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Daytona '98!Another Alligator D;S is behind us. Many WDSRC members made their way to Daytona forthe festivities and a ride through the Ocala National Forest. Included were: Robert. Brian.Jack. Tom. John. Doug. Rick. Mark. Vaughn. Roy. Ken. JK Lacy. William & Liz. John &Bonnie. Mike & Kay. and the whole HeeHaw gang! It's not a stretch to think that there weresix or more WDSRCers that were there so we can really say that there were about 25members at the Gator! Nice turn out gang!

Post cards were sent out a few weeks ago informing members of the WDSRC table withwater for Camelbaks, snacks for the fanny packs and a drawing for a t-shirt to a luckyWDSRCer attending the Gator. That t -shirt winner was Dirty Doug Narny! Your t-shirt willwill be mailed to you. Doug. For more on the Gator. just turn the page ...

Map of the MonthThis months map is that of Florida's only state run riding area. You know it well. you'veridden there many times. CROOOOOOOOOM. 2.600 acres of pits. sand. whoops. hardwoodhammock. and gator snot when it rains! Camping is available at the campgroud for under $10a night. You must have a sticker to ride, they're available at the gate. Your street-legal bikeis allowed on the road. but they will stop you and make you feel a little uncomfortable aboutit. They fear that if others see D/S bikes on the roadway. the irresponsible off-roaders willwill take their dirt bikes and ATVs out there again and dig up the place. TREAD LIGHTLY!in the court of public opinion my friends.

D.E.P. Outdoor Recreation PlanTom Mahone. FIR Land Use Guy and WDSRCer. wrote an article in the latest issue of theFTR Magazine relating to the Department of Environmental Protections 1999 StateComprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCaRP). Motorized use has not been included inthe past. While there are numerous meeting sites around the state during the next month.WDSRC contacted DEP relating to written comments on the plan. You can forward writtencomments to: Department of Environmental Protection

Parks and Recreation DivisionAttn: Tammy Seale Re: SCORPMail Station 5253900 Commonwealth BlvdTallahassee, FL, 32308

Be sure to include that you are a responsible. street-legal. dual-sport motorcycle rider(explain what D/S is to you). and that you wish for inclusion within the plan to use namedand numbered roads. jeep trails. and trails on DEP properties. Be polite! TREAD LIGHTLY!Let's have our voices heard .

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Both Days $45.00 a great deal Th' t fill I I Camping (no RV hookup) Friday & Saturday night1 Day $25.00 II IS even 1 5 up ear,Y wlhot showers, coffee & donuts breakfast, &

Passenger $8.00 per day 1st 100Entries ONLY catered lunch on route each day.Sat Dinner $8.00 each

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sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)For quiet street-legal dual sport motorcycles. Spark Arrestors Mandatory.

Two days of scenic riding in the North Georgia Mountains. Open to all AMA Dual Sport Enthusiasts!

Course DescriptionRl Two different 125+ mile loops in & around the Chattahoochee National ForestRl An easy to challenging course with essylhard splits. A great ride for novice & experienced dual sport riders alike!

Roll charts provided. Bring your roll chart holder.Rl Gas stops on route. No gas truck! 70 mile range required.Rl We will supply a support vehicle at the lunch break each day.Where: Start both days at the Two Wheels Only (T.w.O.) motorcycle resort in Suches, Georgia.

Reaistration I Entrv Fee· Deadline June 1st I No Post Entries I Entrv Fee Includes:

AccommodationsRl T.W.O. (706) 747·5151 (camping)Rl Econo Lodge (706) 864-6191 (Dahlonega, GA)Rl Ho Jo Inn (706) 864-4343 (Dahlonega, GA)Rl Days Inn (706) 864-2338 (Oahloneoa, GA

DirectionsSuches is on Highway 6015 miles north of Dahlonega, GA

Barbecue ChickenOnly $8.00 per person

Saturday Night

RequirementsRl The operator MUST be an AMA member - bring card for verification - & be at least 16 years old. Parental consent required for minors.Rl Your bike MUST have a current license plate, be street legal in the state of registration, & be equipped with a USFS approved spark arrestor &

muffler which must pass 92dba at 20· sound test. No pass ...no ride.Rl We DO NOT provide medical insurance, & urge you NOT to operate a motorcycle without it.Rl This is not a race or an enduro without check points. This event is for responsible dual sport riders on quiet dual sport bikes.

