If you have a dual sport you should try and do this ride. I’m not the greatest writer so bear with me. Started day 1 of the ride in Palmdale, at Palmdale Super Cycles on Friday at 6am. I rode my XR650L. Ended up riding solo everyone wussed out at the last minute. The conditions couldn't have been better, no dust and tons of traction. The first day had every kind of terrain, fire roads, sand, gravel, tight technical sections, and woops. Meet up with another solo rider halfway and ended up riding the rest of day one with him. Day one was about 138 miles with only about 10 miles on the street, finished day one in Barstow around 2pm.
Day 2 was Barstow to Vegas, I had 4 other riders from work riding with me. We had a wide range of bikes CRF450R, CRF250L, KTM 690 ADVR and an XR230R. The weather and the conditions for day 2 were perfect, not to cold and the dirt was wet enough to keep the dust down. The ride took us up by Calico then across the 15 to some powerline roads the back across the 15 to the powerline roads into baker. Baker was the first gas stop. Fueled up and left baker taking some fun tight washes to get back to the powerline road. Two of our riders took a wrong turn to the highway and went back to Vegas right before Red Rock. Three of us headed up towards Red Rock and found snow at the top of the Canyon. We ran out of time to run through Red Rock Canyon. So we had to take the highway back into Vegas finished at the Orleans just before 5pm. Attached is a video of me passing a BMW GS800 in the sand on the second day.
http://youtu.be/le4gLYk6LWY
LA, Barstow to Vegas Dual sport ride
LA, Barstow to Vegas Dual sport ride
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Re: LA, Barstow to Vegas Dual sport ride
That's awesome! Let me know next time you do one, I will see if I can join you.
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Re: LA, Barstow to Vegas Dual sport ride
I'm Jealos. Keep me in the loop on your rides. I have an xr400 I try to ride every chance I get.
Re: LA, Barstow to Vegas Dual sport ride
I would like to do the Penguin ride again, like we did a few years ago PBR. Also looking at the HI Desert 250. http://www.dualsportwest.com/public/eve ... 4%20hd.pdf
Re: LA, Barstow to Vegas Dual sport ride
Video of a couple riding 2up and doing the hard ways from the ride. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6N_XW8qhgU