Took the bike out this morning. I hit some pretty cool trails nearby with it. There was a lot of mud puddles out there today. After going through 15 or so of them, my confidence level just kept building, so instead of riding around the larger puddles I started blasting right through them. Everything was going great until... Ahead in the distance loomed the biggest puddle I'd seen yet. Puddle? NAY! NAY, I say! A small POND! A quick squeeze with the left hand, and a
*snick* into third gear! Throttle rolled all the way back, gonna have to hit this one fast!!! Oh, I hit it fast alright. It hit back. I made it about halfway through before it bogged down the bike, bringing it to a standstill with me no longer on it. I was thrown partially over the handlebars, off to the side. It took probably less than one second to decelerate from being wound out in third gear to being at a standstill. Fortunately I landed in the mud and water, so I wasn't hurt at all. The mud was so deep and gooey that the bike didn't even fall all the way over. It had stalled from the sudden stop. Enlisting the Strength Of Kong (tm), I lugged the bike closer to the edge of the lake. Yeah, it was a lake it was so damn big, not a pond. Hopped on it, put it in neutral, one kick and VROOM! OK, not VROOM, but POPPAPOPPAPOPPABUZZPOPPAPOPPA! It roared to life! *snick* There's first gear, throttle still works like before, mud flying *everywhere* but who cares, right? I was already COVERED in it. WOOT WOOT! What a blast! Made it home and had to undress in the garage before even walking in the house. Again. :-D This stuff is GREAT!- posted
19 years ago