KX Riders
General => Riding Stories => Topic started by: bens87braap on October 14, 2014, 01:07:45 PM
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OK guys so some of u have seen the previous vids from my ridding place Hiawatha.
What I dont show alot of is a hill we have called Hiawatha Hill. It climbs from 123foot to almost 400 foot. I cant get up the hill no matter how hard I try I seem to be looking at a KTM and a KXF at the top while stuck not even half way.
My main aim for this trip was to climb the hill and I couldnt believe it when i passed the KTM 300 in the first section then found a tired kxf rider that could have moved a little.
Passing them both then stopping I herd yelling from our Guide ( You can do it dont stop) I managed to be the only ridder out of 6 that got up the hill but i stopped half way.
I rolled back down as I couldnt leave the group and my mate says have another crack at that u will get it if u have the trail to your self well the video says it all first half has a pause were I stopped second half is me climbing same hill non stop hope u like its my new fav video Im still on cloud nine lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x2moEk7sUQ
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Uploaded in 1080 HD watch it like that if u can for best result
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Awesome...
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(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b501/ben_brown5/Facebook/Hiawatha%20oct%202014/1965699_710672839020984_7987153451908660815_o.jpg)
Found some quicksand too, Almost lost that bike
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Good ride Ben. My ears popped just watching the video.
Rugged looking terrain you have there. My best distance on a tank of fuel with trail gearing is around 38 mi (61km).
How do you manage your fuel supply?
I hope to try another video upload following your recommendations soon.
Been busy here and crappy weather to boot.
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we set the ride up well. on the way to the site we drop fuel in 2 locations and i also carry 4 litres on my back as my kx is a tad thirsty.
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Power Valves are in and the 250 got a fresh top end while i was at it u can really feel the difference in power and was also my fouling plug problem. Didnt put a tool to the bike all weekend and it didnt stop raining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-U12rfZdMY&feature=youtu.be
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pics to go with vid (still raining)
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(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b501/ben_brown5/vlcsnap-2014-12-11-13h55m51s89_zps66179af0.png)
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b501/ben_brown5/vlcsnap-2014-12-11-15h39m33s82_zpsa0003620.png)
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heaps more footage to come from this trip it was a blast having the 250 back. I really dont like that 125
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still looks pretty "green" there!...what's the weather/temperatures there?
I've been getting little bursts of snow every few days, with temps generally in the 40's F....everything's dead and brown with winter rolling in.
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we call that a Summer storm it was still 22 C and very mild today its back up to 32 C which is about 90 F. very very green everone is cutting hay now means I cant ride on my property which sux
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ugh 90!...when it's 90F here, it's usually with a 100% humidity, and you can almost drink the air.
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we live on the coast and all thats out their is Antarctica so we always get a nice cool breeze and it does get cooler the higher up we get. These mountains are a ski resort in winter soon as we get to about 300 feet u can feel to cool air