Originally Posted by
quad2xtreme
Ironically, we had 10 quads show up for practice Saturday when there was a District 13 race at Budds Creek. Wish we could get these 10 riders to pay $45 each on a Friday or Monday for a fully groomed and watered track. Or better yet, 20 riders for the same $450. Some tracks rent for $300-350 a day but do zero grooming. We fully face jumps and landings, rip, and drop 10,000+ gallons on the track. Truth is, a Friday rental is just good pre-prep for Saturday and Sunday's practices. Monday rentals is just inheriting an already moist track so it doesn't take much effort either.
We have a private track rental this weekend so I am putting my wife's MX suspension on my Baldwin motor (I sold off my MX suspension years ago when NCMP stopped allowing quads). With her suspension on my motor, pegs, seat, steering stem, and bars, I will be able to bust some laps. It is strange but her quad feels foreign to me. She has a great Walsh steering stem but it isn't +1 and her bars aren't the same bend (and have softer rubbers in the Flexx bars). And she runs great Houser bounce peg setup but the pegs are higher. You combine all this together and I just don't feel right on her quad...in fact, about the worst feeling Honda 450 I've ever ridden. Normally I can jump from one to the next and adapt but hers is just weird...and she won't let me move her bars or levers.