It was off to Florida for a boys weekend away. There was 4 of us in Johnny's truck with trailer behind for the 7 hour drive to Croom on the west side of Florida, close to the Gulf of Mexico.
I was having a good run at Croom, typical arm pump first section which always happens.. Only dropped 2 points in the six mile section before the petrol break. That is real good for me in sand..
Then after the petrol break, the 14 miler. I had my first KTM mechanical failure
about 1 mile into the section i heard a crack noise while negotiating a series of whoops. Then noticed the back end felt funny.. I pulled over thinking I had got a flat tire.. No, but I did find the spring on the shock is sitting on the bottom shock pivot....
On closer inspection it turns out the lower spring retainer has broken, taken out the retain snapring and collapsed the shock... I only had about 2" of suspension travel and ground clearance like a XR80. I finished the next 13 miles of the section and dropped a 25. But it beat me to death. So I called it a day and went back to camp, missing the last 18 mile section.
