R9T Island Ride

[Ack-CB11_imp]

My driveway
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My road to pavemant
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Nantucket Land Bank roads through island interior
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From Nantucket mountain, Alter Rock 105ft
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To the Beach. I didn't go past the sign with people around.
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Still have a Honda at home, bought with the CB last year
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But now she's all dusty.........Just hit 200 miles

[Guth_imp]

I can immediately see the appeal of the knobbies.

[redbirds_imp]

Pretty scenery Ack and like Guth said, need for knobbies.

[PowderToastMan_imp]

Congrats, that's a fine looking bike! I hope you're having fun with it.
I saw one at Alice's Restaurant this morning, had to do a little double take to see if it was what I thought it was. I was stoked to see one out in the wild!

[HikerToo_imp]

That's a lot of power for that island :-)
how often do you get to the main land to ride?

[CB4ME_imp]

Ack - any beaches on the island NOT off limits to motorcyles? Deep loose sand or packed dense sand?

[Rick Froscheiser_imp]

Looks like a good choice for your riding area. Very nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[the Ferret]

Oh cool, it's beginning to make sense now.

I love mountains lol.....

[Ack-CB11_imp]

That's a lot of power for that island :-)
how often do you get to the main land to ride?

Hardly ever, it's tough for me to get away for more then a day.

Ack - any beaches on the island NOT off limits to motorcyles? Deep loose sand or packed dense sand?

Outlaw beach riding only for bikes.
By the book you need a $100 beach sticker from the Town Hall. You have to show your car registration.
All beaches are public, but no motorcycles, atv's, H1 Hummers or dogs allowed.
Police Hummer and ATV's excluded.
Most of the sand is real soft. You need at least AWD to get round and lower tire pressures are a must.
It's really more work then fun on a bike, unless you get close to the wave line. That's borrowed bike stuff, I'd come back with a rotted frame or something. I stick to the middle dirt roads and keep away from the edges. That picture is the closest to the beach I want to go.
All dirt roads out here have some sections on soft deep sand in them. The sand just stops you to 0 from 30. If I'm still upright I have to tractor my way out. That's when I love the knobbies and the low seat height. My HP2 was a alot better over here but it's seat was 37.5". I dropped that thing all the time. Very embarressing

[Ack-CB11_imp]

Sweet!

Hey..I don't see any dirt on those knobbies..what ? are you babying it or something?

So???? What's it like?

Got mud!
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Went off on some single track moutain-bike trail with no way around a bit of muck. Havn't dumped it yet, FUN!
Those street fenders aren't very protective.