I went and met Doug today at the Dunes. He was already there with another buddy who was having a lot of bad buggy luck.
Doug was doing his best to help the buddy get going. The first buggy the friend had suffered damage and the second did not have spark arrestors (among some loose parts that were a bear to get to) so the FUZZ would not let it in due to no spark arrestors. After getting some spark arrestors it refused to start. Fun day for him it was not. Better luck tommorrow.
Then I went out into the dunes and watched for a bit and finally decided to take a buzz on one of my quads. I chased Doug around for a bit and I thought I was pretty impressed by watching the thing deal with the dunes.
The reason I say thought I was impressed was after a bit we were back in the parking lot helping another mini buggy person who twisted a micro stub and I made a joke about driving Dougs buggy. I was literally kidding. Doug however took me up on it and let me go for a nice lap around the Dunes!
Unforgettable!! I had fun with it but did not run it super hard as its not my machine nor was I familiar with it. Still I aint had that much fun in the dunes in years. Things that would test my ability to hang on to the bars of my quad this thing would go over and you barely knew it. Stable is an understatement. I made the mistake of thinking sunglasses would be fine to keep the wind out of my
but I wish I had wore my helmet or at least my helmets goggles. Not even pushing it hard I was going fast enough I had to slow down due to wind and a bit of sand (mostly wind surprisingly) was making my
water. Too much fun. The only real changes I could see I would want were due to the fact I am a lil taller than Doug and thus would have different positions for things were it my daily driver. Fun and impressive. Me likey!
It was probably the best inspiration I have had in a LONG time to get off my tail with piddly shit I have been doing and get to working on something of my own (buggywise).
I took some video with my camrea but it only takes little 15 second bursts and to be mild they aint the best quality. I NEED a new camera. This ones fine for still pics but its older. I am trying to figure out how to clean them up and make them bigger. Plus I have dialup so if I can get them presentable I might upload them at the library with the highspeed there.
I may go out again tommorrow. I have a guy who is supposed to some and buy both my quads and if he does that I will have some money to buy a another motor and another set of shocks. If the guy DOES come I may not be going out. (Might still take my truck out for fun)
So had a good time. Was great to meet Doug and see his work. Was reallllllllllly cool he let me test it first hand. Hopefulley I will get a chance to see him again tommorrow. If not next time hes this way to the dunes. Thanx Doug! Bill
