Jawbone canyon

ARMRASTLER1 · 2010-01-04 22:05:15

We took a six hour drive from home to go to Jawbone canyon located in the Mojave desert above Tehachapi.I have been riding motorcycles for over 25 years and this is the best place I have ever been to.If your into hill climbs it has the most difficult I've seen. It is also very good for intermediate riders and kids. Now that I have my Ruesch XRL i am experiencing a new style of Off Roading. It has more trails than you could ever see. we took a 30 mile trip into a Living Ghost Town called Randsburg.All my friends and kids had a great time there. Another place to see is the Burro Schmidt mine. We clocked on 127 miles in 3 days.The weather was great and traction was awesome,we went everywhere in two wheel drive.We will definately be going back soon!!

zrated · 2010-01-05 19:13:34

Very cool! Thanks for sharing that.
This time of year I need all the pictures of warm places to ride I can get!
January sucks in Salt Lake City. With the inversion, we hardly see the sun for 2 months!
I am itchin' to RIDE!!!

BTW. How do you like the Ruesch XRL
It looks like you could use the Legend Air suspension in the back when you have rear passengers. It seems to squat quite a bit.
I had the same problem with Brutus...

ARMRASTLER1 · 2010-01-05 19:58:37

The wheather was pretty good overall. sunny and about 60 degrees during the day but a little cold while riding. you definately want to bring lots of firewood for night time gathering. it gets cold at night,with snow on the mountain tops.

I love my Ruesch,it does lack a little power for being all built up with full cage and 4 seats,stereo,second battery.But it did go everywhere I pointed it. I actually went up a mountain with a friend and I don't think I want to do it again.sometimes they don't look that steep till you get 3/4 of the way up and look back. But it did it in 2 wheel drive! I have jetted the carb with a rhino 660 kit and modded the air filter and gained quite a bit of power and speed.i just found some roller weights for the sheive that I might do instead of machining it.It has 270 miles on it and the motor runs perfect!!

sytfu.delinquent · 2010-05-19 09:45:13

how do you get there from northern california? is there a entrance or is it just open desert and you pull off the road somewhere?

RANGERDALEXP · 2010-05-19 22:31:44

how do you get there from northern california? is there a entrance or is it just open desert and you pull off the road somewhere?

This is my main camping and riding area and I have been going there for at least 25+ years. It is down the 14 past red rock canyon and there is a ranger station at the entrance. If you are heading south on the 14 and go over a wash bridge and see a store and ATV rental on the right hand side you have gone to fare.

The problem is us old timers that have been going there all these years have tried to keep it a secrete but since its new growing popularity they have imposed lots of new rules and shut down lots of the trails that we loved in the past. Also allot of the new people leave all there trash behind and abuse the area heavily :!: . It has been very disappointing to see what all the new ignorant new people have been doing to the area :evil: :evil: :cry:, In other words what you bring in you should Pack it out and don't spay paint graffiti on the landscape like a bunch of gangster morons as well as cut holes in the ranches fences like allot of people have been doing :twisted: :!: :!: :!: .......

sytfu.delinquent · 2010-05-19 23:38:26

i clean up after myself and have no intentions of doing anykind of graffiti anymore than tire tracks! i just want a good riding exp. and some change in scenary. so what are the laws out there as far as camping and shooting?

RANGERDALEXP · 2010-05-20 09:53:33

i clean up after myself and have no intentions of doing anykind of graffiti anymore than tire tracks! i just want a good riding exp. and some change in scenary. so what are the laws out there as far as camping and shooting?

There are no camping restrictions but you can not burn wood with nails in it. No glass containers are allowed also. I would not recommend going there in the summer time because I have seen 120 deg temps in the canyons unless that is what you like. As for shooting there was no laws in the past but now they have posted no shooting due to the fact that everyone brings up stuff to shoot at and then leaves it there along with all the spent shotgun shells, There has been an issue in the past that some dumbass has shot and killed cattle that was on private property and or cattle that has escaped through the fences cut by riders that cut across private property :evil: . They will push the shooting enforcement on this during the big weekends but during the week and on lite weekends they will turn a blind eye as long as you are fare enough from the main road and other peoples camping areas, but that is up to the ranger on duty. Also it helps to ask the ranger if you see one If it is OK to shoot and where it is OK to do so, It will give you brownie points with the ranger :idea:

sytfu.delinquent · 2010-05-21 08:23:34

thanks for the headsup!!

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