I was fortunate enough to be invited to the 2009 Kawasaki Teryx 750
FI 4x4 Sport Press
Intro at the Boulder OHV Area in Arizona. The area is managed by
Arizona State Parks and the Bureau of Land Management. There
is a nice staging area where dry camping is also allowed.
The weather was just about
perfect, and I was quite impressed with the riding area.
Kawasaki had an 18 mile loop picked out for us to test the Teryx
Sport 750 FI. Arizona State Parks has marked the trails pretty well and also
provide a map of the area. Several of the trails are loops which
makes it real nice. The
terrain offered a good variety of trails to test the new Teryx
Sport. There were high speed wash runs, long steep hills (climbs and
descents), serious
whoops, g-outs, a small rock crawling section and some tight
corners. Lots of good stuff for evaluating the features found in the
2009 Teryx.
In the morning we broke into two groups of 4 or 5 and were lead by
one of the Kawasaki team. My group was lead by Justin Dawes, and
this was just fine with me. Justin probably has more time
behind the wheel of a Teryx than anyone in the world, so the pace
was fast. We took lots of stops for photos, and did not make it back
to the staging area until lunch.
After lunch, we had time to play around on our own. Kevin McNulty
(Petersen's 4Wheel &
Off-Road)
and I took off and did some fast riding in the opposite direction
that we took in the morning. We made it about half way around the
loop before seeing another lime green Teryx coming towards us in the
distance. Deciding it was best to avoid any potential for a
head on, we turned around. Kevin lead on the way back and it was fun
putting the Teryx through its' paces while trying to keep up with
Kevin.
The Kawasaki team put on a great
intro, and I really appreciated the opportunity to test the new
Teryx Sport.
Check out our ride review at: 2009 Kawasaki Teryx
750 FI 4x4 Sport Review
Kawasaki Teryx 750 FI 4x4 Sport
