{"id":209,"date":"2008-10-17T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trailmoto.com\/?p=209"},"modified":"2008-10-19T21:54:11","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T03:54:11","slug":"beaver-gibson-basin-beaver-creek-last-ride-on-the-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Beaver &#8211; Gibson Basin &#8211; Beaver Creek, Last ride on the X&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to put my bike up for sale on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/index.php?nid=13\">KSL Classifieds<\/a>, so I&nbsp; gave it a good cleaning and took some pictures.&nbsp; The next day, I hit Chaz up to go get muddy around Beaver Creek.&nbsp; It was a lot of fun and by the time I got home, I had 3 messages on the answering machine from interested buyers.&nbsp; I showed it to the first guy that called and he decided to buy it, he&#8217;s planning to take it to Baja next month&#8230; I&#8217;m jealous!<\/p>\n<p>There were a lot of people in campgrounds getting ready for the first day of the hunt, but we only saw one other 4-wheeler on the trail the whole ride.&nbsp; Some of the sections were pretty greasy, but overall the conditions were great!<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_13021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_13021.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>For Sale &#8211; SOLD!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/picture-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/picture-1.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_1319.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_1319.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_1325.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_1325.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_1330.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_1330.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\"><object height=\"319\" width=\"400\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iMiZF25FaXE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iMiZF25FaXE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"319\" width=\"400\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 450X was an awesome bike, I really had a lot of fun on it for the past 3 years.&nbsp; If I was a poet, perhaps I would pen an &#8220;Ode to the X&#8221;&#8230; but the best I could come up with is: <i>There once was a man who rode an X, said it was the best thing next to *ahem*&#8230; nevermind&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>So, for the next little bit I&#8217;m going to be &#8220;retro-posting&#8221; all the rides that I have data for from the past couple of years, as well as working on and completing the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/trailmoto.com\/?page_id=129\">Trail Guide<\/a>&#8221; section of this site.  I plan to get another bike next spring (currently planning on a KTM 450 XC-W), but have a few goals I would like to accomplish over the winter: <\/p>\n<p>1) Lose 30lbs and get in shape BEFORE riding season so the first half of the season isn&#8217;t wasted <br \/>2) Upgrade some of my riding gear and tools before I get the next bike&#8230; while I&#8217;m not paying my monthly moto parts tax <br \/>3) I really should buy another house one of these days, condo life sure has a LOT of perks though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If any of you have a &#8220;hookup&#8221; with a KTM dealer and want to see if we can get a discount on multiple bikes or something, make sure you let me know!&nbsp; Thanks to all I&#8217;ve ridden with and until my next bike, later alligator&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to put my bike up for sale on KSL Classifieds, so I&nbsp; gave it a good cleaning and took some pictures.&nbsp; The next day, I hit Chaz up to go get muddy around Beaver Creek.&nbsp; It was a lot of fun and by the time I got home, I had 3 messages on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trails"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailmoto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}