Desert 100
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REVERUP
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Is there any advantage to signing up early for the Sunday race? I told my kid to wait even though it costs an extra $5 in case he brakes something riding the poker run on Saturday.
Beer garden and live band. I love this event
No real advantage except helps club out so they don't have 1,000 racers to sign up the weekend of. I'm sure it helps for all the racers waiting in line for sign up also.
Yep, fun weekend with a crazy amount of motorcycle fanatics!
Roscoe
firffighter
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I ran it 2 years ago on my KDX220! What a blast! My kids loved the poker run and kids races. It was a fun family event. We went with 4-5 other families. We did have one of the guys in our group get life flighted with a broken femur, collar bone and wrist as well as being knocked unconsious. It is a bit crazy!
Thinking of going with my 14 year old this year and doing the Ironman poker run with him. We'll see. Long drive.
Thinking of going with my 14 year old this year and doing the Ironman poker run with him. We'll see. Long drive.
...not sure if I'll be on the Gasser or the SM just to see the looks haha
REVERUP
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Thanks Tim. It'll be weird to not be a part of that series this year. My enduro buds have been giving me grief about it.
Ha ha not many stumps in the dez. My Gaerne's have been treating me well.
We have be reconstructing a new\old trail out there in the Tahuya for you all to smile about at the Blackbear. You know more of that good old CFMC singletrack.
You guys kick some but out there this weekend.
Roscoe
Ha ha not many stumps in the dez. My Gaerne's have been treating me well.
We have be reconstructing a new\old trail out there in the Tahuya for you all to smile about at the Blackbear. You know more of that good old CFMC singletrack.
You guys kick some but out there this weekend.
Roscoe
SpeedyManiac
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I'll be there along with a slew of other Canadians. Should be a fun weekend!
REVERUP
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It cant be any dustier than it was at the Frost Bite White knuckle weekend.
My air filter weighed like 3 pounds after a race. The silt was unbelievable there again.
It at least has been raining pretty good a couple times since that double header weekend over there.
But its also windy and there was not much snow pack to keep the ground below moist this winter. So we'll see, after the poker run with probably in the neighborhood of 3000 Saturday and 1000 racers on the course on Sunday, I'm guessing dust will be a huge factor no matter what.
Its part of desert racing.
Roscoe
My air filter weighed like 3 pounds after a race. The silt was unbelievable there again. It at least has been raining pretty good a couple times since that double header weekend over there.
But its also windy and there was not much snow pack to keep the ground below moist this winter. So we'll see, after the poker run with probably in the neighborhood of 3000 Saturday and 1000 racers on the course on Sunday, I'm guessing dust will be a huge factor no matter what.
Its part of desert racing.
Roscoe
REVERUP
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Getting bike ready for Desert 100 had a bit of a scare last night. Wrapped up my maintenance and I always fire it up for a final check. Fired up the bike and it started running like crap, spiting and sputtering then dead. 
It was running like that in the last race at the end but I had just wrote it off as a severely plugged air filter and limped in on my final lap.
Got up early this morning to try and sort it out. I knew it was electrical as I had already pulled the carb and cleaned it out and the coil had weak spark. So anyways to make a long story short I did many things cleaned stator, checking grounds, wires, etc... hours later I have a running bike Not sure what the problem was. Oh and I found a tiny nick in one of the regulators wires that may have been the culprit. So anyhow I was very stressed and grumpy, now I am back to upbeat and looking forward to the race.
HuskyDude my wife always gets a few Pics and I'll post em up after. The Stumpjumpers and others always take alot of photos and I'll post some of those also when they get them out.
Thanks Guys for wishing us luck out there! We will probably need some. I think it may have already paid of with my bike issue.
Roscoe
It was running like that in the last race at the end but I had just wrote it off as a severely plugged air filter and limped in on my final lap.Got up early this morning to try and sort it out. I knew it was electrical as I had already pulled the carb and cleaned it out and the coil had weak spark. So anyways to make a long story short I did many things cleaned stator, checking grounds, wires, etc... hours later I have a running bike Not sure what the problem was. Oh and I found a tiny nick in one of the regulators wires that may have been the culprit. So anyhow I was very stressed and grumpy, now I am back to upbeat and looking forward to the race.
