Chandler Hill Challenge - AMA Dual Sport & National Adventure Tour

[2TrakR]

Chandler Hill Challenge - Wolverine, Michigan

September 15-16

AMA Dual Sport

plus

AMA National Adventure Tour

by Great Lakes Dual Sporters

Like the Wolverine area? Want to ride some of the best chunks of the Tomahawk system, PLUS ride event/enduro trail on private property?

This is a full Dual Sport event, bikes must be street legal (like with a plate and stuff). This is a great chance to run event class trail in addition to an excellent Dual Sport route at your own pace.

For those familiar with GLDS's other Dual Sport events, you know we stick primarily to forest roads (two tracks) and connect it with bits of pavement and dirt. This event will have a lot more single track trail, although there are bypasses for all of the "hero sections" and most of the single track so don't be "scared off". All of the private event trail sections will be optional.

We are also holding an AMA National Adventure Tour with separate routes for the "big bikes" on the same weekend, same location. Hundreds of miles of awesome dirt & gravel with some pavement perfect for the adventure rider. Think 950 Adventures, KLR 650s and 1150GS long-haul machines.

FOOD is included on Saturday, lunch is served on the trail. Dinner will be served at camp.

There is free field camping available.

Route sheets, maps and GPS all included at registration. There will be on-the-ground markings for the Dual Sport routes to aid navigation in some sections.

There will be door prizes on Saturday night.

Flyer, including the ability to pre-register (paper or online, pay with a credit card even), is available on the GLDS site:

http://www.gldsmc.org/chandlerhill07.html

This is an AMA sanctioned event, it is not affiliated with any other organizations. There are NO membership requirements for this event. No AMA. We strongly encourage you to belong to the AMA and will have membership available at sign up.

$35 for one day or $65 for both if pre-paid. $40/day if paid at the event.

Prepay gets a free T-Shirt.

Pictures of the area and course here:

http://www.gldsmc.org/Peep/main.php/v/2TrakR/wolverine07/

Directions:

I-75 to exit 290 (Vanderbilt).

North on Old 27 three miles to Thumb Lake Rd.

West on Thumb Lake 3.5 miles to Magee.

North on Magee 4 miles to Event (east side of Rd)

This is not the site of the Wolverine enduro (from the week before) or the Tomahawk Trail Rider's Phil Bean event.

Questions:

info@gldsmc.org

jvalley@mac.com

(989) 879-5023

[sndmn2]

[drz400s_guy]

Hey, that looks pretty fun, and I just got my endorsement too!

[Flattrack_Jim]

Will there be sound testing available Friday night?

My 250x (plated) only has about a 70 mile range, is there a place to store or get gas?

Or would a KTM 640 Lc4 be better suited for this ride?

[2TrakR]

There will be registration open on Friday night (start @ 7PM).

Gas options, at gas stations, on all the loops, under 70 miles between gas stops.

Either bike would be just fine; I'd take the 250x over the 640 on the Dual Sport if I were planning to ride the hero sections, otherwise the 640 would be just as happy. Definitely want the 640 on the Adventure Loops, if you opt for those instead.

[RPM06]

Bump...

[drz400sman]

I'm interested in going to this event but can't find anyone to go up there with me. Anyone need a riding buddy? I live in Livingston county...I can drive or split the cost of gas. Let me know ?

[2TrakR]

If you can make it to the event, we'll definitely be able to find somebody for you to ride with.

[sndmn2]

Looks like fun. Wish I could make this one.

[NiceUserName]

So how bad are the hero sections going to be? I'm trying to sell my DRZ so I'd like to not throw it down a bunch of times.

[2TrakR]

Not bad at all plus there are plenty of bypasses for everything.

[RPM06]

So how bad are the hero sections going to be? I'm trying to sell my DRZ so I'd like to not throw it down a bunch of times.

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[NiceUserName]

That was a lot of fun and we enjoyed it a lot! We will definately do it again and please let us know if you guys need any help in the future. The hero sections weren't bad at all and I survived - yay! But I still hucked my heavy pig in the sand a few times. Later

[Z-8]

That was a lot of fun and we enjoyed it a lot! We will definately do it again and please let us know if you guys need any help in the future. The hero sections weren't bad at all and I survived - yay! But I still hucked my heavy pig in the sand a few times. Later

LOL! I've finally excepted the fact that flopping over in the sand is just part of my riding style (It's gonna happen:banghead: ).

Kudos to Ted and the GLDS:thumbsup: ! This was my first official Dual Sport ride and I've got some things to learn about navigation. We spent a good part of Sat. misplaced, still managed to ride 150mi. and miss part of the course. I haven't ridden everywhere in Mi. but this area is definently one of my favorites!