Quadzilla LT500s attack Utah's Little Sahara State Park's Sand Mountain Monster Dune!
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- I know, I know. I finally had a chance to sit and edit. Yea yea yea....
A cool damp September day spent ripping around Little Sahara State Park's Sand Mountain in Utah. After a rain soaked night, multiple technical difficulties we managed to get about 40 miles in before we had to pull up the tent stakes and head to Coral Pink. I'll have video from that portion of the trip posted sometime in the next 6 months :)
This is my first time using the GoPro telemetry info. It's pretty interesting stuff and I think it made for a neat addition to the video. It definitely allowed us to see the change in elevation as well as how fast we are actually going vs how fast you think you are going. At least as accurate as the GoPro's GPS is.
So is it 700ft tall like they claim? I think it most definitely is, but you won't find a 700ft straight up hill climb situation. That said it is still a long haul up the face of it!
I can’t believe how epic your conditions were! A never ending hot wheels track! Awesome video man 🤘
Thank you, the riding definitely made up for the muddy disaster that camp was!
That's it, take a week or two off more and go to Glamis
I wish I could! I’ve been there twice. I still have footage to post of a rip I took from wash 10 to the border wall and back. I wasn’t to say it was 82 miles.
@@QuadGuyCy I think I talked to you before I have a lt500 for sale because I'm sitting in a hospital getting chemo
I believe we have and I’m sorry to hear that sir, that’s not a fun road. It’s one I’ve been down myself a few times with friends and family members. Stay strong.
How recent was this trip? “The steep side” is what us locals call the face.
Last fall, towards the end of September. It's a long face that's for sure!
@@QuadGuyCy That’s cool you guys made it out, that is a long trip. You doing a big group trip this year?
@@Joerelaxx That was a long trip, we hit Coral Pink after Sand Mountain. I still have lots of footage from that day to edit as well. Packing up and heading to St. Anthony end of the week.
Which place is your favorite?
@@bradpowell843 for sure little Sahara
Still have my dad’s LT and it’s 106 miles from my place. Love Jericho
Great video. Thanks for posting. It’s nice to hear some zillas since I sold mine!
Sold it? Oh no!! Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it.
Great vid. Subscribed. I’m in the market for LT500R. Found one 1987. Are parts available for it. Checked some websites that say discontinued. Where do you buy parts? Who do you recommend?
Thanks for subscribing! Parts are getting harder to find. We mostly buy what we can when we can find them. Several of us have been buying these for years and have hoarder parts for a long time. That said it’s still tough times. Check out some Facebook groups.
If you go on a big weekend it’s so fun. But is SOOO packed awesome you got it all to yourself. When it’s packed the dunes are really choppy
I bet it does get pretty beat up when busy
You need to try st. Anthony’s next
I've been there 5 times, will be there again in a little over a week!
If you're going to drive that far for dunes go to Idaho. There isn't anything like st Anthony Idaho. Little Sahara, Glamis, ect don't compare.
Been there about 10 times now and you are correct! Videos of those trips a little older so probably didn’t show up.
yall should play on the back side. find a place called sunset. that hill is very steep and then ride the roller coaster, its a s form of huge dunes that link together. i live a hour from the utah sand dunes and i try and go every other weekend.ill watch for yall and i bet if you ask any naive utah guy on the weekend to show you 9 times out of ten they would love to.
I wish I lived that close! We would have definitely asked but no one was around! I was hoping to be there next week but I had to bow out of this trip so I could watch my son race this weekend.
Best Zillas in the world
Thanks Tom!
Hahaha! I used to rip my CR500 top the top, and then watch the shit show below!
I can imagine on a busy day that it's a heck of a show!
I love riding in bowls. It's like a roller coaster with sand in ur teeth.
And the bowls just keep going and going there!
Basically a private mountain.. Bad sand with the rain.
Pretty much, was one person there not in our group. Luckily the wind had smoothed out the sand before the rain so it was actually pretty awesome.
Ever been to the dunes in Elpaso, Texas
Haven’t made it there yet!
Utah has a lot of great places to ride. If you go around the back side of the mountain there are a lot of trails. You should also try Coral Pink Sand Dunes, which is further south. It has some big dunes too but is more scenic. It also has better camping accommodations.
They really do! We’ve talked about bringing some dirt tires some time but our inner sand addicts keep saying no! I’ve been to Coral Pink twice. My next video will be content from there actually. It’s a really beautiful place but imho one of the most dangerous dune fields I’ve ridden. In one of my older videos there’s footage of a friend of mine who almost rode his last ride there.
Couldn't ask for better sand conditions.
After having dealt with the storm the night before couldn’t have asked for a better day!!
We do a lot of desert racing out there on our bikes
It’s an awesome place I can’t wait to go back!
Ride there all the time! So fun to rip.
It was a blast, hope to go back next year!
Utah has some pink sand in the south!
You mean Coral Pink?
How are those elkas up front?
For the price they are hard to beat imho. 22 years ago the Elka Legacy series was their high end stage 3 shock. I bought a set back then for my 400ex. They were about $3500 back then. That set has been rebuilt 4 times. On the Zilla they are definitely an improvement on the front end, the stock Zilla rear shock is a decent shock. If you have one that’s nice enough to be rebuilt, have it sprung for your weight they work well but the cost maybe almost the same as just purchasing a new Elka Legacy rear.
Awesome video Cyrus. Can’t wait to make it out there with you guys.
Well hurry up! 😊
Grew up going to little Sierra
So lucky!!
Can't beat the quadzilla
It’s definitely my favorite!!
