It's funny to see racing in Baja, France, Portugal, Spain all great places to ride and race but US and Australia are simply huge so if you want it, it's available!! Single track in the woods or a variety of desert environments. Everyone has something beautiful but we have more of it in the United States!!
I didn't realize it was you Ward! Wish I could have been there. Been a year since I raced and 3 years since I raced the series etc. LIfe gets in the way sometimes ya know.
nice ride!! awesome finish. I was wondering how so many got in front. You looked close to top 10 at the start. Looked like a fun course. Dirt was perfect.
@@CrustyCycle9317 yeah i went there last year rode the poker 50 ....was signed up for the 100 .....heck no i was too old for that !!! ..lol that place is tuff !!!!..good job nice ride !!!...just sayin ............:)
@1jimhublera, if you ever decide to do the race, only do one lap of the poker run, just enough to see the course. That way, you're not all beat up for the race.
Yeah, I'm ahold out. I like using my YZ250 for off-road work. I had a YZ250X, their off-road model. I preferred the full race bike. A lot of AA riders here in the northwest use YZ 250's for cross country and enduro. In some conditions, they are the best, but they're always at least good. There are certainly better choices for desert racing, however. Thanks for commenting
@wardrodgers9317 Lifelong desert racer here. You're picking the wrong bike. The only places where 2 strokes work is back east, slow, single track. Out west you need a 4 stroke. I went from racing old ass XR's to the 450X and never looked back. I'm older but faster on the 450X. Done Baja, Tecate, H&H, and WORCS.
Sounds like you know what you're talking about. Most of our riding here is West of the Cascade Range (Western Washington). Think coastal foothills and the like. We mostly ride enduro and hare scrambles. A lot of guys here run 300 2-Strokes. The Desert 100 is kind of a one-off season opener, non points event, pretty big deal in the Northwest. Run watcha brung!
Great video and footage, congrats on the P3!
Thank you, and thanks for commenting.
Awesome start and an awesome finish. Love this race!
Thank you for watching the video and commenting!
Nice Ride!! Ward
Thanks Tom!
God that's soo much fun!!
I had a blast, that's for sure!
It's funny to see racing in Baja, France, Portugal, Spain all great places to ride and race but US and Australia are simply huge so if you want it, it's available!! Single track in the woods or a variety of desert environments. Everyone has something beautiful but we have more of it in the United States!!
Yep yep go USA!
Congrats ! Its awsome .
Thank you. I had a lot of fun riding, and making the video 📹
Nice!!!!!
Great vid and fantastic ride!
Thanks, Scott. I appreciate that.
I didn't realize it was you Ward! Wish I could have been there. Been a year since I raced and 3 years since I raced the series etc. LIfe gets in the way sometimes ya know.
@scottnutter3068 Yep Scott, and racing can get in the way of life! I wish you were there too. I'm just doing Enduro. Only six events, all West side.
Crazy race! Did you take that guy out at 1:20? LOL
It sure seems like I might have taken him out. I heard that someone crashed near the whole shot mark but none of my people saw anything.
nice ride!! awesome finish. I was wondering how so many got in front. You looked close to top 10 at the start. Looked like a fun course. Dirt was perfect.
All those people in the second half of the video were people in the back of the first wave hundred mile race
Thank you, and thanks for watching the video!
The real winners are the one's who stopped to help the rider 37:27 cause that dude looked totaly incapacitated.
Yeah, you're right about that. I'm not proud of myself for just riding by like I did.
@@CrustyCycle9317 I'm sure there were enough guys that needed the excuse to stop that late into it!!! That type of racing is gnarly.
Very well done.
Thank you, much appreciated!
mixin gas & haulin ass !!! .....nice job !!! you were kickin butt !!!! ...................................just sayin .....................:)
Thanks, man. It was a good time. A week ago tomorrow.
@@CrustyCycle9317 yeah i went there last year rode the poker 50 ....was signed up for the 100 .....heck no i was too old for that !!! ..lol that place is tuff !!!!..good job nice ride !!!...just sayin ............:)
@1jimhublera, if you ever decide to do the race, only do one lap of the poker run, just enough to see the course. That way, you're not all beat up for the race.
A motocross bike for desert riding? You know they make bikes for off road riding right?
Yeah, I'm ahold out. I like using my YZ250 for off-road work. I had a YZ250X, their off-road model. I preferred the full race bike. A lot of AA riders here in the northwest use YZ 250's for cross country and enduro. In some conditions, they are the best, but they're always at least good. There are certainly better choices for desert racing, however.
Thanks for commenting
@wardrodgers9317 Lifelong desert racer here. You're picking the wrong bike. The only places where 2 strokes work is back east, slow, single track. Out west you need a 4 stroke. I went from racing old ass XR's to the 450X and never looked back. I'm older but faster on the 450X. Done Baja, Tecate, H&H, and WORCS.
Sounds like you know what you're talking about. Most of our riding here is West of the Cascade Range (Western Washington). Think coastal foothills and the like. We mostly ride enduro and hare scrambles. A lot of guys here run 300 2-Strokes. The Desert 100 is kind of a one-off season opener, non points event, pretty big deal in the Northwest.
Run watcha brung!
@wardrodgers9317 I bought a KTM 300 and I hate that thing. Too light for Mojave. $$$ in suspension and it still sucks.
@lw3918 I'd love to ride Mojave. It sounds like I better bring a 450!