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Dan Myers
United States
Приєднався 20 бер 2012
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2024 Mount Pleasant Hare Scramble
Good to bad to ugly.
The the start and first lap were good. Got the early lead and put down a decent first lap, albeit rather conservative in the dust. I did not want to get surprised and run into another fence like last time!
The 2nd lap was the bad lap. I got a big glob of sweat and dirt inside my goggles that covered up my left eye so I was only using the right side of my goggles for the most part. I didn't think I slowed down that much but I apparently did! Joe caught me and I didn't even put up a fight. Just let him around and tried to keep up. I was going back and forth with my goggles, but ultimately decided to take them off when I went by my pits. With clear vision I realized how slow I was was going before!
Going into the 3rd lap I picked it up quite a bit and started reeling his dust cloud in a little at a time. Unfortunately, shortly into the 3rd lap my fence issues in dusty races continued (I'm 2 for 2 now). This time, not so much my fault (or the club). An old barbed wire fence was dug up in the trail and I was the lucky one to wrap it around my rear wheel. It was wrapped tight enough and enough times I knew I was done. It took a solid hour to get it out. I had to hike around the woods a bit to find a suitable branch to wrap it up and then yank it out a little at time. I managed to get it free just as the sweep riders were coming through and I decided to have fun and check the bike over by finishing my lap.
Oh well! Glad I'm not racing points this year! Bike and rider live to race another day!
The the start and first lap were good. Got the early lead and put down a decent first lap, albeit rather conservative in the dust. I did not want to get surprised and run into another fence like last time!
The 2nd lap was the bad lap. I got a big glob of sweat and dirt inside my goggles that covered up my left eye so I was only using the right side of my goggles for the most part. I didn't think I slowed down that much but I apparently did! Joe caught me and I didn't even put up a fight. Just let him around and tried to keep up. I was going back and forth with my goggles, but ultimately decided to take them off when I went by my pits. With clear vision I realized how slow I was was going before!
Going into the 3rd lap I picked it up quite a bit and started reeling his dust cloud in a little at a time. Unfortunately, shortly into the 3rd lap my fence issues in dusty races continued (I'm 2 for 2 now). This time, not so much my fault (or the club). An old barbed wire fence was dug up in the trail and I was the lucky one to wrap it around my rear wheel. It was wrapped tight enough and enough times I knew I was done. It took a solid hour to get it out. I had to hike around the woods a bit to find a suitable branch to wrap it up and then yank it out a little at time. I managed to get it free just as the sweep riders were coming through and I decided to have fun and check the bike over by finishing my lap.
Oh well! Glad I'm not racing points this year! Bike and rider live to race another day!
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2024 IERA Rd.5 - Mills Pasture
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Good to bad on this one! Rieju is awesome and felt great on it. It was fun chasing Brad after losing him in the dust. Then we ran into a A-class conga line so no one would get out of the way. On a long straight next to the fence I left off a ton due to dust, but apparently wasn't enough and smacked a pole pretty hard! Left hand took a hard hit and couldn't hold on to the bars any longer. Tried ...
IERA Enduro Rd.1 - Drakesville - Test C
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First enduro of the 2024 season and first race on the Rieju. The Bike ran awesome and the trail was really fun. Overall, I rode decently, but had a couple of really crappy tests.
IERA Enduro Rd.1 - Drakesville - Test B
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First enduro of the 2024 season and first race on the Rieju. The Bike ran awesome and the trail was really fun. Overall, I rode decently, but had a couple of really crappy tests. This being one of them!
2024 Rieju MR 300 Pro - First Test and Tune Ride
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I just picked this bike up from Czarnecki Custom Cycles (www.zarfab.com). He supports the Iowan Hard Enduro and I prefer to support those that support the sport. Before purchasing this bike, I had only seen a few Riejus out in the wild. I had never tried one in my life. First time buying a new bike without so much as testing one out! This was an easy choice though. The Rieju comes stacked with ...
2024 IERA Rd.2 - Pleasantville HS
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Rd.2 for the 2024 IERA Hare Scramble Season. Not a horrid start, but just a bit slow as usual for this bike. It only takes about 1/2 second longer, but that makes a big difference for A class hare scrambles. Unfortunately, I lost the rear brake again! This time after only one lap. I was able to pump it and get some back brake, but it slowly got worse and worse as the race went on. By the last l...
IERA Rd. 1 - Prophetstown 2024
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Since Ptown unfortunately lost a landowner, the trail is super short. I believe my GPS showed it to be ~3.7miles total. That meant a lot of laps and tough lap traffic. Lap traffic got out of the way pretty well ... for the most part. To defend some, however, it's gotta be annoying having to move over every few minutes to let someone around. That really messes up your flow. For the first race of...
