OK guys who got out to ride over the Holiday Weekend??
I actually took Friday off, and went riding. Everyone was busy, so I said screw it and went solo. I headed over to my riding club, and found all of 10 riders were there... 500 acres of trail 2 MXs tracks and an endurocross track for 10 people...
We've had some heavy rains during the previous week, but was really nice Friday. Conditions were mostly dry, with the usual mud / water crossings. Being the 1st time out this year, plus riding solo, I decided not to push it too hard... as I knew I'd pay for my lack of conditioning later... Rode for several hours, staying for the most part on double track, with some challenging single track thrown in for good measure... Of course I had to put in a few laps on the tracks... thankfully no one was there to see how slow I was going...
During a break, I watched a family come in, unload their bikes and quads only to see a 12 year old girls Honda 250 quad pissing fuel out the overflow. Her sisters / brother took off on their bikes / quads while she had to stay behind as dad tried to fix it... after watching him tap the carb hoping to dislodge what ever was keeping the float open, I offered to help. I ended pulling the plastic and air box just to get to the carb. Pulled it off to find it full of crap... I cleaned it the best I could and reinstalled it. I didn't want to pull the needle seat off unless I really needed to... Turned the fuel on and... yep it still pissed fuel... I grabbed a small hammer and get it a good wack... it stopped...
Put everything back together and had her ride it in the parking area, all was good... she was off into the woods in a flash... Sometimes its better to be lucky then good...
