Well the first weekend was a day of trail clearing 5 hrs & only 22 miles,
not much to report other than it started easy felt light & can't wait to ride
it again! The following weekend we went back, no work just ride!
56 miles of tight single track lots of rocks roots ect. The bike has very
good maners for being a big bore no stahling or any hint of complaining
about the very slow mile per hour conditions, lots of clutch work getting
around the very tight corners & over the large rocks,very impressive!
I was told i had one more week before boxing it up & shipping her!
Best thing was the three day weekend!! & moisture east of the mountain!
Saturday was perfect no dust anywere, three of us went out for a 60 mile
ride the bike seemed to be pretty close on jetting never giving me any
sign's of trouble although i had to use the hot start a couple of times.
Still taking it easy she only has about 100mi on here,short shifting her
it was easy to keep the boy's right in front of me,then at 52 mi the tank
was empty, got two gatorade bottles full from my buddy & were back at
camp.I decided to lean out the needle a bit, change the oil for the third
time & see how she does? Well she does & she does very well i could
tell right away this thing is a very capable machine of running with any
open class bike in the dirt! Most of the next loop was single track trail
groomed & open,2nd through 4th sometimes touching 5th wow great
handleing very nimble cornering was superb the rush from corner to
corner was breathtaking easily pulling away from an 06 crf450x & 06
wr450 bolth being expert level at the next stop i guess my face said it
all, they bolth said guess thats gonna be your next bike a? I can't say
enough good things about this bike without sounding silly,well call me
silly cause this bike will put one big smile on your face,it pulls so good
right from the bottom,controlled, tracktion availible eveywere, right into
a very healthy mid were i found myself most all day dancing the front
end from corner to corner again & again ending the second ride with
a huge grin & hard__ 62 miles still gas in tank!! Later the next day after
changing air filter & oil again we went to do some two trackin! Well this
is were the 496 can do some damage to the 450's the bike was geared
to perfection 94 mph is what was poping up on the screen from time
to time & didn't seem to labor at all to get there time & time again!!
25 miles of two track with a buddy in the other rutt is heaven on earth!
through 4th there wasn't a huge differance but after that it was all over!!
With this bikes ability to do everything that it does so easily it makes
me ask why not build one of these for veges to reno? Well i could go on
about how cool this bike is but i hope whoever reads this gets the pic!
Lastly thanks Brett for letting me take care of her for you!! she's READY!
