Four-stroke engines struggle on technical single track terrain like Prescott's Sevenmile Gulch because they lack the high-revving power delivery and immediate throttle response of two-stroke engines, making it difficult to maintain momentum through tight, rocky sections and steep climbs where quick power bursts are essential for maintaining speed and control.
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Added:What's up, boys? This is Desert DRZ. I'm with Apex Dave. We're heading out to Seven Mile Gulch to rip some sick trails after this rain we just got.
>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Woo!
Hands are warming up.
They're not for 2 weeks.
Oh, yeah.
>> [snorts] >> Oh, it's slick.
Woo.
>> It did not go the way I wanted it to.
>> [laughter] >> It's slick.
>> I was on the left. I was supposed to be over here.
>> Dude, it's so it's like ice.
Bro, the rocks are literally ice.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh my god.
This is definitely the harder line.
Wow.
So easy to do it.
>> Nice.
>> Nice.
>> A rider, huh?
>> Yeah, they're A riders.
>> Look at that, dude.
What's the deal?
Yeah.
Oh.
>> Wow.
>> Nice.
>> That was nice.
Oh, here comes fun.
>> Right there. Right there. Right there.
Right there.
>> Now, this is the sketchy part. Okay.
>> Motor it up the next ledge.
>> All right.
>> So.
Ready?
>> Oh, [ __ ] >> You good?
>> Yep. Yep. I slipped.
Thanks, dude.
What's going One.
Two.
>> That's it. Right there.
Yeah. It's perfect.
>> [ __ ] yeah.
>> Ready?
>> Yep.
>> Three, two, one.
All the way.
>> All the way.
>> Woo.
It's always >> All right, boys. It's raining.
Raining to split the rock.
Right trees. Look at those lines.
>> [ __ ] There you go, Dave.
>> Yep.
>> Thanks, man.
All right, Dave.
Oh, [ __ ] Woo, [ __ ] >> You good, buddy?
>> Oh, yeah. I'm good.
I almost fell off.
My my glove lost grip and then I whiskey throttle and then I >> Uh-oh.
>> fell off to the right.
>> Sorry.
>> Oh, it's a full arm pump, dude.
Oh, yeah.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> She's coming.
All right, I'll follow you boys down.
Just wait for me at the bottom.
>> Sounds good.
>> Oh, [ __ ] you.
Not low enough. That sucked.
>> Must be new.
New track.
Give me the track.
Thanks.
Woah.
There you go.
Nice.
You got it.
Ooh.
>> All right, we're going.
Woo!
All right.
>> That was hard, bro.
>> Right?
I came up on that hill and I was like, "Whoa, this is steep." Right?
Put it in first.
>> Hell yeah.
>> I'll behave.
>> That was sick, huh?
>> That was fun.
>> I like that one.
Woo!
All right. All right.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
All right, bud.
Woo.
It's right.
>> [music] >> Ooh.
>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Ooh.
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