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Smokin Hole Rally The Smokin Hole Rally is gathering at Blue Mountain Resort this year, celebrating it's 11th anniversary! Join us for a weekend of Adventure Riding, Camping and Comradery. It's all in the details If you like hitting the wide-open road, making new friends who share similar interests, and sharing your love for adventure riding - then the Smokin Hole Rally is for you! A great time to be had by all ADVriders, this event is of course a rain or shine. Sign up for the whole weekend to enjoy every ride, meal and overnight camping. WHAT: Smokin Hole Rally v11.17 - 11th Anniversary! WHEN: Friday May 19 through Sunday May 21, 2017 WHERE: Blue Mountain Resort, Palmerton PA 40° 49' 21.9"N 75° 30' 45.7" PAYMENT: $80 per person, includes the following: Friday Evening Dinner (exact menu tbd) Saturday Morning Breakfast (breakfast sandwiches, coffee, tea, etc.) Saturday Evening Dinner (exact menu tbd) Sunday Morning Breakfast (breakfast sandwiches, coffee, tea, etc.) Bathroom and Shower Facilities Please Note: overnight camping is primitive in the Valley parking lot at Blue Mountain Resort, Tent & RV-capable without hookups. Communal campfire and firewood will be provided. Make payments via PayPal Questions? Please email [email protected] Professional Off Road Training Once again Xplor will be offering training at the 2017 Romeny Camp N Ride. We are extremely pleased RiderCoach Alain Kaldewaay and Marco Sanna has agreed to join us again, and like before, offer a great rate. Look for the information to be appearing on the xplor site at http://www.xplor-int.com Xplor Registration for ADV off-road training is open for Friday and Saturday 10 riders each day max, book now. http://www.xplor-int.com/Documents/event classes.pdf Flyer http://www.xplor-int.com/Documents/Xplor registration fillable .pdf Registration Thank you, Alain. It's great to have you coming back again this year to offer professional training. Really appreciate the huge price break. Guys and gals, if you ever considered wanting improve your confidence off the pavement this is the perfect opportunity at a great price.

I've not had a chance to try the reversed tread pattern off-road yet Eric. Once I have and put a few more Km's on the tyre I'll write a review on the rear tyre.

Yes and luckily the weather is cooperating. I was worried it would be lows of 20 and highs of low 40's and snow. Looks like perfect weather now

I don't have a fancy big adventure bike. But my buddy and I are planning to go the week after the big rally. We will truly be the odd couple. He has never been there. I've been there a number of times. While the GPS is cool, I laid out everything on a map including distance between fuel. As I'm sure a lot of you are aware, many of the roads are closed due to storm damage. He will be on a Gilroy Indian and me on my Beta. Kind of a bummer we won't be able to see the Racetrack. I opted to not do it because his Indian would be a pain to pick up after a fall or change a flat on the trail. Not to mention the dirt road to the Racetrack is really a rough dirt road. We are still going to have a blast! I have both a 300 mile day or optional 225 mile 1st day laid out in the park. 2nd day will be a little over 200 miles. We will play it by ear and see how it pans out. No big plans other than just enjoying the ride! Here is my machine ready to go. I have about a 200 mile range as you see it here. I carry a MSR dromedary bag with over a gallon of spare fuel just in case. Speaking of fuel there are plenty of gas stations in and around the park. You have 9 fuel stops to choose from. To be safe I suggest to stop at each one you come to. Some of them can be over 100 miles apart if one is closed or out of fuel. A good optional fuel stop on the East side of the park is the Shell station at Lathrop Wells. If Furnace Creek/Stovepipe Wells or Shoshone has no gas then this is always a good option. I really like my map holder. My gps is cool but IMO maps are the best. Hope you all have fun at your DV rally. Please post up any strange stuff after your rally that I may need to know before we head out.