The Dirtbag Challenge crew announced yesterday on their Facebook page yesterday that this year’s Dirtbag, the 17th (?!?) Challenge, will be August 25th. Time was, you got one month of build time and a $1,000 budget, including the cost of the bike, but in 2016 the ‘Baglords increased the budget to $2,000 and extended the build time to a generous two months. Still no Harleys, although H-D parts are ok.
We’ve covered the Dirtbag Challenge extensively over the years, probably have at least six billion photos in our archives—not to mention our comprehensive documentation of Fish’s sweet SnoMoChop build for the 2018 Dirtbag.
Photos by Bob Stokstad, Max Klein, Fish, Graf Holzfeuer, and yours truly. Clickity-click to see ’em in full-res, holmes.
2014. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
2010. Photo: Surj Gish.
2010. Photo: Surj Gish.
2015. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
2014, duh. Photo: Surj Gish.
2014. Photo: Surj Gish.
2016 (or pretty much any other year). Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Poll Brown, 2014. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Poll Brown, 2014. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Julian Farnam, 2014. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Julian Farnam, 2014. Photo: Surj Gish.
Julian Farnam, 2014. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Sixty bux, 2014. Photo: Surj Gish.
Smoke on the concrete, 2014. Photo: Surj Gish.
Smoke on the concrete, 2014. Photo: Surj Gish.
Smoke on the concrete, 2014. Photo: Surj Gish.
2014. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Veteran Dirtbagger Brian Wright’s “Rice Whine,” 2016. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
2015. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
2015. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Justin Martens with his especially deathtrap-y 2015 build. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
2015. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
2016. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
2016. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Dirtbagger campsite, 2017. Yes, that’s a big dick on that bike.
“Tent,” 2017. Photo: Fish.
2016. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Turk (left) and Poll Brown, 2014. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
2014. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
2016. Photo: Bob Stokstad.
Poll gives the dickbike a ride, 2017. Photo: Max Klein.
Justin Martens burns Fish’s Buell’s TKC off to punctuate the end of the 2017 Dirtbag Challenge. Photo: Max Klein.
Dirtbags roadside, 2018. Photo: Graf Holzfeuer.
Justin Martens’ XS650-based supermoto-ish 2018 build (right). Photo: Graf Holzfeuer.
Justin troubleshoots his fuel leak, 2018. Photo: Graf Holzfeuer.
2018. Photo: Graf Holzfeuer.
Fish on the SnoMoChop, 2018. Photo: Graf Holzfeuer
2018. Photo: Graf Holzfeuer
In Memoriam
We miss you, Moose. Photo: Bob Stokstad.