so the honda 450x is a great bike and I am a fan . but not for the trail . the beta is a great bike and I am a huge fan . yesterday I started out a little slow ,following all my riding buddies around (they too fast for my old ass ) I started to feel really good on the Beta . we did the figure 8 course (nice to warm up on ) got down in "little creek " (which held some mud ) and did a little mud practice . I prefer mud to sand now . at least this mud seemed to offer some consistency to the traction you needed. and as the morning went my confidence was getting better (even turned up the power valve for a little stronger hit ) but tried to not get cocky (im still slow ) but for once I felt I was faster than I have ever been on the trails (felt I could out run me on the honda 450x ) . our single track is single track , In some places trees are 2 inches wider than your bars , better be accurate. we laugh because it seems the cows walk our trails and bomb them with giant cow pies (which are slick when fresh )after we leave . for once I think my feet know what they are supposed to be doing with out me thinking about it (maybe why I felt faster ) . we started riding at 9 am and rode till 330 with a lunch break and other than drink stops pretty much stayed at it . I some times take the lead in our follow the leader ride , and I surprise them in some of the difficult places I lead them . came across a shallow wide and very muddy creek they waited to see what would happen to me before they attempted to follow me . nice to surprise them .
the beta 300 rr race is so easy , the recluse clutch system makes it even better . I have a bum right knee that im thinking might need a dr. attention soon , the beta allows me to to not have to stand which brings the bad knee into play . it is such an old man bike . but it will rip when needed .
so we added another section of trail to our existing trails , and on trying it out on a hard right turn my front wheel rolled over a stick which sent it side ways and then caught traction that caught me by surprise and started a whiskey throttle into the brush . managed to get off the whiskey and stop the disaster before I ate it.
it was time to call it a day. slept like a baby last night.