TDC ADV 2015

A subset of The Dirty Crew take a northern central Washington state long weekend 527-mile dual-sport motorcycle adventure tour. This video is a memoir of the trip taken in October 2015.

250 Take Over

This week something unprecedented happened. Half of the crew bought 250cc dual-sport motorcycles.

On Wednesday, Shotgun Ruthie bought a brand-new 2014 Honda CRF250L. Within hours, E-rock had a brand-new 2013 Yamaha XT250 delivered to his door.

Today, Ghostface KLR picked up a low-mile, ever so slightly beat-up, used 2008 Yamaha WR250R.

Unprecedented!

These three machines join the TDC undercurrent of Last Minute Ryan's XT250 and MotoBum's WR250R, terrorizers of the alleys and loading docks of North Seattle.

Now, the minority's knowledge of riding the kind of motorbike that is the most-fun-with-your-pants on is... the majority.

This is the 250 Take Over. 

Shotgun Ruthie's Honda CRF250L

E-rock's Yamaha XT250

Ghostface KLR's Yamaha WR250R

LMR with'82 XT Flywheel

LMR got creative this evening a fabricated a special tool to enable him to re-mount the flywheel to 57.9 ft/lbs. The use of an actual piston stop was not required.

The Clubhouse

Here is a panoramic shot of the new TDC Clubhouse. Note this was Swamp Monster's first attempt at a panoramic Photosynth shot, so it's a little rough. He's better now.

Sunday Hooliganism

Last Minute Ryan and MotoBum got their streetable motorbikes out of their respective garages on Sunday and hit the streets, parking lots, parks, loading docks, and shaggy allies of North Seattle. It was reportedly so much fun that every non-dirt-rip Sunday is to include a block of time dedicated to pure mayhem, pure hooliganism. Smoking tires. Shredding grass. Flying bark. Riding embankments. Jumping. Mega wheelies. Rowing through gears. Roosting gravel. Getting sideways. Going full throttle over and over and over again.

Here's Last Minute Ryan doing something wonderful - flying off a loading dock with his trusty Yamaha XT250 between his knees.

I flipped my 1980/82 XT 250 at this year's Desert 100 in Odessa WA but went on to finish -- broken shift lever notwithstanding.