Loose Screw

Loose Screw

This is a GKMA hosted and run event, DualsportBC is just promoting the event. Welcome to the signup for the 2025 Loose Screw Dual Sport. Before proceeding with the signup, please read ALL of the following: THIS IS NOT A RACE. For those of you not familiar with the Loose Screw Dual Sport, it is a self-guided, non-competitive gathering for all sizes of street legal dual sport motorcycles. You are responsible for your own extraction, or bike extraction, should something happen. We do not “sweep ride” the routes, so we encourage single riders to join up with other single riders or ride in a small group together. The “buddy system” is good practice anytime you’re in the back country! There is no first aid on site, so ride accordingly! Cost is $130.00 per entry and this will be the ONLY place where we accept entries. There will be no in-person sign-ups allowed at the event. The entry fee will include snacks, dinner on Saturday night, an event shirt (if signed up before August 15th), a ticket for out amazing door prize giveaway, and GPS tracks for your chosen route. You will also be able to purchase additional shirts and dinners if required. Last year we switched to a 3rd party company (CCN) for the entire sign up process, including on-line signing of the event waiver. This sign up process requires you to create an account with CCN. Please keep your login information for future events as we plan on using the same process in the future. ONCE ENTERED INTO THE EVENT, THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS AND NO ROUTE CHANGES, NO EXCEPTIONS. You will have an opportunity to purchase cancellation insurance at the bottom of the sign up page, but please note that this insurance is administered by CCN, not the GKMA. PLEASE NOTE THE FINE PRINT. WE DID HAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL LAST YEAR THAT WANTED TO CANCEL. ALL BIKES MUST BE STREET LEGAL AND INSURED, NO EXCEPTIONS. We will be camping and staging at Duffy Lake campground (approximately 25km from Kamloops) on a first come, first serve basis, and the camping fees are NOT included in your registration, so bring cash ($15 per site per night). We are not allowed to reserve sites for the event, so you will be competing with the public for spots, though this weekend is traditionally quiet. We are encouraging participants to “ride share” to the event if possible as space is limited. We will also encourage participants to make the best possible use of each campsite and fit as many RV’s as possible into each site. We will have an area set aside for bike-camping, so if you arrive on a bike for the event, you will be guaranteed a spot to camp. When the site is full, we will post a sign at the 3KM mark, so that you don’t make an unnecessary trip up the hill (bike campers should still come to the lake). Camp Pendleton, at the 3KM mark (also a paid campground) will accept our overflow camping. Individual campfires will be permitted in campsite fire rings only, providing that the province has not issued a campfire ban. There is a lake for swimming (and fishing), but it’s not very warm! This is a one-day event – September 6th, 2025. You are welcome, and even encouraged, to come early to secure your camping spot and enjoy the GKMA- maintained and sanctioned trail system. There will be 3 routes again this year. There will be a maximum of 99 riders allowed to sign up per route, with a 140 total entry cap. You will need to select your route as you sign up for the event. All of the routes demand that the participant has previous off-road experience. Even the easiest route will be difficult for some. The A route will be restricted to bikes 500cc or less. While there are some riders that could ride the A route on larger machines, the club has decided that we don’t want the possible extra pressure on the club’s section 16 trails that larger bikes may produce. The A route is about 90% single track and is challenging but rideable. It’s definitely tougher than last year’s route (by demand). There is no gas on the route, so make sure that your bike is capable of doing a 121 KM loop. This is a GPS ONLY route. We will NOT be providing a road book or roll chart for this route. The B route will be for those that don’t want the tight trails of the A route but still want a challenge. Suitable for capable 690/701 (or similar) riders or smaller bikes, but I wouldn’t take a KLR on this route! We won’t restrict bike size on this route but 99% of adventure bikes should NOT be on this route. This one is a work in process right now, but it is currently 141KM with about 5 hours of moving time. There is no gas on the route, but you can deviate to Logan Lake (about 4 KM each way), where you can also purchase food and other supplies if necessary. At this point we are only can only guarantee GPS tracks. There will NOT be a roll chart, but there MIGHT be a road book available. The C route is for the KLR650’s and bigger, or for smaller bikes that don’t want the challenge of the A or B. Some twisty pavement, some FSR’s and some old gravel roads, and some great vistas. Route is approximately 232 KM with about 5 ½ hours of moving time and has 2 opportunities for gas without leaving the course. GPS tracks are guaranteed, and a road book is likely to be provided. GPS tracks will be emailed to registered participants the week prior to the event, for your chosen route only. An important condition of our event permit is that it limits each route to 100 participants. You must complete an event waiver on-line as part of the sign up process in order to participate in the event. Please join our Facebook event group for updates. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

September 6

British Columbia, Canada

Paid