Ideas needed for Spring Ride

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Rod Overstreet

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So GasGas Man and I have been kicking around the idea of having a GASGAS RiDER Rally, sometime in the spring. Just a casual get together, someplace that would offer a good 2-3 days of riding in an epic location.

He has suggested Durham Town Plantation in GA, and I must agree that would be a good spot, but how many of the GGRC members would make the trip? Would the majority prefer a more western location? Personally I would love the opportunity of going back to Colorado for a 3 day adventure around the Gunnison area if we could convince Fritz Kadlec to ride point.

What about doing something in Hatfield-McCoy country?

Lets start talking about this now and hopefully make something happen.

What say you?
 
I know a place that will put on free accomodation for a few nights, serves cold beverages, and has a swimming pool :D
 
I'm in AR and we have White Rock, Ross Foundation land, Gruber is just over in OK, Chadwick is just up in MO, we can get a full day of riding here at the house as well. Lots of places to ride but might take a little shuffling to keep 'fresh trails' for 2-3 days. The WUDI ride always last a couple of days at White Rock
 
I would be interested if it was central. I'm in Missouri and Chadwick would be about the only place here, but like stated to squeeze 2-3 days would be difficult. Been wanting to travel to some of that more southern open riding.
 
Gunnison or Moab gets my vote for western riders. Both have a *bazillion* areas to ride all within 5 minutes to an hour (at worst) of a centralized location. Fritz is a standup guy for Gunnison area. Jim Ryan at dualsportutah.com heads these kind of rides up with regularity and is a fantastic guide for the Moab area (and i think he still rents gassers if anyone's bike goes "out of service". We just came back from Moab sunday, had 3 days of PHENOMENAL riding. Rod this group get together is a great idea. Maybe we do need to do a few rides like this a year in different regions. Count me in!!!
 
My husband and I would definitely be in if it is more centrally located (and if a Husaberg is allowed. lol) and would certainly try to go if it is somewhere else. I'd love to go to some of those east coast locations but I don't get a lot of vacation time so I'd just have to see how it all shakes out. :(
 
Hatfield - McCoy would be perfect but I realize it is a little far east. But man oh man some of the best single track in the world is there
 
My vote would be for Moab, but that's because it's close enough that I could make it. Well, and it's awesome.
 
If it ends up being in SW Colorado or SE Utah I'm in for sure. If it's early spring Montrose might be a better bet than Gunny weather wise that time of year. Fritz could make the weather call if you throw him some dates.

At any rate, it could be held anywhere in Western CO and you couldn't run out of terrain.
 
Keep the ideas coming.:D

Having cabins to stay in is a big plus. Not having to load up and go to a hotel is very convenient.

Personally, I like DurhamTown because the cabins are very clean and have their own bathrooms. I'm open to options though.
There's a pro shop on site with tons of spares.
http://www.durhamtown.com/
 
Might make travel tough for the majority...mid August-mid September Cascade mountain riding would be awesome! Convince REVERUP to lead a marathon ride out of Naches. I'd ditch work, for that one.
 
Just my $.02 but you will not find one location where east and west coast can consider a reasonable drive to attend.
Why not look at the seasons and locations.
Durhamtown is far enough south that a winter gathering would be possible and us in the frozen northeast would be happy to ride anywhere non snow covered. If wanting to ride Colorado / Montana / Idaho area you have a narrow window of time to work with, that said I make a 30+ hour drive every couple years just to ride the Crested Butte area. This could be reasonable for even west cost riders to attend. For those that know Windrock / Brimstone / Brown Mountain / Brushy / Hatfield, that would be easy to assemble a ride that might connect more than one location.
If not too much bad blood exists, IMHO I would love to have a gathering where we could have Gas Gas / Sherco and perhaps Beta - and the white / orange or whatever color they pick for 2015 bikes company all offer demo rides. Screw the dirt rag papers....let the guys buying the bikes offer "time on seat" opinions.
 
If it is on the East Coast I am there ! I Agree with Boom Boom BUT a factory demo might make it a costly Ride !:rolleyes: but it is a great idea to maybe have a few rides in different areas according to the weather ?
 
Just a reminder...this is not about demo rides :) so let's just exchange some ideas on gathering as a group of GASGAS owners, just out to have some fun riding trails in places we may had previously reserved for our "Bucket List".

How about we rotate each year? For 2015, have a GASGAS Rider Rally in the west, the next year have one in the east? Or visa virsa...
 
gasgasman said:
Keep the ideas coming.:D

Having cabins to stay in is a big plus. Not having to load up and go to a hotel is very convenient.

Personally, I like DurhamTown because the cabins are very clean and have their own bathrooms. I'm open to options though.
There's a pro shop on site with tons of spares.
http://www.durhamtown.com/
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Allot to be said about Durhamtown, GA. Great place to ride and something for every skill level, without being "over the top".
 
This picture taken Oct 19th down in Gunnison-Crested Butte by a buddy of mine.

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Here are a couple of pictures from my only CO. experience, back in 2009. Most of you will recognize the man in blue MSR...Fritz Kadlec of Gunnison Motorsports.

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