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It's still good to talk about regular wheeling... I kind of got accused of not being a "real world" wheeler, because of the testing I do at the drag strip, or the other ATV racing, that I do ... I still enjoy greatly, getting out on to the trails... I still like to ride fast, but in this world, of "bigger is better"... for some conditions, the "little Prairie" is still big enough...

I still enjoy pounding a trail, more than anything... 2 weekends ago, my riding buds & I went over to the "bluff trails", along the Mississippi river, between Minnesota, & Wisconsin... we road all day, between 2 trails ( MN DNR trails, Snake Creek, & Trout Valley )... it was lightly raining, & I took over our 300 Prairie, instead of my 750, since the big Prairie was drag raced the night before, & not ready for the muddy trails... I had just as much fun on our 300, as I would have, on the 750... infact, my buddy with a 650 Prairie, had too much power for the greasy clay conditions of some spots on the trail, & I was able to go fast enough, to have fun, & still relieve stress ( trail pounding = high speed stress relief )... the trails are pretty different, even though they are only 5-10 miles apart... Snake Creek, is muddier, & generally less rocky, & Trout Vally has several very rocky hills... the change in elevation, is about 300ft on the hills... they've had alot of rain lately, & I called the DNR to make sure they were open... on one little used, downward hill, at Snake creek, we came to a section that had several 2ft drop offs in a row, then a steep enough angle after them, that it was difficult to slow the quad down, in the drizzle, on the loose rocks... after that, we even slowed down, for a lap, long enough to look for mushrooms ( my wifes hobby ), & we found 30-35 lbs of awesome edible mushrooms... in my mind, it does't get any more real world than that... have you got any good trail riding stories ???