Spokane Area Riders Snow Report for E. Washington N Idaho & W. Montana post 28,869

[Skadi]

huh she does have a nice rack...I was just seeing her smile and personality in that pic the first time Good catch Em!!!

HAHAHAHAHA, niiiice.... thanks for the giggle X!

(by the way, I'm still strong on the 2 stroke but yet ANOTHER reason to go four when i do upgrade... my GF becky does these rides through ADVRiders.com.... holy CRAPOLY they do some cool chit!!! I want a bike that I can make street legal!! If I had my way I'd have both, but I'm gettin a little toy heavy considering I don't even have a house to live in right now!!)

 

[TIM]

it was a pretty good weekend. Took the family down the alberton gorge on the raft and than on sunday peddled 50 miles of forest service road. Good ride. sunday afternoon i sparred with the buck. that was to much fun.


devil

I have been able to whittle my first aid kit down to gauze and athletic tape. You can pretty much cover 95% of the stuff you will come accross. Super glue works pretty good also for some other things. But gauze and tape will do you.

tim

 

[holman6336]

Tom...man that sucks...You better install a scatter gun alarm on your gf's car...that'll keep the pukes outta her stuff.

Griz...Amazingly enough that's the same pic that he sent me. I told him, "WTF man, that's not my sister."

MtnMaxMod...does this mean that you are sponshured by Monster now???

Well...I'm waitin for one damn wheel bearing so I can start puttin seed in the ground. I hate it when parts guys say, "It'll be here in the mornin" and you show up and there aint chit there...pisses a guy off.

Whit...Here's the pic of One's truck off of the Craigslist ad. It should get him around nicely.

 

[motomikey]

this years decks

this is actually mark mesenbrinks deck, but this years production decks will be the same except for my logo{pictured } instead of the thunderstruck logo
led lights, including one behind the logo std.
please give me your input--good or bad--mike


http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/motomikey/09 deck/

ps--click on pics to view them larger

 

[SAWYER]

Thanks for the advice guys. She's cool witht eh girls cause she has 2 boys of her own the same age. And she's cool with riding too.

Em has the filthiest mind here. First one to make a rack comment

 

[SpokaneRMK]

Mike, decks look good, would this be the style of deck we would be getting this year or are those a special build, are they expandable? Any option for diff. logos?

 

[Spiced Wafer]

ive always liked the silver lake deck....however, her comes the bad, and no way is it a slam on you mike....i don't like your ramps personally. i like ramps that have a lip on the outside edge, so that way if im not lined up correctly, hopefully the side of the ramp will ketch me and keep me lined up. i have seen what happens when your not lined up, you go over your handlebars and dent the sh it out of your tail gate...

 

[Skadi]

Em has the filthiest mind here. First one to make a rack comment

duh... i think we ALL already knew that!!

 

[Skadi]

ive always liked the silver lake deck....however, her comes the bad, and no way is it a slam on you mike....i don't like your ramps personally. i like ramps that have a lip on the outside edge, so that way if im not lined up correctly, hopefully the side of the ramp will ketch me and keep me lined up. i have seen what happens when your not lined up, you go over your handlebars and dent the sh it out of your tail gate...

For the record... that was NOT the ramp's fault... the ramp was on uneven ground and i failed to notice so the whole ramp flipped on me when i hit the bottom and one side fell into a rut in the ice... that was PURELY rider error... then me, not being able to get OUT of ride mode thought I could throttle through it and carve up onto the deck... really, this is while I don't have a sport bike... if it was anything like my dirtbike I would be in dirt ride mode -which is bad... I have a hard time 'switching gears'... seriously... once, after a day of riding, I tried to bank my truck off a snow bank the way you do a sled... SILLY! I remember expecting it to act just like my sled and being suprised when I just plowed right into the bank and got stuck... trucks don't 'bank'... I think it runs in my family... my brother was always really bad after a rugby match... his GF wouldn't let him drive home, said he was always a wreck... I just can't switch gears...

so the ramp, never had an issue until I didn't apy attention to how it was sitting on the ground and I tried to 'ride it out'... gawd, I don't think I'll EVER forget that look Daryn gave me... I really thought it was over right there! It was the 'are you REALLY that stupid?' look!!

