We got our new T4 the day after Christmas. I took delivery of it at Fun Bike Center in San Diego. They have a good team over there that I would recommend, I tend to dislike big dealers, but FBC was a bit different.
We promptly loaded the freshly minted piece into the trailer and headed to Glamis for an easy easy break in. I'm pretty anal about treating my toys right out of the gate and the using the heck out out of them for the duration of their lives. Some things are better left for the race car on the track, but this T4 will do its fair share of chores around the ranch and safely totting the family around the dune and through the Rubicon.
I put a whopping 1.8 hours on her at <20mph. The dunes look surprisingly different and intimidating at that speed. Traveling half throttle all day was a first for me. I really enjoyed it, and need to slow down a little more often.
We were able to crawl up olds at less than 15mph aired down, fully loaded with the family, locked out front and rear while only using half throttle. I was kind of surprised at the way she crawled out. Another first...
I was a bit surprised at how much more room the T4 had than the our 1973 Baja Bug. The video shows the perspective.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j324n5S24zQ]Sammy in LORENZstudioDesign Baja Bug - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4oCeAvSdM]Sammy's sees her first dune - YouTube[/ame]
I'll be stripping the minimalist KAWASAKI Graphics off down to the sweet looking green flake paint and adding our own design that will look similar to the race car and team colors. Reflective blue and red make photos pop. It should be interesting over the green flake base.
We promptly loaded the freshly minted piece into the trailer and headed to Glamis for an easy easy break in. I'm pretty anal about treating my toys right out of the gate and the using the heck out out of them for the duration of their lives. Some things are better left for the race car on the track, but this T4 will do its fair share of chores around the ranch and safely totting the family around the dune and through the Rubicon.
I put a whopping 1.8 hours on her at <20mph. The dunes look surprisingly different and intimidating at that speed. Traveling half throttle all day was a first for me. I really enjoyed it, and need to slow down a little more often.
We were able to crawl up olds at less than 15mph aired down, fully loaded with the family, locked out front and rear while only using half throttle. I was kind of surprised at the way she crawled out. Another first...
I was a bit surprised at how much more room the T4 had than the our 1973 Baja Bug. The video shows the perspective.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j324n5S24zQ]Sammy in LORENZstudioDesign Baja Bug - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4oCeAvSdM]Sammy's sees her first dune - YouTube[/ame]
I'll be stripping the minimalist KAWASAKI Graphics off down to the sweet looking green flake paint and adding our own design that will look similar to the race car and team colors. Reflective blue and red make photos pop. It should be interesting over the green flake base.
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