Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 3, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Sage advice @AdvRob Speaking of plenty of miles, @556baller, maybe I could use your Desert H/T for training now that you have those pretty new Italian shoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 4, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 What a difference a day makes! On the sponsor front we've had quite a few indicate they'd like to be a part of this project, which I sincerely appreciate. You should also consider that when it comes time to buy your next farkle... who really supports the riding community. I will edit the first post in this thread to include the sponsors we're getting but I'll list them here too. I also want to do a FB event page (as much as I hate FB) because it's another way to give sponsors some more reach and impressions for the sacrifice they're making. There are no contracts here and details aren't fully decided on yet but the following companies have agreed to help out with either gear, service, advice, cash or all of the above: Pacific Powersports (Motoz US distributor; tires) Wolfman Luggage (current bike sponsor; will discuss at Overland Expo next week how they can help) Redverz (with us in spirit and providing advice which I really value give Kevin Muggleton's 2 time Dakar showing) AltRider (gave us their dual brake control lever and RotoPax; providing advice as Jeremy LeBreton has raced a few of these) Seat Concepts (gave us their seat; providing cash support & social media exposure) Konflict Suspension (Alex will be helping with a refresh and tuning of my existing suspension for the event and has a ton of experience with big bike racing) ADV Addicts (current project bike sponsor; working on some ideas right now) Fasst Company (Flexx bars, pegs) We had another great tire maker reach out but I'd already accepted Motoz's offer so they didn't see the value but I'm grateful for their support still! We may also do a new set of racing graphics which would be really cool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greedyg Posted May 4, 2017 My Ride Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 13 minutes ago, Eric Hall said: We may also do a new set of racing graphics which would be really cool. Cool !!! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Limit Dual Sport Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 Eric thats awsome news! Hey send some help my way.... ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 5, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 going to post up at D37 forum about this and see how it flies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 5, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Picked up three more sponsors today! @TRAILJAMMER is providing his 990 clutch cover Sena is providing product support. This will be cool because I'd like to get the entire thing recorded from my perspective. I may get their new 10C Evo which has 4k video. Rottweiler Performance, who has already done SO much for this project bike, is in with a cash donation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 8, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Official with Fasstco 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 8, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Just heard back from Emig Racing and they're going to give us a smokin' deal on their triple clamp/damper set. Riding @556baller 's 990 with this set up makes it a no-brainer. The increase in trail will help with the whoops and various terrain challenges and the damper just takes so much effort out of the deep sand. When you're on the bike for 14 hours a damper makes a lot of sense and the one from Emig is custom designed for the heavier weight of the 990 vs a standard dirt bike damper applied to this bike. I'll have to pick up a set of Jeff Emig's grips now! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyHustler Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Which offset did you go with? Is it close to stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 9, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Maybe 20 but I will talk with Gary Emig. I need to collect on these sponsorship pledges so I have money to register for the race and get this stuff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gediminas Ci Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 What about video? Will you make some documentry after race? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 9, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 I think I will. I'll have a lot of video of the work that needs to be done on the bike, the training runs and then race day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gediminas Ci Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 I think I will. I'll have a lot of video of the work that needs to be done on the bike, the training runs and then race day.Let me know if you will need help with video post production. I can help with this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gediminas Ci Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) I have worked a lot with video editing. Not professional yet. But you can check my videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/rallyltu/videos Video from enduro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL3BvpNnBFA&t=2s Edited May 10, 2017 by Gediminas Ci 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 10, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Some of my videos are pretty good though! Have you seen our YouTube channel? Some better than others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyNuke Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 Booked a room at the nugget for finish in Reno 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 11, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 Clamps and damper ordered from Emig Racing yesterday. He offers them in aluminum, black and orange and only has orange now so he's going to make me a new set in aluminum. He said it will take about three weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 11, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 Your's felt a bit short but I had a conversation w/Cole Townsend of Fasstco about where I'm at now, the Emig rise options (2.7", 3.25") and his Flexx Bar options and was advised to get the 2.7" rise and then the difference being made up with Fasstco's 12 degree adventure bar. And I am going with the 20mm off set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason R Posted May 11, 2017 My Ride Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 Eric, are you going to pre run the track a few times before August? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Hall Posted May 11, 2017 Author Administrators My Rides (3) Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 I will certainly try but my guess is I'll be riding mostly Mohave desert trails for practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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