Barstow To Vegas Motorcycle Race

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Barstow to vegas motorcycle race. It was a reliable bike. Supporting the site to help pay the bills is easily done through affiliate links under our support page. D37 ama dual sport 909 electric ave. Viewfinders motorcycle club is an off road motorcycle club based in southern california.

The last time i raced it there were something like 4000 entries! Thanks for visiting the site and feel free to contact me at anytime with questions or suggestions. “the biggest race was always barstow to vegas,” he said. Thanks for the reminder of the phantom duck of the desert.

It was many years ago, 33 to be exact that i had heard about the infamous barstow to vegas desert race. My 1973 barstow to vegas attempt was not to be so. Main index calendars potpourri racing today racing in 1951 the river run trailblazers timeline vintage photos. Embed (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item <description> tags) want more?

Desert racing, in its most organized form, began in southern california in the 1920s. You can hardly fault district 37, i can’t think of any organization capable of corralling hundreds of dust crazed riders hell bent on making it to vegas without touching interstate 15. I had the privilege of riding that vast california desert on an adventure bike tour a few years back when a friend and i participated in the lab2v (la barstow to vegas) dual sport/adventure ride. Phantom melon december 12, 2009 at 12:29 am post a comment.

He and a buddy did it in a new raptor. Evaluation report see other formats. The club is a sanctioned member of the a.m.a district # 37. Times have changed these days though and what was once an open desert to ride, race or just take in the beauty of the southwestern desert has fallen victim to closures and protection of an endangered species.

Posted by flathead jedd at 11:40 pm. Several have done this and chad ragland had a whole thread with pictures. Members of the viewfinders enjoy racing enduros, gran prixs, hare scrambles, hare & hounds and motocross. Stuck in a cloud of dust

My goal with the site it to help grow the sport by making it easy for riders to find events to attend. Dirt bike magazine, may 1976) return to main. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! If you would like to add an event to the site it is free by clicking add event.

But the most painstaking of prepa­rations were taken nonetheless. “the first time i raced that i think there were 2000 entries. Newer post older post home. Weeks before the race, i started prepping the honda cr250 elsinore that was to be my mount.

Desert racing is rapidly developing sport in pakistan. But even with that many riders, just like to today in motocross and supercross, there would usually only be four or five riders who could win the race and. Page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10 page 11 race stats. I know he kept his gps plots as he talked about doing it again with a group.

I think he did his in two days.