If you went to the Mulberry Mountain ride a few weeks back you met Bill Dragoo from Oklahoma. He entered and WON!!!!!! this challenge. http://www.adventureriderchallenge.com/home.html. Every time I ride with Bill I finish before he does Thing is I have the route on GPS and he doesn't, so he has to follow me. Now knowing how good a rider he is I would bet that he was bored to death with my slow pace. We will be able to read about his adventures when several magazines go to print. He writes for Ride Oklahoma and a couple of other Mags.
Hey, Thanks, guys. I really lucked out at the Challenge. KTM loaned me a brand new 950 Super Enduro. That bike is like having your own pet dragon that will do anything you ask it to. Very nice. Docile, yet there's fire in the belly when you want it.
I think you're on to something with the local Adventure Challenge. Skills tests are really fun, especially as we get older and our bones more brittle. The Rawhyde Challenge was exactly the kind of riding I like best. It is composed of most obstacles we would encounter on a ride through the woods of Arkansas...ok, plus a few odd things like teeter-totters and suspension bridges, but hey, nobody does those anyway so it's an even playing field. We just worked it out for ourselves.
I'm in as long as we have a class for smaller cc bikes. I would be interested in helping organize it. Perhaps the folks at http://www.Matt-trials.com would be interested in helping as well.
I have always felt that combining trials training with a dual sport class would be a winner. Honestly, it's easier to ride a big bike when you aren't trying to lever the thing up with a foot on the ground. A large mass in motion tends to stay in motion as long as the human mass on board stays on board.
Let's keep this kettel boiling. Maybe we'll end up with soup!
Thing is I have the route on GPS and he doesn't, so he has to follow me. Now knowing how good a rider he is I would bet that he was bored to death with my slow pace. We will be able to read about his adventures when several magazines go to print. He writes for Ride Oklahoma and a couple of other Mags.