For 2014 Exit Tours Motorcycle Club will be hosting two Rocky Mountain Singletrack Trail rides, a Rocky Mountain Dual Sport Adventure and a Continental Divide Adventure Tour in Colorado.Photo Credit R! SeriesOur club’s adventures are shared group expense and dirt-oriented; our rides vary in elevation, mileage, weather and types of trails/roads and often cover long distances by Roll- Chart and/or GPS.Exit Tours M/C is a Colorado non-profit Corporation and is an AMA Chartered clubThe purpose of the Exit Tours Motorcycle Club is to create positive recreational riding activities that benefit our club members, their families, friends and our guests.Tom Rhodes Photo Credit / Dixie Dual SportsExit Tours Motorcycle Club is called Exit Tours because it is based in Salida, Colorado where the Arkansas River ‘Exits’ the mountains and because Salida means ‘Exit’ in Spanish. ‘Tours’ because we tour the mountains.We work to minimize pavement mileage, maximize scenery and fun, and generally only use paved roads as necessary to tie dirt loops together and access amenities. Our rides cover routes you cannot put together on a map. If you could put the routes on a map, you couldn’t follow the map as trail markings in the Rocky Mountains are, even in designated riding areas, often missing, non-existent, outdated, misplaced or confusing.We use a “High Adventure, No Hassle “ approach where you can share the experience with like-minded enthusiasts’ and experience what the Rocky Mountains have to offer. Singletrack at Treeline Chaffee County, Colorado should truly be called a ‘Mecca’ for off-road motorcyclist’s. The Arkansas River starts to the North in Leadville and exits the Rocky Mountains to the East through Salida, which means ‘Exit’ in Spanish. There are more 14 thousand foot peaks in Chaffee County than in any other County in the Continental U.S. The Continental Divide runs through the Western part of the County and the Rio Grande River watershed is the Southern boundary. There are hundreds of miles of old mining roads, railroad right of ways and singletrack trails in the area. Plus one of the only portions of the Continental Divide trail open to motorcycles. mecca – noun A place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest. A goal to which adherents of a religious faith or practice fervently aspire. Chaffee County Fairgrounds. Continental Divide in the Background For more information on all rides please go to the website.Link to website homepage:2014 Colorado Dual Sport AdventuresFREE Ride Drawing Link:FREE Ride DrawingLinks to ride pages on website:July 18-20th Singletrack at the Ponderosa Lodge, Salida, COAugust 1-3rd Secret Creek Singletrack, Southcentral, ColoradoAugust 15-17th Rocky Mountain Dual Sport Adventure, Salida, COClick on the Event Brite Logo for info on all rides:
More Pix of Colorado. Everybody likes more pictures. Right ? Cottonwood Pass looks like a racetrack in the Photo Credit R! Series We swear there really are wild animals in Colorado. If your Lucky......Thundering Herd of Elk in the Northern San Luis ValleySmall herd of Antelope near Granite, COBig Horn Sheep in Big Horn Sheep CanyonSingletrackRock GardenAlpine ReservoirTrain Tunnels from the 19th CenturySecret Creek SingletrackRock Garden 2.0The trails near Secret Creek really are used very littleRockhoundClick to Link to Ride website
Fun Video from the 2013 Colorado 2 Day Singletrack event from the Tomichi Creek Trading Post in Colorado.
Links of Interest on:Group Photo from the 2013 Colorado 2 Day Dual Sport Adventure from the Chaffee County FairgroundsContinental Divide in the background. Photo Credit R! Series2014 Colorado Dual Sport Adventures Ride-Prep/ Colorado-Dual-Sport / OHV-Regulations Ride-Prep/ Play-Nice Rocky-Mountain-Dual-Sport/ FAQ-Dual-Sport Rocky-Mountain-Dual-Sport/ Free-Ride-Drawing Secret-Creek-Singletrack/ FAQ-Secret-Creek Singletrack-at-Ponderosa-Lodge/ FAQ-Ponderosa Trail-work-Days Trail-work-Days/old-cowtown-2013 Photo Gallery Link -
In some states, like Colorado, you don't need a 'Factory' Dual Sport. For an OHV Motorcycle to be ‘street legal’ and Registered in Colorado it must be inspected by the local Sheriff and have: Working Headlight Taillight Brake Light Electric Horn DOT Tires Mirror (1) Registration fees and Taxes paid Turn Signals are NOT required See this link for more Info: Colorado Dual Sport & OHV Regulations You could make a motorcycle like this 2014 FE 350 street legal in Colorado no problem.
AMA Sanctioned Event DetailsEXIT TOURS M/C Link to Sanctions on AMA Website (Click on AMA Logo) Awesome Rock Formations in the Rocky Mountains. Tim Scott Photo Credit
Various Fun Group Photos from 2013 Exit Tours M/C shenanigans Top of Greens Creek on the Crest Trail on a WorkdayTeam Vurboffroad at the Hot Springs Adventure Tour11,400 foot Tomichi Dome in the BackgroundErik Nijkamp (Center) with some friends from the Netherlands at the Hot Springs Adventure TourAfter Saturday Night Dinner at the Tomichi Creek Trading Post in Sargents, CO.Singletrack Syndicate Fundraise for Jeremy Shoning's 2013 ISDE effortTeam Pix from the Colorado 2 Day Rocky Mountain SingletrackColorado2Day Rocky Mountain Dual Sport StartGratuitous shot of some Jagermeister girls Team Dixie Dual Sport in Buena Vista, ColoradoSaturday night in Sargents before the SVFD RaffleLunch stop in Leadville on the Colorado 2Day Rocky Mountain Dual SportTeam from the Cowtown Family Funday on Lujan PassTeam Vurboffroad in Buena Vista, ColoradoGroup photo from Cottonwood Hot Springs on the Hot Springs Adventure Tour. Photo Credit R ! SeriesHot Spring Adventure Group at Glenwood Hot SpringsContinental Divide at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds behind this group photo. Photo Credit R ! SeriesSummer Rainstorm on the Continental Divide form the Chaffee County fairgrounds in HI-DEF. Photo Credit R ! Series(Click on this photo to see how awesome it really is !)
