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Thread: Emigrant Trail
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03-07-2007, 08:22 PM #1
Emigrant Trail
Got bored Monday, so me and my buddy loaded up the bikes and headed for the emigrant trail down by halls crossingg. It is 40 miles of extremely steep terrain. It takes you all the way down to the Rincon on Lake Powell. I had never done it and neither had my buddy, so we decided to tackle it. It pretty much tackled us. The problem we ran inot was gas. Pete has a two stroke that maybe can get 80 on a tank. My bike, the YZF 426 is a four stroke that get around 120 to 130 on a tank. What we didn't realize that for 80% of the trail, you couldn't make it out of 1st or 2nd gear, which translates into shitty gas mileage. We got within 10 miles of the lake before we realized tha if we went further we would be walking back. It was a really fun ride though lots of scenery and sandstone. I snapped a few shots, and we stopped on the two bridges before you get to Hite and shot a couple. Man that lake is down! Hite is no more.
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03-07-2007 08:22 PM # ADS
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03-07-2007, 08:49 PM #2
nice photos.
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, as vital to our lives and water and good bread
- Edward Abbey
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03-07-2007, 09:12 PM #3
Yeah, nice shots. Sorry to hear that the 426 is kickin' yer ass.
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03-08-2007, 01:21 AM #4
Man that looks like fun. Thanks for the pictures. When it starts beating you, remember, you OWN that bike, ride it hard and put it away dirty!
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03-08-2007, 10:09 AM #5
The problem with the bike is that is doesn't really have a "crawl gear". The trail we were on was pretty brutal and I was constantly clutching the bastard in 1st gear to go slow enough that I wouldn't get thrown off over the boulders. That bike is meant to go balls to the wall in every gear. Not really a suitable trail bike, more of an 80-up-sand-mountain-type-of-bike.
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03-08-2007, 06:23 PM #6Originally Posted by Reedus
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