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!