Woods Racing, need to refuel?

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UpsMan · #1 Post by **UpsMan** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:03 am

I'm entering a harescramble this weekend. It lasts an hour and a half. Will I need to stop and refuel during the race? I have a 450 with Timbo porting.

thedeatons · #2 Post by **thedeatons** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:10 am

We go at least three hours in the sand dunes, wide open climbing big hills. That's with 432s, 450s, and 460s, some Timbo ported. We get home with plenty left. Hope that helps.

I would take a Camelback full of gas and sell it to the Banshees that run out halfway. You might make some good money!!

UpsMan · #3 Post by **UpsMan** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:01 am

Three hours, wow, thats lots better than I was expecting. I really had no idea. I usually only ride 10-15 minutes at a time, and thats on a mx track.

UpsMan · #4 Post by **UpsMan** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:02 am

For the banshees, maybe I should bring a tow strap?

kdeal · #5 Post by **kdeal** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:52 pm

Happyboy · #6 Post by **Happyboy** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:46 pm

our harescrambles are 2+ hours and I make it fine on a full tank. I usually have about 20% of my fuel left at the end of the race.

UpsMan · #7 Post by **UpsMan** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:45 pm

Excellent. That is good to know. Now I need to find another excuse to pit. I could come in and tell everyone, "Its making a funny noise so I thought I'd come in and grab some water and check it over."

jesshamner · #8 Post by **jesshamner** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:41 pm

I agree. I have never had to refuel during a race and my total times have been as much as 3:05:00.

Canniboomer · #9 Post by **Canniboomer** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:35 pm

...first 'dale trip to Glamis, my son and I got all turned around coming back at night. Using a radio tower beacon near Yuma for a landmark, we were nearly 3 hours out before I realized we had entered restricted tortoise habitat (or maybe it was reserved for the spotted Sonoran Gecko!, I dont recall). After a time, I could finally see ANOTHER beacon about 10 miles away -- heading back toward that instead for many miles and never seeing other ATV tracks, we then spotted yet ANOTHER beacon -- sheesh! Anyway, the last half hour was spent towing in his Warrior, and we finally made it back on the Cannondale, with a few ounces of fuel to spare. I felt dumb of course, but was really amazed at the Cannondale fuel range.

thedeatons · #10 Post by **thedeatons** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:30 am

If you use a Camelback Mule (100 oz. bladder) you should be fine for three hours. I believe some have an even larger bladder than that. You could do some serious catch-up by never pitting ya know....