He IS a man with a plan, no doubt about it! That's why I borrowed Todd's XRL....they don't come much more ragged-out than that!!! He's supposed to be working on a 70 HP rebuild on that thing....or was it 50 HP? 40??
sure, let me know of your next planned trip. I'm booked up till mid November, but normally I spend a lot of time exploring Mammoth this time of year. I normally camp out and make it a weekend. I have no interest in slabbing large amounts of pavement. I'd rather do an out and back to Klondyke and the route is probably a level or two harder than the hardest parts of the Rug. There is also some great riding and singletrack west of Mammoth that is not too tricky.
Sounds good. I think I have a couple of guys that would like to do this. I would make it a day trip on a Sunday. I will let you know.
Looks like it was a good ride. When I first saw your mileage, I thought, crap, I was way off from what I told HTM. Doing an out and back on the rug is an endeavor that needs to be started early and in cooler weather like this. Alternatively, throw your camping gear on the bike and make it a two day trip. Then you have time to rest and BS in Aravaipa and that is a pretty area! Doing the rug without wrecking or falling is easier on the smaller bikes, I know a guy that makes it look like a ride on a paved road. I did it on my XR250 but I don't think I could do it again on my Husky.
Hum, about a 20 + years back I found a route from Copper Creek to Turkey Creek. We had to build part of the trail coming out of CC. I have to believe it is really shot now. Also found a faint trail through the Santa Teresa's east of the post office that skirted Black Mountain - you could see San Carlos lake - dumped us out in Goodwin Wash. We also found a trail from Turkey Creek heading SE instead of NE. that came out to Four Mile Canyon, near Eddy Lackner's ranch. Had to haul the bikes over one set of huge boulders in one box wash. Good luck finding them now .