VRRROOMMM!! Tip your hat to the orange horde! 500 Dirt Bikes in Fort Bragg today! It’s the 30th annual Oakland Motorcycle club’s Stonyford to Fort Bragg annual run!
Exactly 500 dualsport bike riders will arrive in Fort Bragg on Saturday, May 16, today! as part of the 30th annual Sheetiron Run of the Oakland Motorcycle Club. This is a long ride from the middle of nowhere. Compared to Stonyford, in Colusa County, Fort Bragg is a major metropolis. That’s what makes it fun for dirt bikes. The roads out of the wilderness that surrounds Stonyford are gravel and challenging. Fun for dirt bikers! A dualsport bike is a dirt bike that is street legal and made to drive off and on the road. Stonyford is arguably the most isolated town in California of any size.
The run sells out within minutes every year but is strictly limited to 500 riders in respect to the dirt roads around Stonyford. And if more came here they’d be sleeping on the beach here in Fort Bragg.
They camp at Stonyford, take off in the morning and ride to Fort Bragg. They fill up the campgrounds and inns here, then get on the cycles on Sunday and ride back.
This is fun and they are contributing to our town. And hey, you got to tip your cowboy hat to 500 guys that will ride 162 miles on a dirt bike.
The Sheetiron 300 Dualsport is the premier organized dualsport ride in Northern California. It always sells out, and riders from around the Bay Area and beyond eagerly look forward to it and plan their year around it. This year’s event is the 30th annual Sheetiron. It is organized by the Oakland Motorcycle Club, which was founded in 1907 and is one of the oldest motorcycle clubs in the U.S.
This two-day ride begins in Stonyford on Saturday morning, ends up in Fort Bragg on Saturday night, and returns to Stonyford on Sunday afternoon, all on three hundred miles of trails, dirt roads, and pavement. It takes place each year on the weekend before Memorial Day Weekend. This ride is non-competitive, and riders of all abilities are welcomed. Hard and easy splits are available.
Secure camping is available all weekend at the Stonyford Rodeo Grounds. Riders are responsible for making their own accommodations in Fort Bragg. The Oakland Motorcycle Club provides transportation of small gear bags and any necessary camping equipment to and from Fort Bragg. Law Tigers is a sponsor of the run.
