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mxfuture
3/16/2022 10:02am
3/16/2022 10:02am
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3/31/2022 1:37pm
Curious if anyone has used a persimmons lens and found out the hard way that it hid details in the face of a jump?
Specifically, I found a kicker in a face that was unbelievably violent. So violent that I am shocked I did not see it. The violence of said kicker is pretty much the last thing I remember. A sunny day on a sand track in the PNW. First real ride of the season. This is something I have never experienced.. I've always seen kickers and have no problem riding them.
Anyone?
Specifically, I found a kicker in a face that was unbelievably violent. So violent that I am shocked I did not see it. The violence of said kicker is pretty much the last thing I remember. A sunny day on a sand track in the PNW. First real ride of the season. This is something I have never experienced.. I've always seen kickers and have no problem riding them.
Anyone?
I use the Prizm from Oakley but I assume the 100% version (Hiper) is just as good.
I feel like I can see everything down in the ruts and on rutted jump faces because those lenses seem to really crank up the contrast.
The sand track says no f'ing way!
Not something I can allow to happen again. I'll be making a change.
Thanks for the reply..
The Shop
I'm addicted to buying gear, especially goggles. I can't convince myself to buy a halfway decent pair of sunglasses, but I have so many goggles. I just bought some of those Havoc goggles with the magnetic lenses to try out because I'm a sucker, put them on to ride and immediately turned around and put the Oakleys back on.
I've ridden there over a dozen times and am familiar with the kickers. My issue is not seeing the one I hit... at all!
No doubt my worst crash ever! The sheer violence of the kicker is the last thing I remember and nothing I can ever recall on a track. I cannot let that happen ever again! holy hell
Is this you in front of YZ guy in this picture? Airway circa 2017, yz guy is me btw.
Pit Row
I had a Honda 2 stroke for a minute until my son bought a 2021 YZ250. I rode his bike for 20 minutes and that was the last time I rode my honda.
Absolutely love the Y Z.
I just tell people I'm 23 and a half. Lol. 1/2 years.
I would say bright days and a light terrain/ sand track are not a good combo for that lens. Our normal track is darker dirt and I've never had an issue there
The table/step down before the big table in the center of the track. Does it commonly develop a nasty kicker on the inside/left of the face?
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