2009 Dead Zone FUN FACTS

[JavaJude]

Dead Zone FUN FACTS:


I 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.

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

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 = 35

Percentage 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%



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



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:

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

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%



We had 2 ridersfrom Ontario and

13 riders from Washington State.

The MOST popular bike at the Dead Zone was the Suzuki DRZ 40015% 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

USA - 7%

Ontario - 2 riders

Alberta - 1 rider

So that's it for another year. Thanks to everyone who helped out and to all of our sponsors:

1. 5th Gear
2. Pacific Yamaha BMW
3. Richmond Motorsports
4. Motorcycle World
5. Island BMW
6. Western Powersports
7. Holeshot
8. Burnaby Kawasaki
9. Big Top Powersports
10. Gnarly Parts
11. MTR Sports
12. Britannia Composites
13. Motorcycle Overland Developments
14. Minuteman Press - Surrey

Until next year .......

-Judy-