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Old 11-12-2008, 03:25 PM
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I drive down a few back roads to get to work, a car barely fits beside me on these roads when im in my truck. Kinda narrow... So i was daydreaming again, and today a thought struck me.... When we ride in the dirt on trails, sometimes there are trees just wider than the bars, and we are flying down these trails at 25-30 mph... trees whizzing by... up hills i couldnt walk down or up, sharp turns and all the sense of riding a dirt bike hit me when i was in my truck on this narrow road... What would be equavalent to riding in the dirt in a vehicle.... mmmm.... Maybe a road thats just a little wider than the truck, obsticals just wider than the mirrors and going like 40-50mph.... that would be nutz... but we do it all the time on bikes.... I dont think road racers are in the same category, they just go ***** to the wall fast.. but they dont deal with trees, i rode a few times in the woods with a motocrosser, to my surprise rocks and trees freaked them out.... thinking to my self WTF your a racer.... Track racer, takes a different breed to trail ride/race. I get to thinking how fast we rode up in the allegheny national forest.. insane stuff.. knarly, rocky, rooty, anything.... and on some straight aways i looked down we are going 35 ish.... It would just be crazy doing the equvalent in a car that we do on bikes.... if this doesnt make sense to you dont mind me. My mind jumps around weird, and usually think way differently than most....
 
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Morning Eric, sounds like neither would be something that I would like to do there buddy.
 
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Old 11-12-2008, 03:44 PM
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morning..... just rambling on.......
 
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Yeah, Deej is too old to go fast anymore.
 
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haha eric,, I see where your comming from....
 
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see.... wouldnt it be nutz going that fast down places just wider than your car?
 
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Riders are a different breed anyway.
 
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Old 11-12-2008, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by EMS_0525
see.... wouldnt it be nutz going that fast down places just wider than your car?

haha heres the kicker eric, it is crazy. but once upon a time I had a 90 subaru loyale.. It had the Hi/Low range 4x4 trans,, it was just a beater but I would bounce off trees and hall *** down the quad trails.. Fun as F*ck. but your everyday car yeah thats just insane lol
 
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Old 11-12-2008, 03:53 PM
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true.... and dirt riders are different than street riders.... i have a street bike, but im always gonna be a dirt rider.
 
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Old 11-12-2008, 07:12 PM
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i love doing that, i take my moms wrangler in dunes all the time, but wouldnt take it on the bike trails....

not that anyway.

if i had an old suby, you bet
 


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