Build I bought a Whale, now I gotta build it and use it

[wngrog]

I'd have upgraded to some had I noticed it. They had a take off that was straight at ManAFre.

 

[wngrog]

The other side was about to leave the chat too

 

[Mace]

At the end of your western adventure, those rigs will need a good going through

 

[wngrog]

At the end of your western adventure, those rigs will need a good going through

It may never end.

 

[Mace]

Even better, there is a lot of territory out here.

 

[wngrog]

Did you get this fuel code figured out? Did you have any fuel boiling problems?

The 200 has a filter for the charcoal canister in the rear fender. This is most likely what was causing the code.

 

[Godwin]

The other side was about to leave the chat too

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The 80 that I bought last year was missing a bolt from one of the front arms with a lost nut on a second.

 

[Godwin]

@Mace kindky moved the Whale over to Man A Fre last week.

The next leg of our trip begins this coming Friday so I needed to get a few items sorted out.

Rick sent me this pic.....

Oops.

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It's been groganized, that adds ca. 15% to a BAT listing.

 

[WTFOVR]

Probably bent it making this speed run down this nasty spot

Was your buddy holding the camera in his mouth?

 

[wngrog]

Was your buddy holding the camera in his mouth?

Possibly.

 

[wngrog]

Final trip for 2025. We flew into Vegas. Man a Fre had our trucks stored, fixed and ready.

We hit the licka sto. Wally World. In n Out

Filled up on some cheap gas (4.99)

Started in on the Mojave Trail

 

[wngrog]

The east part of the Mojave Road was wide open with lots of Joshua Trees. Not hard at all. Clearly this is a popular route for the pre runner types as we passed about a dozen fast movers. Very cool.

Wish can

Some decent twisty stuff

Huge expanses

Anyone with a 100/200 in the desert appreciates these

Mail call

Camp was great.

 

[wngrog]

Camping under a volcano

We checked out the lava tubes

Gas at Davis before some crackhead s*** on the floor in front of me

Soda Lake had water in it so we had to divert around it.

Crossing the river

Great morning now off to Death Valley

 

[wngrog]

The live map of closed trails in Death Valley was solid red but we headed that way.

One section that was green was the southern most road boarding Ft Irwin so we took off east to west

Massive country with nobody around. We took a few side trips. This one was super cool. This spring keeps water year around and it was full of ducks

We backed out and knew we were in for an out and back but we dove in

The springs all have fences around them to keep the wild burros out.

Side mine trip. This would have been an awesome campsite

 

[wngrog]

The end of the road was an old microwave tower. Very cool.

We made it back to the 25 mile sign and turned north through the middle of the park.

Gate to Ft Irwin


This trail "dead ended" into 3 closed trails but we did not want to waste daylight (dark is at 5:15) so we pressed north

This road was seriously fast. Sandy. Smooth.
We stayed on the side of the road. No one around. Burgers on the Skottle

 

[OPMACHINE]

Epic trip!

 

[wngrog]

We woke early and decided to go find the road closed gate or sign to the north then we would backtrack. Turns out there wasnt one so we pressed on up through Warm Springs Road which as just a massive washed out river bed from the storms in November. The trail broke out into Golar Valley (which was open)

 

[wngrog]

Golar Valley and the Geologist cabin were superb. As was Mengel Pass and of course the Manson Family famous Barker Ranch

 

[wngrog]

We headed north to the exciting loop trail called South Park Canyon Road. This is a crazy narrow shelf road with a obstacle called Chicken Corner. Video to come.

South Park is awesome. We found some snow and made our
Way down Pleasant Canyon Road to Ballarat

 

[wngrog]

We headed to Panamint Resort for gas, a shower and a burger.