2022 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa

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Can't escape road work, no matter how remote you are. Crews laying fiber optic cables

 

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One of the bikes has issues, it's Luc with a bolt backing out. His windscreen is ready to fall off.

 

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After my unplanned off-road excursions last season, I opted to spend the $18 on a kickstand extender off eBay. It arrives a few days later and made of billet aluminum, attached a few moments later.

hours into the ride, it was proving itself useful. Probably should have got one of these years ago.

 

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Nothing out here but scrub brush

And wide open road

 

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Make our way into Ridgecrest for eats and fuel.

There's a huge military base here, China Lake, that someday I will check out the military museum there. For now, we stick with the local weird lawn art

Yup, somebodies house.

 

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Everybody's talkin' about fuel, but we aren't stopping. It is what it is.
We did take bets on what we thought the fuel prices would be at our destination out in the middle of the desert. This was fuelling up in Ridgecrest which is a desert town.

 

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Nice area. I like the green that spring gives but the bugs down below and the sandy corners higher up are a PITA.

 

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Headed into Searles Valley, better known as Trona

 

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Mining Borax, known as white gold

Reaching Panamint Valley

 

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Panamint Valley is the valley to the west of Death Valley. Over the range in these shots is Death Valley.

 

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Strange stuff you find laying out in the middle of the desert.

Desert Curves

 

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Telling lies

 

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old roads

In Nevada, they've got wild horses that roam, out in the desert they have Wild Burros

 

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Lot of old history out here

 

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And a lot of long straights. No one to tell you, you can or you can't.

 

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Reaching the entrance to Death Valley, my tour group.

 

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Arriving at Stovepipe Wells after all day riding

Sand dunes visible from Stovepipe Wells