Clayton Dual Sport Ride Sees Record Turnout

Brian Hopkins fords a stream on his BMW F650GS Dakar

The weekend of October 13-15 saw a record number of riders attend the 5th annual OK Dual Sport Clayton ride. Over 60 people attended the Saturday night BBQ, up from 40 the year before. Motorcyclists from as far away as Texas, Arkansas and Kansas attended this gathering of street-legal off-road bikes, just for the opportunity to explore the logging trails and fire roads of southeast Oklahoma's Kiamichi Mountains.

Phil Templeton leads a contingent of off-road riders across a recently logged section of forest on his KTM 640 Adventure

While this year's ride was more off-road oriented, a large contingent of KLR's and even a few street bikes were in attendence. Rides ranged from easy logging roads to knarly single track.

Ed and Cindy Jones are just one of the husband/wife riders to attend this year's event

This year saw a large increase in the number of female riders, including several first-time off-road women riders. For more information on the 2006 ride, go here. To find out more about dual sport riding in Oklahoma, go here.