KX Riders
General => Riding Tips & Tricks => Topic started by: Danger4u2 on November 15, 2010, 12:32:19 PM
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What am I doing digging a big hole in the middle of the trail? No, it's not a good start on a place to park my CR500.
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I've dug a couple of those in my time but I never thought about posting pictures of it. I guess if you dont show a picture of the body they can't prove anything :wink:
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Every trail needs a good tire obstacle. Ever since I did the big tires at Crosstimbers riding area I've wanted a set on my trail. I saw this set in a trash pile at a construction site the other day. I called the developer on the sign and he put me in touch with the contractor who said he would call the sub contractor to see if I could have them. He called the next morning and said I could have them. Everyone was real cool about it. I guess it never hurts to ask.
The main thing about placing the tires is to get the hole right the first time. I learned that the hard way, I did not have the shape correct and had to roll the tire out of the hole by myself. I did a little measuring and shaped the hole with a flat tipped pick. After placing the tires I drilled holes in the bottom so I wouldn't have a floating problem. I learned a drill bit for steel does not work well. There not steel belted so I tried a wood drill bit. What I call a paddle bit. ( I'm not a carpenter) Blasted right through the rubber as easy as wood. I went ahead and drilled a hole in the side wall on the top side and installed a bolt with big washers so the tires will not spread over time.
There are a couple of dead trees in the area, I plan to cut them down and stack logs on both sides like a ramp. These tires aren't near as big but should still be fun. I did leave enough room for newbie's to go around if they don't want to try the tires.
I just noticed I need to change the date on todays pictures.
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TOO SWEET Danger!!!!!!!!
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Nice pooch! Yours?
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O :? Tires. I was just kidding about the body thing. :lol: :lol:
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Nice pooch! Yours?
Yes, my riding buddy. If she can see me touch a bike she'll start barking. I have to put her in the house or back yard to start any 2 stroke. She'll bite me on the leg after 2 kicks. Not a real bite more of a hurry up nip. The ring a ding ding of a 2 stroke does something to her.
2 stroke bike = crazy
4 stroke bike = nuts
Quad = tire biting
3 wheeler = runs over to the little trailer I pull behind it
Street bike = just barks at me knowing she is not going.
O :? Tires. I was just kidding about the body thing. :lol: :lol:
Bad thing about a shovel, their kick start.
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Sweet! I kinda wish more people would build some Romaniacs style stuff in trails. kinda like those crazy mountain bike ramps on stilts. But tires are allways a great edition to any endurocross style section.
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That's a cool idea, the trails around here have crap that "naturally" deposited by rednecks too cheap to take their garbage to the dump. We had a nice gastank jump at the beginning of a long whoop section for a while. And several paintball forts made of old tires and scrap lumber littering the trail. there have also been several burnt out car/truck bodies, four wheelers, bicycles, and dead/poached animals. :mrgreen: