Damn what a weekend, took the 500 to Oneida KY in the middle of the Daniel Boone National Forest. Rode with a large group of mostly dirt bikes I was the only 2 stroke Atv. When we got to camp it was 9:30 Friday night and after unloading the 500 a crowd gathered it immediately got fired up and ripped through camp by a few friends. I was made several offeres to trade it for a 05 kicks start trx450r, a 400ex plus $2500, and a 06 yfz450r. We left camp Saturday morning around 9 am after I was requested to race a banshee (that broke during our 3rd race) a trx450r a ltr450 a ktm 300 dirt bike a yz450f a rm250 and a yz250. The Zilla went undefeated and none of the races were within 5-10 bike lengths. The 450's we're given a 5 bike length head start because they complained so much about how much gravel I blasted the banshee with, they still got blasted with gravel roost. All of this was supposed to have been recorded on a friends gopro none of it however was he accidentally hit the button twice so the video was 1 sec long after we uploaded it to the laptop big bummer!

The trails were very knarly lots of big rocks and deep side by side ruts two river crossings lots of mud holes and some really steep and long hill climbs. The start of the ride was a rough start, my first time having the 500 in trails what so ever (before or after the rebuild). It was a rough go getting used to the power and managing the wheel spin and front end lift. One thing that was very hard to get used to was the amount of power at low rpms the bike has compared to any other two stroke I've ever ridden. I could climb difficult long hills in 3rd gear and just lug my way up the hills. Once I realized this it made managing the power and riding the bike a lot easier.

All in all everything held together and the bike performed like a beast for an entire 9 hour ride. I did vibrate out some screws holding the plastic on. My airbox held up exceptionally well even through one river crossing that hand my motor under water with exception of the cylinder head. Was able to splash through mud holes and creek crossings at full speed. Well enough of my blabbing on to some photos and a video. Didn't take nearly as many photos or videos as I would've liked need to invest in a gopro for sure.

Yall look like a wild group! Lookin forward to a group ride.
Glad to hear she held up and kicked some ass! I have hard time believing you blew a ltr away that bad, would like to seen video switched riders and on different terrain so there couldn't be any bitchin.

So you blew away 450 and 250 dirtbikes too...?

That's cool to hear your Zilla made the trip without any problems to speak of. Usually I forget to tighten something.

Funny to hear your blasting your buddies to shreds!

The zook sounds great!

I bet that was an awesome trip after all of the troubles and challenges that you went through.

Hey, alfalfa, I mean buckwheat, ahhh..........buckeye, "love the hair man" I've kept up on your build and it's great to see ya put your zilla through the paces! Looks like ya had a blast, look forward to more....

Looks awesome man!  Great work.... I put some rubber washers under all the steel ones to sort of cushion and absorb some vibes.... Hopefully if I ever get mine done it will keep plastic from cracking.... It's doing a great job now as it sits in the garage! Lol

That's the way to represent !   Nice Job...and to think I was complaining to myself about getting a little sand off last weekend, Haha have fun.

Looks like a great time!  You did a good job on the zilla, a machine build right tends to be reliable.

If you wanna go next time there's a spring ride this spring.

Yall doin it somewhere in OH ?

Oh I'm making a trip up to Perry state park and wellsville next spring. I was referring to another ride where I went last weekend in the spring a big group gathering was what I was referring to in response to motoman. Gonna also be going to Attica Indiana to the badlands next spring as well.

Just got a video from one of the guys on the ride. It's really short but eff it I'm linking it.
And DP I don't know who all will be down to come my dad will likely have his can am by then my brother isn't the most experienced but he's as crazy as they come.