Madhatter wants a dirt bike….

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so just for fun , the forecast is for mid nineties , water or single track is the choice ........the honda don't float.
 

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Mak10 , last week had a giant bug smack me in the eyebrow at 70 mph on the tenere. I’m not fast enough to really worry about smacking bugs in the Honda. As for the river it was very nice, water was perfect in temperature.
 

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So here I am a before and after picture. Before I paddled the boat for an hour, and after I paddled the boat for another hour and was sensing something wrong with the boat . After the life jacket brought me back to the surface I’m thinking that’s weird. Found a small crack under boat where a skid plate is installed, a stress crack and might have had 10 gallons of water in the boat . I moved and all the water did too, so over I went .
 

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So was about done anyway, took the boat to the dealer, he gave me some options, boat will be ready in about 20 days. Said it’s a place of failure on a few boats but easy fix . So I said, get er done.
 

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Will be on the Honda next Saturday, weather permitting. There is a plus , when you fall out of the kayak there is no pain .
 

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As I sit here on the couch I received a call from the kayak dealer, already made the repair. Ready for pick up.
 

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So a covid19 side bar , the kayak dealer was almost empty of boats , he told me he had sold a years worth of boats in the last 60 days.
 

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So a covid19 side bar , the kayak dealer was almost empty of boats , he told me he had sold a years worth of boats in the last 60 days.
Two of the local cycle shops say they have had record sales in the last two months.
 

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carrot has done a lot , it was hot I was not .... ended up going to town to watch a black lives matter protest ( all white people ) I think all lives matter and racism is horrible... ate some good hamburgers , went back to the place and practice a little shooting ... come on guys , some of you are doing things on your dirt bikes , post em here ..... I like to see the talant ..... cause I aint got it.... sometimes I don't suck to bad but I will never be fast .
 

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so carrot has decided to enter a TORCS (Texas Off Road Championship Series ) race ... I believe he has the talent to finish at least and with some experience to compete well in his class. I will be his support crew / ugly umbrella girl guy ..... should be fun.
 

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Someone just opened a new MX track this last weekend not far from here. I missed their first practice day but hope to make it next time.
I rode by and looked at the track this morning and it looks like my kind of track. fast and flowing. 125s don't like to lose all there momentum in tight corners. You need to keep them wide open.
I'm going over to look at a track in the morning and if the soil is good [not to muddy] My daughter and granddaughter are going to meet me there to ride.
I'll put my daughter on my 150 XC-W [it just floats over bumps] She is a little rusty after having FOUR girls.
My daughter on my bike the last time she rode.
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