HuskyDude my wife always gets a few Pics and I'll post em up after. The Stumpjumpers and others always take alot of photos and I'll post some of those also when they get them out.
Thanks Guys for wishing us luck out there! We will probably need some. I think it may have already paid of with my bike issue.
Roscoe
here's a link for one of the photographers that was on the course. I think there was more than one and I'll post links if I find others.
http://www.allanleahyphoto.com/Racing/Desert-100-2010/11812836_dqGJ6#835015090_Ne4pN
My son finished and was pretty happy about it. Haven't seen the times or places yet but he was somewhere around 4.5 hrs. Not bad considering biting off 100 miles for a first time race. No bike problems, broken plastic, or broken bones. 2 blisters was all!
http://www.allanleahyphoto.com/Racing/Desert-100-2010/11812836_dqGJ6#835015090_Ne4pN
My son finished and was pretty happy about it. Haven't seen the times or places yet but he was somewhere around 4.5 hrs. Not bad considering biting off 100 miles for a first time race. No bike problems, broken plastic, or broken bones. 2 blisters was all!
SpeedyManiac
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Jeff, tell him congrats. The Desert 100 is a rough first race! Thanks for saying hi at the finish, sorry I wasn't more talkative. 100 miles was a kick in the butt this year.
I can't believe how dusty it was this year. Way worse than the previous two years. The start was a major mess up as some people jumped the gun (err, cannon), but oh well. I still lucked out and had a decent start but rode pretty conservatively to 19th in the 250 class, not sure where overall.
Overall another great time, though next year I'm going to try and get a better camping spot with less dust. We arrived Friday night and there was way more people than last year! The Canadian crew did well - swept the 250 class podium, including a 3rd overall (who lead for about 15 minutes on a 250F!).
I can't believe how dusty it was this year. Way worse than the previous two years. The start was a major mess up as some people jumped the gun (err, cannon), but oh well. I still lucked out and had a decent start but rode pretty conservatively to 19th in the 250 class, not sure where overall.
Overall another great time, though next year I'm going to try and get a better camping spot with less dust. We arrived Friday night and there was way more people than last year! The Canadian crew did well - swept the 250 class podium, including a 3rd overall (who lead for about 15 minutes on a 250F!).
REVERUP
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Hey Jeff I heard you found and met my wife. Sucks our paths never crossed.
My race story is short I DNFed. My Gas Gas let me down about 60 miles in. A half mile after check 3. Man was I tired pushing that bike back cross country to the check. Not sure where the gremlin is yet but I got parts coming to cover all bases. I have a NMA series race this weekend so I need to get it sorted out pronto.
I got a bad start with the false start that happened. One of the course marshals held our section up, then said, oh just go after many, many racers were already under way and making a chocking dust screen. But I made some good decisions that helped me pass many riders, chunks at a time. Was riding good, it was one of those days where your just feeling it. my wife thinks I was in the top 50 or so after my first lap. Pulled my filter skin filled up with fuel and off and now I had clear sailing ahead with little dust then it happened, spit, sputter, miss, choke, cough, die, and my race was over. No spark
So I wait for another chance for revenge of Odessa, until next year.
Ill get some pics up when I have time, I did see I made the cut on Thumpertalks Desert 100 pic thread. That pic was just after my pit stop.
Roscoe
My race story is short I DNFed. My Gas Gas let me down about 60 miles in. A half mile after check 3. Man was I tired pushing that bike back cross country to the check. Not sure where the gremlin is yet but I got parts coming to cover all bases. I have a NMA series race this weekend so I need to get it sorted out pronto.
I got a bad start with the false start that happened. One of the course marshals held our section up, then said, oh just go after many, many racers were already under way and making a chocking dust screen. But I made some good decisions that helped me pass many riders, chunks at a time. Was riding good, it was one of those days where your just feeling it. my wife thinks I was in the top 50 or so after my first lap. Pulled my filter skin filled up with fuel and off and now I had clear sailing ahead with little dust then it happened, spit, sputter, miss, choke, cough, die, and my race was over. No spark
So I wait for another chance for revenge of Odessa, until next year.
Ill get some pics up when I have time, I did see I made the cut on Thumpertalks Desert 100 pic thread. That pic was just after my pit stop.
Roscoe
