BarryB wrote:
Super cool machine! I've heard of The Blackwater.
I raced enduros for 20 years 85ish-95ish, best was a B rated rider.
We had one in Northern CA called The Jackhammer enduro. Really difficult - and 2017 was the 47th year.
100 miles like the Blackwater but it was two 50 mile loops with a pitstop in the middle. Hard to make a loop on most stock tanks so everyone had bigger tanks.
I was most successful with mt IT465, failed miserably on my CR500.
My two racing buddies Steve and Dave --- Me on the right with my IT465
You guys liked those big bores out West. In New England I rode Enduros and Hare Scrambles for 30 years off and on. Most bikes were 250s, 200s and 175s. The tight woods made a big bore a tough bike to navigate, unless of course you are super human Scott Summers on a 650 Honda. Now our group does mainly ADV riding for off road and that is a ball. We are trying to put a trip together to CA and ADV ride the Sierra Nevadas. I did ride LA-Barstow-Vegas in 2013 and 2014 on a KTM 500EXC and was glad to have that power in the sand.