@@ogregang3203 he hadn’t been riding in a while, recently got back on 2 wheels. I think the other riders coming the other direction really startled him and it all happened so fast and went bad quickly. He said it really hurt. I’ll have him comment on this :)

He's not very good. Wasn't looking far enough ahead. Oncoming traffic took him by surprise and he grabbed a fist full of front brake - "The rider"

😂 Thanks guys for the replies. I am about to buy my first dirt bike and was genuinely curious. Going to take some riding clinics first before I do some riding like you guys did here. Ride safe!

Look up Mountain Top Cafe in phelan. The back parking lot is a caltrans lot and u park in it, it’s huge. Easy drive to/from. Btw mountain top cafe has insanely good food. Eat there after

Look at my reply to MrJimMorrison54 where I gave info on where u can stage. Then I think simply head out. Explore.. California trail map has all of this on their maps they offer too online

@@aaronmgray thank you bud 👍

Google maps “pack mem trl” in apple valley. Look left to where it hits deep creek rd and you’ll see in satellite view there is a launch site right close to deep creek rd , slightly east of it in the brown right off pack mem trl

@@aaronmgray Thank you Aaron, I found it. Sure is a lot more east than I would have thought, clear on the other side of the 15. I didn't know Hesperia's limits were that large. I was thinking this would be a lot closer than the drive to Dove Springs but not by much. From Simi Valley it usually takes 2 1/2 hours to Dove Springs as I recall and Google Maps say 2 1/4 to pack mem trl. Looks like a blast riding though. Thank you so much for quick reply, Best, Douglas

Dust is only truly horrible in the beginning. It’s a long day and people spread out. But it’s legit horrible at the start. 2022 they added like 7mi of ez riding around to space people out a bit before straight to gold mtn. It helped a little bit.

I’d say black diamond. I don’t use that terminology really other than when on the snow. But double black I’d think is hard enduro stuff and this is not that tough. Wouldn’t imagine taking any beginner rider up this stuff though.

California trail maps covers it well. Look for his YT channel and then he has one on using qgis to export mbtiles. If you want to add google satellite info just search for that; there are videos on that. The problem with qgis would be what is your source with trail data. Where you getting that from?

@@aaronmgray Thanks Aaron. Just learning about geo tagged PDFs and such so working though the details now. Not sure of sources but starting with CalTopo and some of the other geo tagged data listed on the VP site.

I buy it in bulk from RMATV when I happen to have an order for something else. Avoid shipping charges. Their price for “NMLUBE” is the cheapest I’ve seen. Other people use soaps but they don’t last. The big bucket from ZipTy is a soap too. So no, no other silicone based lube in that price range as RMATV w free shipping. ($4.85/tube)

If I don't go hard on the highway, a lot more. When I took it to 70mph on the highway during a (not a race) race, I cracked one up all over. Mine just shrink. I'm on the same front mousse 2 years now, with it simply shrinking and me using an older mousse to keep adding larger wedges. It's nearly too small TBH and I have a brand new front/rear mousse and tires ready to go on. Hours? oh i dont know... I guess I could look, but everyones riding is diff. I am probably 2200mi on this front mousse with wedges added. Keeping it lubed, dont ride highway fast and generally cooler riding is key. The heat is the worst thing to these mousses. I hear Michelin BIB last longer than these Nitromousses, but you pay more.

Thank you for the very detailed answer and I will take this information and utilize it to extend the life of my mousse. I’m sold on this technology and never having to worry about tire issues in the woods. Have a great night.

2018 fe501. Yeah this is a fun place

to have it turn on when the key is turned on (you hear a beep) and turn off when the key is off (vs. having it always on and you need to remove the white 2-pin connector to ensure power cut) These wires are all right there in the front under the headlights, really close, so nothing further away. Blue -> Green wire on the tethered kill switch (2 wires off that) Green -> Ground spot on the ATV Yellow -> Brown with white stripe Red -> 2 pin connector (included) which has a fuse on it, goes to a wire TAP on the brown with white stripe connector that goes to the key. The other wire on this connector is a red wire Black -> 2 pin connector (included) which ultimately runs to the main negative on the battery.

Matt at Nuetech said u can do that to be verbally on the phone. He said people don’t like to read that you can do that so they wrote that you smear it on the tire, on the mousse etc. He said u could also just dump it all in one spot (same logic as adding it afterwards w this method in the video) because the moment you put your weight on the bike and move it around it’ll squeeze the lube everywhere. Any left over surplus lube will be forced out wherever is the lease point of resistance (spoke hole under tape, wheel lock bolt or right at the bead).

@@aaronmgray right on man. Now I gotta find some old tubes!!! Thanks for the video. I'm done pulling tires just to lube!!!! Have fun riding!!!

Hey! I'll come back here after this blow up

This vid came out before me