The Dacre is billed as the "Longest Day". 24 Hours to do 950 of road, dirt and trail. Super Dave on his BMW F800GS, Marc on his Honda Africa Twin and Riley on his Husqvarna 701 decided to give it a shot. Actually our game plan was to do half. We were doing the Bronze route which was the route open to bikes over 500 CC. Gold and Silver were for the hardcore guys on 250s! Ivan, Eric and Pat would also be there forming a second team, the Scooby Gang. They wanted to finish! Right away we had an issue. At tech inspection it was noticed that Marc's rear wheel had some play. We managed to scrounge a bearing and changed them in the oppressive heat. The start is ta 4 Am. After a short sweaty nap we started. It was a very different experience to be riding trails in the pitch black. Initially Dave led as he had extra lights on the 800. He started having GPS power issues so Riley took the lead. The 701 headlight was not up to the task so Marc would break trail. Marc was climbing a modest hill when the rear wheel of the big Honda skipped sideways on a route. It was a fall like a thousand before it except this time Marc was writhing in agony. The ride was over.
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Dacre Disaster! BMW F800GS, Africa Twin and Husky 701 Fail.
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