I took the Hilltopper for a 12 mile ride today through Coyote Canyon. I picked up a couple of trails I have not ridden before. They turned out to be not passable with the Hilltopper because of shear vertical walls of limestone several feet tall. I'm still running the wide original rear tire and I just will not give me the traction needed to keep moving.
The foot pegs are too low and I sheared off the right foot peg again hitting a boulder. I was able to make a temp repair and continued with my ride.
On the above note the rear tire caused two crashes today. One doing about 10 MPH down a 50 degree embankment of loose gravel. There was just no breaking ability what so ever and the rear of the bike swapped ends with me. Some sheet metal for the heat shield got bent,other than that all is still O.K.
Later on I was descending a very steep dirt road going back to my car when a motorcyclist cut the corner towards me. I yielded to my right and the rear tire went into a truck rut that left the road during the winter and the road had been muddy, and into a ditch. I was doing about 25 then and was able to slow down a little before the crash. My pride was hurt more than the bike.
The new rear tire is somewhere in shipping and will be a godsend when it shows up.
I met up with some other fellows who were riding their off road 4-wheelerss and bikes and we had a good chat about the Hilltopper and minibikes.
The foot pegs are too low and I sheared off the right foot peg again hitting a boulder. I was able to make a temp repair and continued with my ride.
On the above note the rear tire caused two crashes today. One doing about 10 MPH down a 50 degree embankment of loose gravel. There was just no breaking ability what so ever and the rear of the bike swapped ends with me. Some sheet metal for the heat shield got bent,other than that all is still O.K.
Later on I was descending a very steep dirt road going back to my car when a motorcyclist cut the corner towards me. I yielded to my right and the rear tire went into a truck rut that left the road during the winter and the road had been muddy, and into a ditch. I was doing about 25 then and was able to slow down a little before the crash. My pride was hurt more than the bike.
The new rear tire is somewhere in shipping and will be a godsend when it shows up.
I met up with some other fellows who were riding their off road 4-wheelerss and bikes and we had a good chat about the Hilltopper and minibikes.