Dirt Bike Race in Michigan Woods | Valley Trail Riders Hare Scramble

One tuff race, what a memory! Leave a comment below if you were there and raced, how’d you do and how did you like the setup.

That was a tough first lap for you. Glad you hung in there and tuffed it out. You got grit man. Thanks for the vids.

That first log that everyone was hung up, they cut out for the second lap. I loved the course. The tighter the better. I did 5 laps in 3:52min. I was exhausted.

Wow man you did it your a soldier I thought you were done in that mud rut nice guy helped out salute to you fella💪🏾

Man that’s a Brutal trail you guys pushed through it though good job to those kickin up dirt in there!!

Back in the late 60's, early 70's Valley Trail Riders put on a Mother's day enduro every year. It was 75 plus miles of pure springtime MUD! Oh what fun!!!

That was one brutal race. I started racing harescrambles this year. So far this is the toughest one. I see I finished my 3rd lap 2min and 30sec behind you, and I was so happy I don't need to do another lap. My time was 3:00:24 😅 I am impressed how you recovered after the rut, and still able to make a 4th lap

That is nuts that track is so tight

Got back into riding this year after 10 year hiatus... 1st ride back was a dual sport (Bob Reese Memorial in IL).. 2 miles in i thought i was done for, hands were numb.. pushed through and finished the 36 mile loop....looked a lot like this....good riding, thanks for posting...

Great video. I was helping with this race. Becker makes a killer track.

4 hours, wow! Way to hang in there. Tough race.

4 hours and 14 mins! makes you the B class champ in my book! Madman!

I raced there, I actually seen you as well !! I’ve been to everyone of them this year and this one was the worst, as in most physically draining. I only made it a lap and a half and my shifter broke off, luckily I was still by the parking lot because I wouldn’t of had the energy to get it out of the woods myself😂

Great Footage, Captain! I managed to get out front, so it didn't experience that level of carnage...

Crazy how fast those seat high ruts sneak up on you! I had a similar problem at polkadots last year

Valley is usually pretty tight, but this last race was by far the tightest yet. Had fun, but wish there would've been more flow to the trail.

That was brutal. I really wanted to quit when I got the white flag, but decided to tough it out. Congrats on finishing!

Mad respects, job well done! I'm 52 now, been riding MX my whole life, raced in my teen-age yrs & rode most my adult life with about 15yr break until last yr. I'm slowly getting back into it, I bought a 22 Suzuki RM-Z450 (my 1st Suzuki & 4 stroke, always rode YZ's & 1 CR250) which I love, it has all the power I'd ever need, it handles the trails like a gem, turns on a dime, getting the suspension correct is the toughest part. The kick start thing isn't an issue for me as I haven't been spoiled with electric start, so I don't know what I'm missing lol. They kick easy & start on 1 kick warm. Anyway, my reason for giving all that info is, do you think I could ride that bike on these scrambles?

The course looks pretty brutal but fun! I live in michigan and just bought a 2008 ktm 300xc as my first bike as an adult to start racing enduros with my cousins! I am planning on going to Jack Pine in august to do Pine Cone as my first race!

You're right, its hard to put into words... I fell like brutal is an understatement. I still had a manual clutch on my bike and even almost 2 weeks later I still have some numbness in my left hand.