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Alright! The rally is less than 2 weeks away, so it is time to start getting ready to ride some great roads and trails in the Ozark National Forest!

I had a good weekend of riding and managed to get the west "little bike" loop completed, so I will have that ready for those of you guys who like rocks! For those of you guys and gals wanting some gnarly little bike riding, I think I've nailed that with this track. I was hoping to get the east "little bike" track laid out this weekend as well, but I ran out of time. I plan to go out sometime this week to lay it out and it should be a little more forgiving than the west track.

As for the other aspects of the rally, the club is hard at work getting ready to welcome all the attendants. We should be getting t-shirts printed up in a week or so, Saturday night's feast is being planned, and the tracks are coming along slowly but surely.

I took some teaser shots of the campground facility and I think we are going to have beautiful conditions for some riding if the weather is anything like this weekend!

Entrance to the campground:



Looking out from the clubhouse:



The creek behind the clubhouse:



Our "single track" bridge:



Clubhouse/playground area:



As for registration, the plan is to leave it open until right up to the event, but we will have to cut off the t-shirt option in about a week, so if you're wanting to get an event shirt you'll need to register in the next couple of days.

Other than that, let me know if you guys have any questions that I can help with. If not, we'll see you at the rally!

Here's some teaser helmet camera pictures from the "little bike" west track that I laid out this past Saturday:

Pre-registration will be open right up until the event, but there will be no option for ordering a t-shirt as of Friday, October 2. If you are wanting to order a shirt with your pre-registration, make sure to do it before next Friday! This is to allow us enough time to get the shirts that have been ordered printed.

We will still have the option of registering at the gate when you arrive, but keep in mind that the cost will be $10 extra over the pre-registration price, so $85 total. There will be a few extra t-shirts at the event, but they will be limited on what sizes and first come, first serve.

I finally registered today. Ordered a t-shirt, too. Kendall, those pics get me all warm & tingly!

troy wrote:I finally registered today. Ordered a t-shirt, too. Kendall, those pics get me all warm & tingly!

I just noticed the infamous Troy Wolf was on the updated registration list that I was emailed today! It will be an honor for us and all in attendance to be in the presence of such adventure royalty!

I'm glad the pics had that effect. I think.

Kendall, is Hwy 23 still closed between 16 and 215 due to the slide?
http://www.thv11.com/story/news/2015/06 ... /28814197/

troy wrote:Kendall, is Hwy 23 still closed between 16 and 215 due to the slide?
http://www.thv11.com/story/news/2015/06 ... /28814197/

Yes it is. The latest that I've heard is they may have it back open by the end of October, but we'll see if that turns out to be correct or not.

I am planning on sending out an update email to all of the registered participants with the tracks attached and driving directions by no later than Sunday night and I will definitely mention the road being closed because of the landslide. I don't see it affecting any RideForum members since you are all coming from the north, but it's good to get the word out to everyone anyway.

Only a little over a week to go! I should have some updates on the east "little bike" track by sometime Sunday. Stay tuned!

Click for the "little bike" east update: http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/s ... 048/page-6

I screwed up on my copy and paste from my advrider post, so this is the best I can do without redoing all the photo imbeds!

The official event email with .gpx tracks attached has been sent out to all who pre-registered. If you are pre-registered and did not get the email, let me know and I will figure out why it did not go through.

Perfect weather. ROUGH trails. Great people. Woohoo!

I crashed relatively hard twice. My body aches all over but I don't think anything is broken. Head bounced once...but no stars or anything....guess I'm OK.

Thanks to the Razorback Riders Club and specifically Kendall for the work he put into the event and for making sure our RideForum.NET community was kept in the loop.

I'm sorry to hear about your crashes, Troy! I guess what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger! For what it's worth, the conditions were pretty ripe for some get-offs. Despite the good soaking rain we got on Friday, it seemed the trails were back to their loose, rocky selves on Saturday. We need more rain!

All in all, I think we are counting the inaugural Rally @ the Rock a success. It seemed to go pretty smoothly and it appeared that everyone had a good time, so I think the second annual will be even better!

Thanks for coming out and I'll see you there next year hopefully with some more RideForum guys.

Happy New Year! It feels weird saying that, but it is a still pretty new year and it's time to start planning your 2016 motorcycling adventures. In the interest of giving everyone a head's up so that they can schedule their attendance at the 2016 Rally @ the Rock, we're officially announcing the dates for this year's rally.

The 2nd Annual Rally @ the Rock presented by the Razorback Riders will be held on October 14-16, 2016.

This is just an announcement so that everyone can put it on their calendars. I am planning on posting a new thread in the Rides section in late spring/early summer with all of the important details that you'll need to know about the 2016 version of our rally. We're planning on making some slight changes to this year's rally in order to make it a better experience for everyone involved. We appreciate all of the feedback that we got from attendees of the 2015 rally and we'd like to take any and all of that into consideration to make the 2nd Annual an even better experience.

If anyone has any questions, feedback, etc. please feel free to post them here and I'll try to respond as best I can. Other than that, mark your calendars and I'll update you all on when we'll "officially" announce the new thread in the Rallies sub-forum.

Thanks!