2009 Dead Zone FUN FACTS

[JavaJude]

Dead Zone FUN FACTS:


:StirI know you have all been waiting for me to compile this year's Dead Zone FUN FACTS so here they are. I think you'll be surprised with some of the following info.

:ted:Once again I thought I would share a few interesting facts about the participants of the 2009 Dead Zone.

:dr:To date (June 5) we have 111 participants

The Average Age of signed up Dead Zone riders is 45! ! ! !

47% of participants are in their 40s

21% of participants are in their 50s

Our oldest rider is 69 years old and our youngest rider is 20 years old.

The average age of a . . . . .



Apprillia rider = 58
Sherco rider = 55 (Ted won't tell me how old he is so I had to guess)
BMW rider = 46
Kawasaki rider = 46
Honda rider = 45
Suzuki rider = 44
KTM rider = 43
Husky rider = 36
Yamaha rider = 36
Husaberg rider = 35Percentage of bikes (as indicated on the pre-entry form) that will be participating in the event:


Suzuki . . . . . . . 23%
Kawasaki . . . . .22% (it's ALL those KLRs :P)
Honda . . . . . . . 14.5%
KTM . . . . . . . . . 14%
BMW . . . . . . . .13%
Husky . . . . . . . .5%
Husaberg . . . .4%
Sherco . . . . . . .2.5%
Aprillia . . . . . ..1%
Yamaha . . . . . . 1%

Of the 111 participants the percentage of women riders is 7% :bliss:



:hb:We have 2 riders coming from Ontario and 5 riders joining us from Washington state.



:wi:There are 11 days left to sign up for the Dead Zone. June16 is the cut off date so please have your pre-entry forms mailed and post marked by that date to be eligible to participate in this premier dualsporting event.

-Judy-

[JavaJude]

2009 Final Dead Zone FUN FACTS::clap:



:StirI've crunched all the numbers and added all the data together and came out with the final results for this installment of FUN FACTS


:dr:The official final count for all paid Dead Zone participants was 176. That's the most ever so far.

The Average Age of signed up Dead Zone riders was 45! ! ! !

42% of participants are in their 40s
24% of participants are in their 50s
(notice the weirdness in the numbers above. . .)


Our oldest rider was 69 years old and our youngest rider was 20 years old.

The average age of a . . . . .



Aprillia rider = 58
Sherco rider = 56 (Ted won't tell me how old he is so I had to guess)

BMW rider = 47

Kawasaki rider = 47

Yamaha rider =47

Suzuki rider = 45

KTM rider = 45

Honda rider = 44

Husky rider = 40

Husaberg rider = 36

Percentage of bikes (as indicated on the entry form) that participated in the event:





Suzuki . . . . . . .24.5%
Kawasaki . . . . .19% (it's ALL those KLRs :P)

KTM . . . . . . . . . 16.5%

BMW . . . . . . . . 13.5%

Honda . . . . . . . . 12%

Husky . . . . . . . . 5.5%

Yamaha . . . . . . 4%

Husaberg . . . .. 2%

Sherco . . . . . . .. 2%

Aprillia . . . . . .. 0.5%

Konker . . . . . . . 0.5%




Of the176 participants the percentage of women riders was 7% :bliss:



:hb:We had 2 ridersfrom Ontario and
:hb:13 riders from Washington State.
The MOST popular bike at the Dead Zone was the Suzuki DRZ 400:bliss:15% of ALL the bikes were DRZs.



The 800 GS was the most popular BMW - 45%
The XR650R was the most popular Honda - 38%

The TE610 was the most popular Husky - 50%

Of course the KRL beat all other Kawasakis - 50%

The 525EXC was KTM's popular bike - 34%

The DRZ 400 was 62% of all Suzukis


Where did all of the riders come from:


Lower Mainland - 64%
Vancouver/Gulf Island - 14%
Interior - 11%
Way North (Fort St. John) - 1 rider:woohoo:
USA - 7% :hb:
Ontario - 2 riders :dr:
Alberta - 1 rider:clap:
So that's it for another year. Thanks to everyone who helped out and to all of our sponsors:

5th Gear
Pacific Yamaha BMW
Richmond Motorsports
Motorcycle World
Island BMW
Western Powersports
Holeshot
Burnaby Kawasaki
Big Top Powersports
Gnarly Parts
MTR Sports
Britannia Composites
Motorcycle Overland Developments
Minuteman Press - Surrey:DUntil next year .......

-Judy-