/2014 2:01pm
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I got a little frost bite this morning on our snowmobile ride...
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Bultaco 3/23/2014 3:50pm
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Our ground is frozen hard and still covered with a foot or more of snow. Temps below zero next couple nights. By the time it quits being cold, the ground thaws, mud season drys out…it will be May before anyone is riding around here. But the skiing is still very good.
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bodean123 3/23/2014 4:29pm
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dirtnapper wrote:
So jealous!

Up here in Alberta we are still weeks away from the first ride.
So tired of winter...I just want to put in some laps.
bartziokas123 3/23/2014 4:48pm
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dirtnapper wrote:
So jealous!

Up here in Alberta we are still weeks away from the first ride.
Speak for yourself, I'm riding twice a week! Buy some studs, winter riding is epic!
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BobPA 3/23/2014 7:18pm
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bartziokas123 wrote:
Speak for yourself, I'm riding twice a week! Buy some studs, winter riding is epic!
I made a set years ago, they are certainly fun....but riding on 10 degree weather blows
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jeffro503 3/23/2014 7:40pm
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Gawd damn I hate to sound like an asshole here......but it was like 67 and sunny here today....perfectly groomed track and I rode the shit out of my new KXF450. Woohoo

Keep the faith though brotha's......the good weather is coming!
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dirtnapper 3/23/2014 7:55pm
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Gawd damn I hate to sound like an asshole here......but it was like 67 and sunny here today....perfectly groomed track and I rode the shit out...
Gawd damn I hate to sound like an asshole here......but it was like 67 and sunny here today....perfectly groomed track and I rode the shit out of my new KXF450. Woohoo

Keep the faith though brotha's......the good weather is coming!
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Just took out my yz for third time back tires toast things too fast. Its already 80 and dusty in norcal
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Dad popped my leg a cherry with a nice baseball size French gulch rock. The perils of Shasta county off road lol
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gsxr6 3/23/2014 8:08pm
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Happened first ten minutes out. Rode all day. Thing still hasn't stopped bleeding. Right through my shin guard . I feel so alive lol
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Socket946 3/23/2014 8:47pm
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jeffro503 wrote:
Gawd damn I hate to sound like an asshole here......but it was like 67 and sunny here today....perfectly groomed track and I rode the shit out...
Gawd damn I hate to sound like an asshole here......but it was like 67 and sunny here today....perfectly groomed track and I rode the shit out of my new KXF450. Woohoo

Keep the faith though brotha's......the good weather is coming!
67? That's parka weather around here.

It was sunny and 80...Just like it's been all "winter" here.
rocketsocks26 3/24/2014 2:48am
3/24/2014 2:48am
Yea socket n thats your goid weather, im not being a wise ass, but are the summers any fun when its a 100 everyday n no rain for riding?ive been to arizona alot it the summers n to "put your head in an oven type heat" is an understatement!. But i guess u can say the same thing about us east coasters,cause are winter this year has been miserable,but spring , summer,fall, best place on earth!
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Markee 3/24/2014 5:12am
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I've been able to ride 4 times this year. So up and down its nuts. I'm so sick of this shit... 2 days ago 70, yesterday was freezing rain.

I don't know how you people live up north. I guess you are use to it if you grew up there, but I couldn't stand it.
rocketsocks26 3/24/2014 5:23am
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Markee its horrible! My parents r in va. Not much better, you guys just dont get the white shit. Imagine having kids n beibg locked in a house for 4 months lol!
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Markee 3/24/2014 5:47am
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Markee its horrible! My parents r in va. Not much better, you guys just dont get the white shit. Imagine having kids n beibg locked in...
Markee its horrible! My parents r in va. Not much better, you guys just dont get the white shit. Imagine having kids n beibg locked in a house for 4 months lol!
I never really believed that seasonal depression garbage, but its for real. You would think when its bad weather in jan/feb you would take advantage of projects inside the house or other things, nope, don't feel like doing a damn thing. Let that sun pop out and be in the 50s and up, man I'm down for what ever.

I think I would go nuts with little crumb crunchers running around for 4 months!!! I've been in VA my entire life, this has been the worst i remember as far consistent shit weather, have never seen single digits until this year. I have to work in it and do swing shift, so working nights when its 7 degrees working with your hands, just plain sick of it damn it! lol
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Spagina767 3/24/2014 5:53am
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Socket946 wrote:
First ride of 2014? You're 4 months late, mcfly.
Must have been too busy clicking on reply, thinking of your upcoming douchy comment, to read that the guy is from PA where the weather is shit, and most tracks have not opened yet.

I understand sarcasm, and realize that it's fun to give people shit on this board... but man, you must be an introvert in person, and have all kinds of deep seeded issues, to feel that you need to make a douche-bag comment on a thread about a guy riding for the first time this year. Hope you feel better, bud.
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gsxr6 wrote:
Dad popped my leg a cherry with a nice baseball size French gulch rock. The perils of Shasta county off road lol [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/03/23/49228/s1200_1395630309089.jpg[/img]
Dad popped my leg a cherry with a nice baseball size French gulch rock. The perils of Shasta county off road lol
Were you wearing boots?
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Who did you forks and what do you think about them?
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dsmith 3/24/2014 6:40am
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winter f'n sucks!
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gsxr6 wrote:
Dad popped my leg a cherry with a nice baseball size French gulch rock. The perils of Shasta county off road lol [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/03/23/49228/s1200_1395630309089.jpg[/img]
Dad popped my leg a cherry with a nice baseball size French gulch rock. The perils of Shasta county off road lol
Huevos wrote:
Were you wearing boots?
Yep. Stupid rocks. I have a large lump in that exact spot since high school where my external fixator pins were removed. Looks like the pressure and speed of a pretty large size rock busted it open through my boot. I am sure it would be broken right now if not for the boot. Lol
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rocketsocks26 wrote:
Yea socket n thats your goid weather, im not being a wise ass, but are the summers any fun when its a 100 everyday n no...
Yea socket n thats your goid weather, im not being a wise ass, but are the summers any fun when its a 100 everyday n no rain for riding?ive been to arizona alot it the summers n to "put your head in an oven type heat" is an understatement!. But i guess u can say the same thing about us east coasters,cause are winter this year has been miserable,but spring , summer,fall, best place on earth!
Just have to get up early, and go into hiding around 10am or so. The sun is high in the sky here at 5am!
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Madmax31 wrote:
Who did you forks and what do you think about them?
KB5 did my forks and shock. I have ridden Kawi's my whole life so it took me a bit to get used to the pumpkin. It is now predictable and turns on a dime. I always felt the bike was to high in the rear and the more sag I ran the better it handled. It always just seemed a bit unbalanced to me. I ended up with a Ride Engineering lowering link with a softer rear spring set up...For me it made all the difference

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