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<blockquote data-quote="Rick at FMS" data-source="post: 1682716" data-attributes="member: 50533"><p>When I saw the title, I was like finally someone else who wasn't impressed with the course but then saw the sarcasm. I went last year and honestly didn't think it sucked but I wasn't very impressed when listening to everyone else hype it up. The views were fantastic though!</p><p></p><p>Guess my expectations going into it was higher that I anticipated. I did buy the insurance but after the course, I thought it was a waste of $95 but was looking at the peace of mind more than anything. I do agree with meeting great people and other raptor owners but the course to me was rather tame. I fully understand the reasoning though, they have a lot of newbie off-roader's so it needs to be tame. They kept you close together riding in each others dust (which kinda surprised me since you never really want to ride in dust) but that kept anyone from driving too fast too. The co-passenger with me didn't like any of the hill climbs and made him very nervous so he let me take the wheel on all of that so I actually got more seat time. I didn't care much for the trail control going up the mountain, I tried it as instructed but our instructor had us do left foot braking too and I preferred that way so much better that I never messed with trail control except one time going down hill to see how it worked.</p><p></p><p>And yes in the dirt, things can happen in a split of a second regardless how much experience you have. I unfortunately have rolled my GEN1 and it happened so quickly that I still think about it to this day. I run it through my head thinking what could I have done differently in those seconds to avoid it. Never underestimate the dirt or terrain. </p><p></p><p>I am glad I went and glad that you had a blast. It gave me something to do the day before heading off the following day with a group of more raptor owners to do the 3-day Pony Express run to Carson City.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick at FMS, post: 1682716, member: 50533"] When I saw the title, I was like finally someone else who wasn't impressed with the course but then saw the sarcasm. I went last year and honestly didn't think it sucked but I wasn't very impressed when listening to everyone else hype it up. The views were fantastic though! Guess my expectations going into it was higher that I anticipated. I did buy the insurance but after the course, I thought it was a waste of $95 but was looking at the peace of mind more than anything. I do agree with meeting great people and other raptor owners but the course to me was rather tame. I fully understand the reasoning though, they have a lot of newbie off-roader's so it needs to be tame. They kept you close together riding in each others dust (which kinda surprised me since you never really want to ride in dust) but that kept anyone from driving too fast too. The co-passenger with me didn't like any of the hill climbs and made him very nervous so he let me take the wheel on all of that so I actually got more seat time. I didn't care much for the trail control going up the mountain, I tried it as instructed but our instructor had us do left foot braking too and I preferred that way so much better that I never messed with trail control except one time going down hill to see how it worked. And yes in the dirt, things can happen in a split of a second regardless how much experience you have. I unfortunately have rolled my GEN1 and it happened so quickly that I still think about it to this day. I run it through my head thinking what could I have done differently in those seconds to avoid it. Never underestimate the dirt or terrain. I am glad I went and glad that you had a blast. It gave me something to do the day before heading off the following day with a group of more raptor owners to do the 3-day Pony Express run to Carson City. [/QUOTE]
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