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Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Thu May 08, 2014 6:44 amby Dave B
Last year Tom and I did most of the dirty Ride and will be doing some variation of it again this year. If I remember correctly, there were a few folks expressing interest in the route and asking how hard/technical it was. From what we did, we had one section, south of Bennington, that was a true Hero section that I'm planning on avoiding. The rest of the ride was easily doable on 20 dirt/80 slab tires. There were some roads with loose rocks so a skid plate could be a good thing. The stock Tiger plastic sump guard would be good enough.
If anyone expresses interest I'll post a GPX file before the ride, if not, and you want to tag along, we'll be at the group site Friday afternoon and at the Saturday meetup.
Cheers, Dave
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
Posted:
Thu May 08, 2014 10:39 amby mark
Stay tuned -- but there's a chance Eric from MotoVermont might be coming down to the BTB and leading a dirty ride. We talked about it a little the day before yesterday, but I need to follow up with him.
--mark
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Thu May 08, 2014 11:05 amby matts1050
Hmm, should I bring the Vstrom instead...
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Fri May 09, 2014 6:15 amby Dave B
mark wrote:Stay tuned -- but there's a chance Eric from MotoVermont might be coming down to the BTB and leading a dirty ride. We talked about it a little the day before yesterday, but I need to follow up with him.
--mark
Sweet, either way we'll have a blast
Matts1050, will we see you at the BBA next weekend?
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Fri May 09, 2014 10:38 amby matts1050
I'm considering it. I have to see about getting a room. I had a good time last year even though the dinner Sat night was pretty awful! Depends on the weather too!
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Fri May 09, 2014 12:06 pmby LoVel
matts1050 wrote:I'm considering it. I have to see about getting a room. I had a good time last year even though the dinner Sat night was pretty awful! Depends on the weather too!
I must have missed something. I thought we had a pretty good time.
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Fri May 09, 2014 6:34 pmby matts1050
Paul, he's talking about the Berkshire Trail riders event next week.
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Fri May 09, 2014 8:37 pmby Dave B
matts1050 wrote:I'm considering it. I have to see about getting a room. I had a good time last year even though the dinner Sat night was pretty awful! Depends on the weather too!
I was to hungry to notice.
We'll be camping, hopefully not in the rain
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Sun May 11, 2014 9:18 amby bonniegirl
matts1050 wrote:Paul, he's talking about the Berkshire Trail riders event next week.
That explains why I couldn't remember what happened. Well, it's one reason anyway.
Just realized I am logged on as Robin. Oh well.
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Wed May 21, 2014 10:36 amby mark
Okay, spoke with Eric last night, and unfortunately he will not be able to make it down. So the Dirty Ride will once again be self-guided. Unless one of you guys wants to step up.
--mark
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Fri May 23, 2014 4:48 pmby schuitz
I have a feeling I'll be hitting some variation of the dirt ride along with my friend Paul on his DR. Please post any GPX mods you are thinking of.
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Mon May 26, 2014 5:30 pmby Dave B
schuitz wrote:I have a feeling I'll be hitting some variation of the dirt ride along with my friend Paul on his DR. Please post any GPX mods you are thinking of.
Where you guys staying? We'll be at the group camp. Worst case we can meet at the morning meet and great. Look for the dirty tiger
I'll see if I can get something together by then.
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Mon May 26, 2014 9:15 pmby Dave B
mark wrote:Okay, spoke with Eric last night, and unfortunately he will not be able to make it down. So the Dirty Ride will once again be self-guided. Unless one of you guys wants to step up.
--mark
Working on a route that goes around Risky Ranch Rd that was pretty hammered last year. Monroe Bridge was also closed but can be gone around if you don't have paniers. I fit with my rack but Tom couldn't with his hard cases on. I'll give Zoar Outdoors a call and ask if it's open. The bridge on Strattford-Arlington Rd was out, wonder if anyone has an update on that one. Not a lot of roads to route a go around.
I'll be more than happy to lead a dirty ride...
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Mon May 26, 2014 10:32 pmby schuitz
I'll be pitched on Mark's site at the end of the lake with the black tiger, assuming the dealer can coax the ECU to stop being insane tomorrow morning. It seems to have lost its shit since I did my own 20k service on Saturday.
Re: Another Year, Another Dirty Rdie
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Tue May 27, 2014 8:33 amby Dave B
schuitz wrote:I'll be pitched on Mark's site at the end of the lake with the black tiger, assuming the dealer can coax the ECU to stop being insane tomorrow morning. It seems to have lost its shit since I did my own 20k service on Saturday.
Be interested in knowing what you did and why it's acting up. May be it's going through the terrible twos
