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First and foremost, this has been a very good way to spend my time and generate some videos to display on youtube and link here. I've had a few setbacks from time to time that are recorded here that are extending the testing period 
(1)
Here's a small slip off the side of a testing trail. No big deal really but it happened right at about the 1\2 point ... That means going back and starting over in this case as I'm sure it was rider error and not the bike. These off-chamber climbs \ turns always give me problems
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(2)
This next issue was alcohol related ... I have been leaving home and riding to 1-3 different trails, doing the test pass on one bike per day and returning home. This works pretty well.
One day, I was moving to trail #2 and I passed a fiesta at a small sitto that has grown up from nothing in the 4 yrs I have been here. I mean there was nothing but dirt here when I arrived. Then a dozer came in and it has built into a few small stores now. I can usually get food and water here now.
A fiesta means beer, rum, brandy, food, karaoke, and maybe a cock fight ... These guys have seen me ride here often and the absolute best thing I can do to promote good-will, is to stop and have a bite and something to drink and socialize with the folks here ... Any language barriers sort of fade at times like this.
Here's my bar tender ... I purchased 3 bottles of beer (3 is my limit), this guy shared the bottles with whoever wanted a drink and always from an eye on my glass also ...
Here is the sitto (small village) that did not really exist ~3 yrs ago ... Not quite a metropolis yet but the stores are always open and have about all I need on my pit-stops. It's in a good location also.
Some action. These events last usually less than a minute.
After the beers, I went on and made the test pass and it felt OK.... But when I looked at the time, it did not fit well with the previous times (slower time) I had been logging on this 250cc 4t bike so I nulled out this pass and blamed the beer for the failure.
(1)
Here's a small slip off the side of a testing trail. No big deal really but it happened right at about the 1\2 point ... That means going back and starting over in this case as I'm sure it was rider error and not the bike. These off-chamber climbs \ turns always give me problems
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(2)
This next issue was alcohol related
... I have been leaving home and riding to 1-3 different trails, doing the test pass on one bike per day and returning home. This works pretty well. One day, I was moving to trail #2 and I passed a fiesta at a small sitto that has grown up from nothing in the 4 yrs I have been here. I mean there was nothing but dirt here when I arrived. Then a dozer came in and it has built into a few small stores now. I can usually get food and water here now.
A fiesta means beer, rum, brandy, food, karaoke, and maybe a cock fight ... These guys have seen me ride here often and the absolute best thing I can do to promote good-will, is to stop and have a bite and something to drink and socialize with the folks here
... Any language barriers sort of fade at times like this. Here's my bar tender ... I purchased 3 bottles of beer (3 is my limit), this guy shared the bottles with whoever wanted a drink and always from an eye on my glass also ...
Here is the sitto (small village) that did not really exist ~3 yrs ago ... Not quite a metropolis yet but the stores are always open and have about all I need on my pit-stops. It's in a good location also.
Some action. These events last usually less than a minute.
After the beers, I went on and made the test pass and it felt OK.... But when I looked at the time, it did not fit well with the previous times (slower time) I had been logging on this 250cc 4t bike so I nulled out this pass and blamed the beer for the failure.
