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VCMC Gorman 2 Day ISDE Qualifier 28-29JAN2017

From AMA Race Rep. Erek Kudla
Along with Medals and Pins riders who participate will get these great commemorative numbers to stick to their bike taking on the event with them. Getting torn up, stained by bushes and pitted by rocks just like you! Peel it off and stick it to your wall to always remember the event! Yellow for LOI Riders. Red/White/Blue for Championship Riders.
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Ha, the bushes there will stain you with your own blood. Not soft creosote but nasty dog wood, scrub oak, and iron wood that reach out and grab your jersey. Somehow the jersey stays intact but you'll have a nasty scratch as a souvenir.
 
the old adage- been there done that....and do that almost every weekend. always have digs and scrapes on my forearms and use gorilla tape to close jersey holes from the inside, stuff even adds to arm protection as well.
 
I wonder if they will use some of the trails to Frazier Mtn. They have been closed for a few years after a fire went through there. I only say that because much of the the really technical trails have been systematically closed over the years to allow for recovery. The trails up the mountain are good hard single track stuff.
 
last time at the 2 day qualifire! we did access the mountain trails, I did the entire thing with no rear shock, I would like to do it with a rear shock this time!!
 
I finally got my ISDE LOI submitted......................to the wife. All good I'm 100% IN****************************************! Get to rub elbows with all the ISDE hopefuls yee haa. And get that feel for multi day events. Kinda like an seasonal World Enduro GP (2 day event)
 
well is anyone else here going to do this event? with all of our rain with more in the forecast I for one can be happy with Gorman. You can ride 1 day if you want, but the real adventure and world enduro feel/experence comes into the 2 day adventure, with all the impound and marking /scrutineering stuff.
 
Thought about it, but had to choose one race this month. WIth course work required for our HnH race on the same weekend as DMC, it made the choice fairly simple.
 
rider info here
http://www.vcmc.info/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=370060&module_id=244105

I'm going up on Friday afternoon to scrutineering in an unusual state.....with a dirty bike (chain is lubed, oil is fresh, new tires with stuffed mousses, clean S/A screen reinstalled, ready to race) but bike is as is from the wet desert ride we did last week.
Which incidentally was good practice, because the specials at Gorman are usually faster Euro style tracks and that dez ride we did included 4th-6th gear sweeping curvy sand washes, which took me an hour or 2 to get myself dialed into for speed.
Our local max is usually in the more 15-20 avg mph range.
Also Im leaving my sea level jetting in, looks like temps are from 40-60 up at 4k feet. better to be juha safe easy smooth running fatter then to get cold dense air lean spots. Its just one setting fatter than my usual 3-5k 70 deg avg setup, nothing drastic. Plus with no dust and possible slippery conditions she will be spun up for the tight rocky wash mud holes, which I have a feeling will be used in the specials.
I'm leaving my OEM muffler with my Enduro Engineering sparky screen cap, but bringing my FMF Turbine core as a backup in case of sound check issues (doubtful with OEM muffler).
 

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Kato makin' me look stylish in test 2 day 2.
6th on day 1 4th on day 2 (50A) very pleased, a little fast for my taste and I was super spode on the mx track portion of the day 2 2nd test which was at the end of this test...but no injury no crash and had a fun adventure once again.
All my crew and extended crew did great!!! Met a nice kid on a solo van moto racing US adventure from Germany Nico Schoen-- the kid rails**************************************** keep an eye out for him he's heading to east to do a gncc and nat enduro too after he leaves Ca.. Im lovin the Fly Lite Hydrogen gear its so dang comfortable.
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(photo Credit Mark Kariya)
 
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