NQ1965
PR Elite
If you'll bear with me, I'd like to share a little feel-good story that happened over the weekend relating to the track.
My sister Kim, and nephew Dakota are in town visiting family. They live in upstate New York, right on Lake Ontario. Dakota grew up play riding on a little learner bike and quads. A couple years back while here on a visit, we took Dakota with us for open ride day at Briarcliff. We taught him how to ride a bike with a clutch, on our Yamaha RT100. Later that winter Kim bought him a TTR125. He put it to good use.
Dakota is 17 now, has been riding bigger quads, and even rides a buddies SX125 a little.
On Saturday, Nancy and I went out and rode, but then it occurred to me to call and see if I could get him out with us on Sunday. It worked!
Once Kim and Dakota got to Honda Hills, they checked out the track. He said he was willing to try it. We had brought extra riding gear, sent him out on the RT100 in the mini-class. I followed on our KLX110. Within two laps, I immediately recognized that he was gonna do just fine.
Long story short, he rode several sessions. He had rode in heavy traffic, handled all of the obstacles, turns, ruts, and elevation variations very well, and never crashed once. Fortunately he had an awesome track to ride for basically his first time out. To me, that says a lot.
Much of the photo credits to my wife Nancy:
The Honda Hills crew was very organized and done an amazing job.
The riders meeting/opening ceremony and Parade Lap(s) was awesome and a thrill to be part of !
Dakota putting in laps............
My sister Kim, and nephew Dakota are in town visiting family. They live in upstate New York, right on Lake Ontario. Dakota grew up play riding on a little learner bike and quads. A couple years back while here on a visit, we took Dakota with us for open ride day at Briarcliff. We taught him how to ride a bike with a clutch, on our Yamaha RT100. Later that winter Kim bought him a TTR125. He put it to good use.
Dakota is 17 now, has been riding bigger quads, and even rides a buddies SX125 a little.
On Saturday, Nancy and I went out and rode, but then it occurred to me to call and see if I could get him out with us on Sunday. It worked!
Once Kim and Dakota got to Honda Hills, they checked out the track. He said he was willing to try it. We had brought extra riding gear, sent him out on the RT100 in the mini-class. I followed on our KLX110. Within two laps, I immediately recognized that he was gonna do just fine.
Long story short, he rode several sessions. He had rode in heavy traffic, handled all of the obstacles, turns, ruts, and elevation variations very well, and never crashed once. Fortunately he had an awesome track to ride for basically his first time out. To me, that says a lot.
Much of the photo credits to my wife Nancy:
The Honda Hills crew was very organized and done an amazing job.
The riders meeting/opening ceremony and Parade Lap(s) was awesome and a thrill to be part of !
Dakota putting in laps............
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