Desert 100
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bowhunter007
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I just got 2 calls, with ride reports...dust, dust, & more dust.
StuJohnson
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Great Video... I love watching the starts.
For those of you that have never been. It is a must. It is a pasture in the middle of no where, that literally turns into a city. Last year there were just over 6800 people who paid the entry fee at the gate!!!
Absolute Chaos!!!
For those of you that have never been. It is a must. It is a pasture in the middle of no where, that literally turns into a city. Last year there were just over 6800 people who paid the entry fee at the gate!!!
Absolute Chaos!!!
liv2day
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That was a cool vid - holy carp there are a ton of bikes going out!
Looks like the weather was great, at least the wind was blowing some of the dust out of the way...lol. I wouldn't have wanted to start from the back though.
It sounds and looks like a great event, have to see if I can get a group of the guys I ride with to make the trek some year.
Looks like the weather was great, at least the wind was blowing some of the dust out of the way...lol. I wouldn't have wanted to start from the back though.
It sounds and looks like a great event, have to see if I can get a group of the guys I ride with to make the trek some year.
bowhunter007
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pscook & I have both ridden with Chris. Here's his POV of the start. If you've never been, it's an interesting watch. Watch from 10:00 min...That's where the day gets interesting
http://youtu.be/QzgKDxgefgs
http://youtu.be/QzgKDxgefgs
firffighter
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Raced it about 5 years ago. Had a blast. Little crazy, but very cool experience. I'll do it again someday, just such a long drive and long weekend.
One of those unique experiences that is a must do if you live in the NW!
One of those unique experiences that is a must do if you live in the NW!
StuJohnson
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You know what is hard to tell from that video is that those 3 guys that are racing for the "hole shot" are literally in top gear and basically wide open throttle. And the pasture is full of huge soap weeds and rocks.
This may not sound true or you don't believe but the first wave of bikes are literally strung out in a line nearly 1 mile long. You park your bike and shut if off about 20 feet from the barb wire fence line. You then stand with your hand on the barb wire, a canon blow and you run like hell to your bike start it and away hundreds of bikes take off headed for a hole shot that is about 20 feet wide!!!!
Like said above, you have to see it to believe and to witness it.
This may not sound true or you don't believe but the first wave of bikes are literally strung out in a line nearly 1 mile long. You park your bike and shut if off about 20 feet from the barb wire fence line. You then stand with your hand on the barb wire, a canon blow and you run like hell to your bike start it and away hundreds of bikes take off headed for a hole shot that is about 20 feet wide!!!!
Like said above, you have to see it to believe and to witness it.
pscook
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The dust was terrible. I had more dust inside my (brand new Smith!) goggles than outside. Silt, rocks, terrible visibility and a failing clutch master cylinder prevented me from running the second lap.
My first lap was 2:45, which was a lot better than some (race leader completed his first lap at 2:00-ish). My nephew got a rear flat at mile 20, and he rode it out. True spirit on that kid.
I am not physically beat, only one small blister, but I am disappointed that I couldn't go out for another lap. I just didn't trust my clutch enough to take another spin at it. However, that Lectron is a magic fuel generating machine. On the stock tank, after 50 (slow) miles, I drained out 1 gallon of fuel. My nephew, on his 1999 KTM 300 with stock tank, had to add fuel about three miles from the finish. Crazy.
I will be there next year, come hell or high water. Two laps or bust!
Edit: "Only" 800 riders started the first wave. Also, I saw several big ADV bikes staging for the second wave. Them cats are crazy.
I'll post my videos later.
My first lap was 2:45, which was a lot better than some (race leader completed his first lap at 2:00-ish). My nephew got a rear flat at mile 20, and he rode it out. True spirit on that kid.
I am not physically beat, only one small blister, but I am disappointed that I couldn't go out for another lap. I just didn't trust my clutch enough to take another spin at it. However, that Lectron is a magic fuel generating machine. On the stock tank, after 50 (slow) miles, I drained out 1 gallon of fuel. My nephew, on his 1999 KTM 300 with stock tank, had to add fuel about three miles from the finish. Crazy.
I will be there next year, come hell or high water. Two laps or bust!
Edit: "Only" 800 riders started the first wave. Also, I saw several big ADV bikes staging for the second wave. Them cats are crazy.
I'll post my videos later.
GasGasDreamer
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desert riding is sooooo much more than this type of terrain.
i used to live/ride the muck on the east coast.
the desert [las vegas, etc] has so much varied terrain so close to each other.
sand dunes, single track, technical climbs, nuts downhills, mountain top ridgeline, goat trails, washes that go from the 'open' desert to where the mountains join [my favorite, can barely walk thru it, then you ride, oh yeah].
im just adding my 2 cets and/or general info.
i used to live/ride the muck on the east coast.
the desert [las vegas, etc] has so much varied terrain so close to each other.
sand dunes, single track, technical climbs, nuts downhills, mountain top ridgeline, goat trails, washes that go from the 'open' desert to where the mountains join [my favorite, can barely walk thru it, then you ride, oh yeah].
im just adding my 2 cets and/or general info.
pscook
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When I get my videos edited down it will show buttes, single track, washes, rocks (and more rocks), gullies, open fields, sand, gravel roads, all of the stuff you mentioned.
That aerial view is just the first 3-4 miles of the 50 mile loop, which is what the first 15 miles encompassed. But after that, it got out into some great terrain with many different aspects and features.
pscook
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Here's the thread I just started-
http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=132032#post132032
http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=132032#post132032
