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       XR50r - Blind Enduro
       By: truck11 Date: April 28, 2015, 12:36 pm
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       Proud dad moment!
       One of the local DC area riding clubs held their 'Spring Ride'
       this past Sunday near Fredricksburg VA (about 2hrs south of DC).
       It is set up as a blind enduro, meaning you do a lap and they
       time you.   You then do another lap and try to match your times.
       You are not allowed your own timekeeping device.  The winners
       are the riders that have their 2 best times as close to each
       other as possible.   Example - I do the 2 mile novice loop in
       12:15 minutes, next guy does it in 7:10 minutes.  Second loop I
       do it in 11:50, the other guy does it in 8:02.  I win since my
       times are closer to each other, even though other rider did it
       faster.   Pretty cool concept. They had a 2, 7 & 14 mile single
       track woods loops as well as the kids peewee grass track.
       I took my son to his first 'race', riding his XR50r.  He's 8 and
       only been riding around grass fields about a dozen times.
       They did there timed event before lunch and then let the kids
       ride untimed the rest of the afternoon.  The kids track was
       about 1/4 -1/2 mile grass track, a small tabletop hill and a
       small section through the woods.    He had so much fun that I
       could not get him off the track - they ended up taking the track
       markers down as he was riding!  AND... he came in 4th!  Not bad
       for his first 'event' - pretty big deal for an 8 year old.
       Now I'm looking for a 70, 80 or 100cc bike for him!   ;D
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       Re: XR50r - Blind Enduro
       By: doniton2 Date: April 28, 2015, 2:35 pm
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       That's cool. Congrats. The blind thing sounds pretty cool too. I
       may have to look and see if there's one around here.
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       Re: XR50r - Blind Enduro
       By: Rusty Shovel Date: April 28, 2015, 6:49 pm
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       That's awesome!  My son likes my bike so much, he saved up
       enough to buy a KX140L.  I love riding with him and we both want
       to ride the TAT someday.
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