Jayne and myself took Jerry Ashford out for a ride from the Bab Al Shams road through to Al Ain road this morning. Jerry is visiting from Beijing and has never been out on a dirt bike before, let alone in sand.
Taking experienced riders out in the desert for the first time is scary already, a rider that has never been on a dirt bike double so. This is exactly why this piece of desert was selected, easy going, reasonably flat tracks for most of the way. So with a Honda CRF450X rented from Sandstorm motorcycles we set off.
We were pleasantly surprised by Jerry though, his experience on both road bikes and mountain bikes paid off and we were going so well that we ended up continuing to Cattle Grid and ended up doing over 80 kilometers in total. Some of it through soft dunes where Jerry did well, only getting stuck a few times, less than some riders that have been in the desert before.

Early in the ride Jerry got on my CRF450X as the one he rented had a problem with the electric start and was struggling to turn over when kicked. I really enjoyed riding a standard bike for a change as without a steering stabaliser and suspension modifications the trill of speed does not mean you have to be going at 100kmph ……..

Jerry and Jayne’s track logs can be found here : Jayne’s Track Log , Jerry’s Track Log

	Partdistance	Parttime	Partspeed	Distance	Time	Speed
	0.000 km	0s	-	0.000 km	0s	-
	2.045 km	7m 51s	15.63 km/h	2.045 km	7m 51s	15.63 km/h
	1.973 km	3m 08s	37.77 km/h	4.018 km	10m 59s	21.95 km/h
	2.007 km	3m 02s	39.69 km/h	6.024 km	14m 01s	25.79 km/h
	1.982 km	3m 09s	37.75 km/h	8.007 km	17m 10s	27.98 km/h
	2.032 km	7m 48s	15.63 km/h	10.039 km	24m 58s	24.12 km/h
	1.987 km	7m 46s	15.35 km/h	12.026 km	32m 44s	22.04 km/h
	1.983 km	3m 23s	35.17 km/h	14.009 km	36m 07s	23.27 km/h
	1.994 km	3m 24s	35.19 km/h	16.003 km	39m 31s	24.30 km/h
	2.071 km	3m 32s	35.17 km/h	18.074 km	43m 03s	25.19 km/h
	1.993 km	4m 03s	29.53 km/h	20.068 km	47m 06s	25.56 km/h
	2.007 km	3m 44s	32.26 km/h	22.075 km	50m 50s	26.06 km/h
	1.978 km	3m 31s	33.74 km/h	24.053 km	54m 21s	26.55 km/h
	1.982 km	27m 56s	4.26 km/h	26.035 km	1h 22m 17s	18.98 km/h
	2.008 km	3m 13s	37.46 km/h	28.044 km	1h 25m 30s	19.68 km/h
	1.968 km	5m 43s	20.65 km/h	30.011 km	1h 31m 13s	19.74 km/h
	2.035 km	4m 02s	30.27 km/h	32.046 km	1h 35m 15s	20.19 km/h
	1.992 km	2m 27s	48.79 km/h	34.038 km	1h 37m 42s	20.90 km/h
	1.975 km	4m 53s	24.26 km/h	36.013 km	1h 42m 35s	21.06 km/h
	2.005 km	10m 29s	11.48 km/h	38.018 km	1h 53m 04s	20.17 km/h
	1.982 km	6m 24s	18.58 km/h	40.000 km	1h 59m 28s	20.09 km/h
	2.017 km	4m 50s	25.04 km/h	42.017 km	2h 04m 18s	20.28 km/h
	1.993 km	4m 33s	26.29 km/h	44.010 km	2h 08m 51s	20.49 km/h
	2.076 km	3m 26s	36.27 km/h	46.086 km	2h 12m 17s	20.90 km/h
	2.004 km	39m 40s	3.03 km/h	48.090 km	2h 51m 57s	16.78 km/h
	2.015 km	10m 53s	11.11 km/h	50.105 km	3h 02m 50s	16.44 km/h
	1.922 km	4m 31s	25.53 km/h	52.027 km	3h 07m 21s	16.66 km/h
	2.012 km	3m 22s	35.86 km/h	54.039 km	3h 10m 43s	17.00 km/h
	2.002 km	3m 08s	38.34 km/h	56.042 km	3h 13m 51s	17.35 km/h
	2.040 km	2m 52s	42.70 km/h	58.082 km	3h 16m 43s	17.72 km/h
	1.922 km	9m 49s	11.75 km/h	60.003 km	3h 26m 32s	17.43 km/h
	2.018 km	3m 16s	37.07 km/h	62.022 km	3h 29m 48s	17.74 km/h
	2.083 km	3m 00s	41.67 km/h	64.105 km	3h 32m 48s	18.07 km/h
	1.966 km	3m 54s	30.24 km/h	66.071 km	3h 36m 42s	18.29 km/h
	2.027 km	3m 08s	38.82 km/h	68.098 km	3h 39m 50s	18.59 km/h
	1.943 km	22m 39s	5.15 km/h	70.041 km	4h 02m 29s	17.33 km/h
	1.979 km	2m 36s	45.67 km/h	72.020 km	4h 05m 05s	17.63 km/h
	2.019 km	2m 32s	47.81 km/h	74.039 km	4h 07m 37s	17.94 km/h
	1.987 km	3m 28s	34.40 km/h	76.026 km	4h 11m 05s	18.17 km/h
	2.006 km	2m 57s	40.80 km/h	78.032 km	4h 14m 02s	18.43 km/h
	1.979 km	3m 14s	36.73 km/h	80.012 km	4h 17m 16s	18.66 km/h
	2.033 km	3m 21s	36.41 km/h	82.044 km	4h 20m 37s	18.89 km/h
	2.103 km	3m 53s	32.50 km/h	84.148 km	4h 24m 30s	19.09 km/h
	1.887 km	1m 54s	59.60 km/h	86.035 km	4h 26m 24s	19.38 km/h
	0.577 km	20m 39s	1.68 km/h	86.612 km	4h 47m 03s	18.10 km/h