I've been writing for about about three years now started in September and then I wrote another three years after that
first bike was a
Yamaha
YZ250 the two-stroke a 2006
it was very much a moto bike and
over the years I was able to turn into a bit of a woods bike
My first dirt bike ride was the end of September
It was pretty slick out and I'd never ridden a dirt bike before
so between the combination of the mud and the aggressive two-stroke motor bike it made for steep learning curve.
As a novice rider, I found the bike
very very aggressive
I found I had to control the speed and the I had to control the bike with the clutch a lot
I went through I went through about three clutch cables over the course of two, two and a half, seasons
the biggest "aha" moment I had was when I was riding with my buddy Alex and Julian
We went out riding and there was a great climb
I've tried it 20, 30, times never made it before and then this time we went out,
just the three of us, we came up to this this crazy Hill
it was a had a steep section steep root-y section then it flattened out on top, and then it had a
second root-y corner with a almost vertical section at the top and I've never made it before and
Yeah, I was able to make that successfully first poke of the day it was a good day
When dirtbiking clicked for me; I'd say I was in riding for about about four months and
I've been working on hopping stumps and logs a lot
and then the one day it just
Felt right. I I was feeling lazy and I something just clicked and after that it
Everything was world's better, world's easier
Scariest experience. I had I'd say it would be
coming down
Coming down some super shale-y
steep pit like material and
Bike started getting carried away, brakes weren't working very good, and I had to ride it out.
I currently ride a 2016 Husqvarna TE300 two-stroke
Yeah, I find the husky way more linear power compared to the YZ
way way more bottom end power and
Overall way better for enduro and all the single track riding we do.
Most enjoyable ride I've been out on?
Horling's trail. Yeah, super flowy a few technical sections has been(my favourite)
That's probably my favorite trail and best days
yeah, so I think the the main difference for having a bike setup is having having the soft rear tire for grabbing grabbing the
rocks and the roots and
having a nice bottom and power with a
linear throughout to the top
Having a suspension that sucks up a lot of the a lot of the big
big rocks that a guy goes over
so what I'm looking forward to most is
Becoming better than Alex while he's laid up on bed rest
I think that's gonna that's gonna make me very happy in the next coming season
I think riding with Jacob and his new his new bike. We've both got new bikes this year
I think that's going to be it's going to be great having him along and
Yeah, hopefully get some good shots out of it
I'm sure you have plenty of clips of me not making it
First thing that comes to mind of the plenty of tries is the parking the bike vertically on there
Yeah!