RubiAR
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Happy 4th everyone! Finished a trail ride on 3B in Eureka Springs, AR yesterday. Quite a fiasco, but nonetheless still adrenaline-pumping fun.
Their trail markings are Green (Easy), Blue (Moderate) and Black (Extreme), so no real differences there; but then they have Polaris & Polaris w/ and X, mainly to help prevent their rentals from going on trails deemed too risky or damaging to their own equipment. The wife and I hit nothing but Greens and Blues as their Blacks were 10 out of 10. Even with a 6" lift, skid plates, 37s and a winch, I dont think I would be comfortable with most of them. The most disappointing issue we had was that all of their points of interest required taking Blacks. We tried every direction (like 5 separate trails) to get to a waterfall, but found every one of them was a no-go.
The Rubicon did awesome as expected otherwise. But as we finally gave up getting to the waterfall and rode a few trails we hadn't hit yet, we were heading back on their main route, some of which was still very high Blue areas. As I was making a sharp turn to follow the route back, I turned and hit something that felt like we had just rammed something with the bumper. The wife and I both looked at each other like WTF. Got out to look, and I had turned right over a cedar stump sticking up that had been right in my blind spot.
It perfectly slipped past my diff pumpkin and I rammed clean into it. It hit on the exhaust elbow in front of the skid bar. It pisses me off so much that they designed this exhaust like this. I'm probably just going to have this section cut out and then beefed up a bit. But they really need to have better protection for this area, especially since the skid bar is RIGHT BEHIND it, providing no defense whatsoever.
Great trip otherwise, but hitting something like this, not even on a technical area that we were on high alert for, is a kick in the nuts.
Their trail markings are Green (Easy), Blue (Moderate) and Black (Extreme), so no real differences there; but then they have Polaris & Polaris w/ and X, mainly to help prevent their rentals from going on trails deemed too risky or damaging to their own equipment. The wife and I hit nothing but Greens and Blues as their Blacks were 10 out of 10. Even with a 6" lift, skid plates, 37s and a winch, I dont think I would be comfortable with most of them. The most disappointing issue we had was that all of their points of interest required taking Blacks. We tried every direction (like 5 separate trails) to get to a waterfall, but found every one of them was a no-go.
The Rubicon did awesome as expected otherwise. But as we finally gave up getting to the waterfall and rode a few trails we hadn't hit yet, we were heading back on their main route, some of which was still very high Blue areas. As I was making a sharp turn to follow the route back, I turned and hit something that felt like we had just rammed something with the bumper. The wife and I both looked at each other like WTF. Got out to look, and I had turned right over a cedar stump sticking up that had been right in my blind spot.
It perfectly slipped past my diff pumpkin and I rammed clean into it. It hit on the exhaust elbow in front of the skid bar. It pisses me off so much that they designed this exhaust like this. I'm probably just going to have this section cut out and then beefed up a bit. But they really need to have better protection for this area, especially since the skid bar is RIGHT BEHIND it, providing no defense whatsoever.
Great trip otherwise, but hitting something like this, not even on a technical area that we were on high alert for, is a kick in the nuts.
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