April first, not necessarily the best day for a Trials event, but here I am, in the truck at 6:40 am, headed for our nearby riding area in Washington state. It’s cold this morning, and drizzling just a bit as …
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Independance Trial, July 8, 2007, Deer Flats
Due to the usual combination of work, chores, other motorcycles, etc. I hadn’t been on my trials bike until the evening before this event. To make the grim even grimmer, I sprained my back on wednesday, ballet dancing with a …
Read MoreBigFoot Trial, Sept 9, Deer Flats, WA
After spending most of the summer riding my street bikes and Dual-Sport machine, I got back to the Trials thing on Saturday, Sept. 9th. We had fantastic weather, around 75 degrees and clear skies, which probably contributed to the good …
Read MoreEvent Report: Halloween One, Walker Valley, 7 October 2007
Whew! arrive at the parking area about 8:30am sunday, got out of the truck, Holy Stiff Breeze, Batman! We’re at about 1900 ft. altitude, and up on an exposed hilltop where they’re running a gravel pit, and the wind is blowing …
Read MoreEvent Report: Halloween II, Gold Bar, WA, 28 October 2007
A wonderful day greeted a fairly large turnout of riders for our last event of the year. Not too cold and we had nice sunshine all day. A bit of warming up and poking around, interesting sections, looks pretty technical, …
Read MoreThe Spring Trial, Gold Bar, WA. 2 March 2008
Another season has begun. We should have gotten started in February, but too much snow kept us from holding our traditional “Ice Trial”. A tad ironic, that. Be that as it may, roughly 35 of us showed up at Gold Bar, …
Read MoreThe Fool’s Trial, Gold Bar, WA April 6, 2008
To start, I want to say thanks to all of the folks who worked their butts off to put this event on. It was originally planned for Deer Flats, about 5 miles up the road and, more critically, abouit 1500 feet higher …
Read MoreHalloween II, Gold Bar, WA October 26, 2008
Well, it’s been a long time since my last blog entry. Too much excitment on both the job and the family front has left little time and energy for thinking about trials. Nonetheless, I did try my hand at the …
Read MoreApril Fools’ Trial, Gold Bar, WA April 5, 2009
Ride report for the April 5th trials event at Gold Bar. Author took 3rd place Advanced.
Read MoreWelcome to a new year! blackdog is back!
As you may have noticed, keeping up with this blog didn’t top my hit parade last year. it wasn’t a very good year for trials, either, so it didn’t matter much. 🙂 I got ill during the columbia cup, then I injured …
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