totally impressed

[leo in wv]

so far, i have been going easy on my little china girl. due to my riding inexperience, and the fact that i did the rebuild myself...

anyway, i came to a double red/black diamond trail today on the hatfield mccoy trails (trail #90) and decided to give it a try, see what she really had under that cowl... how far up will it go???

to be honest, i didn't expect to make it all the way to the top of this beast. i have seen bikes much bigger than mine fall flat on it, i literally "knew" i was going to turn around somewhere on the hill.

completely blew me away, it ate that trail like popcorn. slinging mud and rocks all the way up. i just kept thinking "i love this thing!!!"

my only wish, is that a honda owner had seen it... lol

[dpl096]

well done leo

[Adjuster]

Very cool! From an ex West Virginian.


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[Bkp]

Good job !
Man, I miss those mountains..

[Bkp]

Originally Posted by Adjuster

Very cool! From an ex West Virginian.
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Same here, seems we are scattered everywhere..

[leo in wv]

Originally Posted by Bkp

Good job !
Man, I miss those mountains..

i can relate, moved away once or twice myself. somehow, something always brought me back.

[ChondaChondaChonda]

Awesome!

Which bike is it? (I'm kinda out of the loop on the brands.)

[leo in wv]

it's a 2005 roketa with a 200cc 4 stroke lifan (163fml) engine.

[david3921]

I like your mods Leo and the color scheme looks good. Question; what is the black box on the clutch lever? It looks like a hydraulic clutch set up.

[culcune]

Originally Posted by leo in wv

i didn't expect to make it all the way to the top of this beast. i have seen bikes much bigger than mine fall flat on it, i literally "knew" i was going to turn around somewhere on the hill.

completely blew me away, it ate that trail like popcorn. slinging mud and rocks all the way up. i just kept thinking "i love this thing!!!"

my only wish, is that a honda owner had seen it... lol

I have seen very few admit it, but people with large bikes often wish they had a small bike on many of the tighter trails. It seems to be kind of the same mentality that a bike has to be able to cruise at 85+ mph all day to maintain itself on interstates; there are many circumstances in which one does not need to take an interstate in the first place, or ride a particular trail with a large bike. You have just proved to yourself and us the latter.

[leo in wv]

Originally Posted by david3921

I like your mods Leo and the color scheme looks good. Question; what is the black box on the clutch lever? It looks like a hydraulic clutch set up.

thank you.
it's just a solar charger, i use it to charge my phone when it's in the cradle. extra power for maps, spedo, gps, music... that sort of thing.

keeps me from using the main battery for stupid stuff. it doesn't need the engine running to work, and it recharges itself.

[Weldangrind]

Leo, do you have a link for the solar charger?

[leo in wv]

Originally Posted by Weldangrind

Leo, do you have a link for the solar charger?

they are all over ebay, different styles and colors. really cheap too

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...arger&_sacat=0

walmart charges (no pun intended) around $50 for them.

[BlackBike]

How bout a map link to that trail?

[leo in wv]

Originally Posted by BlackBike

How bout a map link to that trail?

how do you post map links?


i have the gps coordinates handy...
37°39'32.14"N 82°12'57.48"W
that's dead center of trail #90. it's about 1 mile from bottom to top and around 900 feet up. the pic i took with the "danger" sign was right at the peak, where the 4 trail intersection is.

if you use google earth, go back to the 11-8-13 image. it was taken in fall, you can see the trail much better.