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Camping
05/24/16 at 22:32:28

I took my thumper out on some trails camping a few times last fall/winter.
I'm in Florida so winter is just nice cool weather minus the ten billion flying insects and snakes all over the place. Had fun wrestling it though some sugar sand. I did notice first gear does not like to thump less than 10 miles an hour. It's quite a challenge but I feel like it gave me some crash coarse riding skills.

Anyone else do a little off-roading and camping? lol Cool

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Re: Camping
Reply #1 - 05/25/16 at 00:24:55

I'm trying to muster up the courage to camp...
I did it when I was kid, without a second thought.
Now,.. I don't know which I'm scared of,.. bugs or bears...
Psycho killers are in there somewhere too...
Grin

Sand,.. I get through with throttle wicking... low gear, and wick the throttle whenever I feel loose...
..(this becomes additive... and if the sandy patch is too long, I will end up goin' like a bat! in 5th gear)...
At that point,.. it's speed up or die... Grin

...if the wick runs out,... die!... Grin

Glad I'm not in Florida... Huh

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HovisPresley Serious Thumper Offline Good Vibrations! Posts: 991 Midlands, UK Gender:	Re: Camping Reply #2 - 05/25/16 at 06:52:49 Camping is great, I've always loved it. Watch out for the snakes :
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Camping Reply #3 - 05/25/16 at 07:00:18 On the way to Texas this year I stopped at the Texas welcome center to catch a few winks . There wasn't any chance of rain , so I just put my 10x12 brown tarp to the bike on one end and staked the other to the ground and rolled my sleeping bag out under the cover. Worked good !
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Re: Camping
Reply #4 - 05/25/16 at 07:17:48

Serowbot wrote on 05/25/16 at 00:24:55:

I'm trying to muster up the courage to camp...
I did it when I was kid, without a second thought.
Now,.. I don't know which I'm scared of,.. bugs or bears...
Psycho killers are in there somewhere too...
Grin

Sand,.. I get through with throttle wicking... low gear, and wick the throttle whenever I feel loose...
..(this becomes additive... and if the sandy patch is too long, I will end up goin' like a bat! in 5th gear)...
At that point,.. it's speed up or die... Grin

...if the wick runs out,... die!... Grin

Glad I'm not in Florida... Huh

Bears, bugs, snakes, no prob, I have a solution for those
bugs, otoh, are a definite problem

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Camping Reply #5 - 05/25/16 at 07:48:44 Our Waynesville, NC. trip has morphed into a camping trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Seems like I will have some camping experience from a motorcycle when July arrives. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1454499524
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Witchdoctor YaBB Newbies Offline Ridin out to sunset.. Posts: 37 CENTRAL FLORIDA	Re: Camping Reply #6 - 05/25/16 at 15:14:46 HAHA!! Going over 15mph in some of these areas will throw me off the bike. On the harder dirt roads 45+mph like Art said.."goin' like a bat" haha. Waynesville, NC. trip sounds like FUN!
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