For more than a decade off-road legend Malcolm Smith and the crew from his Riverside, CA dealership have presented their annual NO WIMPS dual sport ride.

 

 

This year’s ride, being held on November 23^rd in the San Jacinto Mountains, again promises to be an aggressive alternative to most of the dual sport rides offered up to the public.

 

While the ride does have normal (read that as “easier”) routes that most riders will really enjoy, this ride has optional sections that are particularly difficult and challenging. These “hero” sections require the riders to dig down deep to get through – hence the term “NO WIMPS”.

 

A few years ago, in response to the increased popularity and capability of large displacement dual sport bikes like the KTM 990 Adventure, a Adventure Bike route was also added to the ride.

 

 

Download the entry form HERE to learn more about the ride and the special pig-roast that follows. The ride starts and ends at the Stress-Free Ranch near Hemet and overnight camping is available so you can get out on the trail early.

 

You can also check with Malcolm Smith Motorsports (www.malcolmsmith.com) for more ride information and for the best deals on bikes and equipment available for dual sporting in Southern California!

Each year there are a lot of off-road or dual-sport motorcycle rides to chose from in Southern California. But one of the most famous, or infamous due to its difficulty, is the Soboba Trail Ride.

 

 

The trail ride, that will be presented on the normally secluded to the public Soboba Indian Reservation, has been testing the skills and the machines of riders for thirty years. Originally the trail ride was a full blown Enduro, but in the last decade or so it’s morphed into a non-completion event that, if your complete it, announces to the world that you know how to ride a motorcycle.

 

 

In truth, you can do the trail ride with average skills as promoter Bob Graziano has plugged in bail-outs manned by support riders to keep you from being trapped in the hills overnight. But be warned, if you complete the full route, and the post lunch second leg, you’re a rider of high caliber.

 

 

You know that something is up when the event’s grand marshal is none other than off-road legend Malcolm Smith. He shows up with son Alexander (a off-road rocket himself) to lead off the hundreds of riders made up of motorcycle notables like Scot Harden, Troy Lee and others who have marked down Sunday, March 1^st 2009 as an important motorcycle date on their calendar.

 

 

Because the ride is held at the tail end of winter, spring rains often make the course loamy. But even when it’s been dry the course is in great shape because it’s seldom used except by the lay-out team that takes months and chainsaws to get the trails laid out for the riders.

 

If you’ve not done the Soboba Trail Ride, or it’s been a while since you’ve accepted the challenge, you can download a ENTRY FORM HERE. But don’t delay, as this ride is an “invite only” event and the trail ride team is allowing Ridin’ Times the courtesy of posting the entry form here for its readers. Enter now while you can get it as it fills fast.

 

 

Get you bike ready, get your body ready, get the entry in and stand by to enjoy some great food (the breakfast burritos sold in the pits are to die for) and be ready to pinch yourself as you climb and descent Soboba’s awesome hills and you splash through the water crossings. Sign up now!