Hey, JETZ, really enjoy your videos. I'm a desert guy so forest riding is somewhat alien to me. My brother-in-law grew up in Washington though and cut his teeth on woods riding. When we talk bikes though, sometimes when he's describing that type of riding, it's hard for me to relate. Watching vids like these help a lot. Same with Opferman's vids.
One time I showed one of Opferman's videos to my brother-in-law, where he was struggling on a climb with his Maico 490. I commented to my Brother-in-law that I thought I'd have been able to get up that thing fairly easily with my old '82 IT 465 Yamaha. He looked at me like I was nuts and said I didn't know what I was talking about. He explained to me that the forest is a totally different world than what I'm used to and that this kind of riding can be much tougher than it appears to the uninitiated. Ruts, slick mud, roots etc. can really mess you up, he said. After he explained a little bit and I watched that vid again, I realized he was right, and I was wrong.
Even so, I also enjoy it when you get out on the more open trails and stretch the bikes out. You don't by chance know anyone near with a 500CR Husky, a six speeder, from say, '82 to '85, you could do a video on, do you? My brother, bought an '85 years ago. Thing was in bad shape but he got it running for a while and I got to ride it once up and down my street. Was just able to get to about mid throttle in 6th gear before sanity kicked in and I had to hit the brakes. Only time I ever got to ride that machine but man, talk about flat-out hauling ass, that thing was amazing! He had trouble getting parts and seemed like he kept it together with duct tape and bailing wire. Finally he gave in and sold it to my above mentioned Brother-in-law. He was a police officer on the El Paso police force and had an officer friend who'd bought the '81 Maico 490 in cherry condition. They drag raced and the Maico won start to finish. I knew the Husky should have run away from the Maico, at least, after the Maico had topped out in 5th, but my brother-in-law said the Husky simply would not rev out in 5th or 6th gear. He was never able to fix that problem and ended up selling the bike. The guy who bought it, had it overhauled and last I heard, was enjoying eating Honda CR 500s for lunch on the straights, lol. When running right, those 500 Huskys were awesome machines and with six gears, a desert racer's dream.
Anyhow, I've rambled on like the old fart that I am, long enough. I really enjoy your vids, JETZ, keep posting them whenever you can. Same with you, Opferman, great stuff!!!!!!!!!
