Vegas to Furnace Creek

[vegashotwheeler]

Doing a ride from Vegas to Furnace Creek in Death Valley Nov. 4th
Going with a bunch of guys from my Union Hall and work(mostly Harleys)
Thought I would invite some more V-Stroms.
If interested shoot me an email
Mike

[Destro]

Keep us updated! Put me down for a maybe right now. I never know what is going on past two weeks.

[vegashotwheeler]

I will keep you informed when I get time and meeting place.
Mike

[Boondocker]

Cool! I did that ride a couple of weeks ago. My parents live in Ridgecrest, CA. So I took the round trip of LV to Beatty, past Stovepipe Wells to Hwy 178 in the Panamint Valley, south through Trona to Ridgecrest. On the way back, I took the Wildrose Pass route, (horrible road ,perfect for the V), down through Furnace Creek, Death Valley Junction, Lathrop Wells, to LV.

Anyway, I love Death Valley. It would be excellent to ride it north to Scotty's Castle and up Grape Vine Canyon, then back down to Beatty. Depending where you leave LV from, it might be nice go through Red Rock Canyon, then take 160 to Pahrump, maybe stop for breakfast. I've only thought about this a little bit, I swear.

Group rides of more than 4 people need to be organized. You need a plan - a route, rules of the road, a leader and a tail gunner. If nothing else, it would be great to get the Vegas V-Strom enthusiasts together.

Cheers,
Neil Winnemore
702-204-3858

[vegashotwheeler]

Iam open to getting the Vegas V-strommers together anytime.
Mike

[vegashotwheeler]

Here is the info i recieved from the guys setting up the ride.
Mike

Nov. 4th.
Destination: Death Valley (Furnace Creek). Meeting place, Exxon Gas
Station on Blue Diamond Rd. (Hwy 160) where Hwy 159 (Red rock) meet.
Departure time, 8:00 am. Breakfast, Saddle West Casino in Pahrump
(recomended by the locals). Don't forget to set you clocks Nov. 4th. is
day light savings.

[Destro]

Here is the info i recieved from the guys setting up the ride.
Mike

Nov. 4th.
Destination: Death Valley (Furnace Creek). Meeting place, Exxon Gas
Station on Blue Diamond Rd. (Hwy 160) where Hwy 159 (Red rock) meet.
Departure time, 8:00 am. Breakfast, Saddle West Casino in Pahrump
(recomended by the locals). Don't forget to set you clocks Nov. 4th. is
day light savings.

Mike,

I am trying to remain optimistic that I will have the bike back by the time this ride happens. I attempted to shift into first the other night when stopping at a light and all I found was neutral after that. I could not get that bike into any other gear. Tried the half clutch and anything else I could think of. So the bike is waiting to get looked at and hopefully, if parts are needed, I will have it back by the end of next week.

Jeff

[vegashotwheeler]

Sorry to hear about your bike.
Let me know when your back on the road, and what happened!!!!!!!!
Mike

[Destro]

Mike,

Is this ride still happening this weekend? Got the bike back today. Blah blah blah shift cam, shift drum, broken bolt. Everything was fine until the bike had an overheat indication 3 miles from the dealer.:mad: Long story short, they sent a trailer right away and stayed open late to burp the radiator.:D Should be good to go now for Sunday if the ride is still going to happen. Let me know.

Jeff

[Creeper]

Sorry to have have missed this ride but only got my wee yesterday, maybe next time I'll tag along if I can.

How did the ride go?

[vegashotwheeler]

The ride was great, 16 bikes total, but only 2 V-Stroms.
I will post when we are doing another ride.
Iam doing a little ride down to Nipton on Friday the 16th after work for lottery tickets.
Not sure what your work schedules are like.
A buddy and I run down once a month if the weather is good and pick up tickets for people at work.
Then we stop at Buffalo Bills Buffet on the way home for dinner.
Anyone is welcome to go.
My cell #is 285-9204
Later
Mike