Are there any old school, low-tech LD rallies?

[Motocentaur]

Are there any such thing as LD rallies that you have to run on basically stock machines with paper maps, without all of the electronic farkles, folderol and frippery?

[discochris]

go to www.mnldriders.com.

They will be running their second Unplugged rally next spring. No GPS. No fuel cells. Just maps and stock fuel.
I ran in their first one (it was a 12 hr.), and it was one of the most fun rallies I've ever been a part of. Just a blast.

Rumor has it that the Team Strange Butt Lite 6 will be run as an unplugged rally this summer, but nothing has been firmly announced. I have to think that running a multi-day rally w/o GPS will be a whole new animal for most people.

The biggest struggle for running w/o GPS, is arrival time. You get spoiled knowing approximately when you're going to arrive somewhere. I pushed it very close to the limit on the Unplugged, and a LOT of riders didn't make it back in time.

[Motocentaur]

That sounds like the sort of thing I'd really like to try.

[sagerat]

MY KLR would be perfect as would the Breva.

The Ural's fuel range and low running speed...not so much, but still a heckuva lot of fun.  

[Ignacio]

And you can run most of all the current rallies in old-school mode if you want.  In fact, if you make it obvious you're shunning technology for a folded map...you will likely have some serious admirers even if there isn't a specifically defined class.  One that you could still even do well on would be the Utah 1088.

[Justin]

That's cool.. I really prefer the "old school" ways.. go to a rally anymore and some of these bikes have more electronics than Best Buy... I do like having aux fuel though..