Last night I had a chance to brush up on my quad riding. In short, I got beat up! During my riding in the last couple of weeks I had spent all of my time on a dirt bike. That riding was hard, but in a different way. It was hard because I was doing my best not to fall off of that beast or flip it over backwards. But it was easy to ride, it didn't weigh very much and it jumped like a champ.

This is much different for the quad that I rode. It was much heavier but easier to ride because I wasn't worried about falling off. It was different to jump though. Instead of flying relatively level, it really likes to nose down if you aren't on the gas coming off the jump. The hardest part about it was getting off the seat which was fine the first few times but then my quads started to burn just above my knee. I did get faster as the night went on and by the end was actually doing pretty well (in a relative sort of way).

Here are some pictures that were taken by my friend Harold Goodman.

Setting up for a jump.





















Time for take off












A soft landing and setup for the next section











Power slide




















Post practice grins with myself and the long suffering camera man.










Harold has been a great help over the last couple of weeks for getting ready for the Dunlop Drivers Cup.

Only a few days left until we leave, just enough time to get a few more runs in and some all important rest.