next ride was later that evening, went to the hill (Oldsmobile) to check the action, it really was not that much going on for a holiday weekend, we then went out for a bit of night ride, just cruising looking for smooth sand, found some! My friend, Roy was leading, everyone else just following, we ended up pretty far out for a night ride, one of the guys mentioned we'll know when the ride is over when I run out of gas
it was a good ride but my hands were getting pretty cold even with gloves, Roy's riding a quad and does not wear gloves, I think his hands must go numb and then it doesn't bother him.
and then, the last ride, it started off just getting through the small dunes behind the washes heading south, headed towards hill 5, that was the plan.
got into the good stuff and start to put some power down well this ride we were only about 1/3 into it when BANG, BAng, bang, and shut down, not what you want to hear on a ride, get out of the pilot and check out what happened, as it turns out the primary clutch exploded, and what I mean by that is shrapnel flying, we found a big chunk, and upon reviewing the video I can see many pieces hitting the sand, 3 times on the hook is too many.
back at camp, upon further inspection, found that a large chunk hit and damaged the battery box, destroyed my new battery and put a sizable dent in the gas tank sump, also noticed that the Farr
Engine mount has some cracks in it, I'm thinking the cracks are a result of powder coating, I believe the vibrations shook through the thickness of the coating and then that in turn made the Engine mount nuts loose which could not do it any good.
the good news is that the Gas tank is only dented, no hole or gouges and since the battery was only bought days earlier from Walmart I figured there was no harm in seeing if they would exchange or refund, to my surprise, full refund
And now for repairs, need to get another clutch, trying to contact Farr to see if they have a new mount to purchase, I may just end up repairing with doubler plates, battery box, maybe buy another or maybe repair, got to be ready for super bowl weekend! that is the next trip, anyone want to join us you're welcome to.
and I know I still need to upload videos, that will happen by Monday.