Me and my dad went out and rode our local forest trail, Pike National Forest, about a mile down the road from the house….its sweet!
First off, the erosion from all the rain is horrendous, the trail is in horrible shape with all the gullies and trenches. Its pretty much turned into an expert trail, it takes really good judgment and throttle control in these conditions. Fortunately the soil was wet, so traction was great!
For it being a Saturday, traffic was really light, only met about 6 motorcycles and 2 quads the whole day, that was nice!
We did 43 miles and most of this trails stays right around the 9000 foot elevation mark.
My Grizz took 2.4 gallons on the 43 miles and my dad’s 700 took 2.75 gallons. That’s 18 mpg for me….happy with that!
The 3.1 ratio is really nice for the slow speed high range riding, keeps it in the power-band, no bogging down.
Me and my dad went out and rode our local forest trail, Pike National Forest, about a mile down the road from the house….its sweet!
First off, the erosion from all the rain is horrendous, the trail is in horrible shape with all the gullies and trenches. Its pretty much turned into an expert trail, it takes really good judgment and throttle control in these conditions. Fortunately the soil was wet, so traction was great!
For it being a Saturday, traffic was really light, only met about 6 motorcycles and 2 quads the whole day, that was nice!
We did 43 miles and most of this trails stays right around the 9000 foot elevation mark.
My Grizz took 2.4 gallons on the 43 miles and my dad’s 700 took 2.75 gallons. That’s 18 mpg for me….happy with that!
The 3.1 ratio is really nice for the slow speed high range riding, keeps it in the power-band, no bogging down.
