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Postby oldtrucks » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:42 pm

Day 2 is in the books and we're all still in one piece. On Day 1 we met up with Steve from Montana Jack's and took on the Cliffhanger. Cliffhanger is supposed to be rated difficult, and according to our guide book the 6th most difficult trail in the area. It opens with a nasty downhill staircase that gets your attention right away, but no real signicicant obstacles after that.
Group shot in staging before the ride, L-R Larry, Ken, Jack, Steve, and Dusty.
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Postby oldtrucks » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:56 pm

Day 2 we met up with Thomas Opre of Tahoe Films and ran Pritchett Canyon. Pritchett holds the #2 spot on the difficulty chart. Right out of the gate we came across a wheel eating rock. This one folded Kens right front wheel like a taco shell.

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Postby oldtrucks » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:00 pm

We moved on up the trail while Ken ran back to town and got a spare.
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Jack grabbed a quick nap while we waited for Ken after we had to winch up a ledge.

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Postby Keith Strong » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:45 am

Damn I am jealous. Out of curiousity, did Ken hit something at 40 MPH or what? :shock: That wheel is FUBAR! I hope that is not a testiment of the ITP wheels strength.
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Postby MrBill » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:26 am

who is MrT? Is that "Mr. Dusty T"
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At least Keith you would get a new rim for free. All the new rims we get should be the ITP SS series Al. rims.
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Oh yea Ken does not have to be going 40MPH to tear things up like this :wink:
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Postby oldtrucks » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:32 am

Keith Strong wrote: Out of curiousity, did Ken hit something at 40 MPH or what? :shock: That wheel is FUBAR!
I'm not sure how fast he was going, but I was behind him about 50 feet, power on and stereo blasting, and I could hear the impact.
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Postby Extreme_Velocity » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:06 am

Ken's smashed wheel? It was a second take on the very first shot we were doing on the trail....first time he wheelyed over a ledge and second time....he didn't...no 40mph but about 15mph

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Postby cajungal64 » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:28 am

Extreme_Velocity wrote:Ken's smashed wheel? It was a second take on the very first shot we were doing on the trail....first time he wheelyed over a ledge and second time....he didn't...no 40mph but about 15mph

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Postby Keith Strong » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:42 pm

Good point Bill, cept I just dont want to be stranded on a trail because of it.

Lori...the problem is that is me in a nutshell...same thing. A wise RPS club member once said "Never underestimate my ability to fawk shit up"

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Postby scotte » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:26 pm

Nice pics, thanks, keep posting em!
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Postby BradM » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:56 pm

I see someone is on an MV7.
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Postby MrBill » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:05 am

BradM wrote:I see someone is on an MV7.
Tomas Opre has one. You know the movie maker.
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Postby Loppy » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:51 am

Gawd I miss Moab. Haven't been out there in 10 years. I've got to stop saying,

next year...

next year...

next year...

More pics please!
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Postby cajungal64 » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:22 am

Loppy wrote:Gawd I miss Moab. Haven't been out there in 10 years. I've got to stop saying,

next year...

next year...

next year...

More pics please!
THIS YEAR - otherwise, what did ya buy the quad for!! We'll get Mrs. Loppy AKA Stacy out on a borrowed one and she will turn in that lil 2 wheel toy, get herself a quad and will run with the big dawgs!! We'll coax her our over to the 4 wheelin side of ATV's!! 8)
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