GARNETT Off-road motorcycles from around the region will head to Garnett in June when the Garnett Lions Club will host the Kansas Dual Sport Safari, featuring trails and back road motorcycle riders throughout Anderson and adjoining counties.
Organizers expect between 40-70 participants in the June 1-3 inaugural event.
Dual sport motorcycles are rugged bikes built to withstand trail riding, but still include headlights, taillights and turn signals to make them street legal. Riders have to be licensed and insured the same as any other road bike.
Sometimes referred to as Adventure Rides, dual sport rides gravitate toward trails and backroads, avoiding or minimizing exposure to pavement and highways. Their participants extol the virtues of seeing sights not typically seen from the standard thoroughfares and the rich Americana of some of the countrys smallest backwater towns. A mapped ride known as the Trans America Trail, which runs some 5,000 miles from starting points in North Carolina coastal areas and ends at locations in Oregon, attracts numerous riders every year who either do all or portions of the trail.
