North Dakota Dirt Riders

The North Dakota Dirt Riders wil be having their June Ride on Saturday June19th on The Rough Rider Trail. Location is south of Mandan on 1806 one mile South of Ft Rice at the FT. Rice Recreation Area (the old rest stop). It will be at 2PM. Bring something to grill after the ride as we will be bringing grills to have a picnic afterward. The ride will be about 34 miles long. Hope To see you there. Daryl Brandner dbrandner@bis.midco.net

Hello Dirt Riders and Guests: WOW what a great ride we had, perfect weather for 139 machines and about 200 riders on this event. Im would like to let you know and say Thank You for your donations of $ 1664 we raised for The Dakota Kids Cancer Ride benefiting The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. I would like to say Thanks to all of our sponsors including NW Tire, Cycle Hutt, Open Road Honda, Moritz Sport & Marine, Full Throttle Motor Sports, Vallely Sport & Marine, River City Sports, and City Air Mechanical Inc. I would also like to say Thank You to the following people for their help in logistics of this ride The US Forrest Service, Mike Burke, Karl Jones, Jordann Brandner, Jaden Brandner, Lee Klaprodt we couldn’t have done this without your help.

Upcoming events are

June Saturday June June 4-6th will be a CMA event in Bowman and I am including their poster

Saturday June 19th ND Dirt Riders Rough Rider Trail Ride 2 PM Ft. Rice Recreation Area bing some hot dogs and stuff with and we will grill after the ride.

July Ride will be determined in the near future. Details Pending

August 22 Dakota Kids Cancer Ride Motorcycle Ride 11AM Dakota Centennial Park Mandan

If you know of any other events let me know and I will forward it out to everyone. Thanks

I am also including several links to some pictures and video that were taken and some maps and GPS files of the ride that Lee Klapprodt provided me to send to you. Thanks again for your great data of our ride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUuqcp1d1_I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjs0RDHWlbk

http://picasaweb.google.com/torontosouthdakota/NDBadlands?feat=content_notification#

http://picasaweb.google.com/dziegler32/Medora4Wheeling51510?feat=content_notification#

Thanks again in making this a fun event and also helping out a wonderful charity.

Thanks Daryl Brandner President of The North Dakota Dirt Riders

Badlands
Have you always wanted to
ride the Badlands, but never
thought it was possible?
Come ride with us and help out a wonderful charity at
the same time. The North Dakota Dirt Riders will be
hosting a trail ride for riders with insured ATVs, dirt
bikes, side-by-sides and dual sport bikes Saturday, May
15th at 11 a.m. Central Time leaving from the Bualo
Gap Campground, one mile northwest of exit 18 west
of Medora. There is a $10 donation that will benet the
Dakota Kids Cancer Ride supporting the Pediatric
Brain Tumor Foundation. Last year the ride hosted
about 60 vehicles. Nothwest Tire will be providing a
meal.
Interested? Email Daryl Brandner at
dbrandner@bis.midco.net with questions of to let him
know you plan to attend.

Hello Dirt Riders: Just a quick notice of our March Meeting will be on Thursday March 18th at 7PM at the Mandan Public Library. There has been many positive things happening and more riding areas will be soon available. I would like to say Thank You to all the people who stopped by and talked with us at The Bismarck Tribune Sport Show. A reminder that we will be having our 2nd Annual Badlands Trail Ride on May 15th, plese e-mail me if you and how many others will be attending so we can get a number for the Meal that NW Tire will be providing. Thanks Daryl Brandner

The North Dakota Dirt Riders is proud to announce that our Badlands Trail Ride will be on Saturday May 15th at 11 AM central time at the Buffalo Gap Campground 1 mile NW of exit 18 west of Medora.

TWO MINUTES TO OPPOSE THE CLOSURE OF 24 MILLION ACRES
The following alert from the AMA focuses on the negative impact for motorized recreation, however the proposed closures will also eliminate access for the majority of the public. Closures will also be detrimental to the health of these lands by prohibiting much needed active management, as well as locking up natural resources which our country sorely needs to reduce dependency on foreign sources.
This Wilderness Proposal is bad for the environment, bad for the public and bad for the economy.

The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing on May 5 to consider bill H.R. 980 that would designate more than 24 million acres of public lands in western states as Wilderness or Wilderness Preservation System land. If approved by the full Congress, the measure would close off more than 24 million acres in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming to off-highway vehicle (OHV) riders, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports.

This is equivalent to a land grab the size of the state of Indiana.

Please take two minutes to contact your federal lawmakers and tell them what you think by going to http://www.amadirectlink.com/legisltn/rapidresponse.asp Please contact them even if it is after May 5. There, the names, addresses and telephone numbers for members of each congressional delegation appear. There is even a pre-written letter that can be sent via email. It only takes two minutes. Please take action now!

Even though H.R. 980 — The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act — only affects western states, Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York City introduced it.

“This is one of the biggest OHV land grabs in our nation’s history,” said AMA Vice President of Government Relations Ed Moreland. “Even more disconcerting than the fact that the bill is being proposed by a representative from a densely populated urban area, New York City, is that the bill is being considered without the support of a single member of Congress who represents the affected districts. Shouldn’t the people who live in these areas have some say in whether or not they should be banned from riding in it?

“To keep OHV riders from being shut out of even more public land, we have to act immediately,” he said. “Concerned motorcyclists, ATV riders and others must let their lawmakers know that they enjoy motorized recreation, and that we have a right to do so responsibly on America’s public lands.”

Additionally, Moreland said, there are other bills on the legislative horizon on Capitol Hill that would close even more public land to responsible riding. They include:

Senate Bill 799 — America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act — and its companion measure, H. R. 1925, would designate some 9.4 million acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Utah as Wilderness.
Senate Bill 721 and H.R. 1769 would add 22,000 acres to the 394,000-acre Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area in Washington State.
Information provided by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)

Please Forward this to everyone who wants to preserve public access to public lands

This alert sent by your friends at www.Save The Trails.us

Hello Dirt Riders I am pleased to announce the plans for our Badlands Trail Ride. It will be on Saturday and Sunday May 16th and 17th at 10AM MDT or 11AM Central time. We will be leaving from the Buffalo Gap Campground just NW on I-94 exit 18. This ride is open to anyone on an ATV, Motorcycle, or UTV. Invite your freinds and families and if you can’t stay for both days join us for what you can. Have full tanks on your machines as there will not be gas available on the ride. If you want to carry extra gas it MUST be in a drip proof gas container. Your machines must also be registered and be insured also. Bring water as this is a must and bring a lunch if you want. There will not be any facilities or restrooms available so plan ahead. we will probably ride until around 4 or 5 PM and will be in the 40 or 50 mile range by the time we are done. Some of us are going to camp and there are rooms in Medora or Belfeild or Beach if you would rather do that instead.

Please get back to me if you have any questions and I would like to know who is planning on going so I can print enough maps for everyone to have. This is also dependent on if they impose any fire restrictions we won’t be able to ride but I think we should be in good shape for this with the recent rains they have had. My e-mail is dbrandner@bis.midco.net and my cell phone is 701-400-1185 please call evenings or weekends.

Thanks Daryl Brandner President of The North Dakota Dirt Riders

From Fargo or Northeast N.D. and looking for a club?

If you are, check out the Red River Riders in the Fargo area or the Eagle Ridge Motorcycle Club in Fordville, N.D. Contact the Red River Riders by emailing Les here or the Arnold with the Eagle Ridge club here.