Vonski
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- Location
- Payson, Utah
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"I had more fun at this race than any I remember! The new bike worked awesome, with the exception of riding the last 20 or so miles of loop #4 on a flat rear tire. Having that said, any problems I had were all rider errors, and a few were pretty big. I blew a handful of corners, but two resulted in epic endos'. The first one was on loop #2 and I went over the bars after hitting a boulder. I sheared off some of the bolts on one of my handguards and lost my airbox cover (my air filter was in place and not torn, so I was good to go). I also had to do some front wheel "alignment" with some generous amounts of boot kicking, but no big deal. My second crash was on loop #3 involving more boulders (I layed there and just contemplated life for a while after that one). At this point, I decided I had better dial things back a bit and try to get some focus back. Shortly after that, I got passed by the only B class bike I had seen all day. As for the other two A class bikes, I saw them at the start, but never again.
Here's a few things I learned from this race...
That one guy on the ATV will pass you, its only a matter of when.
The days of UTVs not being fast enough to catch bikes are over.
You can rev a KTM 250F to the moon for 70 miles on a stock tank and not run out of fuel.
90 MPH on a flat rear tire doesn't feel right.
The area south of Wendover must have more rocks than anywhere on the planet.
There are boulders lurking in the tall grass and behind every sage bush. Don't ride there.
You're guaranteed a podium finish when there are only 3 people in your class, right? what?
A big thanks to BOR and all the volunteers for a great race! Also, thanks for giving the bikes an extra 100 miles over last year's race."
"I had more fun at this race than any I remember! The new bike worked awesome, with the exception of riding the last 20 or so miles of loop #4 on a flat rear tire. Having that said, any problems I had were all rider errors, and a few were pretty big. I blew a handful of corners, but two resulted in epic endos'. The first one was on loop #2 and I went over the bars after hitting a boulder. I sheared off some of the bolts on one of my handguards and lost my airbox cover (my air filter was in place and not torn, so I was good to go). I also had to do some front wheel "alignment" with some generous amounts of boot kicking, but no big deal. My second crash was on loop #3 involving more boulders (I layed there and just contemplated life for a while after that one). At this point, I decided I had better dial things back a bit and try to get some focus back. Shortly after that, I got passed by the only B class bike I had seen all day. As for the other two A class bikes, I saw them at the start, but never again.
Here's a few things I learned from this race...
That one guy on the ATV will pass you, its only a matter of when.
The days of UTVs not being fast enough to catch bikes are over.
You can rev a KTM 250F to the moon for 70 miles on a stock tank and not run out of fuel.
90 MPH on a flat rear tire doesn't feel right.
The area south of Wendover must have more rocks than anywhere on the planet.
There are boulders lurking in the tall grass and behind every sage bush. Don't ride there.
You're guaranteed a podium finish when there are only 3 people in your class, right? what?
A big thanks to BOR and all the volunteers for a great race! Also, thanks for giving the bikes an extra 100 miles over last year's race."
