• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

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Some old lefties in action

Good video; that's more my speed, being an old fart and not into super-competitive events (unless my brother happens to be on my tail, then we act like teenagers again and ride recklessly as we did in the early 70's).). I especially like seeing the few that 'dumped' their bikes for no apparent reason...looks like something I would do (did that just the other day coming to a stop on the sky-high CR500 when discovering that the ground was farther away than my foot could reach). I get a nose bleed every time I ride that monster.
 
The non competitive angle works wonders, a lot pof people just did one lap and satthe rest of the day pout as it was miserable, treacherous and very wet. but the whole weekend atmosphere, teams presentation etc made it a great weekend regardless of the riding. For guys with rare and expensive resto jobs, no one cared if they stayed on the trailor.

it was a great weekend and great to see such a range of bikes.

the organiser of vinduro recently attended a vintage enduro in England. it was a competitive event run on the same course as the main event for the weekend. He said half the field houred out on the first hill, packed up and went home. numbers are dropping away dramatically when guys look at the destruction of their fab resto after 20 mins riding.

This recent Vinduro had 195 punters turn up for a 2 day ride so its a great formula here. costs are cheap, you don't need to be a club member or registration although that is changing a bit as the numbers rise.

All you need is a couple of hundred acres to run a 15-20 minute loop, and open the course for 4 hours and tell the guys to "knock themselves out".

The local club ran one on flat ground with tight scrub and 60+ bikes showed and had a ball.

doesn't have to be a killer course, they will spend the rest of time yacking and checking out bikes.. great fun.

no stress, no scoring easy to organise and run...
 
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