IERA Enduro - Fremont 2023
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As always it was hot and dusty at Fremont! This is most of the 3rd test. This test ended up being nearly 26 miles long! I started off pretty quick then hit a wall in the grass section and drug myself the rest of the test. Good day overall and I was able to win 30 A
Byron Hare Scramble - 2023
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Hot weekend at Byron. Heat index of 103! I rode 'meh' just couldn't find a good flow in the woods and I was embarrassingly slow on the MX track. I tried to keep it smooth and consistent. I ended up 2nd after hitting a bit of a wall from not drinking any of my camel back most of the race like an idiot!
2023 IERA Enduro Rd. 4 - Dayton - Test 2
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Dayton Enduro - Day 2 - Test 2 Fun trail with a decent amount of elevation change. I haven't raced here in a number of years as I wanted to avoid messing up the bike (or myself) so close to TKO. This year the race was earlier and I'm doing Corduroy instead of TKO so there was no reason not to go! I ended up winning 30A on day 1 and then getting 2nd on day 2. They gave me first, but I later noti...
2023 IERA Enduro Rd. 4 - Dayton - Test 1
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Dayton Enduro - Day 2 - Test 1 Fun trail with a decent amount of elevation change. I haven't raced here in a number of years as I wanted to avoid messing up the bike (or myself) so close to TKO. This year the race was earlier and I'm doing Corduroy instead of TKO so there was no reason not to go! I ended up winning 30A on day 1 and then getting 2nd on day 2. They gave me first, but I later noti...
2023 IERA Rd. 5 - Mills Pasture
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First real race on the GasGas 350. Good start for the very dusty conditions. Was pushing for first the first couple of laps then had a few very close calls at high speed and backed it down a bit. Lost contact and then fell into just a good trail pace. Ended up 4th in class for the day but kept it on 2 wheels.
Dallas Sprint Enduro - 2023
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Odd race this weekend! Got to the race site, bought a new (to me) 2022 GasGas EX350F. No plan on racing it at all. I did the standard pre-purchase checks for a good used bike. That was it. I started on Section 2 on my normal race bike (2022 KTM 250 XC-W). About 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through the test, my back brake goes out. Pedal fully down and nothing! I get back to the truck and let it cool d...
2023 IERA Rd. 2 - Pleasantville
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During the week it was in the upper 70's, sunny, and great out! Then Saturday and Sunday hit and we had a ton of rain and temps down in the 30's! I'm glad ProHick decided to race as I prefer crappy conditions vs good conditions as I usually do better against the competition. I somehow snagged the lead by the second corner and rode a good first lap. I thought I had a big lead so I went into trai...
2023 IERA Rd.1 - Prophetstown
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Started off decent and I felt like I was going pretty well in the woods, but I was really struggling in the faster sand whoops. Something to work on in the future! Ended up 6th out of 17. Not great for Vet-A, but still had fun so a win overall.
IERA - 2022 - Mt.Pleasant Hare Scramble
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IERA - 2022 - Mt.Pleasant Hare Scramble
2022 Iowan Hard Enduro - Endurocross Build
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2022 Iowan Hard Enduro - Endurocross Build
2022 IERA Rd.1 - Prophetstown Crash
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2022 IERA Rd.1 - Prophetstown Crash
You can hear it at idle that’s about it
Why'd you hit the fence!? Jk, it was dusty out there man. You were looking really good up until that point. Hope you're not hurt too bad. 💪
Watching it I should have seen the field curving back! It's pretty swollen, but nothing displaced as far as I can tell so just let it heal and hopefully it's good enough to race with in a couple of weeks!
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Good riding Dan. The Reiju sounds crisp
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Very nice👌silly goose
Nice riding!
looks damn fun brotha🤘
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So sick of this click bait. 😂 #Danimal. Awesome bike dude!!👊
frouxo de moto kkkk
Some jackass bet me I couldn't finish one lap of the Iowan Hard Enduro. I'm looking forward to winning that bet. Nice ride Dan!
Sounds like this jackass isn't going to lose any money! Lol
Nice ride Dan. You should teach me how to do this someday.
I thought I was going good and then I got lapped 2 mins in on my second lap. The rest of the race I felt like I was just in the way. Kinda gave up and just rode.
Vroom 💨
Can’t hear the difference myself
You were on the front brake way more than me. I definitely should have lowered the levers a bit. Those 2 pro guys were booking. Really nice run through the Enduro cross section at the end of the lap.
Those were a couple of Open B Riders! They would have been 1st and 2nd in Open A.
Mr Honesty with the fat finger catch. Can you throw in a spectacular crash for those of us out here spectating. Good job Danimal.
I had a couple very close calls on day 1. That was enough for me! I caught the fat finger the day after and it was already too far passed the protest period so my protest against myself failed and I retained first place!
