Welcome to the 29th Annual LA-BARSTOW-TO-VEGAS DUAL SPORT and ADVENTURE BIKE TOUR ~ November 23-24, 2012 AMA DISTRICT 37 HUSQVARNA NATIONAL DUAL SPORT TRAIL RIDING SERIES and YAMAHA SUPER TENERE NATIONAL ADVENTURE RIDING SERIES Any Husky.com members going?
The TE Bike is Ready! Not sure my Body is ready for 500 miles Extra Heavy duty tubes installed, thinned out the tools & supplies. Fresh Oil, new front tire. Waiting for my GPS Voyager (Broke the Knob at the GP event)!
1st timer LA-B2V. Gonna be on my '08 TE610. Just put on a Scott's damper last week. New D606's front/rear today. Fresh oil/filter spk plug. Giant Loop Coyote on a few hours ago. Man, that thing is freakin' huge!! You could hide a jockey or 100 lbs of Hebrew National hot dogs in there..which by the way, they are on sale now at Albertson's. Oh yeah, last week, replaced my old HJC dirt bike helmet with a Shoei Hornet DS. Now I need to collect some cans for gas money. Just me and my neighbor (XR650) are teamed up. Still looking for 1-2 more riders to team up with. But not with any Cory Graffunderblazuziakajarvis type riders. But I don't want to be riding in several hours after dark either. The scooter is ALL stock 'cept for what's listed above. Anybody else going? Need to team up? Have aluminum cans to donate?
Excellent! So far I am aiming for the hard route. My Sister is on this adventure.... my pace will be mid to slow speed, depends on how technical the routes really are. She can keep a good pace on most technical trails. Double difficult trails are ok, however Black Diamond trails I will be walking and riding two bikes in those areas . Good thing we have Plenty of bail outs 500 Mile DS event can get expensive! Those Loop Coyote Bag. WOW! . This will be my first LA-B2V as well. I am familiar with most of the riding areas, lots of GPS time, Ham Radio, Cell phones and even a chase truck. Only issue I see, day light and Physical endurance. Night riding doesn't bother me however Frozen hands will! I have thinned out to what is necessary. Might get burned who knows! I found excessive weight can make your riding experience unpleasant and slow you down. They say the key is having the the basic's or specialized parts can prevent a long walk! Pack smart I will Drive out Thursday night to Palmdale. Be at signups by 5:30 am to get an early start. Let me know what route you signed up for. If your up to the hard route let me know. I will look for you @ signups so we can chat. I will have a TE511 and KTM525. Ken
Hello Ken. When I went to a pre ride meeting about 2 weeks ago out off the 101 past I-405 (I forgot what city), but they said the hard routes are more or less just longer. I have heard Red Rock is for the Big Dogs. I asked if the hard ways would be like black diamond type stuff and he said no. I was actually gonna try the long routes until I did a 180 miler 2 weekends ago en route to the Husky memorial. Soft deep sand ain't no joke. So, this being my 1st time, I think I might go easy. But, knowing me, I usually start out with trying to go easy and look for a challenge. Sounds like you've got some nice wheels. My neighbor has an XR650/no damper. So we'll see how he does in the sand. I'll PM ya my number. We can at least chat Husky talk, meet up at the beginning and cheers a brewski at the end.
Found these on District 37 forums. I've ridden most of the roads/terrain in part/day 2, definitely not a place for MT43's. 15:40, 16:30 (449 > 1200 lol) pt 1 5:30, 10:30, 15:50 (lol) pt2
Interesting and surprisingly entertaining videos. Complete enough that now I really do not have the urge to participate (I really don't like sand)...
You have to be set up for the sand. I know that I struggled with my 511 to get it setup and now it just floats along in the sand. Your 250 would go through that no problem.
Great event! Sweeps, great job! Check point staff really helped keep us on track! Banquet,really nice to meet other riders. Thank the sponsors for all the raffle prizes & Thank's to my wife and brother-in-law our chase crew for helping many riders with gas shortages on day 2 Look forward to next year. Few photos. https://plus.google.com/photos/105926185939846057121/albums/5814795697219289313/5814795738043638850 https://plus.google.com/photos/105926185939846057121/albums/5814262145743853649/5814784221205602418
Gas stops were 80 to 120 miles apart. Deep sand drained your tank faster then typical. Day two allot of people ran out of gas 10-20 miles from the gas station. My wife and brother-in-law waiting 40 min helped about 5 people before and after fueling our bikes. Who knows how many others ran out short of the gas station If anything it provided confidence and a piece of mind! Looked like I was the only 449/511 this weekend I could see. Lots of 310 and 610!
See the rock. Only one rock on that soft sand turn and I hit it! This is what I get for site seeing and not watching the trail This was the only fall day 2 I was happy! Outside of RidgeCrest had a scare. 6 gear, cruising about 60 MPH down the old rail road rock path and a bridge had about 3 foot whoops soft railroad rock, all the extra weight bottomed out each whoop hit the skid plate started bucking side to side, cliffs on each side had moment! No flats, no bike trouble, no crashes, only a few slow speed soft sand opp's.
Next year will be the 30 year anniversary! They are planning a big event next year! Start preparing! Ruff Map of the Route below. I like this photo better
Nice job. I'm partial to this one. Those guys in the big bike video are pretty impressive. I plowed my way through Mojave on an 800gs a couple times and it was exhausting. I could relate when you hear the rider panting as he balances around all those rocks in the sand on a 460lb bike. Geez.
