2022 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa
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pashnit
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I have been to Mono Lake quite a few times through the years and brought many groups there. But never seen it like this with white caps. The white stuff on the far side are dust clouds on the far shore.
These Tufa Towers are what the lake is famous for.
Winds were just whipping across the lake.
Mono Lake normally looks like this. Glass.
These Tufa Towers are what the lake is famous for.
Winds were just whipping across the lake.
Mono Lake normally looks like this. Glass.
pashnit
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Winds kicking up dust clouds on far side
I had checked the Hayabusa.org picture game thread earlier in the day. Hayabusa + Cemetery was the next challenge. Figured that had to be easy. Cemetery can be found in every small town. Then, as I was headed up the highway, I passed by Cemetery Road. Bingo. Gotta be a cemetery down this random road. Instead, the winds had blown down this tree across Cemetery Rd.
I had checked the Hayabusa.org picture game thread earlier in the day. Hayabusa + Cemetery was the next challenge. Figured that had to be easy. Cemetery can be found in every small town. Then, as I was headed up the highway, I passed by Cemetery Road. Bingo. Gotta be a cemetery down this random road. Instead, the winds had blown down this tree across Cemetery Rd.
pashnit
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Found a way around the downed tree and low and behold there was my cemetery.
Seemed a good place to be laid to rest, on a hilltop overlooking the lake. Got my pics, but the wind coming over the range was whipping, so I leaned against a large tree to block the wind. That seemed a bad if not disconcerting idea as the large tree was wiggling all over the place. What can you do but ride through it.
I think this works for the Hayabusa.org Picture Game Thread.
Seemed a good place to be laid to rest, on a hilltop overlooking the lake. Got my pics, but the wind coming over the range was whipping, so I leaned against a large tree to block the wind. That seemed a bad if not disconcerting idea as the large tree was wiggling all over the place. What can you do but ride through it.
I think this works for the Hayabusa.org Picture Game Thread.
pashnit
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Rode up to 8138 ft Conway Summit and as I pulled off the highway for a picture break, I popped out the kickstand and as it hit the ground, a gust of wind hit me and picked the front of the Hayabusa off the ground. Holy crap. The bike came up on the kickstand and the rear wheel with the front tire in the air while my panic muscled the bike back down onto the ground.
Over the last 30 years, I've ridden 300,000 miles from Florida to the Arctic Circle, and I've never been in wind gusts like that. Geez. Couldn't stay very long on the summit & motored north.
Check out the dust cloud on the far side of Mono Lake, that's just crazy.
Over the last 30 years, I've ridden 300,000 miles from Florida to the Arctic Circle, and I've never been in wind gusts like that. Geez. Couldn't stay very long on the summit & motored north.
Check out the dust cloud on the far side of Mono Lake, that's just crazy.
CBXRider
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Great pics Tim!
Never seen Mono Lake look like that either. You must be riding over 88 to get home? Only one time the wind was so bad that I couldn’t ride. I was on my nekkid 79 CBX on I-5. I was almost blown over several times until I pulled off and waited about an hour before the wind subsided enough to ride. On one of the points above the ocean on hiway 1 one day a gust came up that knocked over a couple bikes and sent helmets rolling across the pavement. BTW if you’re interested, Glacier Pt. road will be closed until 2023 for repaving.
Never seen Mono Lake look like that either. You must be riding over 88 to get home? Only one time the wind was so bad that I couldn’t ride. I was on my nekkid 79 CBX on I-5. I was almost blown over several times until I pulled off and waited about an hour before the wind subsided enough to ride. On one of the points above the ocean on hiway 1 one day a gust came up that knocked over a couple bikes and sent helmets rolling across the pavement. BTW if you’re interested, Glacier Pt. road will be closed until 2023 for repaving.
Bumblebee
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Sure is a lonely looking graveyard.....
...that got some attention due to the Hayabusa Picture Game
Cool spot too
pashnit
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Highway 395 is one of the longest continuous roads in the United States. It runs north-south from Mexico to the Canadian border. The Eastern Sierra portion in California has numerous spider roads, dead end rides that spur off into the range, usually to a mountain lake. Even after 30 years of running around California, I still am slowly checking each one of these spider roads out to see what's at the end of the road. Still haven't ridden them all, but I'm workin' on it.
So, this was another treasure hut. Let's see what is at the end of the one out of Bridgeport.
This is Twin Lakes Rd.
So, this was another treasure hut. Let's see what is at the end of the one out of Bridgeport.
This is Twin Lakes Rd.
pashnit
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Came all this way to check out a resort at the head of the lake.
twinlakeresort.com
There's a marina, lots of cabins, and it looks like a cool place to spend some time.
Twin Lakes Resort
Fishing - Hiking - Exploring - Relaxing 10316 Twin Lakes Rd, Bridgeport CA Mailing-PO Box 186, Minden, NV 89423
twinlakeresort.com
There's a marina, lots of cabins, and it looks like a cool place to spend some time.
pashnit
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Couple hours later, all the main passes are still closed (last year I got over Monitor Pass in March), so it was over the range to the other side via Highway 88 Carson Pass.
Last photo of the day for this ride. Death Valley ride was hugely fun and ended up being 1300 miles in 3 days. Next tour in 12 days. Stay tuned!
Headed to Sequoia National Park next.
Last photo of the day for this ride. Death Valley ride was hugely fun and ended up being 1300 miles in 3 days. Next tour in 12 days. Stay tuned!
Headed to Sequoia National Park next.
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