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dirtbike_adventures
2/22/2018 7:21pm
2/22/2018 7:21pm
Edited Date/Time
4/16/2018 8:26pm
Took my son on his first Moab ride this last weekend. He's on a kx100 and did way better than I expected. We chose Fins-n-Things as a nice easy intro to slickrock (if there is such a thing). There were a couple of steep downhills that he needed some help, but overall, I'm one proud poppa!
https://youtu.be/jqpD0Jr8bfM
https://youtu.be/jqpD0Jr8bfM
The Shop
great video. my little dude is 7 so still too young for something like this but he followed me around out at Behind the Rocks and did really well for being on a 50. good times.
Behind the rocks with your sone on a 50 sounds awesome! When my boys were on 50s one of our favorite trips was camping and riding at White Wash. Memories that I'll not forget
I got to go to Moab for the first time a little over year ago. Rode all the typical trails like Slick Rock as well Fins and Things. Favorites were Kane Creek, Sovereign single track and all the washes. Porcupine Ridge had some fantastic views. Would go back more often if it wasnt so far away, Baja is closer for me. Everyone should ride Moab at least once in their lifetime.
Was really refreshing to see Mtn Bikers and everyone else happily sharing trails.
Ava Conover, devil's racetrack, eagle wash or some combination thereof or 5MoH, and color trails (day 2)
Chimney Rock area (day3)
Any of that sound familiar Peely?
There are also a couple guide services depending on the riding you want to do. I've used Elite twice now, once doing point to point and the other just hitting random trails depending on the riding i wanted to do that day.
One of my favorite places i've been to in the US.
to answer your question, the Chimney Rock area is fucking unreal and probably some of my favorite riding in Utah, it's really close to the Green River area. the color trails are cool and vary in technical difficulty. the 5 miles of hell is insane. the others you listed i'm not terribly familiar.
when are you going? our weather has been crazy. 60's the last couple weeks then got a couple feet of snow. 60's this week and supposed to get another big snow-storm this weekend.
Pit Row
Don't go to Chimney Rock that place sucks.
Flying in to SLC and driving out to Green River in a rental.
Friends are hauling my bike & gear out there for me.
Day 1: just outside of Green River. We rode Whitewash, the Tubes, Dead Cow Trail (it actually had a dead cow), and the Rick Lee Trail. 95 miles total. That night we got some thunder showers but found shelter under a tarp.
Day 2. Chimney Rock. 'nuff said. Awesome trails. Over 50 miles that day.
Day 3. Five miles of hell.
My Kawi wasn't the best choice but with MX tracks closing, and all my friends fully converted to off road, I threw on an 18" rear wheel, a few more teeth on the rear sprocket, various guards and off I went. The Launch Control™ actually works well in slow speed technical stuff.
This was my first time riding a motorcycle in Utah. Definitely worth the long haul (although I cheated and flew to SLC with two friends, had some other friends haul our bikes out there - ha ha)
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