The DBA TDay Ride Report
- Thread starter James
- Start date
Sorry the time was too short for me to find you guys out there. I got in about 100mi in two days of riding. On Sat afternoon by Invader I climbed a hill, put foot on ground and touched easily and then the wind blew me over and on the ground. Sat nite was 40-50 mph. NICE!!
Well, if James had been on something other than a 230 he may have done a little better. Those bikes wont get out of their own way. Now about the set-up complaint.
Whatever!! 
Twist it on the right side and hang on. Use ALL the brakes to slow down.
Now not to bag on James, but track guys in general who have not ridden trails, and especially the dez, are always talkin shite and usually dont come back for a 2nd trip. It gets easier the more you do it and will make you a better track rider too. Your line selection abilities get better and if it goes wrong your recovery and ride it out skills are better too. Now the jumping thing on a track scares me, what with being old and riding MX in the early 70s when it was all natural terrain. This new shite scares me. I wish I could grow some and learn to jump.
Well, if James had been on something other than a 230 he may have done a little better. Those bikes wont get out of their own way. Now about the set-up complaint.
Whatever!! Twist it on the right side and hang on. Use ALL the brakes to slow down. Now not to bag on James, but track guys in general who have not ridden trails, and especially the dez, are always talkin shite and usually dont come back for a 2nd trip. It gets easier the more you do it and will make you a better track rider too. Your line selection abilities get better and if it goes wrong your recovery and ride it out skills are better too. Now the jumping thing on a track scares me, what with being old and riding MX in the early 70s when it was all natural terrain. This new shite scares me. I wish I could grow some and learn to jump.
James
Staff member
Hey I was always saying "I'm gonna suck", looks like I was right for once. 
And for the record I can't wait to go back. 
Don't worry there's some jumps I won't hit at the track either as I have to work on Monday, plus I'm not 14 with nothing to lose anymore. 
I was hoping to meet you out there, maybe next year.
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I was hoping to meet you out there, maybe next year.
Yeh, you should have seen him, streeking with nothing on but a helmet driving kiddies around in a rhino.
Yeh, you should have seen him, streeking with nothing on but a helmet driving kiddies around in a rhino.
i really need to get back down there and learn how to do some hill climbs again... when you going back down Dave?
Dam CDA, that was even funnier than My quote! Definitely needs to go in the DBA Quotes.
James
Staff member
New hard drives are finally hooked up (ran out of space 
) and videos/pictures are being downloaded, hopefully I'll have them up this weekend.
You 2 can bite me.
) and videos/pictures are being downloaded, hopefully I'll have them up this weekend. Yeh, you should have seen him, streeking with nothing on but a helmet driving kiddies around in a rhino.
You 2 can bite me. 
I was hoping to meet you out there, maybe next year.
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