2025 North Star Rally
June 13 - 15, 2025
The North Star Rally will be a 24 hour scavenger hunt style rally held June 13-15, 2025.
This year's rally will send the riders to the Driftless region of MN, WI, IA, and Illinois. In most of the Midwest, the ice sheets smoothed the landscape flat by eroding away the crags and filling in the valleys. The Driftless Area escaped this fate. Its ancient, rugged hills and steep valleys pre-date most of the rest of the state's landscape. Throw in the Mississippi, Root, and Wisconsin rivers and you have some great geography. What does great geography give you? Great roads!!
Once again, Motoprimo in Lakeville, MN, will be rally headquarters for the start and finish of the rally.
You are advised to read and be familiar with the TeamStrange Uniform Rules. Also note that some of the more stringent rules apply only to Butt Lite.
Digital cameras will be needed for this rally and yes, we will keep your memory card after scoring.
There will be three classes this year, including the Eddie James XS400 Memorial Little Bike Class:
- Rookie - For those who have never completed a 24 hour rally
- Expert - Riders who have previously finished a 24+ hour rally
- Little Bike - Riders on bikes under 400cc (need 5 riders)
Check-in will start at 5:30 PM at Motoprimo on Friday, June 13 for the Liar's Banquet. At check-in you'll sign a waiver and receive your rally swag.
Dinner (BBQ of course!) will be served starting at 6:30 PM. Then at 7:30 we'll have a rider's meeting to go over some of the basic rules and hand out rally packets. Your rally packet will include printed route sheets, your rally flag, and a flash drive containing GPS coordinates in .gdb, .gpx, and .txt formats.
Rally staff will be available at Motoprimo starting at 7:00 AM on Saturday for check-in, recording odometers, and answering any additional questions. We'll have a continental breakfast for you and a few snacks for the road. You will be free to leave at 8:00 AM on Saturday morning. All riders must return by 7:59:59 AM on Sunday morning. NO grace period, period. If you're back at 8:00:00, that's a DNF. Tough luck, Chuck.
Breakfast on Sunday will start at about 8:30 AM. We hope to have scoring completed by 10:00 AM and award trophies by 10:30 AM.
The cost for all this fun and adventure? $125 for single and $175 for two-up.
Your entry fee covers two meals, snacks for the road, awesome rally swag, and some great riding.
Sign up at RideMaster
Registration opens January 11, 2025, and closes May 13, 2025.
Those interested in volunteering at this year's event can contact Rick at coast.rider@gmail.com.
TWD!
Rick Corwine, Rallymaster