Carrizo Peak

[Bagstr 288]

Nine great riders, All-day Fun.

Thanks Brad and Josh for leading the way

Moment of Zen

Damp Sand

More Tuesday

[SCHWINN 0]

I wanted to do this ride sooooo bad. Thanks for the pics. more please.

PS.I hate you all while I was at work.

[Crawdaddy 96]

Thanks for the pics......I don't think I've ridden in that specific area .......yet

[Bagstr 288]

I wanted to do this ride sooooo bad. Thanks for the pics. more please.

PS.I hate you all while I was at work.

"How Sweet It Is!" Jackie Gleason

Steve, I had to carry the Big Bike flag all by myself. Could have used your help.

[Bagstr 288]

More Monday Magic

Meet-up, Painted Gorge

Connector north out of Painted Gorge

No time wasted on the ascent up the switchbacks

Yeah, been there, done that

Lower Viewpoint of Carrizo Mountain across the gorge

Thanks to Spaugh for sweeping the switchbacks

Arty Section

Sneeker and xr650rKyle discussing the finer points of small displacement XRs

Kyle and Josh (JBW) Thanks Josh for leading the way up!

Spaugh has attempted to travel most of these routes

Coyote Mtn in distance

Looking toward Canbrake

JBW

Joliet

Brad and Kyle discuss how to direct the novice explorers

Damp sand works for Joliet and Papalex

[jbw 0]

Hope everyone had a good time, I sure did!

At the top-- of note superstition on the right

weird cactus

on the way down

Joliet

Klxguy

"The Decider" in superstition

[bikeslut 1]

good pics, good company, good report!

I really have to join in... next year

[klxguy 0]

Another epic ride put on by the SDAR crew!!

[Joliet 0]

I originally was going to Park at Ocotillo and ride over, but I had a bunch of new un-tested parts on my bike, so I decided to park at the meeting place and ride with the group.

I didn’t see that the time for the ride had changed, I thought the start was 8 to 8:30. I was there at 8, then 8:30, then 9:00 rolled around and I still haven’t seen or heard another bike. I got on the Husky and headed down Painted Gorge Road toward Evan Hughes Highway. I met a dual sport rider on the road, so I turned around and headed back to the meeting place. It was an SDAR rider and there were 6 more behind him and one more 15 minutes later.

Since I had not been on the bike since July, I decided to make a couple of trips around the parking lot to get the feel of things and promptly looped the bike . Not much damage done, but shot my confidence to heck. I felt like a total noob riding up the switch backs.

By the time we came back down, I had my “bike legs” back and the rest of the ride would be a blast. When we got to the bottom the group split into 2 groups. Half headed back to the trucks to get gas to head to Superstition and the other half of us went out to do some exploring (which led us to Superstition anyway)

I had some suspension work done and the Husky was a pleasure to ride (even after miles of whoops). We worked our way over to Superstition and found ourselves at the bottom of Sand Dam. The sand was slightly damp from rains earlier in the week and it was a treat to ride in. Alex headed up the longest run and made it over the top. I had never tried it, but with the ideal sand conditions I figured it was now or never. About half way up, I realized that a paddle would sure come in handy right about then, but I just left it pinned in third and spun my way to the top.

We then worked our way around the back (North) side of Superstition and started heading toward the dip. That trail is pretty whooped out and we had already had our daily dose of whoops, so Dave led us back through the dunes, back over Superstition. We found a trail and headed toward Trestle Road. We followed the tracks toward plaster city to the wash with a trestle that is a mile and a half north of Plaster City, then took the wash west to Painted Gorge Road just a mile from where the group was parked. It was a total of 65 miles of excellent desert riding, with some old friends and some new ones.

[ADV Bum 205]

Looked like an excellent ride. Is that the area that will be closing?

[jbw 0]

Yes, the overlook closes jan 1st.

[KC-World 3]

I had a good day myself!

Great group of guys, excellent weather, outstanding views and good riding.

I have a video of the mountain ride, See Below:

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[JohnnyAirtime 2]

I had a good day myself!

Great group of guys, excellent weather, outstanding views and good riding.

I have a video of the mountain ride, See Below:

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CLICK HERE:

Very cool Kyle... you on a 400? Sounds like it.

[KC-World 3]

it's a 98 xr250

(with a XR"S Only 300 kit ...)

[ShocknAwe 0]

Great pics and video! Pls send video to me for Friday night tv show. Thanks, Shock

[TrophyHunter 15]

Should they also send their PayPal address? I mean, you're not doin' that show for free are ya?

[ShocknAwe 0]

Should they also send their PayPal address? I mean, you're not doin' that show for free are ya?

Yes, sometimes the best things in life are free. Public access tv can't be commercial by design. It's volunteer unless a cable show wants to show people overcoming natural and mechanical obstacles on offroad vehicles in SoCal's forests and deserts. But if it goes down that road, the political element would be eliminated and Col. Douglas Macgregor's comments on the nation's defense strategy/spending would be missing. HAPPY NEW YEAR