Yup, I am hurting all over.
I hadn't had a good off road ride in years, so I hooked up with some local "Older" riders, figuring how hard will they go?
They went pretty hard. Turns out many had some racing experience, and most had been off road riding for years. Plus most of them has some sweet rides.
I did 180 miles, of which 90 was highway, (Knobbies vibrate a lot at 75 mph) 45 was gravel roads, and the rest sand, gravel, mud, more sand, more mud, a small river, with mud, hills with sand, hills with mud, single track, railbed etc. Crashed twice, the second time w/ the bike pinning my leg, with me on the downhill side. . My new boots saved me from serious injury as the weight of the bike landed on my ankle. . XR650L's are heavy, naturally the group came back looking for me AFTER I'd levered the bike off me using a stick and my free leg. (They wondered why I was panting so hard.)
Can't wait to do it again.
The most impressive rider, hauled his GS1200
everywhere the the KTM 530's and 690's went, I've never seen a 21,000 bike that dirty.
I hope to have a link to show some picture soon, as there were cameras and camcorders galore.
