L-Plate Rider
This is a great site!!!!
I ride my XR650 in the California high desert and look forward to talking to other bikers on this site. My wife gave me a new helmet cam that I hope I can learn to work in the next week or so and post some of my desert rides in the near future.
MX Dad
Welcome pitman, I did some riding in the desert near Bakersfield in the mid '90s. Lots of interesting wildlife..... Was in October, so very hot. Post some pics, it will bring back memories.....
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Celestine Prophet
Post pics soon please!!! Missing Long Way Down type stuff!!
Originally Posted by pitman
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here. QWQ
L-Plate Rider
Im on a new computer so I don't have any Desert photos just a few of the fights. I will shot some when I go out next. We ride in the area around Barstow. Do rides from my desert house acrouse the deser to a bar known as Slash X Ranch.
Now that I think about it I may have some old photos on some other sites I can post.
Bring back Buell
I flew over the cali desert a few years ago looking down at it thinking what an awesome place to ride.Massive wide open spaces.........yeehaa.
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L-Plate Rider
Im not too big on air but going 80 mph across the desert is a fucking rush. The XR650 is a great bike for that type of riding. It's my desert Hog.
salty dog
Yeah, used to live near Big bear lake (Angelus Oaks) broke down with my van near Barstow once....but that's a different story..different lifetime to (83)
So what brings you down to this Kiwi site?
Planning to visit?....
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Hardcore Biker
I have fond memories of the Californian desert.
I rode the penultimate Barstow to Vegas race (87?).
The word was that the greenies were trying to close the (iconic) race down, and that year might be the last one run.
As a result, many thousands entered that year. It was a blast!
It was run the following year but was restricted to running mostly on formed roads and tracks as opposed to the wild wide open spaces previously. Was cancelled for good after that.
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