The Rally Raid : Mexico, 2013 - Page 15

garfey · 02-27-2013, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by slowoldguy

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1. Put yourself in the mountain side rut/wheeltrack (not the cliff-side rut/wheeltrack) without regard to any other criteria (boulders, running seep, washing machine).
2. Put bike in first.
3. Pin the throttle preferably bouncing it off the rev limiter
4. Scream like a little girl.
5. Alternate with curse laden screams to the rider in front of you to "get the F outta my G-D way"
6. And, for the expert, when you reach the next switchback and come to a stop with your buddies, remember to fall over throwing yourself smooth off the bike and onto your head.

I sure hope y'all were listening this time.

Don't care who y'are, that there's funny!

ghostrider1964 · 02-27-2013, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by garfey

Don't care who y'are, that there's funny!

And you know he did it

slowoldguy · 02-27-2013, 08:56 AM

To paraphrase a great Truman quote.....I just give them the truth and people think it's funny. ;)

terrapinneck · 02-28-2013, 03:46 PM

I tried to imitate SOG my mentor, but....somehow I involved a large green John Deere tractor.....

slowoldguy · 02-28-2013, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by terrapinneck

I tried to imitate SOG my mentor, but....somehow I involved a large green John Deere tractor.....

Uhhhhh...whut?

slowoldguy · 02-28-2013, 09:21 PM

D'uh. A moment of senility.

Rick reminded me of his fall over at 2 mph on day two. We had just rode a pretty nice section of two track directly into someone's yard , turned around and at the main dirt road there was a John Deere coming at us. With a careful application of his front brake T-neck was able to execute a pretty nice slow speed front wheel wash-out.

I'd give it six point five, seven tops but he says he only had one hand on the bars. If that can be verified he gets a solid 8.

thelawnguy81 · 02-28-2013, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by slowoldguy

Ya know. I'm just too much of a "giver", I guess. I try to gently teach. To mentor. And here it appears Rick has learned nada.
I explained and then executed the preferred "rough section" riding method for T-neck several times. (The expert move only once but it should have made the point as it was video-ed for posterity as a training aid.)

Well, here it is again.

1. Put yourself in the mountain side rut/wheeltrack (not the cliff-side rut/wheeltrack) without regard to any other criteria (boulders, running seep, washing machine).
2. Put bike in first.
3. Pin the throttle preferably bouncing it off the rev limiter
4. Scream like a little girl.
5. Alternate with curse laden screams to the rider in front of you to "get the F outta my G-D way"
6. And, for the expert, when you reach the next switchback and come to a stop with your buddies, remember to fall over throwing yourself smooth off the bike and onto your head.

I sure hope y'all were listening this time.

Lmao at number 5. That rider (me) was carefully trying to navigate through boulders and sharp jagged rocks trying not to taco my shitty front wheel. After hearing the shrieking Remus, some vulgarity over the loud ass pipe and turning around to see SOG didn't have quite the same carefully planned line my riding technique quickly changed.

slowoldguy · 03-01-2013, 12:39 AM

lol.

Hey. You moved quite sprightly over those rocks, once given the right stimuli.

As I explained to you at our next mentoring session, you only thought you were picking the safe line. Ain't no safe slow line on a steep rough uphill if I'm anywhere in sight behind you 'cuz I am gonna go through you like:

1. Sherman went through Georgia.
2. Shit through a goose.

I gotty no first gear. You should have remembered that from that wet clay uphill in Arky-saw.

I got two techniques, "burning cat fur smelling clutch-y' first and pinned in first. I chose pinned. ;)

terrapinneck · 03-01-2013, 08:03 AM

I think at least an 8.2 because the kid and the man on the tractor were both laughing !

TXjames · 03-05-2013, 01:03 PM

Another terrapinneck production...

slowoldguy · 03-05-2013, 01:34 PM

"I broke my fall with my head". Sure am glad that made it to the vid. lol

TXjames · 03-05-2013, 02:05 PM

Ending was the best part.

Diggerled · 03-05-2013, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TXjames

Another terrapinneck production...

Great video

Thanks for letting me re-ride some of my trip with you guys.

slowoldguy · 03-05-2013, 04:11 PM

Now. If we could just learn to turn on the camera at the right time and keep the lens clean. Jeebus. Looks like we rode the whole trip in a parking lot .

WeazyBuddha · 03-05-2013, 07:03 PM

Dang!!

You guys are faster on pavement than I, and better off payment than I will ever be.

