Jonny
That's Dr. Jonny to you..
not sure this would be everyone's choice for a place to go dirt riding in the fall and it involves a fair commitment of time and some money, but I'm currently in Europe so its not actually that far for me... 
I'll be riding dirt bikes in Morocco for 5 days in October (KTM450s, TTR250's also available if you are on a budget) and there are a couple of open spots left on the tour...
this is the dirt bike riding part: (any other activities before/after these dates are for you to decide...)
October 20, 2013: Take a private minibus over Atlas mountains from Marrakech to Ouarzazate, where the bikes will be waiting
October 21, 2013: Ouarzazate to Zagora (stay in hotels)
October 22, 2013: Zagora – Bivouac at Chegaga (stay in tents)
- Chegaga will be one of those parts of the Sahara Desert where there are sand dunes as far the eye can see... there will be some dune riding training at Chegaga (so the ride itself will be shorter this day than on day 1 and we'll have the afternoon to try dune riding and/or collapse from exhaustion after doing dune riding!)
October 23, 2013: Bivouac to Foum Zguid (stay in hotel)
- this day we'll actually be riding on part of the 2007 Dakar Rally stage (that was the last Dakar Rally held on the African continent)
October 24, 2013: Foum Zguid to Tazanat to Ouarzazat (stay in hotels)
October 25, 2013: Ouarzazate to Tichka Pass via Ait Ben Haddou (This is halfway back to Marrakech, we would get here for lunch and then have a 2 hour transfer back to Marrakech on a private minbus)
tour will be run through this shop: (if you look on the website, it will say the tour is full, but we had a couple of people drop out)
http://www.wildernesswheels.com/
If anyone is interested, PM me and I can give you more details

I'll be riding dirt bikes in Morocco for 5 days in October (KTM450s, TTR250's also available if you are on a budget) and there are a couple of open spots left on the tour...
this is the dirt bike riding part: (any other activities before/after these dates are for you to decide...)
October 20, 2013: Take a private minibus over Atlas mountains from Marrakech to Ouarzazate, where the bikes will be waiting
October 21, 2013: Ouarzazate to Zagora (stay in hotels)
October 22, 2013: Zagora – Bivouac at Chegaga (stay in tents)
- Chegaga will be one of those parts of the Sahara Desert where there are sand dunes as far the eye can see... there will be some dune riding training at Chegaga (so the ride itself will be shorter this day than on day 1 and we'll have the afternoon to try dune riding and/or collapse from exhaustion after doing dune riding!)
October 23, 2013: Bivouac to Foum Zguid (stay in hotel)
- this day we'll actually be riding on part of the 2007 Dakar Rally stage (that was the last Dakar Rally held on the African continent)
October 24, 2013: Foum Zguid to Tazanat to Ouarzazat (stay in hotels)
October 25, 2013: Ouarzazate to Tichka Pass via Ait Ben Haddou (This is halfway back to Marrakech, we would get here for lunch and then have a 2 hour transfer back to Marrakech on a private minbus)
tour will be run through this shop: (if you look on the website, it will say the tour is full, but we had a couple of people drop out)
http://www.wildernesswheels.com/
If anyone is interested, PM me and I can give you more details


i plan on getting out of shape on this ride
I'll be out of town Dec 6-8. I'm in for the next trip though!