New Years Adventure

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Katherines first ride on a horse. 6 hours riding equals a sore butt.


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The only way up was manpower.
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This was seriously steeper than it looks.
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A well needed break for some lollies. We were pretty worn out by this point but still happy to be out on our bikes. Took us about 6 hrs to do 3 km.
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Joe bringing the KDX back down.
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Base Camp were we stayed and started the ride from.
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Day 2 river crossing. Pretty deep, no riding accross here.
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The only way accross was to carry the bikes.
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We seemed to do more man handling of the bikes than actual riding them.
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Richy getting the CRF 230 wound up before hitting another hill.
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At the Gas stop on Day 2
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Heading out. The river begain to rise fast with the afternoon rain.

The pic below was taken in the first ten minutes of riding on the first day.Richy decided to lay down mid river crossing and drowned the CR 250.
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                                      bullet Gordy
                                      30 Aug : 10:48
                                      Shit, Katerine. I see you got the no. 1 plate already on your bike. The bush riders need to keep practing before you get home.
                                      bullet joydunn
                                      24 Aug : 13:24
                                      Cool racing gear Katherine, is the helmet pink as well?
                                      bullet Whibbs
                                      18 Aug : 06:50
                                      Hi "Other Paul"
                                      We had a great time in MN. The track was great, I was having a lot of fun and was pretty disappointed when my day ended early. One of my favorite tracks this year!
                                      Will have to come back sometime and try win it.
                                      We have to thank the Debel family for letting us stay and showing us around.

                                      bullet Range Riders
                                      12 Aug : 14:03
                                      Paul, what did you think of the Hill City race. No B/S, straight up comments. It was great to see you their and would love to see you come back, minus the chain guide breaking. Matt Stavish had the same thing happen to him. Look forward to hearing your comments good or bad.

                                      The other Paul
                                      bullet Neil Mercer
                                      04 Aug : 18:12
                                      Paul, Congratulations on your recent OMA wins and being back in the lead. Keep up the good work. Hope to see you in the US this month. Cheers, Neil.
                                      bullet Whibbs
                                      27 Jul : 05:40
                                      Im still working on finding that perfect mapping. I have tried smoother maps but I also keep coming back to the std map for the power it produces. I have used the G2 throttle cams to mellow it out. Also Im now testing the Q4 FMF silencer. This takes that initial surge away. Now I may be able to go back to a more aggressive throttle cam and mapping. With more testing I hope to have a better idea. I will let you know what I come up with.
                                      bullet eazrider
                                      27 Jul : 02:52
                                      Paul, good on ya' and your Yammy..I also have a 2010 450f, and am curious if you would share MAP settings you typically might use for different types of terrain. I find the stock mapping a bit abrupt for off road, tight terrain, but stock seems to work well for motocross. I can adjust timing/fuel mixture to take the 'surge" off initial throttle, but it also takes the 'snap" away that I like to use to steer with the rear wheel...any thoughts..? Wuld like to hearr recommendations...
                                      bullet yzfan
                                      15 Jul : 23:13
                                      Go the YZ!It must be a hoot to finally be riding the grown-ups bike now. Wonderful result at the OMA last weekend. Good work.
                                      bullet Whibbs
                                      08 Jul : 12:03
                                      Thanks for the info on the race in MN. Will look into it and see if we can stick around for the race.
                                      Paul.
                                      bullet Range Riders
                                      26 Jun : 12:54
                                      Paul, the weekend after the OMA in MN there is a National Harescramble race in Hill City, MN. You should stick around and hit it then the following weekend is the OMA in Mo. All real close. You can check it out at rangeridersmc.org. Love to see ya their.
                                      bullet rossco
                                      14 Jun : 13:51
                                      Congratulations on the Oma win over the weekend. It must be nice to see the view from the top step again.
                                      bullet Gordy
                                      09 Jun : 09:25
                                      Another podium finish Paul. Well done. One more race then you can enjoy a summer break. certainaly not summer here with 3 degrees this morning.
                                      bullet Whibbs
                                      05 Jun : 07:02
                                      Pretty proud to be recognized as Tararua's Sports person of the year. Also good for the sport of Motorcycle racing to be acknowledged and put in the spotlight.
                                      Also you never know were racing will take me. If the schedule falls into place, I may turn up to a CRA event.
                                      bullet jerrymcclure
                                      27 May : 07:22
                                      Paul remember if things were easy they would not be worth doing, keep a positive outlook and surport those who surport you have fun. the old ky guy.
                                      bullet harescrambled
                                      24 May : 07:13
                                      Paul...keep pushing. I know you have it in you to win...we saw that last year. Keep your chin up, and ride like you know you can. We miss you at the CRA events :(

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