Anyway, the trip was mostly a success. Had lots of fun. Sunday, we got a few nice rides in, dunes were trashed from the rain and all rutted up, but I didn't seem to mind. Guys on quads were hating life though lol. We were relaxing around camp and I let my buddy's son take the Revolt around a bit (reward for fetching beers at the camp fire for me the previous night) and when he parked it, Kuma noticed the trans fluid was seeping and bubbling out the top of the gasket where the halves meet. I installed a bellows on the vent tube, but maybe it is not big enough? Maybe it is not releasing enough pressure through expansion? Guess I will have to pull the trans and replace gaskets. Saturday night around the camp fire was fun. Rusty's cousin had some fireball and moonshine, what a wild mix! Somehow, I ended up in my boxers and on a quad, rippin around camp hootin' and hollerin' like a drunk idiot! Needless to say, I passed out soon afterwards.
Monday the wife didn't feel good, sleeping without a heater for 2 nights got to her. I talked her into doing an easy ride, we headed South and ran the fence line, found this nice open patch of loamy wet sand, so I decided to rip a few donuts in the Revolt. Can't wait to see the footage of it. We found a trail marked with boundary markers, so we ran that trail over to the North Pole, then hit the fence line on the north end of the dunes, did some exploring, rode a few places I had never seen, took some cool photos (post up soon). Got back to camp, relaxed, went for another short ride with Kuma and Shoubadaba's cousin over to comp hill, met up with a few other members from our group, and peeled off and did a nice little dune run back to camp. I followed Kuma and Shouby's cousin through a small jump they all hit at a nice easy pace, well I nailed the gas and freakin launched the RZR good! It takes a lot to get my jump-testies to rise, and boy they sure rose! Only pity was no video! So we got back to camp and ate lunch, then went lookin for the jump again, but couldnt find it. Found another 2 jumps to play on and got some good shots. You can really see that the Revolt's front shocks are too low in the jump. I was bottoming the front end out alot. It would also drag when crossing over a razor back and shoot sand right up my crotch, so I had to wear pants, if I wore shorts I had sand crack syndrome.
Pics and video to come. Had a great time. Can't wait until New Years.
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