pretty dope ride. I'm trying to find easy trails for my kids to ride on, cause they're noobs at the moment. Any recommendations for central/eastern wa for easy flatish trails? Thanks
Mattawa. Go up R road. The trails are sandy and hilly. Good place to camp and season starts early ends late. Summer very hot. But the easier riding places are Capitol Forest in Olympia and Tahuya in Belfair. Both in Western Washington
@@dagsterblaster4973 thanks. I started looking at blm land near me and there's a 7mile orv trail that's 3 miles from my town. Perfect for them and they're enjoying it so far. Thank you for the reply.
This, the primary clutch bolt, etc., is why I'm just keeping the old axys 800, till Polaris sorts out this new engine, clutch and chassis. I waited till 14 on the pro, kept riding the M7, till that was sorted, watched the axys closely for a year, didn't seem to have any major issues, picked up the axys. It took polaris 14 years, before that 800 was reliable, hopefully the 850, turbo, clutching, and matryx chassis works the bugs out, cuz I've been waiting for 20 years for a factory 2 stroke turbo. The Ski-Doo 850 turbo seems to work well, I just can't stand that goofy chassis, with angled steering post. It's gotten better, than than the rev, and xp, but it's still awkward. If the new Cat works well maybe, but our good Cat dealers like Waldron's are pretty much gone.
Me too on the weirdass Doo chassis. I has a G4 for two seasons and kind of got used to it, but when I got back on a G5 the other day the pogo stick bump steer was still astonishingly bad. Poo and Cat are siblings; Doo is the demented neighbor living in the garden shed.
Looking good, Mike. We also just got a full reset here with cold temps keeping the pow crisp. Pig snot wet riding from the house but perfect over the next valley today. Very kind of you to turn your tunnel bag out as a learning exercise for the crew. Meanwhile, that Polaris limp mode thing really truly sucks. It’s a half-assed fix that isn’t a fix. Good thing it never happens going uphill when you need all the horses…
I was able to point this area out from a rock I jumped off into a unnamed lake near not-gold mountain. This was back in 2016. haha I'll keep this quiet. Awesome looking area summer and winter
Why did it take this long to get a video that explains it so well? I think it was a big secret they didn’t want everyone doing because it’s a cool kid thing.
I hit a rock off the lip that threw me to one side, I may have been able to ride it out but made the split second decision to just bail and get away from the sled
Sick one Mike! Question from a newby here, are bowties and hop overs just for style points or do you use those techniques in technical spots / accessing steep terrain or other scenarios ? Seems like hop overs would be useful for getting up steep slopes like doing switchbacks
Bowties are pretty much just for just for show/fun, hop overs are a great tool to have for technical riding. They look easy, but learning to be able to do them takes a great understanding/feel for throttle control, body position, feeling the track in the snow etc. sort of like a tail whip, not necessary, but learning them makes you a better rider. 🥳
I need some throttle therapy bad, hopefully the cold, and snow comes back! Also could use someone that can ride mid week, my riding buddy on a boat in AK till March!
@@northwestdynasty : Copy that, though it may have been my awkward snow dance, that angered the snow gods in the first place. When conditions change, if you need an old hack on an 800 axys, that's been riding the cascades since the 80's but still fumbles hop overs, I'm about 2 miles from Pierre's. 😁
