Follow Bart’s Death Valley Trip
11 Jan 2010, written by moto 0 CommentsBartman took off from St. George, Utah, this morning on a Death Valley dualsport moto trip. Although I haven’t seen any photos yet, he forwarded me this link from his SPOT GPS Tracking System. Pretty cool that you can follow up-to-the-minute progress of the route in realtime. Hopefully Bart will send some photos from the trails. I was hoping to be on this trip, but couldn’t break away from work. Man, the moto is calling in a big way. This is what happens during ski season when the sun is out and the snow is getting thin. At least until the next big dump of fresh powder, I will have moto brain.
We Got Dakar Rally Photos
04 Jan 2010, written by moto 0 CommentsOne of our very own Utah dualsport posse members found himself smack dab in the middle of the send-off of this year’s Dakar Rally, which started on January 1st in Argentina. Stanton Jones, owner of PCTV, sent us a few snaps of some of the bikes at the starting area. It’s on my to-do list to go spectate this event someday, preferably via motorbike. For now, I’ll just have to drool over these bike photos.
Start of the Dakar Rally. Photo by Stanton Jones.
Start of the Dakar Rally. Photo by Stanton Jones.
The Dakar Rally roadbook and navigation. Photo by Stanton Jones.
Crowds lining the streets for the start. Photo by Stanton Jones.
And they are off! Photo by Stanton Jones.
This dude is not going to stay white for long. Photo by Stanton Jones.
This must be a parade lap. Photo by Stanton Jones
This Cyclocross Thing Is Eating My Moto Time
09 Nov 2009, written by moto 1 CommentsWe’ve had some great late Fall warm sunny weather here in Utah, which has afforded me a few days to commute from Park City to my workplace in SLC. Still a little rough when it is in the teens in the morning to get bundled up, and with Daylight Savings kicking in, it means riding home in the dark, but it’s worth it to keep the riding season going. No weekend trips on the moto in a long time, since I have been hitting the Utah Cyclocross circuit for the last 4 weeks. Hoping for one more good weekend on the moto before the bike gets hooked up to the battery tender.
If you want to see what dualsport bikes were like in the 1980’s, check out this awesome Yamaha XT600Z Tenere which was recently posted on Bike EXIF. If I could find one of these used in good condition, I just might buy one.
Photo Courtesy of Bike EXIF