The weather was unseasonable cool... overcast with temps in the mid 70's... had a brief light shower during the previous night... conditions perfect. 6 riders... 5 smokers, 1 stroker.
Several years ago, a riding buddy relocated to Florida to help further his career. To help facilitate the move, he sold everything... his beloved KTM 250SX, riding gear, everything.... Fast forward 2.5 years... he's back... 1st thing he did was have a sit down and a long conversation getting another bike. I reminded him of the grin on his face when he test rode a KTM 150SX. He looked at a few but they were roached... found one in Michigan, and made the 6 hour drive (each way) to get her... 2013 KTM 150 SX... excellent condition...
Sunday, the 1st day on the track with his new steed.... now this track does not have any really long stretch, its more is a tight & twisty with a lot of breaking bumps and turns. The 150's PO had the suspenders set up for a 175 lbs rider... Dave just happens to tip the scales at 170, so when he was blasting through the bumps, the back tire stayed planted. It was quite a site to see as he was blowing by the 450's like they were standing still... They'd try to take his line away... no problem, he'd just either dive under or take the outer line. He was having the time of his life... No it doesn't hurt that his riding style suits the 150 to a T... he is one who likes to go ring it's neck, and never let off... plus he's just a damn good rider, he's so smooth.
I took a group into the woods on one of the more technical trails. The 450 rider in our group struggled to keep up. I was running a pretty good pace when I kept noticing a wheel right at my foot pegs... Dave was setting me up for a pass.... I shut him down and tried to check out... nope... he was right on my ass.... we came around a muddy turn and I didn't see the log across the trail buried in the mud... my front wheel slide down it like it was on ice... yep I go down in a graceful thud... Dave stop realized I'm fine, laugh's his ass off... and then proceeds to roost me while he's laughing the whole time... DAMN KIDS!!!
All in all it was another great day on the bike... I'm a little sore today, my ankle got a little tweaked, but other then a flat tire on my son's 300 and some bruised ego's... it was a great day. As I'm gimping around this morning getting ready for work, the wife says see what happens when you act like a kid... to which I say if I could go again today... I'll suite up right now... She asked when are you going to grow up??? NEVER!!!