Dualsport Ride leaving Ardmore area 9/5?

[klaviator]

10 riders showed up at the usual meeting place in Ardmore. Rich ( @2372ighost ) showed up on a bike no one was expecting.



What is it?

It was a bike that I had never heard of before. A Bashan Brozz 250. Yes its one of those dirt cheap Chinese bikes. Rich paid about 1/3 what a KLX230 would cost. It has a clone of an old Honda aircooled 230cc motor. Unlike pretty much any modern dual sport bike this one has a comfortable seat and a 3 gallon gas tank. Also, inverted forks, dual discs with steel braided brake lines, a tach, fuel guage, electric and kick starting. How about a key fob? That can start the bike remotely.

I was impressed. But how would it actually perform? This was the first real ride on this bike for Rich.

We also had a CRF450, my KLX250, a DR650.




TWO RE Himalayans, a KTM, a DR200, CRF250L and BMW 950GS.

[klaviator]

The morning ride was mostly paved country roads with a few dirt roads thrown in.



Most of the paved roads had no centerline and were a bit rough.



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My route was out in the boonies and didn't take us past any convenient stopping places. I probably waited too long for the first break but finally stopped on the side of a deserted "goat trail".



We were stopped there for probably 15 minutes and not a single car came by.

TWO Himalayans in one place!

[klaviator]

Mo riding.



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Gas stop at around 80 miles.

[klaviator]

We headed for the lunch stop. Mostly, but not all pavement.

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When we got to Lynneville I saw some vintage cars and stopped to take a pic.




At this point @thinwater took the lead as I didn't know exactly where the lunch stop was. I saw a bunch more vintage cars as we rode through town. I'm guessing there was a car club having lunch at Soda Pop Junction.



Our lunch stop was 31 south BBQ just outside of Lynneville.



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Great food and service.  Great place for a lunch stop.

[klaviator]

More riding after lunch with Stephen leading the way.



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We took a break and checked out this walking bridge.



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[klaviator]

There were some water crossings.



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Corn field crossing.




Ya think we might be in farm country?

[TN_twowheeladdict]

Thanks for letting me tag along, and great photos!

[Sweeper]

This poor guy was looking for tape, which I had. Then told me he was fixing a rubber fuel line!

A rare shot of Win's front side.

Crossing the river after almost twelve hours!
Thanks again to our leaders and our sweeper(not me this time)!


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[thinwater]

I'm 2.2 rides behind getting through footage, I'll get there.  Still have to set up an account where I can just dump photos. Great pictures, of a good time, thanks for all that participated in making it that way.  Nice ride reports.

[klaviator]

Let me try to finish this before I ride out of town and forget.

Yes, this was a dual sport ride.



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@TheSweeper



@TN_twowheeladdict

[klaviator]

We finished off back at the Shell station in Ardmore. After BSing a bit I headed home. It looked like a really nice sunset but I never had a really good vantage point to take pics. I took one while riding.



And this one while stopped at a light.




My Odo was at 272 miles when I got home with 70 of that riding to and from the meeting place. I'm glad I got the Seat Concepts seat because my ass would have been in severe pain with the stock seat.

[mega1e6]

Thank you klaviator & thinwater for leading this ride.
Got home just as the sun was setting on another great ride.

[BamaPhill]

So how did the Bashan Brozz 250 do on the ride?

[Guidedawg]

Nice to see our folks out there and having fun!

[Nice Goat]

I know that spot with the walking bridge.  That is some excellent riding in that area.