First-ever "The Bucky" Dual Sport Ride - near Madison, WI
#1
10-28-2009, 11:47 PM
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Fond Du Lac, WI
Posts: 63
First-ever "The Bucky" Dual Sport Ride - near Madison, WI
[quote=madwrench]
Here's what we were dealing with. 2.5 inches of rain in a couple of days, on top of already wet ground. This is the rain gauge in Crowbait's front yard.
Madwrench took this photo of me on the ride
Madwrench, this photo of me on the 250 kinda answers why I had a harder time with the slimey hills than the other KLX250s. . . What is the old saying . . . don't weigh more than the CC of the motor. . . 20 HP is probable best if you weigh under 200 LB . . . at least for slimey hill climbing
Dan888 and Matt and few other KLX250s were at the Bucky, maybe they will also post on this thread
Originally Posted by weggieman
Supposedly the slipperiest substance known to man is wet ice on wet ice......I beg to differ. I have never been on anything as greasy as those hills. Hell, oil on a road race track has better traction!!
. . .not that muddy, but really damn slippery!
But dang I had fun! This ride will be a blast with drier weather.
Great properties to ride on, thanks to all the land owners!
. . .not that muddy, but really damn slippery!
But dang I had fun! This ride will be a blast with drier weather.
Great properties to ride on, thanks to all the land owners!
The road route was perfect
I was busy trying to do the hills and I didn't have much time to use the camera.
This part of the state,
the flat areas were farmed
the hills were the woods
the flat areas were farmed
the hills were the woods
#3
10-28-2009, 11:53 PM
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Fond Du Lac, WI
Posts: 63
To me it seemed the route before lunch the hill were less slimey than after lunch
BTW great lunch,
wish I could of stayed for the supper, but I wanted to get home before the cold set in.
BTW great lunch,
wish I could of stayed for the supper, but I wanted to get home before the cold set in.
Lot of elevation changes in one ride
I liked the grass cycle track that we ran on
Lot of nice single track
#4
10-29-2009, 12:27 AM
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Fond Du Lac, WI
Posts: 63
There are three Fall season dual-sport venues in Wisconsin: Kettle Moraine (southeastern), Cross Plains (southwest) & with Wabeno (northern Wisconsin) also having a spring DS ride. Wisconsin Fall rides are popular as the corn fields make good connector routes between dirt sections
Always good to see the ladies out roosting it, too
Editor note: These two photos of the girls were taken by my fellow Madison Motorcyle Club member Madwrench. BTW, the MMC is one of the very oldest AMA Clubs in the USA
Editor note: These two photos of the girls were taken by my fellow Madison Motorcyle Club member Madwrench. BTW, the MMC is one of the very oldest AMA Clubs in the USA
Originally Posted by zora
"the ladies roosting it too" I think the ratio of me getting roosted as opposed to roosting was about 20 to 1 
This was only my seventh organized dual sport event, but by far my favorite. Hey- many thanks to the boys who helped push my butt up the sweet quarter mile mud slide. I wanted to thank you again in person at dinner, but because I did a little too much pre-Bucky celebrating on Friday night, I never made it back to the VFW after the ride for the post-Bucky celebration. Thanks again though!
This was only my seventh organized dual sport event, but by far my favorite. Hey- many thanks to the boys who helped push my butt up the sweet quarter mile mud slide. I wanted to thank you again in person at dinner, but because I did a little too much pre-Bucky celebrating on Friday night, I never made it back to the VFW after the ride for the post-Bucky celebration. Thanks again though!
#6
10-29-2009, 12:53 AM
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Fond Du Lac, WI
Posts: 63
Early 50's Chevy pickup truck, restored worth about 5 G
Cost to restore this early Chevy pickum up truck - about 5 G
Seeing an early 50's Chevy pickup truck on the trail . . . Priceless
Originally Posted by sideshow
I only really pulled out my camera when I got stuck, which was a shame. Glad Klasjm got a shot of the '54 Chevy (only made that grille for a year, but could be an early '55). Beautiful colors in that old thing.
Lots of fun on the greasy hills. I was going to give Matt's bike a shot up this hill that I was at the top of, ready for pictures, and promptly crashed it with the gobbed-up mud on the tire. Anyways, nice finish to the hill with a stander:
Spin to win!
Lots of this on the hill. Actually watched about 8 bikes take the hill. 2 made it all the way up. The difference between the other 6 (and me) was how far they made it up before having to do The Walk.
Lots of fun on the greasy hills. I was going to give Matt's bike a shot up this hill that I was at the top of, ready for pictures, and promptly crashed it with the gobbed-up mud on the tire. Anyways, nice finish to the hill with a stander:
Spin to win!
Lots of this on the hill. Actually watched about 8 bikes take the hill. 2 made it all the way up. The difference between the other 6 (and me) was how far they made it up before having to do The Walk.
Originally Posted by madwrench
BTW, re: the pics on of the old Chevy pickup. That truck belongs to Speedy Pete (who did the MC duties after dinner). Someone asked me about the truck, and I told them it was Speedy's, and his wife Rachel, who happened to be standing nearby said, "WHAT?!"
Oops.
Oops.
I figured the truck was WAY to nice to be junked!!!
#7
10-29-2009, 01:00 AM
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Fond Du Lac, WI
Posts: 63
I chatted with the farmer who owned this barn
The farm was in the same family for one Century
He was also one of the farmers who let use cross his land
Thanks
Below, one of Wisconsin's famed round barns
