{"id":617,"date":"2010-04-18T15:52:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T22:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=617"},"modified":"2022-10-06T09:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:07:34","slug":"bethany-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/bethany-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethany 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I attended my first club<\/a> ride of the season: the Bethany 2010<\/a>! Fortunately I did a lot better than last year<\/a>: in that I didn’t spend all day mudwrestling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I arrived at BJ’s place around 7am, and we loaded up the bikes…<\/p>\n

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…then it was off for breakfast with the gang at Haugens<\/a>… and ride the bikes to the launch point. Most of my group is in this shot (except BJ): from left-to-right: Derek, Rob, and Ken. And the bikes from front-to-back: Ken’s WR400, BJs TE450, Robs DRZ400SM, my WR450, and Dereks brand-new DRZ400S<\/p>\n

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There were many other bikes as well: I didn’t get a count… but at least as many (or more) than last year:<\/p>\n

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And David Vans bike (the organizer) where we all signed up and slipped him some cash \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Then a short safety briefing, and we were off!<\/p>\n

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We went out in groups of 3-5 staggered a few minutes apart. Most of my pictures are in the helmetcam coverage (I chopped out all the highway\/gravel-road footage to fit into YouTubes 10-minute limit)… but I did get some at the main obsticle of the day. Surprisingly it wasn’t a mudhole or water crossing… but trees that had been cut down intentionally to block a road:<\/p>\n

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After clearing a way to get the bikes around the trees, the next stop was for a quick break (and gas) at Heaven on Seven<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Then a few more roads and trails… and we were back at Haugens around 3pm. Load up the bikes… get a bite to eat… then haul back down the 401 to Toronto.<\/p>\n

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I had a blast this year, I can’t wait ’till the next event. Special thanks to David Van<\/a> for organizing things, Haugens for putting up with our noise and muddy clothes, ODSC preriders and our sweep Daryl (sp?). And of course, my riding team: BJ, Rob, Ken and Derek!<\/p>\n

Oh and an extra photo of BJ because he deserves it: not only did I get a ride on his trailer… but he was making the extra effort to see the cops had no reason to pull us over \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Finally the video!<\/p>\n