The Colorado promise: Trail riding from home
We’ve had some awesome weather here lately: snow pounding the Rockies and sun warming the Front Range. It’s the Colorado promise.
Last Monday we rode our street-legal trail motos from home to Lefthand Canyon OHV Area, all over the mountains then back to Boulder. And that too is the Colorado promise.
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When you’re climbing a steep pitch and you catch traction, you better be way forward on your bike. That or hang from your bars and pull it off anyway. Sacha.
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This descent is a real handful on a downhill bike, and it’s a handful on a moto too. 1-800-LOOSE-ROCKS
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Moments like this feel exactly like downhill mountain biking. Look where you want to go, line it up and let it roll. I still struggle on the climbs — thank goodness for body armor, skidplates and radiator guards — but the downhills feel oh so familiar.
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Lee. Tree. Whee!
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Just like downhill, except you blip the throttle — braaap — and jump over these rocks. I’m still faster on a bicycle, but that’ll change soon.
Photos of me by Sacha.
Check out this Lefthand bike riding action: Feeling at home in the OHV area
Lee,
Glad to see you have not totally forgotten the bike (non motorized) looks like a sick time, moto’s now make me nervous after an semi speed crash in High School.
When you guys go out for an epic let me know man.
chuck b
Right on Chuck. This summer: Monarch Crest Trail for sure.
Looks like a lot of fun! I have a MX also and I love the rocky technical parts because it is alot like mountain biking. Love the site, keep the good stories comin’!
Three years ago I looked at my MTB and my riding style and said, its just like moto! So I bought a WR250F and dual sported it. Its amazing how similar they really are, except for the loops on a moto are much larger and it has really invigorated the adventure aspect of it all. Bike no matter if they a motorized or not are all awesome. Kids need them!