I took the Hawk Ty with the new Bondo drive belt on a 12 mile ride. The leaves are a day or two from changing as a very cold front moves in tonight.
I wanted to ride one more time in warm weather in case the belt failed and hand to be replace with a back-up drive belt.
I went to my old stand-by riding area, Oak Flats. There are a few hundred miles of trails and open areas to ride.
I deviated off the normal trails and rode in meadows and pine needle flats along with areas covered with fallen and rotting tree branches.
There would be a lot of speed changes and steep climbs and descents.
I started in an old logging area
i followed the tracks of the logging tractors for a few miles.
I crossed over the "normal" trail and started to climb up the mountain.
I rode thought the pine forest for awhile as I crossed the summit of the mountain.
Of course there are always rock fields.
As I climb I ride past some of the hard wood trees.
Loose rocks and soil gave the new drive belt a good work out.
The real work out is the rotting tree branches on a slope allowing the rear tire to slip and spin with the belt grabbing the TAV as torque was applied or lost.
I almost crashed the bike here. There was a slight sudden rise of the trail that paralleled a deep rut. As I gunned the engine to climb the rise, the rear tire rolled over and tried to go into the rut. I fought hard and won in the end. I came very close to going over the handlebars had I slid into the rut.
A few mile up the trail I found a nice area climbing even higher up the side of the mountain.
The trail closed in on itself providing some fun riding as the tree limbs touched thee handle bars.
I was heading out of the National Park area and driving towards the Albuquerque Open Space Area.
I was in the hardwood forest now and the ride was really fun.
And then, the County throws a wrench in the gear box. NO MOTOR DRIVEN VEHICLES ALLOWED. I had to turn around and re-trace the last two miles back to the ride-able trails.
End of part one of two.
I wanted to ride one more time in warm weather in case the belt failed and hand to be replace with a back-up drive belt.
I went to my old stand-by riding area, Oak Flats. There are a few hundred miles of trails and open areas to ride.
I deviated off the normal trails and rode in meadows and pine needle flats along with areas covered with fallen and rotting tree branches.
There would be a lot of speed changes and steep climbs and descents.
I started in an old logging area
i followed the tracks of the logging tractors for a few miles.
I crossed over the "normal" trail and started to climb up the mountain.
I rode thought the pine forest for awhile as I crossed the summit of the mountain.
Of course there are always rock fields.
As I climb I ride past some of the hard wood trees.
Loose rocks and soil gave the new drive belt a good work out.
The real work out is the rotting tree branches on a slope allowing the rear tire to slip and spin with the belt grabbing the TAV as torque was applied or lost.
I almost crashed the bike here. There was a slight sudden rise of the trail that paralleled a deep rut. As I gunned the engine to climb the rise, the rear tire rolled over and tried to go into the rut. I fought hard and won in the end. I came very close to going over the handlebars had I slid into the rut.
A few mile up the trail I found a nice area climbing even higher up the side of the mountain.
The trail closed in on itself providing some fun riding as the tree limbs touched thee handle bars.
I was heading out of the National Park area and driving towards the Albuquerque Open Space Area.
I was in the hardwood forest now and the ride was really fun.
And then, the County throws a wrench in the gear box. NO MOTOR DRIVEN VEHICLES ALLOWED. I had to turn around and re-trace the last two miles back to the ride-able trails.
End of part one of two.