L. A. ADVenture Rides | Page 1675

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Timthai said: ↑

Took the 500EXC up to Gorman Saturday morning for the first time... I love it!
The thing pulls like a train... perfect companion to the GS because they both deliver power in much the same way.
The only thing I noticed was how tall 1st is on tight technical stuff...
Time to start playing with gearing a little... 14/50 might be the place to go from the stock 15/45 (I think). Any suggestions?

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Just replace the front sprocket with a 14 for a start. When I was serious into singletrack riding I had a two setups, one for forest and one for desert. Neither one works very well for the other.

rider914 said: ↑

I am OK with Owl. Pass thru the area often, but haven't stopped or stayed at that campground in years.

+1
Lots of random OHV trails just over the hill to the north, but I don't think there is any legal green-sticker access direct to the campground. In some ways, that is a good thing.

Someone mentioned before that the toy-haulers park off of Copper City Rd. Might be lots of them just after Xmas.

I have never explored the Calico Mtns area and would probly head off in that direction

No idea where to go shootin', not my thing, but I expect there are plenty of plinkers in Barstow so shouldn't be hard to find a spot.

-M

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Calico has some fun stuff to see, lots of history there. Be sure to visit Bismark Mine and the Wall Street overlook - either top or bottom. Bottom is kinda cool, a very deep canyon. You can find the place where the 800' ladder went up a cliff, and the old miners would climb it after hanging out a the saloon in town. It's been awhile so I don't know if you can still crawl through Bismark, it was quite a long tunnel that would come up a quarter mile down the mountain.

For shooting there are some excellent group camp 'bowls' out Mule Canyon Road. Great place to camp as well. It's all SBD county land out there, BLM, so anywhere safe is fine for target shooting.

We did a few trips up the both riding and jeeping, there's lots to offer. BTW, the ghost town night tour is also very cool. The campground is nice if you RV it there and want to ride or 4x4 it out for the day. Mule Canyon road is 4x4 high clearance - however there are closer camping/staging areas.

For some entertainment watch jeepers trying to run Odessa Canyon - they'll happily destroy their rigs trying to get through it.

Y'all keep in mind it's winter up there, temps below freezing at night and maybe50's in the day. It's an unusual year for weather for sure.

If I go out at all it will be south, Anza area. Other things are getting in the way.

Happy holidays!