B
Went for a little ride Sunday.
We took the Talon and a RZR for a ride to what's locally known as the "Gulches" up near Divide CO. Hackets, Longwater, and Metberry gulch trails start out near Divide and each meanders down probably at least 1000 feet if not more to the South Platte river. all of them have some VERY steep sections and a few rocky bits and lots of sand and decomposed granite.
We started out with Hackets. It roller coasters down from the main road pretty easily. Then takes a turn for the worst over some pretty technical rocks. It's gotten a lot rougher since I had been there 20 years ago. Once over the rocks it goes through a saddle back and then up to a small peak. From there you go down. Seriously down. Steep and sandy down. Until you reach the river. The Talon had no issues with the foot or so of water on the crossing.
Beautiful scenery and a great lunch spot. The 2 grandsons had a ball running around in the shallow split in the river. After lunch we headed along the trail downstream to Longwater. We had a tributary to cross before we got to the Longwater crossing. A little deeper, but still not too bad. The third and final crossing was shall we say a bit deeper. We had a volunteer wade across to check it out. It was waist deep a one point. We foolishly crossed anyway. Water was lapping over the hood for a little bit.
I used to blast up Longwater back in the day on a dirt bike. It's a long curvy uphill just made for WOT attacks. We went up a little less courageously than I used to, but still motored right along.
Metberry was an in and out ride where we had to turn around at the bottom and come back the same way we went in. Typical trail for the area except for a couple of 45 degree ledges where you skid at near lock up going down and approach wheel spin coming back. I was VERY impressed with the Talon's climbing ability on these as well. Low range 4 wheel drive and it went up with no drama what so ever.
We had a great ride with no issues and really let me scope out what the Talon can do. I'm totally confident the Talon will handle our trip to SW Colorado at the end of the month for the Alpine Loop and other passes. Maybe even Black Bear pass.
I'll post links to some video if I can get them sorted in the near future.
We took the Talon and a RZR for a ride to what's locally known as the "Gulches" up near Divide CO. Hackets, Longwater, and Metberry gulch trails start out near Divide and each meanders down probably at least 1000 feet if not more to the South Platte river. all of them have some VERY steep sections and a few rocky bits and lots of sand and decomposed granite.
We started out with Hackets. It roller coasters down from the main road pretty easily. Then takes a turn for the worst over some pretty technical rocks. It's gotten a lot rougher since I had been there 20 years ago. Once over the rocks it goes through a saddle back and then up to a small peak. From there you go down. Seriously down. Steep and sandy down. Until you reach the river. The Talon had no issues with the foot or so of water on the crossing.
Beautiful scenery and a great lunch spot. The 2 grandsons had a ball running around in the shallow split in the river. After lunch we headed along the trail downstream to Longwater. We had a tributary to cross before we got to the Longwater crossing. A little deeper, but still not too bad. The third and final crossing was shall we say a bit deeper. We had a volunteer wade across to check it out. It was waist deep a one point. We foolishly crossed anyway. Water was lapping over the hood for a little bit.
I used to blast up Longwater back in the day on a dirt bike. It's a long curvy uphill just made for WOT attacks. We went up a little less courageously than I used to, but still motored right along.
Metberry was an in and out ride where we had to turn around at the bottom and come back the same way we went in. Typical trail for the area except for a couple of 45 degree ledges where you skid at near lock up going down and approach wheel spin coming back. I was VERY impressed with the Talon's climbing ability on these as well. Low range 4 wheel drive and it went up with no drama what so ever.
We had a great ride with no issues and really let me scope out what the Talon can do. I'm totally confident the Talon will handle our trip to SW Colorado at the end of the month for the Alpine Loop and other passes. Maybe even Black Bear pass.
I'll post links to some video if I can get them sorted in the near future.