RJ Register Early - 100Rider Limit f& FOR MORE INFORMATION: (404) 690-2936

Please send entry & check or money order to: GARTRA, c/o Ron Westergren, 1963 Tripp Road - Woodstock,.GA 30188I AM ENTERING: 0 Both Days $45.00 0 PassengerBothDays $16.00 BikeMake

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Schedule Friday 6:00-8:00 om ReqistrationSaturday 7:00-8:00 am Registration

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DUAllN' AT THE "GATOR"!

DAYTONA BEACH flORIDA - Wednesday, March 4 saw over 200 riders again take to thewoods at the 7th Annual Alligator Dual-Sport Ride during Bike Week. Daytona Dirt Ridersordered up some nice weather and boy did they get it. Sunny, clear, blue skies, andcooi Florida winter temperatures. Ali wrapped up at Bike Week In Florida. The only thingmissing was to go Dual-Sporting!

0.0 Start -. After the 2 hour drive from the Suncoast, we arrived at the start at 0600.Were we nuts, it was 40 degrees out there. What the heck, It was only 2 degrees colderat the Swamp Fox! Dragging out of bed at 3AM to load up and go to Daytona, we(Young Brian and myself) were far from bright eyed and bushy tailed at this point. Afterentering we found a spot and set up the club (Withlacoochee Dual-Sport Riders) banner.As the sun broke, so did young Brians bike. We eventually started it by jumping it withthe truck. Funny, at the Swamp Fox the XLR wouldn't start, at the Gator it was the KLR.I wonder which it will be at The Hooch, hopefully not both! Anyway, we set up theWDSRC table so members could fill their CamelBaks and grab some trail snacks. Morethan 25 WDSRCers made their way to the Gator. Our group consisted of Dirt Boy, WoodsWonder Tom, Young Brian, Honest John, Ranger Rick, Dirty Doug and myself. 0845. Offto the woods.

0.0 R PR - DDR began by sending us 18 miles down the road at 55mph in 40 degrees.COOOOOOLD! After winding our way through Deland and over the St. Johns River Bridgewe were on dirt, surrounded by trees!

36.0 FR - The recent heavy rains made the sandy roadways a little bit firmer and wewere tweaking the trails. Wouldn't it be great if there was some mud and water?

36.8 FR - Woods Wonder Tom finds the water. And the mud. It was right under the lettside handlebar and gas tank just by his shoulder. Since Tom has an uncanny (or maybeunnatural) lateral attraction to mud, all club members present voted to change his nameto Mud Magnet Tom. The vote was: 6 in favor, 0 against, and 1 too busy trying to pull aDR250 out of the mud.

58.5 BR Follow Arrows - Right into the sand! Alternate trail time! The main course leadsdown the graded roads and the alternate runs us through firebreaks and Jeep trails.Honest John opts to take his DR650 on the main route (stock D/S tires plain don'twork!), and plans to meet us at the gas stop. Sugar sand. We're into it thick now.Ranger Rick and Dirty Doug (the "400 Boys") let the rest of us go first. Then about amile in they came blazing past us on the XRs. They set us up! Set the bikes up good to!

60.6 S FA - Mud Magnet Tom and I pull over to wait for everybody. After 10 minutes we .get worried until Dirt Boy's XT and Young Brian's monster KLR come bouncing up thetrail. Oh yeah, the "400 Boys" were ahead of us waiting.