-Links-2014 Colorado 2 Day Rocky Mountain Dual Sport AdventureAugust 15-17 2014 Chaffee County FairgroundsRocky Mountain Dual Sport Frequently Asked QuestionsChaffee County, Colorado should truly be called a ‘Mecca’ for off-road motorcyclist’s. The Arkansas River starts to the North in Leadville and 'exits' the Rocky Mountains to the East through Salida, which means ‘Exit’ in Spanish. There are more 14 thousand foot peaks in Chaffee County than in any other Countyin the Continental U.S. The Continental Divide runs through the Western part of the County and the Rio GrandeRiver watershed is the Southern boundary. There are hundreds of miles of old miningroads, railroad right of ways and singletrack trails in the area. Plus one of the only portions of the Continental Divide trail open to motorcycles.mecca – nounA place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest.A goal to which adherents of a religious faith or practice fervently aspire.
The Colorado 2 Day Dual Sport Adventure is truly "the shazzitt", that is if you like a whole lot of FREAKIN' AWESOME! And it's even better on HUSQVARNA! 2013 member of TEAM DIXIE DUAL SPORT(the good looking guy far left)
Such cool pictures. This is a cheap way to see the best of CO. Never mind everything that's included but the fact that you can spend time riding trails that are great rather then finding them. Keep the pictures and videos coming
Rocky Mountain Singletrack.com | Colorado 2 Day Event Helmet Cam July 25, 2013 Helmet Cam High Quality Video that you must open the Link to View. Cannot be downloaded in this format: http://vurboffroad.com/videos/rocky-mountain-singletrackcom-colorado-2-day-event/2069/Contributors: Megan Blackburn / www.Vurboffroad.com If you missed the Rocky Mountain Singletrack ride this past July, you missed the perfect weekend for a Colorado adventure.Jubal Brown takes you through some of the trail with over 50 other riders in the first installment of theRocky Mountain ride series.Want to join in on the next one? Head to: http://www.coloradodualsport.com/ and get signed up!
( L to R) Jimbo Bullen,John Koury,Kenneth Huval, Cody Whittington, and Scott Plonsky.The photo is from July 2012 Or as Ron Coop says: Up and over them !This was the first Colorado trip for most of us in the photo. The group consisted of 7 friends from the Lafayette, Louisiana area. All of the riders are guys that rode as teenagers then got back into riding in the last 10 years. The 2 missing riders had blown a corner and were on another trail when that photo was taken.The sign was a ploy to get us in the Dirt Rider magazine. Needless to say it didn’t work.Back to the trip, we rented a house in Crested Butte. We rode for 5 days with each ride starting out on Cement Creek Rd. Scott was the navigator and took us on 5 different full day rides. The longest trips were to Aspen and back. We stayed on single track for most of each days rides and had over 550 miles after 5 days. The most memorable parts of that years trip were Flag Mountain and getting caught in a late evening rain storm and riding for hours to get back. On the final leg of that wet ride we all cheered and speed up when we realized we could see the house. All of us struggle to make a big trip such as this but its was well worth the trouble.We were back again in 2013 and now have plans to ride the July Exit Tours M/C Singletrack from the Ponderosa Lodge Colorado 2 Day trailride on July 18-20, 2014.And then possibly head up to Sargents, Colorado and the Tomichi Creek Trading Post at Secret Creek for 3 more Days of riding on a Custom ride with a ETMC Team member: Custom Rides http://rockymountainsingletrack.net/custom-rides/If your going to come all the way from Louisiana we want to make sure you are going to get your fill of rocks. ( Exit Tours)Most of the guys in the photo ride at Forest Hill Louisiana in the Camp Clayborn National Forest. The local club, the Acadiana Dirt Riders has an Enduro each year. The club hosted several NEPG National Enduro races in the last few years. The trails are single track with great dirt and uses nearly 80 miles of trails.Link to http://acadianadirtriders.com/wp/See this link for information an all Exit Tours M/C 2014 shared group expense Club rides:http://www.eventbrite.com/o/exit-tours-motorcycle-club-2925926109?s=21873711 No Invitation is required to ride. Just sign up and come Ride.
Everyone who participates in any Exit Tours M/C 2014 shared group expense Club Ride gets a sticker exactly like the drawing below.Stickers are Free with your shared group expense entry or for sale for $1.00 and available at Club rides or at:Mountain Tech Motorsports Beta/ Throttle Therapy in Buena Vista, Colorado.
Colorado, in August, on a Husqvarna, at 13,000+ feet. Seriously, what could be better? The guys at EXIT TOURS can make it happen!
