Well, I made my first dune trip with the DS last Saturday and had a blast. I was impressed with it to say the least. I have a stock DS with 8-paddle haulers (22") and I was beating piped banshees, raptors, and 440exs in drag races consistantly (it took about 1/2 the day to figure out to get a good launch though). I did have a problem with one bad-a$$ raptor that had about a 6 inch ext. swingarm, aftermarket pipe, and who knows what else. If he jumped me from the line, I could not cautch him, but with a good start, him and I were side by side. I'm not trying to say that I had the fastest bike out there by any means. There was a Quadzilla and a highly modded banshee that consistantly beat me by 1-2 bike lengths. They also happen to be the guys I ride with so I'm not going to hear the end of that for a while. I can't imagine having the Team Pami 760 or the turbo on the DS...pretty scary to even think about it!

 

Great post, thanks for sharing it.

 

Wich dunes did you go to,TexasDS?I went to Little Sahara OK. a couple of weeks ago and had a Blast on my DS.My first time on the dunes,and I WILL be going back as soon as I can!I loved getting into the big sand bowls at around 50 mph or so,and feeling the G force pulling me into my seat,and my suspension compressing.WOW!

 

The closest dunes to me are the LA Dunes in Louisiana. I've heard about Little Sahara, and want to make a trip there pretty bad. It's about 7 hours from Houston though.

 

clif, watch that chain roller,lost my first roller running the superbowl at sand mountain.I was running the bowl for about 20 minutes and wha-laa bye bye roller,have a t&m roller now and it's still holding up but it gets heavy use when sreaming around the bowls

 

 

TexasDS, where are these dunes in La, I lived there for decades and never heard of them? Sounds like i missed out on lots of fun.

 

They have allready changed my chain roller in the first hour of riding.Now I have one with bearings and have had no more problems with it.

 

The dunes are about 20 miles north of Oakdale around a town called Forest Hill off of Hwy 165. There are also about 30 miles of trails that I haven't been to yet called Clayborne trails that I heard were really close to the dunes.