74.3 S FR - Mud Magnet Tom endos, then side-o's, and then bush-o's. At the same timeRanger Rick slide-o's into the brush-o to avoid hitting Tom-a! STOP THE RIDE, THERE'SBEEN A MULTI-BIKE MISHAP! Tom pulls the DR out of the brush, kicks it over and takesoff. Rick picks up the XR and kicks It over, and kicks. and kicks, and .....

74.3 and 1/2 - Tom crashes AGAIN! Ricks still kickin' at 74.3... (Continued)

DuaJin' at the Gator Continued

87.5 - Gas stop. Honest John pulls in a minute or so behind us. The pack is back! Hey,Isn't that.. .....Yeah, you were the guy on the '72 CL175 at the Swamp Fox! Only this timethe same guy was riding a '77XL 250! Gas up and It's off to the ferry crossing at FortGates.

93.0 Stop - Ferry Crossing. Walt. For the Ferry. It take about 40 minutes round trip. DirtBoy inched up ahead of the rest of us and wound up on the next ferry x-ing. Shouts of"It's the Titanic!" were pointed in his direction. By the time we crossed the St. JohnsRiver by boat (after we had to physically restrain Tom because he was beginning to walkinto the river looking for a shallow line to ride the DR across!), Dirt Boy was kickingback, with his feet up, mocking us as we arrived with the typical "What took you guysso long?". All he needed was ci-gar! Suzuki didn't handle the lunch break this year, anda good thing to! The people at the fish camp were cranking out the hotdogs (Sabbretts!),chips and soda for all the riders. And there was plenty of food! How many peopleremember getting to lunch and there not being any? Way too many! A trp-o-the-helrnet-to-y'all!

93.0 S DR - It was down the dirt road and heading back to Daytona. The road woundthrough Georgetown and other little places on it's way to:

101.8 R FR - Lake George Wildlife Management Area. 7 miles of dirt road, some of itwasned out from the recent rains. Rumor back at the start was that one of the holesswallowed up a group of doctors from Westerville, Ohio. (Get It! AMA, American MedicalAssociation! HaHaHaHa. Okay, so it wasn't THAT funny.)

108.9 R PR - This was it. The most dreaded section of the course. The looooongggg rideback to the start on various local, county and state roads. We were more worn out afterall this pavement than we were from the woods! If DDR can improve one area, this is It.

149.1 END - 1530. Back at the start, we all gathered around and shot the breeze aboutthe days events. It seems that everyone crashed, except myself and Young Brian, butMud Magnet Tom did crash an additional two time to make up for our lack of effort. Aquick check of our raffle numbers yielded the reality that yet again Young Brian and Iwere denied a prize. We're 0-2 at D/S events this year! Some more BS with the WDSRCkrewe, our good byes and good rides, and a plan to meet back in OUR woods for a goodD/S time.

Next Stop, GARTRA's Chatahoochee D/S June 13/14 in Georgia.

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G.P.S. FundGlobal Positioning System. WDSRC is in need of a GPS unit to map the trails that we useso that in the future we can present to the various governmental agencies that , yes. wedo use the forest and these are the trails that we use. Out west the trend is to close areaswith no formal trail use mapping. No trails, no use.

A Magellon 3000XL unit has been found that will meet our needs. It is capable ofinterfacing with an IBM compatible PC with the use of the Mageilon software package.WDSRC will be able to document and inventory our trails with this unit. Total cost of thisunit is $275, this includes sales tax. All WDSRC members who donate to this fund will belisted in upcoming issues along with the amount donated. The plan is to have the GPS inhand and usable by June 1, as we start the layout for the Devil's Creek D/S Ride. Allamounts donated over the $275 will be put into a fund for the purchase of a club Easy-upcanopy shelter for events. To kick the fund off FLORIDA DUAL-SPORTER editor and WDSRCLeader Robert Frey has donated $20. GPS FUND Total 3/6/98 $20

Motorcycle Web Sites!The following are web sites for some of the manufacturers. If you know of more pleaseforward them to WDSRC so we can include them for all our Web Surfers.

Kawasaki : www.kawasaki.comYamaha: www.yamaha-motor.comSuzuki: http://www.suzuki.com

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