AssBurns
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Ran Motino Wash trail this weekend with some guys over on TacomaWorld. It's supposedly the most difficult trail in the San Bernardino mountains. I think there might be some hidden trails in that area that are more difficult though. It's not a designated trail by the USFS or BLM so it's not a well known trail. The trail itself is only about two miles long with about 5 hard sections. None of them were anything crazy difficult but there are some optional hard lines that are very difficult. Overall I'd say it's a little more difficult than John Bull trail with very difficult optional hard lines for the SAS guys on 37"+ tires.
We get on the trail and on the very first obstacle I came down off a rock a little too hard right onto my gas and put a 1/4" crack in it. Fuel was leaking at a pretty good pace at that point so we had to fix it somewhat quickly. Luckily I had a full tank still. One of the guys had some Permatex metal bond paste similar to JB weld. I got under there and pulled the mangled skid off to get access to the hole. When I let the skid down it poured gas all over my shirt completely soaking my whole torso in gasoline. My belly button still burns a little. Cleaned up the area where the hole was and patched it all up. 5 minutes later it was hard as a rock and no more leaking. Back on the trail with no more damage the rest of the day.
One of the little tricks I figured out was pull the parking brake while going through the bigger rock sections to keep my momentum down while on the throttle. Still double footing the brake and skinny petal too. Dual cases would be awesome for this stuff but that's pretty far down the line for me.
One thing to note is these tires are freaking badass! They grabbed on everything. The only times I couldn't get through an obstacle was due to getting hung up of something, not because the tires were slipping.
Unfortunately I myself did not take a single picture on the trail. Just a couple poser shots in some cool red clay hills off of Burns Canyon trail. If I get some cool pictures from anyone else, I'll try to post them up. I need to get better about grabbing my phone when I get out instead of grabbing a beer haha.
Couple shots of the skid plate from after this run. Most of it was prior damage but now it's officially time for a new tank and new skid. It was so bent up I wasn't able to put the last bolt in.
We get on the trail and on the very first obstacle I came down off a rock a little too hard right onto my gas and put a 1/4" crack in it. Fuel was leaking at a pretty good pace at that point so we had to fix it somewhat quickly. Luckily I had a full tank still. One of the guys had some Permatex metal bond paste similar to JB weld. I got under there and pulled the mangled skid off to get access to the hole. When I let the skid down it poured gas all over my shirt completely soaking my whole torso in gasoline. My belly button still burns a little. Cleaned up the area where the hole was and patched it all up. 5 minutes later it was hard as a rock and no more leaking. Back on the trail with no more damage the rest of the day.
One of the little tricks I figured out was pull the parking brake while going through the bigger rock sections to keep my momentum down while on the throttle. Still double footing the brake and skinny petal too. Dual cases would be awesome for this stuff but that's pretty far down the line for me.
One thing to note is these tires are freaking badass! They grabbed on everything. The only times I couldn't get through an obstacle was due to getting hung up of something, not because the tires were slipping.
Unfortunately I myself did not take a single picture on the trail. Just a couple poser shots in some cool red clay hills off of Burns Canyon trail. If I get some cool pictures from anyone else, I'll try to post them up. I need to get better about grabbing my phone when I get out instead of grabbing a beer haha.
Couple shots of the skid plate from after this run. Most of it was prior damage but now it's officially time for a new tank and new skid. It was so bent up I wasn't able to put the last bolt in.
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