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Curious to see what people ride..Brand or year. Mx/Atv?
The Shop
2007 RM250
I split time between the 2 mostly depending on the track and conditions/weather.
I race every round of a 12 round series every summer. On the off weekends I will either go to a practice day or race as a day pass member at some other local series. 40 year old Vet B
-'97 CR125r
1997 CR125R
Got a few vintage and evo bikes too, but I mostly just look at them.
My back up stable includes an 05 CRF450R and an 05 KX125
I have owned an 06 KX250F (bought new) 2003 kx250, 00 cr250, and an 09 KX450F
I have a 94 CR250 sitting the garage...
I race the CO series' and when there are no races here I travel to TX or CA or wherever. I just got back from racing the Freestone race in TX.
2012 Street Glide
Pit Row
There are GP's, Hare Scrambles, Hare and Hounds (including two NHHA's), and a couple Enduro's on the schedule this year. A little bit of everything.
Mostly Moto, but I tend to hop in the woods from time to time.
I grew up racing in the Midwest (off road, GNCC-type events, National Hare Scrambles, etc.). After college I moved to Vegas and started doing the MRAN series and some WORCS. Didn't enjoy it; at all - insane dust, rocks, chaos. I was stuck behind slow goons, but couldn't pass because I couldn't see. I would take a break for a few months, get the itch and go do another one and felt the same way. Just got to where it was more fun to ride with my buddies (same turf, but with visibility, which was fun).
Last year I did a Hare Scramble in Montana. It was awesome (tighter, more technical riding - much more my style). But, the closest one is about 6.5 hours away; the rest of their series is WAY up in Montana.
I've kept my eye on the USRA series, but I'm assuming they're very similar to MRAN, so I haven't really had much interest. I've ridden Cherry Creek plenty of times (its ok, but my least favorite place to ride out of my staple of areas), and driven pas Knolls / Dell / Wendover and, again, it just looks like MRAN-esque territory. Wide-open fast rocky dusty desert.
Let me ask you this: there is so much great riding in the Spanish Fork / Diamond Fork / Hobble Creek area, they can't hold events out there?
The enduros might be fun - do you know which ones they are?
Thanks again.
Also have - 1987 YZ 125 (My first bike still laying in bits waiting for me to rebuild her one day...)
Want - 06 RM 250 (18 of yrs of MX and Iv'e never even touched a Suzuki. I want to experience an RM before I get too past it).
Lots of dust in the desert, no way around that (unless its raining, then its muddy). And so for the most part (whether its st George, Cherry Creek, Monticello, Knolls or Wendover)...you get a lot of dust, its the nature of the beast if you're racing in the desert.
You might try some of the spring and fall races...in the past few years, there have been great conditions at these events (so like Feb-April, and Sept-Nov) with little dust.
The enduro's that I know of, are Wendover and Chimney Rock. They ran an endure on private property up in Yost last year which was an absolute BLAST, but that race was replaced by a NHHA so its not happening this year. I've heard a rumor that St. George might be an endure, but I have no idea if that is true or not.
I love the enduro's...but I also love the hare and hound format as well (anything were you never ride the same trail twice). I'm not a fan of GP's and Hare Scrambles as the courses get hammered from a few hundred riders riding the same trails a bunch of times..
I've contemplated selling it since it's basically a heavy paper weight at the moment. But my youngest boy is ripping on his strider so I'm thinking he might take to it. And since I got it pretty cheap so I don't mind hanging on to it.
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