2018 DV Noobs Rally

[two wheel tramp]

Hey John,

Thanks for taking Steve along on your Darwin ride. He's pretty new to dual sport riding (and riding in general). I dragged him all the way to DV and promptly told him to go make new friends I had a pretty aggressive agenda planned that I knew he wasn't ready for but the rally is full of helpful folks such as yourself who are willing to help out

Hope to have a chance to ride with you more in the future.

Alex

That's the glory of DV n00bs. There's a ride for everyone. It's one reason I encourage folks to get out and mingle. In my opinion, people will have more fun going off and doing an appropriate ride with new folks than getting bashed up by their friends on a route that's too advanced for them.

It was my pleasure to help Steve with the learning curve. He was very cautious and didn't jump in with WOT. I'm glad he had a smaller bike as that helps the learning/confidence a lot. Now he just needs a little more worthy dirt tires and more time in the dirt learning it.
I'm pretty sure he had a great weekend too. He was always smiling. Even when he returned from a ride to find that the wind took his tent down (assisted by some neighbors who anchored it to prevent fly-away, as I was told).

Although a noob to DV I have been riding dirt for a long time and don't mind at all providing guidance to the beginners... or anyone who asks.

And yeah, we'll have to hook up off road somewhere/when and roost some dirt and find more remote awesomeness.
My next adventure is in May with TWT's Cedarville rally. Still undecided on which scoot for that one.

Then lets derp in the dirt at Cedarville. I still have much to learn.

 

[OaklandF4i]

Nice Alex! I hope to get down there sometime to ride. Looks like you had a great time.