Dual Sport, the photos
One of the other things that amazed me this weekend was that you can take a 600lb bike, like the GSA, and beat the hell out of it all day in the dirt, then head home on the superslab for a smooth-as-silk ride! I felt, at times, like I was honestly breaking stuff, and the fact that I didn't truly amazes me.
I'm working on a map-photo to highlight some of the Washington state exploring so far. It seems like every time I go out for a ride, it just keeps getting better.. I still have to ride 100 miles to get anywhere, but what the hell.
Let's just say the first person to come out here to do a multi-day mini-tour with me is going to get several days of nothing but the good stuff! ... That, and a sore butt.
Don't miss the movie.. The link is right below this post.. look for the big 3!
Somewhere along FS25 I think.. This time I also rode the less populated southern portion leading into Carson.
..Part of the same road..
Here's the Rally site in Stevenson, WA.. there were over 400 sportbike riders here for the previous three days.. their rally ended, ours started, and us 25 had the place to ourselves.
The view from my tent.
View from the other side of my tent
"Coach" Remy Stroud, going over some stuff in his two part (trillion-hour long) clinic called "two ways to ride a dual sport". . interesting stuff.
An instructor demonstrating something..
Time to hit the trails!
Viewpoints that you just can't get from a car.. or a sportbike.
Some of the dudes and their rides..
More..
That's Mt. Hood, I think.. or Mt. Adams.. ??
Don't know what Mt that is way off in the distance..
You can barely tell in this photo, but here's the hill-side traverse in action..
At least he LOOKS like a pro... kidding.. this guy's a great rider and only been at it for 2 years, IIRC
So I left Sat after work at 6pm to try to get halfway down there.. got about 100mi before I got cold and tired, so I camped at Lewis and Clark State park for the night.. nothing special. Sun morning I was up and on the road by 7am to head across twelve, down 25 to Carson, and across 14 at the Columbia River Gorge.. A gorgeous morning of riding.. and barely a hint of traffic! After some clinics and seminars on Sunday, I got some rest and was back at it for the Dirtbike course at 9am Monday morning.. It went all day to about 5:30.. then I had to hightail-it back to Seattle for work the next morning. It was a long day of gettin dirty, taking bumps, and standing on the pegs, so I was certainly not too thrilled about the 200 mile trip home.. I finally rolled in about 10:30pm.. All things considered I guess it wasn't too high of a price to pay for a dirtbike course and a kick ass trail ride!
Hmmmm... what's next?.. Where's my damn maps....
I'm working on a map-photo to highlight some of the Washington state exploring so far. It seems like every time I go out for a ride, it just keeps getting better.. I still have to ride 100 miles to get anywhere, but what the hell.
Let's just say the first person to come out here to do a multi-day mini-tour with me is going to get several days of nothing but the good stuff! ... That, and a sore butt.
Don't miss the movie.. The link is right below this post.. look for the big 3!
Somewhere along FS25 I think.. This time I also rode the less populated southern portion leading into Carson.
..Part of the same road..
Here's the Rally site in Stevenson, WA.. there were over 400 sportbike riders here for the previous three days.. their rally ended, ours started, and us 25 had the place to ourselves.
The view from my tent.
View from the other side of my tent
"Coach" Remy Stroud, going over some stuff in his two part (trillion-hour long) clinic called "two ways to ride a dual sport". . interesting stuff.
An instructor demonstrating something..
Time to hit the trails!
Viewpoints that you just can't get from a car.. or a sportbike.
Some of the dudes and their rides..
More..
That's Mt. Hood, I think.. or Mt. Adams.. ??
Don't know what Mt that is way off in the distance..
You can barely tell in this photo, but here's the hill-side traverse in action..
At least he LOOKS like a pro... kidding.. this guy's a great rider and only been at it for 2 years, IIRC
So I left Sat after work at 6pm to try to get halfway down there.. got about 100mi before I got cold and tired, so I camped at Lewis and Clark State park for the night.. nothing special. Sun morning I was up and on the road by 7am to head across twelve, down 25 to Carson, and across 14 at the Columbia River Gorge.. A gorgeous morning of riding.. and barely a hint of traffic! After some clinics and seminars on Sunday, I got some rest and was back at it for the Dirtbike course at 9am Monday morning.. It went all day to about 5:30.. then I had to hightail-it back to Seattle for work the next morning. It was a long day of gettin dirty, taking bumps, and standing on the pegs, so I was certainly not too thrilled about the 200 mile trip home.. I finally rolled in about 10:30pm.. All things considered I guess it wasn't too high of a price to pay for a dirtbike course and a kick ass trail ride!
Hmmmm... what's next?.. Where's my damn maps....
posted by Dude at 6:34 AM
2 Comments:
Dude! You ride to Mt. Olympia, I ride to work. You do dual sport rides up and down Mountains, I ride to work. You take dirt bike clinics and ride all weekend, I drove to work in the effin' car! I'm becoming just a little jealous.
We're doing the Labor Day Run this weekend, probably the standard Amish stuff. I'll get to put some miles on the cb450 at least. I'll try to find a downed tree to ride over, in your honor!
hahah.. no, no Mark.. you're not jealous. What you're feeling is inspiration ;) It is true, though, that I have come to enjoy my new geography quite a bit!
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