Today was a day of friends and bikes over at Carnegie OHV, in Nor-Cal.. We had a blast riding with two most excellent friends we had not seen in a while. Carnegie was truly a dust-bowl today, but not too crowded and the weather was great. We hit a couple of easy trails and spent a lot of time on the rocky, gravelly, and bumpy "flats". It's a tough park and even the easy stuff is slippery and steep. The "flats" (so named because they a washout at the base of the hills, NOT because they are particularly flat.) are a great place to work on throttle control, body position, and to develop the muscle groups needed to ride. It's an experience for sure. As I was riding with a guy that is a very good (and patient) rider. I took this trip as the chance to begin to learn how to "float" the front end over bumps and down sharp drop-offs. I'm still learning fine throttle control but I love the feeling when you get it right. Along those lines, I did my first real jump today, it was only an 20 or so inch drop off, but I gassed it and the DRZ came down wheels flat.. (floated the front) it was awesome. (in a small jump sorta way.).

My wife had a great time, and getting a chance to ride with a fellow female rider with a little be more experience was super sweet. She is constantly getting more comfortable on the CRF230.

We both get better every time we go out. Hope you all had a great weekend.
-Peter
(Feel free to chime in with your weekend rides)

I'm lucky to be 40 minutes away, that's my main riding area. This time of the year is definately not the most ideal, but I'll ride anytime. I was just out there on Tuesday and it was real dusty.

Glad you had fun :thumbsup:

cuddies say YEE 925 said:

I'll post up next time we take a run out there. The more the merrier I figure!
-Peter

Do it! I see your in Nebraska, so I'm not sure how often you will be able to make it, but I'm not leaving Kali any time soon, so maybe we can catch a ride. I can ride almost anytime as long as I make arrangements ahead. :ride:

Well,
Thats an error in my Profile (one I'll fix right now). I'm a local Nor Cal guy, and I live in Livermore. Carnegie is 20 minutes away.

I will for sure post up before I go next time, we'd love to meet more local riders..
-Peter

Oh, even better :thumbsup: Let me know, I'd love to shoot a ride. Ive met some really great people from TT already, coffee being one of them- great guys here, and lots of fun to ride with.

Man, I haven't ridden Carnegie in over 20 years. Sounds like the same 'ol dust bowl, though. I never really liked it there but even a day of riding at a crappy park is better then just about anything else. :busted:

Congrats on your progress and riding with your wife...that's awesome :thumbsup:

I recently got my wife a quad. She was determined to "never like" riding but I think she finally realized that the kids are really getting into it so she gave it another shot. We went on our first family ride last weekend and it was a pretty incredible feeling to look back and see my 2 kids and wife behind me!

Keep up the enthusiasm and posting of your progress:ride:

mowtown said:

I know what you mean, riding with my wife (as opposed to all the times I left her at home when I rode street) is awesome. Dirt riding is such a great family event, and getting out there with multiple families rules.

-Peter