Polarbear
04-28-2009, 01:03 PM
Here is a tough trail for you, BUT only for the best offroaders and maybe those with grit! I rode part of the "Great Western Trail" in AZ last week. It runs from Mexico to Canada, but my section was a 24 mile run in AZ., from Cherry to Jerome,AZ... You find this and you ride it, ONLY if you have some really fair to excellent dirt skills:). AZ is a rocky state and the rocks get large along this trail and mostly dry running, without mud. My GSA took some hits on the skid plate, but nothing serious. I also got the death rattle in the motor a couple times in the really hard rock climbs:(. Overheated the motor twice and had to give it a break, but not over heated over the warning on the gauge(close)...Clutch gets smelly too, as its getting a workout on this trail as I did it "two up", where the passenger had to get off a few times, for the really hard sections. Anyhow, this is a trail I will not forget, as it ranks as one of my GSA's hardest tests to date....Find Cherry,AZ and ride to Jerome,AZ on this trail and you'll have a tale to tell:)...Randy