Author name: Brenna Baker

MORE Panther Creek 2018 Final round of MORE took place at Panther Creek in Tuscumbia, MO. The entire week leading up to the race it rained and rained. Surrounding areas received 8+ inches!! The hot topic at the shop was, is it going to be a mudder or will conditions be perfect? The drive to the race site showed a lot of signs of mud; water flowing over low water bridges and standing water in the parking lot. During the riders meeting, Steve claimed the property only received two inches of rain. My first thought was, is this “promoter talk” or was Leivan being legit. I was only concerned because I really wanted to wear my new RAD Fly Racing Special Edition Seafoam & Port gear. Anyways, I cornered Steve and his response was “unless you plan on riding behind someone and getting roosted like I did by Mackenzie Tricker, you’ll be fine”. I go out for my practice lap and conditions were slick but great. Tons of different line choices with a good flow, long uphills that you could let your bike eat. Just a little bit of everything. I was pumped for the race. During the Sportsman Intermediate race, I did not have a good start. I’m not really sure why, but I was slow at getting started. I had a few battles but just did not make any ground. A highlight of the race was, this long uphill with two humps in it. I jumped the first one and landed doing a wheelie. I COULD NOT GET MY FRONT END DOWN and it was not intentional. Little sketchy but super fun!! The Saturday ladies race is split into three classes, Ladies A, Ladies B, and Ladies +30. There was only 6 of us total so everyone wanted to do a one row start. I asked if I could start a minute behind them on my own row. I was told I could only do that if I start with my bike facing the opposite way of the direction to go. Of course, I was game for that! The trail was around 2 miles long and I did not do a practice lap. I was very unsure if I would pass all of the other ladies before the end of the first lap but I got it done. I ended up 1st in my class. Rain moved in Saturday night and into Sunday morning. Race started at 10:30 with drizzle coming down. The trail was a total of 16 miles long and we had only ridden around 6 miles of it the day before. It for sure had a lot more mud and slickness but was still very AWESOME! My day wasn’t the best but as Boyd told me mid-race “champions are built on their bad days”. I continued on and finished the day 6th in B. My dad, Steve, had a really rough race. He was chasing a fella in his class and decided it was time to make a pass. His line choice involved a super slick sideways log, watch out for those things. He ended up going down hard and described it as the fastest but longest wreck ever. It was painful and the bike had some damage. Luckily, there was great sweepers and one of them was able to get the bike fixed so he could finish 3rd in his class. Great job to all of our Beta & Sherco riders!! It has been an excellent season. Big thanks to the MORE crew for an outstanding race season. Action shot P/C : Stephanie Pratt Bonecutter Off Road Results Pro – Broc French 4th (Beta) Pro – Wyatt Bonecutter 5th (Sherco) A – Chris Cassil 3rd (Sherco) A – Colton Pratt 6th (Sherco) A+35 – Steve Bonecutter 3rd (Beta) B – Tayler Bonecutter 6th (Beta) +50 – Roger Mackay 4th (Beta) C+30 – Wade Mislevich 2nd (Beta) C+30 – Travis Opie 5th (Sherco) C+40 – Steve Summers 7th (Beta) C+40 – Mike Rothganger 9th (Beta) C+40 – Brad Kress 10th (Beta) Sportsman Expert – Wyatt Bonecutter 2nd (Sherco)Sportsman Expert – Colton Pratt 3rd (Sherco) Sportsman Expert – Chris Cassil 4th (Sherco) Sportsman Expert – Steve Bonecutter 6th (Sherco) Sportsman Intermediate – Tayler Bonecutter 2nd (Beta) Sportsman Amateur – Wade Mislevich 4th (Beta) Sportsman Amateur +40 – Philip Burger 7th (Beta) Sportsman Amateur +40 – Rob Steele 10th (Beta) Ladies A – Tayler Bonecutter 1st (Beta) Ladies +30 – Missy Bonecutter 2nd (Beta) More Posts Back To Blog Page

Wrench Tip Wednesday: Cleaning an Air Filter If you consider yourself a “dirt biker”, a good habit to have is, always check your air filter after every ride or race. If your race/ride was not dusty it MIGHT not be necessary to clean but when the filter does need to be cleaned, it can no longer do its job of stopping dirt. For starters, figure out where your air filter is located. It varies from bike to bike. On Beta’s you just remove the LH side cover and boom it’s there. Sherco’s have their air filters underneath the seat. Once you find the air filter, be sure to inspect it, if it looks ragged and falling apart safe to say it is time for a new one. Take a clean bowl or pan and pour some of your favorite cleaner in it, sometimes a small amount can go a long way. Lots of good options out there, such as Maxima, Bel Ray, and No Toil. Some brands recommend to use their air filter oil with their cleaners for best results. Soak the dirty air filter in the cleaner. Foam filter cleaners gets the oil and most of the dirt off. Next, use some warm soapy water to rinse the rest of the dirt out of the filter. Gently ring it out. Before it can be installed the filter needs to be completely dry, so go ahead and hang it up to let it air dry. While the air filter is out of the air box, it is a good idea to clean it up as well. Twin Air makes an air filter plug for almost all bikes out there. Install it and use a degreaser to get it cleaned. Now that you have a dry, clean air filter refer to last weeks blog post to install. More Posts Back To Blog Page

Muddobbers National Enduro 2018 Round 9 of NEPG took place in Matthews, IN. It was my first time to the covered bridge and the trail was very enjoyable. The conditions were borderline perfect; not a lot of dust, good moisture in the dirt, and not a ton of mud. The temperatures were in the lower 70’s and sunny skies, very ideal. In the first test, the sun was still low enough it was very blinding. The tight, winding trees were hard to maneuver with lack of vision. After test two, the sun was no an issue. I don’t remember a lot of details about every test expect having fun in all of them. There were lots of chances to open the bikes up and “let them eat” in the fast corn and soybean field sections. Test four had a lot of creek crossings and the dirt was on the muddier side. I chose my lines well and did not get stuck in any of the mud holes. I stayed off the ground majority of the day and overall rode really well. I had a blast and can’t wait to go back! Big thanks to Frank Leivan and Boyd for chasing us around all day. It took nine rounds before a pit mess up happened. Frank claims they were lost for 12 miles on the way to end of test 4 but got it figured out and was sitting there ready to pit at the end of test 5….waiting for the famous butt chewing! Steve Bonecutter claims, riding through the corn fields were wild! The corn was so tall and couldn’t see the next corner and he just thought that was the coolest thing ever! Bonecutter Off Road Results A open – Wyatt Bonecutter 20th A 30+ – Broc French 10th A 40+ – Steve Leivan 2nd A 40+ – Scott Boyer 5th A 50+ – Steve Bonecutter 6th Womens Elite – Tayler Bonecutter 4th Action Shot Photo Credit – Patrick Smith More Posts Back To Blog Page