[NCLR1]

I am really excited that we are finally able to head up there. We are going to go for a day trip on Saturday. We are meeting a buddy of mine and his family. It would be great to meet up with some other members. My buddy and I will be on our Xs and we will have two 8 year olds on 70s. Hope to see ya there. BTW, we have never been there so I have no idea where we will be. Does anyone have any good spots to camp that will share directions too??? Thanks

[NCLR1]

Well, we went up to Gorman on Saturday and it was nice. The trails were hot, so hot in fact that we got evacuated due to a nasty fire. But, up until that point everything was very nice.

I had a nasty biff going up this little hill right in front of circle canyon. I tried to down shift and the bike hit neutral and went backwards in a hurry. Luckily the bike dug in and stayed put, but I rolled quite a ways down the hill. Hips are a little sore, but no biggie. I lost about 1/4 of my oil through the air filter, the bike seems to be fine though.

[JAWS]

Were you shifting using the clutch? If you were, next time just bang it down in that situation. Now and then will not hurt the tranny.
Joe

[NCLR1]

Were you shifting using the clutch? If you were, next time just bang it down in that situation. Now and then will not hurt the tranny.
Joe

I upshift like that all the time. But, since I used to ride streetbikes which are almost impossible to downshift w/o the clutch, I haven't really learned that behavior yet. Thanks for the info and I will work on that. It sounds like that would have done it for me.

[JAWS]

I have to use that technique more than I would like. I guess after installing my Rekluse, that is all I will do.
Joe