What did you do to your ATV today?

It's 9:30 PM, and I just got back from some trail building work. Some friends and I have been building an ATV trail that starts right at the base of the mountain where we live (Cedar Mountain). It has been a five year work project at this point, and has needed lots of pick and shovel work, chainsaw work, and even a rented mini track hoe for a few days. The trail is on private land and the land owner is actually helping us build it because he is an avid ATVer as well. He is the one that rented the track hoe to cut in a section of switchbacks. The trail is the most challenging trail that I have personally ridden, and is just barely able to be ridden by a good utility 4x4 ATV. And at this point the trail is close to 15 miles long. It climbs up and over the top of the 10,000 foot high Cedar Mountain, down the other side and through the next canyon, and then back up and almost to the top of the next mountain. After work today we spent three hours extending the trail another 1/4 mile or so. We are within fifty yards of the top of the second mountain range. It was tough getting up on the mountain today because of rain last night. One section was a little muddy, and I had to winch up one of the tough spots. And the ride back home in the dark was interesting to say the least. The two guys that were up on the mountain already working when I got there this evening turned the ride home into a 15 mile long hard core race. That was nuts, ... but a whole lot of fun.

I should probably just be jealous over 3TV and let it be at that, but I can't. I'd love to see some pics or videos of this trail you speak of 3TV. Reason being that mountian riding (private land) is quite common with me. I don't have 10,000 ft mountians here, but they are steep, and they will claim you if you screw up. I haven't had my GPS with me while riding so I don't know just how tall our mountians are, but I'd guess the 3000-4000 ft range. But I'm very serious in saying that they are mountians. Not rolling hills. Anyway, me and my friend (who owns the land) would probably both like to see the trail you guys are working on. We just blazed one a few weeks ago but nothing fancy about it all. I guess I really need to get a GPS mount and add that to my list of things to do to the quad.

Now I want to ask Gunny more about his pipe. I've read a couple of small articles on the LV Pipes. If indeed have a few flicks of the quad with the LV Pipe on it, maybe you could youtube it and inbed it in a thread.

I think some of you guys have way to much fun everyday ... mak'in your own trails ... how would THAT be !!?? .... :icon_thumleft: :beer"

3TV,
I put one pic of the pipe in the garage with my bike. I met another grizzly owner thru another forum who lives in the same town, coming over tonite. :icon_thumleft:
He has an HMF Utilitly pipe on his & we were going to compare some noise levels tonite.
Later, I want to do some kind of comparisons with his machine & pipe & do a post on ATV Torture, but I have to see what he has for mods on his & ... right now I'm still running my tracks .... so it may be a little while. :sad2:

And if I know you, you want timed runs ? Who beat who ? And, other neat stuff ... right ?? ..... ;;s;; :sign10: ccasion14:

Not sure about the "YouTube" thing .... for one thing, a guy needs someone to take the video & I pretty much ride alone. :icon_thumleft: :beer"

Later ...
:headbang:

Battlegun,
I had planned on getting a helmet cam set-up with the money I got back on tax return this year. Too bad I just blew that money on Flexx handlebars, Rox risers, and a 2-R exhaust tip for the Grizzly, and on a Gibson full exhaust for the Rhino, LOL. I'll try to take some digital still pictures of the trail, or even a cell phone video or two, and get them posted on photobucket or youtube.

Here's the Gibson exhaust I ordered for the Rhino.


Its too bad Gibson doesn't make one for the Grizzly, because this one isn't so loud that it makes you tone deaf every time you ride. I'm done buying loud exhaust, ... just too irritating on all day long rides.

If you want to see where the trail leads to, take a look at the picture of my Grizzly in the "garage" section of this forum. The picture was taken from the top of the first mountain ridge we cross with the trail.

3TV