Simplemente asombroso!! 😍
Was i the only one screaming to downshift
Maybe? But the question is where were you screaming that? 😁
Zilla's are fun bikes. My buddy still has one in great shape. Actually saw one for sale locally on Market place today. Pretty good shape over all. Wanted 5,500. Thinking about it.
They are my favorite for the sand. $5500 isn’t too bad if it’s in nice shape. It’s crazy what prices have done on them as well as just about any 2 stroke atv.
Just found the video as a suggestion that came up. Great footage and editing, gained a subscriber👌🏻
Thank you for the compliments and for subbing! Working on the video for the second part of this trip.
@@QuadGuyCy can't wait. We don't have the Godzilla in South Africa so it's always nice to see properly done videos of them especially in the sand where they belong 👍🏻
I like the shot looking back...
Thanks, I think it’s a cool perspective, trying to see if I can top it.
Cool video, that place is beautiful! If you have never been to Glamis you owe it to your self to go there, it is not much farther.
I’ve been there a couple of times. Last trip we took a rip from wash 10 to the border wall and back. Was over 80 miles, still need to make a video out of the footage. I love going there and getting away from the hot spots, there’s so much to see.
Good video, good times, good camera view. I was there 20yrs ago. Seems like yesterday, would like to make it back again.
I need to head back myself. Maybe in 2024!
Damn....makes me miss my 250/500 hybrid now! I see that Dr Q pipe on one of those zillas!😊
Only one Q pipe? Are you sure it was only one? :)
Those quadzillas are amazing! Great video Man!
Thanks, they are my favorite! Thanks for watching!
Great video man! I def need to get out west!
I highly recommend it!
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You should have that looked at.
Don’t worry that sign right after visitors center never changes being a regular out there 😂
lol, we had a feeling that it wasn’t very accurate!
Dang you guys had the entire place to yourselves, it's usually pretty packed out there especially in the fall.
We were incredibly lucky It was a perfect day. Was well worth it after dealing with the storms that night.
Damn, you explored a lot of that area. Its really fun to get there on an off weekend and see no one.
We tried! Place was empty so we were ripping pretty good. Only had one day so had to make it worth it!
@@QuadGuyCy I live in Salt Lake city so we would go there every weekend for a long time.
@@ianbergman965 I wish I lived that close! These 2.5 day drives can get old! Ever make it to Coral Pink? While not the tallest dunes I consider that place some of the sketchiest dunes I’ve ridden. I’ll have a video from that part of the trip up eventually.
@@QuadGuyCy i have made it there once. its hard to pass little Sahara to get to Coral Pink. Have you been to St Anthony? those are incredible.
@@ianbergman965 I can understand that! I say Coral Pink is the sketchiest sand I’ve ridden. Lots of weird formations and that different color sand I find incredibly hard to read. I’ll actually be at St. Anthony next week.
Great video! I broke down and bought a razor because i thought 50 year olds were supposed to mello out, but I still kinda prefer to rip around on the quads.
Come on out to the Oregon dunes...
I certainly hope not! I’m less then a year away from that! We’ve been talking about an Oregon trip but haven’t made it passed the talking part.
@QuadGuyCy The Oregon dunes aren't the most extreme dunes, bust easily the most beautiful. And there is so much to see on the Oregon coast.
@@jcapen1 That’s been part of the discussion. How do we transport all our quads and our Harley’s so we can do both? Also with drive time we feel we need 2 weeks minimum.
@QuadGuyCy If you have enough cargo trailer space and don't need a rv , there are some good airbnb options with dune access. You could easily stay busy for two weeks. If you are planning to camp, count on a little rain, but there are some great options. I have a connection for a great spot with full hookups that runs a bit less than some of the other campgrounds.
😅 not to brag it’s 20 miles from my house 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
LUCKY!!
@@QuadGuyCy looks like you guys got all the tools you could carry but if you guys come out next, let me know. I got a pretty big shop in my backyard.
I need to make my way down there for a rip!
It was a a lot fun!
9:12 you just gonna ignore the tornado? Lol🌪️
Haha just ignore that!! Actually I think it’s a power station I’m not sure, but it could totally be a tornado!
Looks like a great day!
It was an awesome day!
Cool video! Love those LT500’s
Thank you!
I couldn’t imagine living that far from good dune riding. I’m blessed to live in Oregon where it’s not that far to go to all the great dunes in the west
It’s a struggle man! It really is!
Holy crap those are freaking dinosaurs 🦖
Lol the quads or the dunes?
@@QuadGuyCy your quads, I've got nothing but love for them tho, when it's busy down there it's like 99% Polaris Gayzers running around.
@@samcobuggies984 I love me some Dinosaurs! 🦖 I also have no love for the Polaris stuff. I’ve worked on several. I still don’t understand how a company who made some of the worst atvs in existence became the number 1 choice in extreme golf carting.
Awesome video!
Thanks!
What part of Ohio are you in?
Northeast.
Think an LT250r or a KFX700 would make those hills or have fun out there?
You could definitely have fun. As for the big hills, depends how stock the 250R is, we've had a few in our group climb Choke Cherry in St. Anthony but they're not stock. I've never ridden a KFX so I can't really speak to how it would do. There is lots of riding there aside from the big hills, I can't imagine not being able to find some fun no matter what you're on.
Any quad with paddles can climb most of the stuff and bowl all the bowls. The trails to the left go all the way to the backside. The trails on top are great and drop over to the backside in a spot or two or you just take the long way around which is better so you will see a lot more riding.
Where in Ohio are you from? I am in Cleveland
South of Akron