Kenny Carlile

We had a great weekend camping and riding out in East Fort Rock out of the 2510 campsite this last weekend. We met my dad, his girlfriend, and the rest of the NWDR crew out there on Friday afternoon and we stayed in my dad's camper trailer, which was much nicer than the tent we would have had to have slept in without him there. Thanks, Dad!

Friday night it rained, which made the riding on Saturday fantastic, although it still got a little dusty by the afternoon. I did two hard and fast loops with my dad and a few fun and shorter loops with Dena over the weekend.

This was my first ride with the new jetting, QuickShot, and taller bar mounts and they REALLY made a difference. I was able to go so much faster with a snappy response and taller bars. I felt like I could just flip the bike around wherever I wanted it to go. It's really interesting: the faster I went, the more time seemed to slow down. (Technically, that is accurate, according to Einstein's Theory of Relativity.) I stepped it up and rode faster and cleaner than I ever have. It was so much fun.

On Sunday, we high-tailed it out of there just ahead of a major rainstorm. It was a great weekend and we had a lot of fun. No one got hurt, no mechanical problems, and lots of learning and improvements!

After doing my most recent mods and putting on my new graphics kit today, I took some pictures of the bike all shiny and pretty. My latest mods include:

• N-Style graphics kit and gripper seat cover
• Applied Racing +15mm red bar mounts
• Boyesen QuickShot
• Boyesen clutch cover
• Hammerhead case saver
• JD Jetting kit

Someone pointed out that my tail light wasn't working. I did a little digging on Thumper Talk and found this thread.

Since my battery is dead, I took it out. Without a working battery (or without one at all, in my case), the tail light doesn't work on the 250X. Whew! Now I don't have to worry about tracking down an electrical problem.

I did a little after work riding with Brandon and Theresa this week at Brown's Camp. I'd been out there a couple times before, but I didn't know my way around and had a pretty bad time. This time was much better having someone to show me around. I did a few loops with Theresa and some good exploring with Brandon. The main trails we rode were Clyde's and Military, which both had some really fun and interersting areas, especially the uphill jumps section of Military, although it was much more fun on the second loop when I could expect the jumps.

Theresa and I did a loop right as it was getting dark. My headlight helped, but it was still pretty tough to see. We had to go slow, but it was a lot of fun to ride in the dark. I'm really looking forward to getting back out there and doing some more exploring further away from camp.