Sunday just my brother and I went for a high speed "117 mile" run from Dry Buck to sagehen through the left edge of high valley while also doing all the trail loops up at sagehen. Again perfect riding conditions.. poored rain the two days before. Hit a little bit of mud but for the most part we just had heavy sweaters on and the ground was perfect for a high speed trail run .. I had a small grizzly problem half way into the trip at about 60 miles away from the truck. I was drifting a corner when i had a 3 inch x 2 1/2 ft log some how find its way on the through the inside of my tire and into my engine compartment. It managed to snag my radiator hose and my 30-40 mph momentum and it folding backwards causing it to become a crowbar it popped my radiator hose straight off of the waterpump housing.
You can see the log in this pic and antifreeze still pooring out. I never knew how fast antifreeze could leave the charged system when its 210 degrees and the motor is pumping it out as fast as it can.. :(.. I guess I found that out that hard way…. I guess the grizzly just happen to hit a bear trap just perfect .. :icon_ goofy:
Took only about an hour and a half to then eat lunch stare in disbelief at what just happened then pull plastics find that it only popped off the hose instead of tearing through it which i’m very luck for. We happen to have enough bottles of water to fill up the grizz luckily with its 3 core radiator.. and then continue on to do the rest of the 117 mile trip :banana:.
Cant stress enough.. always bring tools with you when you ride.. you never know what could happen out there. 60 miles from the truck could be a 4-5 day hike back to the truck from where we were if i would have been alone.
More pics from that day.. after the on trail repairs to the grizz