Good riding man, crazy to see you faster guys pace. Those ruts bit me a few times and I was on the ground 2 or 3 times lol
Thanks! The ruts were way sketchy in the dust. Some guys are just nuts flying into them!
you are a brave man in the dust
I think the video makes it look worse! The hardest part for me were the super hard ruts that could grab your front wheel if you didn't catch them in time.
This home made course is great!
I don't even know how you found traction.... nice job out there
MX13's did well as long as I could keep them semi-cleaned out!
Dan uses Alien technology to help him ride like that, he's not human.😂
@@blakelarsh1594 lol. KTM power and grip! Not like those unrideable Betas!
@@danmyers4763 ktm power maybe but that grip was ALLLLLL AFTERMARKET! 😂
Sounds killer
Bike looks like it's working well but needs a bigger fuel tank.😁
ha! The bike works great. I just looked at the fuel level a bit too quickly!
You guys..... I'll see if I even can make it to this part
Upload it on Facebook so I can share it plz
Dang man you moving. Love the video. Sorry to hear you had a bad wreck...
Thanks! ... Fortunately, I usually keep it on two wheels!
@@danmyers4763 you should give me some pointer on how to go faster... I'm slow!!!! I already know how to hit trees. So I won't need that advice haha jkjk
@@thefluffy880 I'm not particularly fast either. The biggest thing I work on is looking as far down the trail as possible. As you get better doing that, you'll find yourself going WAY faster more comfortably.
Always a risk on a bike that is why I enjoy riding them. No risk no reward 👍
Awesome plastic in that front fender
Right? I thought for sure it was snapped partially off. Just bent up and a bit weird to get used to. Acerbis makes good stuff.
Took that shit like a man. Adrenaline is a awesome thing. Love the sport and enjoy ever minute I'm on the trail good and bad
Owch. Glad you missed the tree with your body and didnt get smashed. Your bike seems a little bouncy. Way to get up and keep rippin!!
This part of the trail is rather large sand woops. The GoPro vid kind of flattens them out. This was purely a stupid rider mistake.
I've done that a few times.
glad ya got up !! that was a hard hit !!
Thanks! I took a moment to see what was broken at first. I'm rather surprised nothing was. Just annoyed at myself for a stupid mistake!
@@danmyers4763 ..thumbs up Dan, from Lake George, NY.....* ride um like ya stole it brother !!
Dude!, don't do that , way to old for that action!
Where were you at to tell me not to do that before!?! lol --- it happens, fortunately I try not to very often!
Lame skills man
commenting on a video from like 5 years ago??
Nice! Thanks for posting this.
we rode down to the park sunday but it was so busy we just stuck to the secret trail.
The group I was riding with was talking about the "Nenow" secret trail! Sounds like you guys have it pretty good there!
are you the one that set the small section up? you should be smacked! lol jk Dirt doesn't look as bad as I thought it might after that rain.
ha! No I can't take credit for it. Some other trials guys set it up. The trails were pretty slick in most places and muddy wherever the UTVs were tearing it up.
Does your GoPro have a audio issue? Your sound always cuts out
No. I think it's my Adobe premiere cutting it out for some annoying reason.
@@danmyers4763 thought my TV was broke on the video before this one 😂 but then I noticed it did it on this one to
Nice work Dan! Looked a little more dry then our race 😂 either way it was a rough one!
It most definitely was. By the end of the race it was nearly at normal speed! I wont be able to make Memphis, but it looks like it's going to be a wet one as well!
@@danmyers4763 we won’t be at Memphis either. Little far for us
Love the commentary!
Did you lose a fastaway? I found one when cleaning up
Yup! Thank you for finding it. It's now sitting on my work bench waiting for a replacement pin and spring.
Bummer Dan!
lol I really enjoyed this.
Schadenfreude lol
Rad
I got this exhaust for 30$ and I haven’t used it yet lol
I just run the stock exhaust on mine, seems fine to me.
Thanks for sharing!. I want to participate but i didn't know what to expect.
It can vary greatly depending on how wet it is. In 2018 it was ROUGH. The best year it was super dry and fast. I didn't make it down in 2020 due to a hurricane on the Midwest! I would highly recommend giving it a go.
Hey man how’s the bike holdin up? I’m gettin a 2021 450xcf and curious if they’re reliable at high hours? I have a 2014 250xcw 2 stroke with 270 hrs still has good compression curious if the 4 stroke are just as reliable.
I put a bit less than 100hrs on it that year and then sold it. Now on a 2020 KTM 300 XC-W. During those 100hrs I never had an issue at all. Awesome bike.
@@danmyers4763 thanks for the quick reply and sweet I can’t wait to get mine
Way to send it, thanks for sharing Dan