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Old 12-09-2007, 09:22 AM
Mike Baxter
 
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Default BRP fun ride

I attended day 1 of the BRP Fun Ride today. It was held at Clear
Creek Management Area with the ride being headquartered on the Salinas
Ramblers land. I arrived at 8:00 AM and it was 30 degrees with low
clouds and fog. Rain has finally come to NorCal and the Creek got
some. After parking near fellow Time Keeper MC members and BSing, I
headed up to check-in and sign-up for a ride. I signed up for the
11:00 A-ride as to give the sun a chance to shine and warm things up.
The sun wasn't out very often or for very long throughout the 23 mile
trail ride. When asked if we wanted to hit the rocks or not, I chose
rocks. So, into the rocks we went and they were slippery. It's stuff
like this that has me wishing for longer legs this X-mas. There ended
up being 6 riders in the group. One of which happened to be Doug
Chandler. He lives in nearby Salinas and rode his KX450 well. We
picked up a father and son that had gotten separated from their
original C group. The kid was on a KTM 125 and it was his fist time
riding it in wet conditions. He did well, but the A-loop was working
the kid. We ended up running into the father and sons original group
and the rejoined. The pace picked up and the Creek was starting to
tack-up. We ripped through the remainder of the trail and back to
camp.

Back at ride headquarters, I made my way to the Aprillia tent and
signed up to ride one of the twin cylinder beast on the hare scrambles
course. The guy running the demo and leading the groups told everyone
to ride a gear high. (BTW, Beta was also doing demo rides) The first
thing I can say for sure is that the Aprillia RXV450 is tall. I
stalled the bike and fell over at zero MPH. Lack of legs and the
muddy conditions allowed me to lower the bike gently. The bike is
heavy to pick-up, but rides like a much more light weight bike. The
suspension worked pretty good. A little tweaking and it's right there
for off-road work. The brakes were very good and they need to be. The
bike is a smooth missle. The fuel injection has the bike running
super smooth. It has low-end similar to my GasGas EC300 of all
things. The FI allows throttle response like a a two stroke. The
bike pulls from idle to "Holy @$#%, I 've got to get me one of these"
without a hic-up or flinch. I was impressed. So I went back to my
truck to get water and sky opened up and dumped a bunch of sleat on
us. So, I packed it in and headed home. I have to put in a few hours
of work tomorrow anyway. :-( I wonder how Tami, Eric and Craig made
out at Stonyford. I know it was cold!

Mike Baxter
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Old 12-09-2007, 09:22 AM
oldfart
 
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Default Re: BRP fun ride

Sounds like a real hoot. I have ridden CC in the same conditions and
had a real love/hate relationship with the place. It sounds like
enduro conditions in February except for lots of snow. Clear Creek is
a weekend or longer experience and will tax your stamina. I always
liked the ride home through King City with a stop at a local Mexican
restaurant. OF
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