10 Annual Desert Dash - SUCCESS!

[Crawdaddy 96]

I think one of the the things I most enjoy about our annual club ride is the sense of family/camaraderie amongst the usual set of volunteers/participants.......I feel lucky to have so many moto friends/acquaintances........

This year was no exception........the weather gods cooperated with mid week rain/snow that minimized dust and the weather couldn't have been much better........bright sunshine/temps in 60's/70's

I downloaded GPS tracks Friday night and Sat/Sun morning then fiddled around......

Sat I went on Burger n Brew ride with Strega, Bike Slut, the "Creativist", Bagstr, Tracy, & Mad Dog Mike..........only snapped one pic.......had to be quick before Bowers blocked my bike with his Great White ADV bike....

Today I rode with Tracy and DSFox after a scrumptious breakfast

Snapped a pic of Deb riding up Jasper:

Lunch at Christmas Circle with ~100 like minded Dual Sport riders:

The colors will be popping in the desert in a month.......snagged this shot of Deb and Tracy earlier today:

Hope to see many of you same knuckleheads at the CORE 4 Kids Fundraiser next month......

[Afry 1]

Awesome conditions, trails and FOOD! Great job everyone!!

[SICVIC 0]

Nicely done! I know everyone is tired but bring on more reports and photographs for those of us who ride via the intro-net!

I've been waiting two whole days for some sic stories!!!!

[Guest Crusty]

Cristina and I had lots of fun, great food, and a lot more.THANK'S EVERYONE!!

I had an AWESOME ride Saturday,the trails were in great condition, beautiful scenery.

This is the one ride a year that I do, where you can challenge yourself navigating a course.

I rode a little slower than I like, but after last weeks crash,I was a little scared

I only missed a few turns this year, (Thank's Crawdad and Sandiegoland) for setting me up with the GPS.

The rain made things lots of fun (snow, mud, ice and a few big puddles) NO DUST.

I took one pic of my SCOREBOARD here.

Not bad for a fat old man on a worn out XR 650L.

I didn't ride alone, I was with an old friend Ben Taylor all day.

SEE ya next year.

Craig.

[Hayseed 0]

A few more pics from DD 2013. I rode with Afry and BillP on Saturday, BillP on Sunday.

Thanks to Randy and the crew of volunteers! I had a blast.

The Husky laid down and refused to get up.

[rydethis 0]

Had a blast, my first dash. I helped both Friday and Saturday and got to ride today for a little bit. I met so many wonderful people and would like to thank a lot of them. I will in my ride report I post up tomorrow but I'm tired right now. Great times

[kato 53]

This is awesome. Next year i will not miss this!!

now that i think about it i saw many bikes today and it s possible i crossed your path in split mountain/fish creek, how random. It was around 10am or so i think and i was riding south from ow to canyon sin nombre

[Afry 1]

A few more pics from DD 2013. I rode with Afry and BillP on Saturday,

The Husky laid down and refused to get up.

Pretty much why I didn't ride Sunday....lift with your legs dumbshit! Husky kickstands suck btw.

224 miles is a long day - 14 more than Custy......

[Wintyfresh 46]

This was my first Desert Dash and I had such a good time, it definitely won't be my last! Thanks for everyone's help along the trail, especially our fantastic sweep team. Onto the pics!

This definitely wasn't what I was expecting for a desert dash!

My wife Liz taking a few minutes to recover after high siding on Grapevine.

The mornings were a little chilly.

Daniel found out the jumping cholla had been sharing its techniques with the other flora in the area.

Many more pics

[kkug 146]

Ramdom Pics--

[zancat 0]

A few more pics from DD 2013. I rode with Afry and BillP on Saturday,

The Husky laid down and refused to get up.

Pretty much why I didn't ride Sunday....lift with your legs dumbshit! Husky kickstands suck btw.

224 miles is a long day - 14 more than Custy......

Man, I was stuck in Taiwan working and all I could think about was missing the DD!!

Looks great, I missed riding with you guys.

Z

[hoss314 0]

Good times as usual!

We were able to lock in the front house again as we have for the past few years. This time the weather was excellent! Lots of laughs around the camp fire every night! Locked up the house for next year as well so stop by for a beer and laughs next year.

On to some pics....Not too many incriminating pics this year. The group this year must have been ready for action or were fast picking up their bikes.

Started off on Saturday riding Pinyon Mountain....

Tim WALKING down Jeep Squeeze

Rock Steps before H/A Ridge....never thought about the name "rock steps" until I looked at the pics and saw everybody with their foot on the rocks...."stepping" their way up

Brock stepping up...

Dan the Man

Tim

Schwinn...

Schwinn just before he got the shakes he was reminded of some previous pics I had posted...so he jammed up to H/A Ridge to go down first so I wouldn't get his picture

Second Dan on steps

Dan II Step

Eric Step

Everybody through...now on to Heart Attack Ridge. Schwinn was waiting for me at the bottom with his camera. I parked and we watched Tim come flying down We thought he must have just pointed the bike and closed his eyes...ended like a champ! never had time to get camera out to catch Tim down.

