Black Dog Rally June 8-10,2012
More information can be found at http://blackdogdualsport.com/ ! There will be a cash award of $100 to some lucky sidecar participant at the Sunday awards ceremony. Random drawing, must be present to win. Prize is provided courtesy of Adventure Sidecar and Northwest Tour and Trail. There will also be special trophy for the highest points sidecar driver or passenger for the weekend and a Sunday only first place sidecar trophy.
The Adventure Sidecar Dualsport Sidecar Skills Seminar will be conducted at the fairgrounds Friday evening and Saturday, with entry to the Sunday ride included.
Sidecars are not included. You can use your own sidecar for the Adventure Sidecar Dualsport Sidecar Skills Seminar. You should have at least 6″ ground clearance and dirt oriented dualsport tires with decent tread. Right now I have 2 rigs available to rent for this program, first come basis, reservation and damage deposit required. Sidecar Rental can be arranged through Hood River Community Education
Communal Tipi Camping will be available at the Fairgrounds. First come basis, reservations required $50 a night throughHood River Community Education You don’t need to be enrolled in the Adventure Sidecar – Dualsport Sidecar Skills Seminar to rent a cot in a tipi.
More information can be found at http://adventuresidecar.com/
We will be there, not going to run it this year as my wife has had surgery on her arm that will not be healed up yet. We will have our demo R1100GS with an M72D sidecar on it. We also hope to have a demo Enduro sidecar rig however as we have only built the fiberglass parts so far and I do not have a bike for it this may not happen.
Jay G
DMC sidecars
www.dmcsidecars.com
866-638-1793
jay@dmcsidecars.com
We went over to the fairgrounds to start our mileage count. From there we wound our way up into the hills until we got to the first reset
Motoblag recorded the mileage and directions in a notebook for me. I will transcribe this to the rollchart we will use for class
As we gained altitude we started seeing more snow
We eventually reached a point where the snow was too deep and the road too steep to keep going
I chained up
Even chained up and with all my weight over the rear wheel It wasn't making much forward progress
I had plenty of clearance under the sidecar but the bottom mounts were getting wedged into the ice and the shifter and left footpeg were digging into the side of the rut
the snow was too rotten to keep the bike up but too icey to boot pack or easiily shovel
I chipped and pried the ice away from the edge of the rut with a shovel to widen a path. We were then able to push and throttle our way up out of this snow field
Matt and Andy slogged up the hill behind me
it opened up to bare dirt. This intersection was our next mileage check
This spur road was steep, dark and untracked. We decided to leave it for another day and head back the way we came
At the other end of the Road not Taken we stopped for a reset and had a snack and some hot cocoa
I took the opportunity to remove my snow chains
We headed back down to Swyers Drive. we were going to return to the fairgrounds to complete the route, but I snagged the sensor wire on my Enduro Computer tearing it off.
Since we could no longer record mileage we went home and cooked some lunch
Bratwurst and kraut, fried over an open fire
After lunch Matt and Andy saddled up and headed home
We still have some slots left in the Dualsport Sidecar Skills Seminar and Tipi space for those that would like to camp with us at the Black Dog.
You can register for the Adventure Sidecar class, rent a sidecar rig or reserve Tipi space by calling Hood River Community Education 541 386 2055 or online here: Hood River Community Ed
Let me know if you have any problems getting through.
Details at adventuresidecar.com
sidecar rental is $225 for the weekend with $1000 damage deposit Rental through Hood River Community Education. Very limited avaialbility.
Dualsport Skills Seminar Driver Only, includes 1 entry to Sunday BlackDog Ride $350 Register online
Dualsport Skills Seminar with passenger includes 2 entries to Sunday BlackDog ride and Passenger workshop $475Register online
Rent a cot in a Tipi at the BlackDog $50 per person, per night. Bring your own bedroll and pillow. Blanket and cot provided reservations required
