Byron IL DS Ride

Anyone riding the DS ride in Byron this weekend? I wish I was. My bro and some friends are do'n it...

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1460413/page/0/view/expanded/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1

Here are phn numbers to the club (Forest City Riders) hosting it: (815) 765-2511 or (815)877-2447

When is it? which day? I wanna go!Someone get me more info, I'm to lazy

Man Skinner, I thought I was lazy.:huh I'll dug around for you for the good of the sport!

This is some information from the DRN forum...
http://www.dirtrider.net/forums3/showthread.php?t=104207&highlight=byron
There's a "Dual Sport" ride at Byron on November 6th

We run some roads, mostly gravel, but we need bikes to be street legal

looking. I was the one that gave the riders meeting last year and what I

said was "we have to have bikes looking legal, we cannot have MX bikes

with no lights on the roads and expect to keep having events". The area

we run in is growing more and more just like every other little town. So

the more we can do to keep towns people happy, the longer we can put on

events.

I was amazed at the number of people that were upset with us for not

letting them run with MX bikes with no lights. I know it's your problem

if the cops stop you as far as tickets go, but people don't understand

that the cops will come back to the club and ask us why we let none

legal bikes go on public roadways. If that was to happen, you can bet

the next year they will be out checking around for the same thing to

happen. So if make people have lights and they look "legal" , it justs

helps. Knock on wood, we only run a couple of gravel roads and have

never had problems for over 30 years, but it only takes one time to

wreck an event.

Anyway:

This years event should be about a 25 mile loop with about 4 miles of

road. It should be fun for everyone. If you rode last falls or the

spring event, this will be different trail and maybe a little more open.

For the people that rode the Spring Enduro, it will be the majority of

the second loop.

If you would like a flyer or more info, please email me at

forestcityriders@hotmail.com <mailto:forestcityriders@hotmail.com>

email skadamo@yahoo.com and I can send you a flyer...

Non AMA - $35 1st lap $5 2nd lap
AMA - $25 1st lap $5 2nd lap

sign up 8am to 12 pm

First rider starts at 10am, last at 1pm

The trail will consist of fields, gravel roads, single track and "quad sized" trails. The course is laid out for fun. There are also "Hero" sections with technical riding.

Take IL 2 two miles south of Byron to Townline Rd. and follow the arrows.

my work is done here.

I called and got a flyer sent to my email. Thank you for the hard work.


Anyone going?

hi im skadamo's brother. i'll be out there with it looks like 4-5 other poeple. i'll
be on johns dr cause mine is still set up for the road. hope to meet you out there.

Come on man ride your bike, image the speed you could get tuck'n behind your windshield...

dont you ever leave this site? man you need to get some sleep.

I'm thinkin of bringin the 950 if she's ready

Notice the 950 on the other side! Just one of the creek crossings. It was a blast!

Man, I thought it was gonna be gravel roads and stuff like that.:huh Looks like fun. wish i coulda gone.

Good to see you got the 950 back!!

We missed ya old man.

my friends are wondering if you did the whole thing on that ninefiddy. In fact, they doubt it. I on the other hand don't doubt it. so?

Rode the entire course, did not skip a single section. I waited for them at the end

Skinner did awesome on the Dual Sport Ride in Byron. The Lip and myself decided we let Skinner be the guinea pig and follow him on the gravel and roads. We did some parts of the course and pictures are below.

https://Fireman88.smugmug.com/share/qZ6lpDrk8qESA

Looks pretty sweet...Are those routes open all the time or just for the event ?

Great pics!

Awsome! I'll let them know. BTW...They didn't doubt you, they doubted the 950.

Don't know, contact the forest city riders and they should know. Perhaps we should join their club, what could it cost, 25-50 bucks, we could meet at the club grounds and ride from there from now on. Perhaps even a camp out or two, on the club grounds, they looked pretty nice.
The phone number should be on one of the previous posts.