shutterrev 469 Posted April 26, 2022 Last weekend I attended the 2022 RevZilla Get On ADV Fest, hosted by Rawhyde Adventures, in Mojave CA. A few months ago I had posted on a few different club platforms that I am a part of, seeking a rental dualsport for my long time best friend from back home to use. He has never ridden a dirt bike, or in dirt much at all for that matter but has ridden street for many years. Huge shoutout to @tntmo from this Forum, he let up borrow his Husky 450 for the weekend, and it ended up being the perfect bike for my buddy Ryan to hit the desert for the first time with. Also want to thank my good friend Perry for letting me use the bike hauler since mine Is still somewhere in the ether making its way to me I could tell my buddy was excited, but also didn't know what he was getting in to with the desert riding. Since we were on dualsports, and the 'easy' route was mostly pavement, we set off on the 'moderate' route day one. Ryan did really well, and was even passing bikes already on his way to the Husky monument - Ryan attributes his quick learning to a lifetime of riding standup jetskis. First thing he said when we cruised the washes, 'this is like riding a standup jetski' haha who would have thought. Anyway, the event was really well organized, and run. If you participated in things, there was a lot to participate in, and a lot going on. All sorts of vendors, rides, bikes, demos, etc. There is a lot of events out there to go to, this is just another one that I'll add to the annual schedule if I can Here is some photos, and again huge shoutout to @tntmo for loaning us the Husky 💪 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tntmo 887 Posted April 26, 2022 Nice photos! I’m glad y’all had a good time and glad the bike mostly worked out. It’s cleaner than it was when I loaned it out! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dress4Less 162 Posted April 28, 2022 Wow...that was quite an event! Thanks for sharing... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
padu 322 Posted April 29, 2022 I was there too! It was an awesome event. Great job from the organizers! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.JAJA 380 Posted April 29, 2022 Great event with good and plenty food, good camaraderie and running into a small world people. Its a long story for the barn fire next time. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dress4Less 162 Posted April 30, 2022 11 hours ago, Mr.JAJA said: Its a long story for the barn fire next time. Udo - do you ever have "short stories?" 😃 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.JAJA 380 Posted April 30, 2022 26 minutes ago, Dress4Less said: Udo - do you ever have "short stories?" 😃 Long for me, is short for someone else. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goofy Footer 539 Posted May 10, 2022 Thanks for sharing the report. How was the compound there? I often wonder what it would cost to put a few storage containers and a metal building / kwanzaa hut in the dez. How was the ride to the Husky Monument? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tntmo 887 Posted May 11, 2022 47 minutes ago, Goofy Footer said: Thanks for sharing the report. How was the compound there? I often wonder what it would cost to put a few storage containers and a metal building / kwanzaa hut in the dez. How was the ride to the Husky Monument? Quonset hut. Designated by a team of engineers at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island, hence the name. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simicrintz 177 Posted May 11, 2022 I like kwanzaa hut better; makes me think of Christmas......... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goofy Footer 539 Posted May 11, 2022 2 hours ago, tntmo said: Quonset hut. Designated by a team of engineers at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island, hence the name. I heard they just used old boat hulls how much moolah to put one in the dez for my sdar compound!? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutterrev 469 Posted May 12, 2022 On 5/10/2022 at 4:27 PM, Goofy Footer said: Thanks for sharing the report. How was the compound there? I often wonder what it would cost to put a few storage containers and a metal building / kwanzaa hut in the dez. How was the ride to the Husky Monument? The properties are not that expensive, I know a couple folks that own patches of land in Landers, near the Hammer Trails (Johnson valley OHV Area) and it wasn't expensive, and seems like a great Idea if you do go out there often. The ride was great, it was one they shared on Rever as a Moderate route, but I think that was on a XLADV scale, just really nice flowy desert 2 track or wash roads. The other place that was really epic to ride through for the views and the fun dirt roads was the Jawbone area, there is ridge dirt roads that go all through there and the views are epic, and the dirt is fast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goofy Footer 539 Posted May 12, 2022 37 minutes ago, shutterrev said: The properties are not that expensive, I know a couple folks that own patches of land in Landers, near the Hammer Trails (Johnson valley OHV Area) and it wasn't expensive, and seems like a great Idea if you do go out there often. The ride was great, it was one they shared on Rever as a Moderate route, but I think that was on a XLADV scale, just really nice flowy desert 2 track or wash roads. The other place that was really epic to ride through for the views and the fun dirt roads was the Jawbone area, there is ridge dirt roads that go all through there and the views are epic, and the dirt is fast. I haven't ridden Landers / Johnson Valley much but it looks fun. A compound where friends/family can camp would be pretty cool. Any chance you have a quick link to the Rever track? Grass Valley Road is a very nice trail that goes north from Husky Monument to a connector trail east of the Cuddleback Lake. I recommend it if you're exploring that area more. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutterrev 469 Posted May 12, 2022 33 minutes ago, Goofy Footer said: I haven't ridden Landers / Johnson Valley much but it looks fun. A compound where friends/family can camp would be pretty cool. Any chance you have a quick link to the Rever track? Grass Valley Road is a very nice trail that goes north from Husky Monument to a connector trail east of the Cuddleback Lake. I recommend it if you're exploring that area more. Ill check on Rever in a bit and get back! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutterrev 469 Posted May 12, 2022 42 minutes ago, Goofy Footer said: Any chance you have a quick link to the Rever track? I checked on Rever and I can see all the routes on the community page for the event, can you join this community and see the rides? Husky monument was posted as "Friday Husky Monument Moderate" What I would suggest is that if you still feel like you want to dirt for the ride back, reverse the track on the way out, they made a lot of the ride back on little paved backroads - I think if we had known that we would have stayed on dirt and just enjoyed the trip out in reverse But, you should be able to get to all of the rides they shared at the event from there, if not - I can pull the GPX's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites