anyone ever ridden in evart MI ?

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hey guys

im planning a little trip up to evart this weekend and im taking the KDX
ive read on the website of the hotel there are some nice trails there

anyone have any reccomendations or tips for me ?
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well, i just got back from the evart ORV motorcycle trail and it was a blast but this trail definatly beat my rear fender

according to the hotels website:
"Unofficially ranked "The Most Treacherous Dirt Bike Trail In The State", you should be at least a competent rider to challenge this trail.

Approximately a 28 mile run, this devilish black diamond trail weaves up, over and through the beautiful Pere Marquette State Forest. Riders that take on this ride come away with a new respect and appreciation for mother nature and their own ability."


there is a ton of real tight technical stuff and some great variety, loose yellow sand, rocky ground, mudholes (one of which was close to tank deep)
but the part that really chewed me up were the many, many washboards...i just dont know how to navigate them properly and instead of smoothly juming from top to top i iether went up and down or jsut kinda smashed around on them.

i only stalled the bike once and bounced off the trail once...luckily there was a small tree there to stop me

the only damage to the bike were a cracked licenseplate and a front turnsignal that got ripped off somewhere.


i made it about halfway down the trail when i came face to face with a deer, a nice looking doe
i looked it right in the eye and at 15-20 yards out i thought to myself if i was a hunter i would shoot it...then i remembered all the trucks i noticed along the roads and i thought to myself "what if a hunter does take a shot at this deer?"
that was my cue to cut through the bush back onto the mainroad and hightail it out of there
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I love evart! Pretty technical. Some rocks and roots and couple nice uphills.
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we're gonna need to do some riding together some day
i woudlnt mind heading back there again and actually finishing it this time
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-2003 Yamaha TTR125-L (wifeys bike)
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Sounds good. Last time I rode there was in march and they had about 2 in snow on the ground. You get a sense of accomplishment when you get done riding that. Image
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mo kidding, i was there in november and even though it was nice for the time of year, there was plenty of snow aswell and all the puddles had a layer of ice on them
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-1996 KDX 200 plated street toy (barney edition)
-2003 Yamaha TTR125-L (wifeys bike)
-1997 KDX 220 project bike
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I'll be riding evart Saturday morning. I think we will be there around 830
or 9 am. My email is stevebarkby@yahoo if anyone else
wants to go I can give you my #
We will also be riding tin cup single track after evart.
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Hey Mazak, that would be great, but im in lansing most of this month for my job
i will only get the weekends off and the wife would not be please if i spend them riding

i will be there on september 8th so if you or anyone else would like to join me that would be cool

on a side note, what (or where) is tin cup single?
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-1996 KDX 200 plated street toy (barney edition)
-2003 Yamaha TTR125-L (wifeys bike)
-1997 KDX 220 project bike
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It's west on 10 before baldwin. You turn north on kings highway and follow the signs. I'm south of Kalamazoo so when I go up for the day I like to get in as much riding as I can.
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cool
we should meet up some time
im south of the zoo as well, closer to grand rapids

there are some nice trails round the zoo as well, i rod the horse shoe trails 2 weekends ago and im still sore


most of the time i go out only for a few hours, i dont seem to have too much free time and some of it needs to go the family life
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-1996 KDX 200 woods weapon (converted to 99 green body)
-1996 KDX 200 plated street toy (barney edition)
-2003 Yamaha TTR125-L (wifeys bike)
-1997 KDX 220 project bike
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Are you still riding evart September 8th? I will be in that area and would love to ride it again
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i will mazak
ill be heading up there with the kids on the seventh to meet up with the wifey
im not 100% sure what time ill be hitting the trails but i will be there on the 8th for sure ( asuming the rapture holds off)

as a mather of fact, i was just working on getting the trailer road ready and fit out to haul the KDX and all 4 bicycles (pics when im done)

shoot me an email at epj777_oost at yahoo dot com if you want to work out details
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-1996 KDX 200 woods weapon (converted to 99 green body)
-1996 KDX 200 plated street toy (barney edition)
-2003 Yamaha TTR125-L (wifeys bike)
-1997 KDX 220 project bike
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