Black Dog Dualsport Ride
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Later that day we were in another difficult section when we encountered a gentleman who’d toppled his V-Strom 1000 on a particularly nasty rocky climb. He thought he’d broken a rib and was having a tough time breathing. Marty, another rider, stopped to help. He and I got the big V upright, then walked with the bike’s owner a bit to make sure he was okay. Marty then rode that monster to the top of that climb like he was on an XR100. I couldn’t keep up with him, watching in jaw-dropping amazement as he tackled that tricky, rocky climb.
We enjoyed an additional 15-plus miles of trails before popping out onto pavement to head back to the fairgrounds. Once there we ran the water gauntlet one more time before David and I reloaded our luggage to begin the five-hour ride home. It was hot too, hitting 102°F in Warm Springs (I wonder where they got that name?).
While the Black Dog Dualsport Ride was my first official dual-sport event, it won’t be my last. It was well organized, a lot of fun and we enjoyed great camaraderie among all the riders. If you haven’t gotten involved, give it a whirl, you just might be surprised. BlackDogDualsport.com
Drummond Evans works at ProCycle.us in Springfield, Oregon, the center of the universe for the DR650 along with parts and accessories for many other dual-sport and adventure motorcycles. He has been riding for many years, trying everything from trials to flat track, even having ridden the Sacramento Mile on a big V-twin. Now he’s a die-hard Suzuki guy riding either his DR or DL almost every day of the year.
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