
| I started riding motorcycles at around 9 years old, Started racing local dirt tracks and rough scrambles at 13. At 16 was racing in regional professional motocross events. Started roadracing in my early 20's, raced AMA Superbike nationals until age 31. In the mean time spent most vacations touring the country on a variety of street bikes, including a Suzuki GT250, an American Eagle 750, Suzuki GS 750, Kawasaki KX 1000, Kawasaki KX 1300, and over 70,000 miles on a Suzuki GSX1100G. I have traveled through the Yukon , BC, Alaska and large portions of the western United State visiting and playing golf courses. Dale is partners with his brother Dan in Zlock Racing, one of the premier independent race shops in the country. Building racing engines and performance components for motorcycles for over 20 years. Zlock Racing as a privateer racing effort has put riders and bikes in the top ten at the Daytona 200 and won national titles in Formula – USA and North American Superbikes (NASB). More recently Dan was crew chief for Oliver Jervis on the Canadian Factory BMW team, giving BMW its first national racing victory in almost two decades at Mosport last year. They also came within 6 points of winning the Pro Thunder national title in Canada and . For more on Zlock Racing products and services check out ZlockRacing. com. Origin of ZRTours Golf Clubs After a trip up the Alaska hwy I had this brilliant idea of taking a motorcycle trip through the Yukon. As I was planning the trip I found there were a number of golf courses in the Yukon. So it hit me a motorcycle golf trip of the Yukon. However past experience taught me that carrying a full set of golf clubs on a motorcycle can be done but rarely easily or safely. I tried a number of possible bags and mounting options with only limited success and some that proved a bit hazardous, until I found a telescopic golf club that had an adjustable loft head. It worked well enough to play 18 holes with only 1 club and packed small. Problem was getting a steady supply of these clubs. Did not want to travel a long ways and have a club break with no spare. So I looked at making my own but with regular heads. Now I have clubs that travel and are legal. I could have used rental clubs. Rental clubs are OK, but as anyone that golfs knowns consistent good shots is what leads to low scores. Consistency requires using clubs that are familiar, giving a known result for each shot. That is the main advantage of using the collapsible golf clubs instead of rentals. There is also the issue of some of the more out of the way courses don't have rentals. |