400grl

Hey!!! I love the CINDERS!!!! There are some sick sick hills out there.....I got halfway up 100dollar hill on my stock 400EX one night (the first time we had ever gone out there......I had never seen the hill in the daylight - WTF was I thinking???) LOL!!!! I learned real quick to flip it around while you still had some momentum - you DON'T want to get stuck sideways on that hill!!! Even coming down it forwards is a puckerfest for SURE!!! The BIG crater (the first picture shown - you don't even see how deep it goes...) is a blast!!! It's fun watching people get stuck down there who don't know the "way out" for machines with less power! LOL!! And the view from the top of the big crater is breathtaking!!! Bring molded cheapo paddles - I have a pair of SandSharks that has lasted two seasons out there....they are great for that type of thing! You will get dirty, but it is a fun weekend, for sure. Memorial Day weekend is usually a big weekend up there...... I haven't been out there in a while......I may go that weekend, too!

I run Skat Track Edge 10" rims......they are awesome! And Skat Trak took care of me regarding a set of paddles that were starting to lift around the edges - excellent customer service!!! Only I have to ride at the back of the line - I guess I throw up a lot of sand!

I use Yamalube and go with a 40:1 ratio - my engine is stock, but with a K&N filter/jet kit and Toomey's.......this seems to work really well for my set up.

LOL!!!!! I haven't checked my e-mail all weekend since it's my work e-mail!!! I did really good - came in 7th overall out of about 38 guys for the night! It was really fun!!! I showed a few people the wall and didn't give up my lines for anyone! Kinda like quad racing, but you won't flip if you bump too hard!!

LOL!!! WOW!! A guy who pays attention to detail!!! I didn't dye my hair - I get it highlighted! So it's a lot blonder on the top part than the underneath part. When I ride and put my hair in a pony tail, the dark part usually gets twisted around up on top, so my hair looks a lot darker. Plus - lighting and everything can make it look blonder or darker, as can different cameras. It IS kind of a poopy brown color in that jumping pic, huh? That was my first race with the Banshee - and I sucked! I kept jumping either nose up or nose down!!! lol! I have gotten MUCH better on it now - now it's pretty predictable. I learned that you can only blip the throttle so much on take-off to keep it level! Too much and you will be looking at the sky! Anyway - good eye!!! And thanks!!!

Not all affordable a-arms are crap. However I agree with the whole ASR thing!!!! I had Ricky Stator +3 a-arms on my MX 440ex - they were awesome - I had some nasty high speed crashes and those things held up awesome. Just do some research - like this - and don't automatically think that just because someone isn't charging an arm and a leg for a couple of pieces of chromoloy, that they are garbage! I happen to know some of the more expensive common brands are crap, too.....

I was just thinking what a dumba$$ I was for posting here too - (smack smack) - and how embarassed I am at being female at this moment......

Yeah - I got me some pipes on it, and a few other mods, but I guess I meant stock suspension! It's so skinny and bouncy right now!!! But I still love it!!! Good to see more girls into racing, too!!

Oh hey!! Those are cool!!! Thanks!!! That was my first race on a stock Banshee!!! I had a fully set up 440 that I used to race, so the two stroke thing took a few times to get used to!!! And that is ONE of my little rugrats....I have two! OK girls!! We are starting to outnumber the guys with the pics......! woohoo!

I don't know....speaking from personal experience, it's not really a good idea to change who you are for a guy you like. Riding quads is something you either really love or you don't - it's not really something you do just to please someone. And if the guy you like doesn't like you the way you are, for the things that make you you......then he isn't the right guy for you anyway. That's just my .02. I changed some major things in my life for a guy once.....turns out I wasted a lot of time, money and heartache on someone who just wasn't worth it anyway! Nowadays - either they like me the way I am or too bad!

Awwww...you remembered that one?? That's cool! Yeah - it's a little uneven over here girls!!! I will see if I can get that pic up somehow.....

I have a set of Skat Trak Edge paddles - the v's - on 10" rims. THese are the best sand tires I have ever used!!! They hook up awesome - but now no one wants to ride behind me due to being roosted - I am banished to the back of the line!!!

I've always gone with JE pistons in my four strokes.......and been very happy with them. How are they? I have heard lots o stuff about Vito's, though, since I have a two-stroke now!!! Thinking about checking some of their stuff out!

The only Sand Mountain I have ever heard of is in Nevada.......

Stay far away from Recreation Unlimited!!!! We ordered a 13.5:1 compression JE piston from them for a Rappy - turns out it never showed up after being charged on our card. They said that whoever they shipped it with LOST it - and they would have to put in a claim on their insurance company!!! Now doesn't THAT sound familiar??? Also - something to note if anyone is thinking of buying a "custom" piston from them. Turns out JE never even made a 13.5:1 piston for them - JE tracks all the custom pistons they make, and none was ever sent. I have also heard stories of Recreation Unlimited selling 12:1 and 13:1 compression pistons as 13.5:1. We bought a piston straight from JE - no reason to go through a dealer. JE is awesome to talk with and gets stuff done pronto! Rec Unlimited finally did credit our charge card - took a few calls but it happened. Just beware people.......maybe they are ligit and just have some SERIOUS issues, but I won't ever do business with them again.