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A few weekends ago we spent up in the beautiful mountains of Payson Arizona and rode a two day DualSport Adventure named "Howlin at the Moon".
The Arizona Trail Riders put on a great event and Payson just happens to be my favorite of the three different locations they go to.
Two breakfast's, one lunch, roll chart and a banquet with a raffle for motorcycle related goodies are all included in the entry. All proceeds from the raffle go to keeping trails open in AZ, so it's for a good cause.
The Elks Lodge in Payson host the event and do a great job as well.
After 220 miles of rocky, challenging terrain we were tired but satisfied after a good ride.
Our crew of seven riders were just one of many of the 150 or so riders.
Donna Blatt took a couple of these photos as well. Thanks Donna also thanks to Don Hood, his wife Trish, Frank Staley and many more.
For my Moto comrades that have DualSports, mark your calendars for the same time next year.
It's a great event and you'll be back for more.
http://www.arizonatrailriders.org/
Ready to Roll Day1
This would be my first ATR Dual Sport ride on the KTM 350 after doing it for years on my 520.
She did pretty good and was flawless through the whole weekend.
First Pit Stop--Jakes Corner
Friday meal with the Biker gang
My buddy Rik Smits, former All Star of the Indiana Pacers.
I was talking to him about when I used to watch compete against my Phoenix Suns back when he was still playing as I've been a season-ticket holder for 26 years.
Now that he is retired he can focus on his true love of riding motorcycles, mostly dirt bikes and he's just a regular guy like the rest of us...
I hooked another one back in after 10 yrs gone...
This was my ol buddy Dano's first DualSport event on the 6 Days 250 I sold him and he had a good time as did Marko.
A Dual Sport ride is not complete without a trailside flat repair...
Arizona TrailRiders provide these cool maps of the three different routes (A, B and C) you can look over while chowing down the breakfast.
Speaking of Breakfast, while they had some chopped up Primerib from the Banquet, the look on our faces told the story of Day 2 morning blues..... Ha!
Donna and Trish checking us into the banquet
How many entries include a tasty PrimeRib meal?
This is just one table of the Raffle Swag
Crossing the Verde
Dano removed his elbow guards as they were too tight and causing arm pump of course shortly thereafter he took a dive and paid the price of not having guards on like I've said many times "you can't get enough protection"....
Along with Dano, Don and Bob were my first Dirtbike friends when I moved to AZ as I knew nobody to ride with or where to go.
30 years later, we are still going at it. Dang I luv Motorcycles!
This was a nice place to take a break and reflect on what a great weekend it was.
That's all for now, hope you enjoyed the pics....