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Thanks for the add! I hope to catch up with you again Eric. I look forward to checking out XLAdv and seeing all the great articles on here. My name is Cain. Eric joined my friends and I on a Baja trip a while back. I've known him from the Adv days. I finally came over to the dark side. haha In my spare time I make engine case savers for Trailjammer Designs. I look forward to meeting more people on here and having some great rides! I own an '08 KTM 530 EXC-R, '07 Suzuki DRZ 400SM, '06 WR250F, '10 KTM 400 XC-W, '03 Suzuki SV650S. When I'm not riding I'm either mtn biking or four wheeling in my jeep or anything else that's outdoors.

Two of us decided to ride some desert paths in the Cuddeback Lake area for a weekend. So last Friday I used gpsvisualizer to map out some gpx trails and Saturday morning off we went. Our first stop was supposed to be an old, abandoned airstrip. Thanks to gps had no problem finding the road leading to it. The little road was pretty sandy and not big bike friendly at all... Of course both of our gopros were off so no movies of us fighting through that sand. Fortunately it was quite short 👍 I guess Navy didn't like visitors on the unused airstrip because this is what we saw: View from the gate looking back at the dry lake bed:

ICON Raiden is out with a new line called "Raiden UX." At first glance it appears to perhaps be slightly lighter and more stretchy than their DKR line yet still water-proof. What I hear is that it's constructed of 4-way stretch fabric commonly seen in high end outdoor apparel. The UX jacket is more of a lightweight "shell," similar to those worn by competitors in the Dakar rally than it is a do-it-all ADV jacket such as the DKR line. There are enough pockets to hold your phone and wallet, a removable full quilted liner (nice!), and a few vents when you need them. Icon Raiden is again using their proprietary Hycor™ waterproof and breathable membrane. It comes in four color options for the jacket (Black, Orange, HiViz and Battlescar-tan) two for the pant (black and denim) and two for the gloves (orange and black)

We have decided to spent a night in the area. We didn't have any camping gear so had to find a place to sleep. We got to the city of Boron where we got a room at the Budget Inn. It seemed like a ghost town with Edwards AFB facilities visible close by. There is a little museum with some nice artifacts related to AFB and NASA. Too bad we got the late and it was closed but we will be back to check it out.

After a while we hoped back on our bikes and turned around. Got back to Grass Valley and took a road north through it. Beautiful desert riding with many great views. Got to the north boundary and went west towards China Lake. We just explored trails without any set destination and enjoyed the day. Back on the dry lakebed

We rode Black Canyon Rd back and forth and finally got to the Scouts. To our surprise it was stacked with water and even some food. Miners carved a home in one of the tuffa domes at Scouts Cove.

Our next stop was Scouts Place in the Black Mountain Wilderness. The road leads on the boundary of Grass Valley Wilderness to almost China Lake where it takes sharp left turn through some flats towards big volcanic formations. After miles of fairly easy however, sometimes, moderately difficult trail we go to the Black Mountain Wilderness and started looking for the Scouts

A little Gopro movie. I took a couple of micro SD cards which i bought for $4 on eBay. Mistake. GoPro didn't like it. I have just two readable files.

I think Altrider has the patent on the center stand mount? Would that prevent this great looking plate from the US?

Nice to hear from you again, Cain. Make any 990 stuff yet You guys really got me hooked on Baja. I've ridden down there something like 16 times now. Just got back from Copper Canyon. I'm also handling North American sales for the Baja Rally too You should come to our High Sierra event Labor Day weekend up near Mammoth. We get quite a few NorCal riders

Great pics and thanks for sharing! This is very helpful as I plan on riding in that area in a couple of weeks after TAste of Dakar in Pahrump, NV.

The next day we rode to Mojave hoping to get close to the airplane storage/cemetery. Rode some dirt roads around the fence perimeter but couldn't get close enough so frustrated turned around, played a little in the desert and took some mountain roads home. We did a little over 400 miles including 120 offroad. What a great weekend! Before we left Mojave we found this Saab training jet

A little disappointed decided to ride to Husky. It was an easy, relaxing ride. It was quite dry but no dust from at all from my friend who was leading. Sunny but cool day, great for riding. Got to Husky in no time. Added a sticker to the flag pole The Monument is growing every year with a new tributes We enjoyed the special atmosphere in this special place for a few minutes and off we went.

Sorry I didn't see this earlier. I'm going to get a registration link up probably in April or May. Once that is up I'll be sure to update this space as well as the Facebook event page. Stay tuned....