Helping the community

Beside riding motorcycles, participating in Trials events, or hosting the Annual Dual Sport Ride; the Durty Dabbers Motorcycle Club has assisted the community in a positive way over the last several years.

The proceeds from the Annual Farrandsville Trials event is donated back to the community and the local church in Farrandsville PA.

The club also works with DCNR to clear out trails on state forest land for the Annual Dual Sport Ride that is later used for hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding. Clinton County also sees an economic benefit with an influx of around 600 riders coming to the area that eat at local restaurants and stay in local hotels.

www.durtydabbers.com

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/index.aspx

http://www.clintoncountyinfo.com/

Adventure Bike

2011 brought the addition of the KTM Adventure Bike series to the Annual Durty Dabbers Great Adventure Dual Sport Ride.  KTM was the primary sponsor of the event a change from Yamaha the year before. KTM showed up on site with the factory tractor trailer full of new KTM Adventure motorcycles, promotional materials, tools, and parts to assist the riders.

KTM has been quite active with the planning this past year due to the help from Mark Hyde who is not only the man in charge of the national enduros but also the dual sport and adventure bike rides. He brought the full KTM support factory truck and some of the top national and international riders to motivate and support the weekend event.

The Adventure Bike riders run a similiar course than that of the Dual Sport Riders but more road/hard surface oriented because of the wieght and mass of these bikes. Adventure Riders came from all over the country this past year for the ride. 

Trials

Motorcycle trials, also termed observed trials, is a non-speed event on specialized motorcycles. The sport is most popular in the United Kingdom and Spain, though there are participants around the globe.

Motorcycle trials is often utilized by competitors of other motorcycle sports (such as motocross or street racers) as a way to cross-train, as trials teaches great throttle, balance, and machine control.

The event is split into sections where a competitor rides through an obstacle course while attempting to avoid touching the ground with the feet. The obstacles in the course may be of natural or constructed elements. In all sections, regardless of content, the designated route is carefully contrived to test the skill of the rider. In many local observed trials events, the sections are divided into separate courses to accommodate the different skill level of riders, who compete in skill-rated classes.

In every section, the competitor is scored by an observer (hence the sport's name) who counts how many times the competitor touches the ground with the foot (or any other part of the body). Each time a competitor touches the ground with a foot (commonly called "dabs" or "prods"), the penalty is one point.

The possible scores in each section consist of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 5. If a competitor makes their way through the section without touching the ground with a foot, they earn a score of 0 (which is called "cleaning the section"). If they touch the ground once, they receive a score of 1. If they touch down twice, they receive a score of 2. If they touch the ground three or more times, they earn a score of 3—as long as they complete the section without stalling the motor, dismounting, going out of bounds, or going backward. If the competitor fails to complete the section a score of 5 (sometimes colourfully called "a fiasco") is earned. The winner is the competitor with the fewest points at the end of the event. Some events are also timed with penalty points assessed to late riders.

http://www.observedtrials.net/vb/

www.durtydabbers.com

Logan Bolopue

The Durty Dabbers Motorcycle Club in Lock Haven PA participates in a variety of motorcycling activities including Dual Sport Rides, Adventure Touring, and Observed Trials. One of the young members of the Durty Dabbers is Logan Bolopue who has had much success in the sport of Observed Trials. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsFEXL27f-I

Below are some links, stories, and discussions involving Logan:

http://www.trialscentral.com/forums/topic/25968-logan-bolopue/

http://www.shercousa.com/?action=5

http://www.durtydabbers.com/?m=201103

http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/512544/Win-After-Win.html




Good Luck this season to Logan!

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Forums and Links

Many people are getingt excited about the upcoming 22nd Annual Durty-Dabbers Great Adventure Dual Sport ride every June in Lock Haven Pa. I have found links to other posts, blogs and forums involving the Durty Dabbers Motorcycle club.


http://wr250rforum.forumotion.com/t2364-durty-dabbers-dual-sport-me

http://www.amadistrict7.com/Dual_Sport/    American Motorcyclist Assoc.

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=688271

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/motorcycles/144438-durty-dabbers-dual-sport-ride.html

http://www.damnriders.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1828   Dual Sport Adventurers of Maryland and Nearby

http://www.wristtwisters.com/forums/f19/durty-dabbers-13154.html

http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/riding/dirt/eventsandseries/nationaldualsport

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Adurty%20dabbers&page=1  book

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v515/RW4x4van/08%20Durty%20Dabbers/?start=all

http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view?trip_id=203201

http://www.riderdown.org/forum/showthread.php?t=721
http://www.chuckcarrollphotography.com/PA-MOTORCYCLES/Durty-Dabbers-Trial-Riders-at/3857151_zBQ6fR#!i=223298177&k=nfhSh

http://www.klr650.net/forums/showthread.php?t=66160

http://www.stromtrooper.com/events/62995-adventure-series-lock-haven-pa.html

and of course, all the videos on You-Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4wE06zZ7Ek

I am sure there are many more links, sites, blogs, and forums pertaining to off-road motorcycling and the Durty Dabbers Motorcycle club. Check out the ride this year June 2-3 2012 in Lock Haven PA, check out this Blog or go to: http://www.durtydabbers.com/  for more info. Thanks for reading!

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Dual Sport Necessities

If your preparing to participate in the upcoming Dual Sport Ride hosted by the Durty Dabbers June 2-3 2012 in Lock Haven or any other off-road ride this year, then here are a few items to be checked into your equipment arsenal.

• Street-Legal Off-Road or Dual Sport Motorcycle
• -Yes it needs to be legal: License, Insurance, Registration, Current State Inspection. 
• Make sure motorcycle is in excellent mechanical condition
• Don't want breakdowns on the trail
• check: tires, brakes, engine oil, air filter, fork seals, coolant, bearings, cables, lights, suspension, hand grips, check spokes and fasteners
• Make sure battery is fully charged and tested
• Bring spare tires and tubes
• flats happen, be prepared
• Have good Googles
• reccommend Tear-offs, or Roll-off system
• bring a spare pair
• Boots
• over-ankle, motocross boots reccommended                  
• Protective equipment
• knee guards
• chest protector
• Helmet (duh)
• Armor for bike
• skid plates
• hand guards
• engine guards
• Roll Charts
• required for trail maps
• not every turn has an arrow on a tree
• GPS suggested also
• Tool Kit
• First Aid
• Water -suggest camel back system
• camera (to capture all the fun)

    

The Durty Dabbers Motorcycle Club in Lock Haven PA, recently received the award for Recreational Off Road Organizer of the Year at the American Motorcyclist Association's Banquet of Champions held in Las Vegas, Nevada this past November. The banquet represented over 2000 motorcycle clubs across the United States. This award is well deserved when considering all the effort the members of the Durty Dabbers put in all year prior to the event.

This year's Annual Durty Dabbers Great Adventure Dual Sport Ride will be held June 2-3, 2012 starting at the Castanea Fire Hall Picnic grounds in Lock Haven Pennsylvania.

Dual Sport Events

June 1, 2012 Fri 6-8PM Rider reception and Early Signup at G-Brick Motorsports (formerly Williamson Honda) Mill Hall, PA            www.gbrickmotorsports.com
June 2, 2012 Sat – Castanea Fire Hall Picnic Grounds, Lockhaven, PA
- Sign up starting at 9:00 am
- Riders meeting 10:45 am
- Event start at 11:00 am
June 3, 2012 Sun – Castanea Fire Hall Picnic Grounds, Lockhaven, PA
- Sign up 8:00 am
- Riders meeting at 8:45 am
- Event start 9:00 am