hahahahhaa

 

[Spiced Wafer]

For the record... that was NOT the ramp's fault... the ramp was on uneven ground and i failed to notice so the whole ramp flipped on me when i hit the bottom and one side fell into a rut in the ice... that was PURELY rider error... then me, not being able to get OUT of ride mode thought I could throttle through it and carve up onto the deck... really, this is while I don't have a sport bike... if it was anything like my dirtbike I would be in dirt ride mode -which is bad... I have a hard time 'switching gears'... seriously... once, after a day of riding, I tried to bank my truck off a snow bank the way you do a sled... SILLY! I remember expecting it to act just like my sled and being suprised when I just plowed right into the bank and got stuck... trucks don't 'bank'... I think it runs in my family... my brother was always really bad after a rugby match... his GF wouldn't let him drive home, said he was always a wreck... I just can't switch gears...

so the ramp, never had an issue until I didn't apy attention to how it was sitting on the ground and I tried to 'ride it out'... gawd, I don't think I'll EVER forget that look Daryn gave me... I really thought it was over right there! It was the 'are you REALLY that stupid?' look!!

hahahahhaa

at least it wasn't his truck

 

[One]

Sorry Whit, I got an offer at the show before I even sat down. Forgot about it in the excitement but he was sure to remind me.

 

[Skadi]

at least it wasn't his truck

true dat... then it prolly woulda been over eh? how come YOU didn't show at teh Parrr-tee Mr!!??

 

[TIM]

skadi

you are not the first person to do what you described. The lips on the loading ramp are nice, but they make the 2 piece deck take up more room in the truck box. Which is more important. Me i prefer the lips on the ramp.

and no matter what deck, the ramp has to be flat on the ground or else you can have issues. And i have sent my self up on the deck and off the side with my wife howling her azz off.

you can also go to the local spray in bedliner and get some old take out bed liners and cut the middle out and create some real cheap ski glides. Also old hifax cut into stips where the track hits the deck allows your track to have something to bite in on. This prevents the cat walk that can happen loading up on decks. also a stout headache rack is usually a good thing when you load up a little to hot.

I have always thought the day wasn't over until loaded up on the deck. I have seen all kinds of carnage over the years.

tim

 

[One]

I would have to agree, those ski glides on the ramp almost kill me every time I load up. Think I'm gonna swap them out for some toyota bedliner.

 

[motomikey]

i prefer outer lips on the ramp myself,but several customers b!tched to no end because they tried to load sideways and cut a big chunk out of their ski's on the lips--so rather than try to make the lips "user proof" lol--i went to grooved plastic to keep the ski's on, and i get way less complaints--not saying its perfect--it just pleases the most people, which is all a manufacurer can hope to do--what do you guys think of the polished extrusions in place of the diamond plate and rails?

 

[motomikey]

spokane rmk--i will do all 4 models with these sides, and since they are water-jet cut, i can have the guy put whatever you want on there, but be warned, one off programs for the cnc are expensive

 

[devilrmk]

One of the benefits of my deck, my ramp is 3" tall.

 

[spring snow hero]

sawyer, I take offense to titleing skadi over me.....you did ask, swallow...ever take prozac........one is yes one is no and that is a final answer! looks good though, you could do a lot worse in the valley.

 

[SilverGriz]

ive always liked the silver lake deck....however, her comes the bad, and no way is it a slam on you mike....i don't like your ramps personally. i like ramps that have a lip on the outside edge, so that way if im not lined up correctly, hopefully the side of the ramp will ketch me and keep me lined up. i have seen what happens when your not lined up, you go over your handlebars and dent the sh it out of your tail gate...

LMAO....I was thinking to myself...I sure hope Em is OK cause that did not look good.

 

[Spiced Wafer]

true dat... then it prolly woulda been over eh? how come YOU didn't show at teh Parrr-tee Mr!!??

i didn't think that my 5 year old was going to be with me that weekend. the wife left town with one of the kids, not both like i thought she was going to do. also some friends called me up from out of town and said, "hey we are crashing at your place saturday!"....

so two reasons, not a place for a 5 year old (elephant penis), and had out of towners!