Actually I could easily do the off pavement you did, if I were on a TW200.

02-27-2013, 08:56 AM	#213
slowoldguy ^OP Tire Tester Joined: Jun 2004 Location: West of Waco, Texas Oddometer: 6,193	To paraphrase a great Truman quote.....I just give them the truth and people think it's funny. ;) __________________ Roll The Bones IV- What's coming next? http://www.rollthebonesrally.com/ "If you can't fix it with a hammer you can damn sure teach it a lesson".

02-28-2013, 03:46 PM	#214
terrapinneck Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Prescott, Arkansas, USA Oddometer: 136	Quick study, no. I tried to imitate SOG my mentor, but....somehow I involved a large green John Deere tractor..... __________________ John 3:16

02-28-2013, 09:21 PM	#216
slowoldguy ^OP Tire Tester Joined: Jun 2004 Location: West of Waco, Texas Oddometer: 6,193	D'uh. A moment of senility. Rick reminded me of his fall over at 2 mph on day two. We had just rode a pretty nice section of two track directly into someone's yard , turned around and at the main dirt road there was a John Deere coming at us. With a careful application of his front brake T-neck was able to execute a pretty nice slow speed front wheel wash-out. I'd give it six point five, seven tops but he says he only had one hand on the bars. If that can be verified he gets a solid 8. __________________ Roll The Bones IV- What's coming next? http://www.rollthebonesrally.com/ "If you can't fix it with a hammer you can damn sure teach it a lesson".

03-01-2013, 12:39 AM	#218
slowoldguy ^OP Tire Tester Joined: Jun 2004 Location: West of Waco, Texas Oddometer: 6,193	lol. Hey. You moved quite sprightly over those rocks, once given the right stimuli. As I explained to you at our next mentoring session, you only thought you were picking the safe line. Ain't no safe slow line on a steep rough uphill if I'm anywhere in sight behind you 'cuz I am gonna go through you like: 1. Sherman went through Georgia. 2. Shit through a goose. I gotty no first gear. You should have remembered that from that wet clay uphill in Arky-saw. I got two techniques, "burning cat fur smelling clutch-y' first and pinned in first. I chose pinned. ;) __________________ Roll The Bones IV- What's coming next? http://www.rollthebonesrally.com/ "If you can't fix it with a hammer you can damn sure teach it a lesson". slowoldguy screwed with this post 03-01-2013 at 05:55 PM

03-01-2013, 08:03 AM	#219
terrapinneck Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Prescott, Arkansas, USA Oddometer: 136	I think at least an 8.2 because the kid and the man on the tractor were both laughing ! __________________ John 3:16

03-05-2013, 01:03 PM	#220
TXjames High Sider Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Central Texas Oddometer: 732	Another terrapinneck production... __________________ Roll The Bones IV - Barcaloungers beware! http://www.rollthebonesrally.com/

03-05-2013, 01:34 PM	#221
slowoldguy ^OP Tire Tester Joined: Jun 2004 Location: West of Waco, Texas Oddometer: 6,193	"I broke my fall with my head". Sure am glad that made it to the vid. lol __________________ Roll The Bones IV- What's coming next? http://www.rollthebonesrally.com/ "If you can't fix it with a hammer you can damn sure teach it a lesson". slowoldguy screwed with this post 03-05-2013 at 01:51 PM

03-05-2013, 02:05 PM	#222
TXjames High Sider Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Central Texas Oddometer: 732	Ending was the best part. __________________ Roll The Bones IV - Barcaloungers beware! http://www.rollthebonesrally.com/

03-05-2013, 04:11 PM	#224
slowoldguy ^OP Tire Tester Joined: Jun 2004 Location: West of Waco, Texas Oddometer: 6,193	Now. If we could just learn to turn on the camera at the right time and keep the lens clean. Jeebus. Looks like we rode the whole trip in a parking lot . __________________ Roll The Bones IV- What's coming next? http://www.rollthebonesrally.com/ "If you can't fix it with a hammer you can damn sure teach it a lesson". slowoldguy screwed with this post 03-05-2013 at 04:29 PM

03-05-2013, 07:03 PM	#225
WeazyBuddha Carbon-Based Humanoid Joined: Mar 2008 Location: RGV Texas Oddometer: 2,712	Dang!! You guys are faster on pavement than I, and better off payment than I will ever be. Actually I could easily do the off pavement you did, if I were on a TW200. __________________ 08 GS ● 02 KLR ● 12 WR250R ● 04 KDX200 ● 00 VFR

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