Dan

Dan II

Eric

Somehow I missed Brock coming down the hill....

Now for Fairchild Hill...

Tim (aka Banzai)

Dan II

Got One!! Dan the man

Eric cleaned it!

Then on to Fish Creek....

We rode in n out of Sandstone Canyon but I didn't take any pics. Then moved on to diablo

Tim motoring up..

Dan

Eric

Dan II

Then we rode through Arroyo Seco Del Diablo to Canyon Sin Nombre across S2 to make our way to lunch in Ocotillo. On our way we rode Dos Cabezas. One fun hill to climb on our way.

Dan II

Tim right before he got stuck at the last step up....he went back down and ended up going up another way.

Dan displacing some dirt

Brock cleaning it

Eric flying up

No more pics for Saturday. Sunday we rode....tired of typing so that's all you get

Dan II Fish Creek

Eric Fish Creek

Brock

Dan

We rode a lot of the Desert Dash tracks...(some in reverse before everybody would be out on that section of the course) and played in other areas such as the mud caves etc. Great time!

[bikeslut 1]

This was my first Desert Dash and I had such a good time, it definitely won't be my last! Thanks for everyone's help along the trail, especially our fantastic sweep team. Onto the pics!

This definitely wasn't what I was expecting for a desert dash!

My wife Liz taking a few minutes to recover after high siding on Grapevine.

The mornings were a little chilly.

Daniel found out the jumping cholla had been sharing its techniques with the other flora in the area.

Many more pics

That was YOU we passed dropping in to Borrego- we were the group we 6 riders; we stopped to check on you at the gas stop

Hope she is feeling better- I thought she said she separated her shoulder- what is the actual diagnosis?

[SCHWINN 0]

Had a great time and even the Wife joined me for the 1st time. The Friday night volunteer dinner is always great. Special thanks to Tracy for cooking what seemed all night.

Special thanks to Tommy and Catalina Offshore Products for supporting our volunteer dinner again this year. White Seabass tacos

http://www.catalinaop.com/

Rode with Hoss314 and his crew is always fast paced and Hoss is always ready with his camera at all the fun junctures where S@#T happens.

A drag race up Diablo

Fairchild Hill on Pinion Trail

Cmon Dan..Save it

Heart Attack Hill

Dan II

Our fearless leader Hoss. I ditched everyone at " Steps " to get ahead at the bottom of HA to get this.

[rydethis 0]

A few more pics from DD 2013. I rode with Afry and BillP on Saturday, BillP on Sunday.

Great pictures, that is me in the far back getting the clutch fixed. I do not know the name of the person in your group(or if he was with you )that was riding the DR but I would love to thank him and get his lever back to him. Please pass it on, he came along at the right time !!

[tntmo 887]

I'd be interested in seeing bike demographics by manufacturer. Percentage of KTM, Honda, etc.

[hoss314 0]

I'd be interested in seeing bike demographics by manufacturer. Percentage of KTM, Honda, etc.

At the risk of "opening a can of worms"

6 - KTM's

1 - Husky

in my group

[Daniel 0]

Daniel found out the jumping cholla had been sharing its techniques with the other flora in the area.

So....this was my first real crash on the bike(only been riding 1.5 months). Apparently I was a bit too calm when Wintyfresh came back after I called on the radio. Just a bit sore in general today but had a blast. Can't wait till next year!

[bikeslut 1]

I'd be interested in seeing bike demographics by manufacturer. Percentage of KTM, Honda, etc.

If I had to guess, KTMs were a good precentage of bikes- I didn't see any GS1200s this year, but there might have been some-

Bikes ranged from 230Ls up to a Ural sidecar rig and everything in between- lots of DRZs, XR650s in both flavors, DR650s, KLRs, Huskies, etc

[paulmbowers 236]

Nearly all "small" bikes.

[Guest Crusty]

I'd be interested in seeing bike demographics by manufacturer. Percentage of KTM, Honda, etc.

I passed LOL.

3 Honda

4 Husky

2 Suzuki

and about 20 KTM

Before the lunch stop at 9:40am.

Then it was clear sailing.

[hoss314 0]

And there is that can of worms! They are full of poop too

[bikeslut 1]

Nearly all "small" bikes.

Well...big bikes aren't meant for desert conditions

Normally I would apologize for posting a sideways picture

[KLXBEN 0]

I'd be interested in seeing bike demographics by manufacturer. Percentage of KTM, Honda, etc.

I passed

3 Honda

4 Husky

2 Suzuki

and about 20 KTM

Before the lunch stop.

Then it was clear sailing.

My kid was wondering who that jerk on the honda was going so slow and putting his feet down in the wash. I said I think it was Crusty.

[paulmbowers 236]

Jeeze. I kicked ass all over the desert. Ripped up big sand traps, hopped over rocky sections, kept a lively pace the entire day with all the baby bikes.

And did anyone post a cool pic of any of that?

Oh, nooooooo.

Just the one little bobble.

No respect. Maybe Tracy will post something nice.