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Photo Tour of Dual Sport Events & MC Rallies

Wisconsin Dual Sport Club - 2010 Ride for Research

R4R set up weekend: May 21 - 23, 2010



Great ADV Route
Eager Beavers built the North Woods
equivalent of the Hoover Dam​

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2010 Ride for Research - set up weekend

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Phoenix locomotive lumber hauler

The Phoenix was used to haul lumber
out of the forest on paths called ice roads/grade



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little john said:
10 mile adv hero section. .
almost all of it is very old 2 track/ ice grade

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2010 Ride for Research - set up weekend

little john said:
well we are back home from another successful 3 day (trail work) weekend of riding all day and eating all night.

Mike,Jim, you guys said you wanted single track the big bikes could ride, something that is very like 2 track but narrower with no mud, big logs, or rock gardens. well you got it coming!!! all big bikes must have KNOBBIES! we found 8 to 10 miles of just that and the ADV tour guys will will get to do it before anyone other than the set up riders! lj

little john said:
with no mud,​
lj

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little john said:
big logs,​
lj

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little john said:
or rock gardens​
lj


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we put together some fine Big Bike tracks,
as it turned out we had a few day of rainy weather before the R4R
and we had 3 R1200GS BMWs and a 650 GS two-up


That was then,
2010 AMA BMW
National Adventure Riding Series

& this is now,

2011 AMA Yamaha Super T?®n?®r?®
National Adventure Riding Series
~Series Schedule - LINKY~


 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AMA National Adventure Riding Series

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Here is the way not to do the Bridge

Luck
is when the rear wheel stops on the bridge
and someone is there to help the 1200 GS

Note, in the second photo,
:eek the direction of the front wheel










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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AMA National Adventure Riding Series

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This year's Adventure Big Bike route was a dirt bike route
Last year it was a gravel ride.
A gravel ride is what this couple was expecting
- a two up gravel road ride
instead they got 50 miles of dirt riding.

All the water crossings, mud and ruts, they never fell down. Some really great riding :thumb :thumb

When they got to the bridge, :eek
he asked if she wanted to get off
She replied "Go for it" :banghead

She did get off, only the hard way!

Note on the below photo
her yellow helmet in the trees
- one very adventurous gal! :thumb



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June 11-12, 2011~ Ride for Research (Wabeno, WI)

This was my 4th year at the Ride4Research
and my good weather luck ran out.

Here is what it looked like when I arrived on Friday :huh
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Saturday brought about 10 riders and 1 passenger for the Adventure route
(I think it was another 120ish for the thumper route)

....I wish I had taken some pics of those two on an F650GS-Dakar. Those two were perfectly in tune together.

Kudos to Jon who showed up on a brand new 2010 R1200GS-Adventure
and rode it like its supposed to be riden (yellow GS in KLASJM's post)

The best part of the ride...the fundraiser. Congrats to everyone for raising $13,000 for UWCCC :clap



See you at the
June 11-12, 2011~ Ride for Research (Wabeno, WI)
Wabeno WI​



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Nice video.


I would like to see (BMW1200GS) Jon's vid.
Bet lot's of "OHHHH . . .:eek "
especially till he turned of the ABS and traction control

Jon was on a fund raiser.
Every time he went down he pledge 10 dollars . . .
Total $120



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The Lobster kiddies
playing with Max the dog​

It only hurts when I sing........or breathe. I hafta dig out my rib belt again.

I'm taking a recuperation day today.

Lot's of wet log crossings to practice on.
It was slippery, snotty, wet and muddy.

Weird, but this was probably the funnest ride I've been to.
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Norway Truck Trail, Norway Michigan ~ the UP

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Norway Michigan
Norway Truck Trail

A 35 mile ATV trail also open to motorcycles.
A $16 yearly Michigan ORV sticker is required.

the water crossings can be deep with rocks embedded in the bottoms.

My buddy Mark, a fellow Wisconsin BMW member
and Mud Rider rode his KTM 450 on the Norway Trail with me


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~~~~~~~~~~~~~Norway Truck Trail, Norway Michigan ~ the UP

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NORWAY TRAIL
Northeast of Norway in Dickinson County, Michigan
the Norway Trail is a 23-mile loop open to both ATV riding and dirt biking​





Below:
Boardwalk through the environmentally sensitive sections of the route​


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~~~~~~~~~~~~The Great River Road Rally (a.k.a. GR3)

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Geno Vandenberg
April 20, 1945,
February 13, 2011

He was a bright light
and now he will shine on us all from heaven.

Rest in peace ...​



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