Now usually we are broken up into small groups
and taken out to do our thing aboard what ever
model they want reviewed, and this event wouldn't
be any different. We each picked out a Brute
Force and started gearing up for our day of
adventure. I sort of wondered what I had done
right or wrong after being told myself and my
rider could do our own thing and have the chance
to free range the trail system with out having
to be locked into any group or time frame.
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| The
recent High School graduate, Cody Hill,
attends his 1st ATV Press Event ride for
ATVriders.com. Cody has been riding for
us for nearly a decade, but he finally
old enough to attend media events |
I was pretty happy, I would get the chance to
work at a slower pace and get our images done
then rejoin the group for lunch. Seeing we were
breaking in a new guy on this trip, I needed all
the time and breaks I could get. Ok, our rider
isn't new, in fact he is one of the most photographed
riders in our files but he is now officially able
to go to big boy events seeing he just turned
18. Yes, big boy events, I never miss a chance
to throw out the sarcasm and when my son is involved,
I really can’t resist!
So a quick recap. New riding area, first event
my oldest son could attend, two hours from home
and fairly decent weather to work with. I was
starting to wonder if karma had a doozy in store
for me after all this good fortune.
Geared up and rolling, Cody(that's my kid)
and I headed out on what I figured would be
a small loop that should have us back in time
for the noon lunch. I asked and received good
directions, and even studied the huge map they
had on the side of the Kawasaki rig, so we headed
out pretty confident. The trails instantly reminded
me of the world renowned Hatfield McCoy system
and were fairly typical of Pennsylvania which
offers a ton of diversity. Tight then open,
rocky, sand, coal you name it you will ride
on it!
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| A
new large storage compartment is located
in the front rack which we used to store
bottles of water for the ride |
Play areas are abundant and offer some good mud
areas and hills as well as some incredible scenery
that will really come to life in the fall. We
were really having fun, so much so that Cody got
us lost. I figured this was his first event and
that he should have been paying better attention
so I put all the blame on him, and I would take
responsibility for getting us un-lost! The noon
lunch came and went as we continued working, yes
I can't pass up a cool spot to take some pictures
and that folks is work.
It was actually very easy, Cody has been helping
with the lights, doing the shooting or riding
for so long we can knock out stuff quickly and
move on. And move on we did, as I figured I might
as well see as much as I could as I looked for
just the right trail to take us back to the land
of food and drink. Cody had found a stash of water
that the fine folks from Kawasaki had stuffed
in the storage compartments of the Brute Force
so we were in no danger of dying trailside from
dehydration. We chuckled and both rate the storage
on the Brute very good!
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| For
2012, Kawasaki has redesigned air filter
body panel covers on the Brute Force 750
to help prevents mud and water from entering
the filter housing & the Brute Force
fenders provided plenty of protection
from the splashing water & mud |
