rickcorwn
Well-known member
Last year there was a good deal of interest in this idea but I still want to be sure enough people want to participate before I put more work into it. I've got this about 2/3 in the can already so I don't need to start from scratch but as RM I have a couple more issues to deal with. Also your opinion will count more if your actually signed up CFO (hint, hint) :coolsmiley02:
You can see some previous discussions here;
Testing the waters in 2009 clicky
Announcing the Rally Rallye 2009 clicky
The basics, 8 hours in length from 8:00AM to 4:00PM with a riders meeting at 7:00AM
Bonus sheets will be sent to you via email sometime before, maybe a week or so.
There could be prizes and not necessarily for the most points.
Here's an explaination of the basic concept of a bonus rally I posted last year;
A bonus rally is like a scavenger hunt, almost. In a scavenger hunt it doesn't matter where your get your treasures from just get them. In a bonus rally your given places to go and your need to sometimes collect an item from that place but you must get it from THAT place. There are other ways to prove you were there but the essence is about riding there. First off the riders are given a list of places to go, a long list more places than possible in the time allotted, in this case 8 hours. Each one of those places has a point value basically the more difficult to get to the greater the point value. The rider with the highest point value collected is usually the winner. Also each of the places has an assignment to prove you were there like take a picture of a your bike in front of a sign for a restaurant or answer a question like what are the Sunday hours of that restaurant or get a receipt from that restaurant. But if your told to get a receipt and you come back with a picture of your bike you don't get the points, bummer. First off it's about planning a route next it's about ridding that route and finally it's about getting proper proof that you were there.
Bonuses are usually the odd and eclectic roadside attractions maybe a grave site or a landmark, an overlook, a unique store, historical markers, places like the sand paper museum, the boyhood home of Larwance Welk. Sometimes it not all about the destination it's about the road that takes you to these places.
Bonus rallies are usually put on by folks in the Long Distance or endurance riding community so they've been associated with long hard rides. Most of these rallies are 24 to 48 hours or even several days long up to and including the Iron Butt Rally which is 11 days long. So these events are often associated with long hard rides and to win these events that's what you need to do. But what a lot people don't realize is that there are a shorter events maybe 12 hours long that don't need a bunch special farkles to fit in or to be competitive. This rally will be even shorter at 8 hours so it will fit better into the normal program of the CFO Rally. So nobody needs to get up at 4:00 AM or even miss dinner in this rally.
You can see some previous discussions here;
Testing the waters in 2009 clicky
Announcing the Rally Rallye 2009 clicky
The basics, 8 hours in length from 8:00AM to 4:00PM with a riders meeting at 7:00AM
Bonus sheets will be sent to you via email sometime before, maybe a week or so.
There could be prizes and not necessarily for the most points.
Here's an explaination of the basic concept of a bonus rally I posted last year;
A bonus rally is like a scavenger hunt, almost. In a scavenger hunt it doesn't matter where your get your treasures from just get them. In a bonus rally your given places to go and your need to sometimes collect an item from that place but you must get it from THAT place. There are other ways to prove you were there but the essence is about riding there. First off the riders are given a list of places to go, a long list more places than possible in the time allotted, in this case 8 hours. Each one of those places has a point value basically the more difficult to get to the greater the point value. The rider with the highest point value collected is usually the winner. Also each of the places has an assignment to prove you were there like take a picture of a your bike in front of a sign for a restaurant or answer a question like what are the Sunday hours of that restaurant or get a receipt from that restaurant. But if your told to get a receipt and you come back with a picture of your bike you don't get the points, bummer. First off it's about planning a route next it's about ridding that route and finally it's about getting proper proof that you were there.
Bonuses are usually the odd and eclectic roadside attractions maybe a grave site or a landmark, an overlook, a unique store, historical markers, places like the sand paper museum, the boyhood home of Larwance Welk. Sometimes it not all about the destination it's about the road that takes you to these places.
Bonus rallies are usually put on by folks in the Long Distance or endurance riding community so they've been associated with long hard rides. Most of these rallies are 24 to 48 hours or even several days long up to and including the Iron Butt Rally which is 11 days long. So these events are often associated with long hard rides and to win these events that's what you need to do. But what a lot people don't realize is that there are a shorter events maybe 12 hours long that don't need a bunch special farkles to fit in or to be competitive. This rally will be even shorter at 8 hours so it will fit better into the normal program of the CFO Rally. So nobody needs to get up at 4:00 AM or even miss dinner in this rally.
