(Left) Some 300 riders showed up 10r this year's running
01 the LA-B-to-V ride.
(Below) After their stop In Mojave, rideriS laced the lirst easy/hard split
to the next check and opportunity to luel at the Jawbone Canyon Store.
(Below left) Fun doesn't discriminate: A strong contingent
01 vintage lans make the annual trek.
(Bottom) Hey, It's no hare and hound, but it's stili a lot 011un.
out on the course with instructions to
assist anybody who ran into trouble.
One of the happiest riders at the end
of the first day's run was Steve Crevier,
who had parked his Smokin' Joe's
Bonda for the weekend and traveled all
the way from Vancouver, British
Columbia, to take part in his first-ever
dual sport run.
"1 started riding motocross when 1
was 15, so I'm used to the dirt, and 1
always wanted to do some sort of desert
ride," said Crevier, who was aboard a
Bonda XR400 for the day. "It was everything 1 expected. [ saw some great
cenery and [ got to throttle it a bit.
Road riding is fun but it's against the
aw to hang it out and really have fun
on the street, so it's great to get out in
the dirt where you can let that aggres.ve side out.
"My only problem was that I crashed
before 1 even made it to the start today,"
said Crevier, with a grin. "1 stayed at a
friend's house near the start last night
and, when I was riding over this morning, 1was a little slow to throttle off over
a piece of sage. I crashed and hurt my
ribs, but I'm fine."
9. The temperature hovered around the
~O-degree mark as the riders began
heading out of Barstow at the start of
day two's ride, and the first 50 miles of
flat, flat, flat powerline road didn't do a
whole lot to get the blood pumping, but
the tricky sand-dune section that foll
