This last weekend my buddy and I rode the Countdown Death Valley 450. The weather called for rain/snow Friday night and a 60% chance of rain on Saturday. We got the rain on the way there, and the morning was clear and cold with awesome views. I took my 610 and my buddy brought his Xchallange. This was a much better choice than my TE250 for a ride this long. However I now realize that I need to have the suspension worked on. The XPC seat was awesome. Those are the Panamint Mtns in the background. Lots of new snow. There was some nice single track on the way towards the Trona Pinnacles Good Stuff! We both had Moose "Elephant Ears" over our hand guards. They worked well and we had several of the other riders asking about them at the gas stops. Trona Pinnacles in the background The Urban Camo Xchallange. R/ Mike
Lunch stop in Shoshone. Gas stop in Shoshone. Nevada! More Nevada. This little guy was wandering around at the gas station in Furnace Creek. We had to bug out after Furnace Creek. We both had work early the next morning. We did take a side trip through Emigrant Pass on the way back to Ridgecrest. It was awesome (for slab). We still clocked 450 miles for the weekend. The bikes ran great, no issues. R/ Mike
Death Valley WTF!!! it snows their??? I though the place would turns you into a sun dried tomato I think I'll have to come over and do some riding over their
