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<blockquote data-quote="CDA" data-source="post: 176872" data-attributes="member: 103"><p>OK, so no more pictures, but I will tell how it ends.....</p><p></p><p>We back track out and find the easy route and follow it around....we got diverted by some locals and crossed this wide river crossing with slippery rocks only to have to turn around and go back...We get back on course and all is looking good. Then Rack does a gnarly tank slapper going up this rocky trial and gets bucked off. Lucky for him, he clears this gnarly boulder or he could have been jacked....but the bike didn't far well, our first flat...Rack pinched the tube when he hit the rock. He keeps riding on the flat until we get to the top. Pull over, throw the bike on top of a rock ( and no he was not afraid of scratching his skid plate..<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/devil.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" />) and start the swap process....While we are doing this 3 riders pull up and they are the sweep crew. They did not do the 22 river crossing and we tell them there is no way out. Then we say wait a minute, how can you be the sweep crew, we are way out front. We look at the time and it is 4pm and we have not even made it to the lunch stop yet...How did this happen? Well with all the hard ways being blown out and taken more time to get through them, it put us way back and the delay on the 22 river crossing with the flat, we are hosed....</p><p></p><p>We get the flat fixed and head out. We get out of the hills and back into town. Rack's front tire is not holding air and looks to have a slow leak...we hit a gas station, gas the bikes, get some more water and make the decision on what we want to do. It is now 5:30 and we are still 60+ miles out. The decision is made to jump on hwy 88 and head for the trucks. Rack reprograms the GPS for the trucks and off down the hwy we go....As I am pulling out of town, I look over and see two Moron Missionaries walking down the street, so as a brethren to them, I loft up the front wheel and wheelie by waving and pointing at the CTR sticker on my bike....They flash back big grins and a wave and I grab gears and head on down the hwy.....</p><p></p><p>Rack and Gary got a jump on me as we decided to not change the front tire, but to watch it as we head out. I catch Rack as his 350 is not really geared to friendly for hwy use as #5jr is. I ride next to him and watch the tire....We get pretty far along and notice it is getting a little low, so we pull over to juice it up with some CO2 bottles. What do we see.....No valve stem, it got sucked into the wheel...The tire is not totally flat, so Rack say, screw it and rides on. 60+ miles of pavement later and we are back at the trucks. We passed a couple of the other guys that were with us earlier as they were in their trucks already heading home. We are the last ones to check in and since we did not check in at lunch, they were a little concerned but the 3 guys that stopped earlier while we were changing our flat let them know we were still good to go. Found out while loading the bikes that all the guys that did the hard route skipped the last section and rode the pavement as everyone was way behind.</p><p></p><p>We were loaded up and out of there about 7:30pm and I made it home about 10:30pm and Rack/Gary about 11:30pm sunday night. All in all it was an awesome ride and is on the calendar for next time. With what we learned from this one, we will be better off on the next ride....You do need to keep a pretty decent pace to cover that many miles each day. I logged 350 miles in two days. We saw some awesome scenery and sweet trails...</p><p></p><p>Hope you enjoyed.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CDA, post: 176872, member: 103"] OK, so no more pictures, but I will tell how it ends..... We back track out and find the easy route and follow it around....we got diverted by some locals and crossed this wide river crossing with slippery rocks only to have to turn around and go back...We get back on course and all is looking good. Then Rack does a gnarly tank slapper going up this rocky trial and gets bucked off. Lucky for him, he clears this gnarly boulder or he could have been jacked....but the bike didn't far well, our first flat...Rack pinched the tube when he hit the rock. He keeps riding on the flat until we get to the top. Pull over, throw the bike on top of a rock ( and no he was not afraid of scratching his skid plate..:devil:) and start the swap process....While we are doing this 3 riders pull up and they are the sweep crew. They did not do the 22 river crossing and we tell them there is no way out. Then we say wait a minute, how can you be the sweep crew, we are way out front. We look at the time and it is 4pm and we have not even made it to the lunch stop yet...How did this happen? Well with all the hard ways being blown out and taken more time to get through them, it put us way back and the delay on the 22 river crossing with the flat, we are hosed.... We get the flat fixed and head out. We get out of the hills and back into town. Rack's front tire is not holding air and looks to have a slow leak...we hit a gas station, gas the bikes, get some more water and make the decision on what we want to do. It is now 5:30 and we are still 60+ miles out. The decision is made to jump on hwy 88 and head for the trucks. Rack reprograms the GPS for the trucks and off down the hwy we go....As I am pulling out of town, I look over and see two Moron Missionaries walking down the street, so as a brethren to them, I loft up the front wheel and wheelie by waving and pointing at the CTR sticker on my bike....They flash back big grins and a wave and I grab gears and head on down the hwy..... Rack and Gary got a jump on me as we decided to not change the front tire, but to watch it as we head out. I catch Rack as his 350 is not really geared to friendly for hwy use as #5jr is. I ride next to him and watch the tire....We get pretty far along and notice it is getting a little low, so we pull over to juice it up with some CO2 bottles. What do we see.....No valve stem, it got sucked into the wheel...The tire is not totally flat, so Rack say, screw it and rides on. 60+ miles of pavement later and we are back at the trucks. We passed a couple of the other guys that were with us earlier as they were in their trucks already heading home. We are the last ones to check in and since we did not check in at lunch, they were a little concerned but the 3 guys that stopped earlier while we were changing our flat let them know we were still good to go. Found out while loading the bikes that all the guys that did the hard route skipped the last section and rode the pavement as everyone was way behind. We were loaded up and out of there about 7:30pm and I made it home about 10:30pm and Rack/Gary about 11:30pm sunday night. All in all it was an awesome ride and is on the calendar for next time. With what we learned from this one, we will be better off on the next ride....You do need to keep a pretty decent pace to cover that many miles each day. I logged 350 miles in two days. We saw some awesome scenery and sweet trails... Hope you enjoyed..... [/QUOTE]
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