6 Days of the Wild West on a Scrambler

AntiHero · Mar 21, 2015

I'm on intermission from a rather long (40000+miles and counting) trip on a Panigale. I'm back in the US and I've got a Scrambler for the next 6 days and I'll doing a pretty awesome (I hope) road trip: Death Valley, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, SF. I'll post a full ride report when I return with all the details, but if anyone wants to follow along in real-time, I'm dennis_matson on Instagram. Or those without IG can follow along online: https://instagram.com/dennis_matson/

And if anyone wants to hyperlink IG pictures to this thread, URLs from IG can be copied from HERE.

Leaving Newport Beach:

fallen celt · Mar 21, 2015

Love the photos on your site

Ed K · Mar 22, 2015

Cool...

Looking forward to the ride report!

Also following on Instagram!

JWA · Mar 22, 2015

Sounds like an awesome adventure in the middle of an epic journey. Looking forward to the reports. Have fun!

PeteI · Mar 22, 2015

I'm in san diego. waiting for mine but hear it is a month out or more. No one has asked so I will. How did you get it so far ahead of us all here in the US? Hope you don't mind the question....
Also, hope you enjoy your ride. Sounds awesome
great photos btw

techfreak · Mar 22, 2015

All the best... Waiting for the updates.

Sent from my Androbot S5.

ducatirdr · Mar 22, 2015

Did someone ever tell you to "Get Lost!"? I like how you processed that request.

Let us know if you are posting an ADV thread on this.

pacman · Mar 22, 2015

Wow- You have an awesome story. Thanks for sharing the link!

JWA · Mar 22, 2015

PeteI said:
How did you get it so far ahead of us all here in the US?

That's one of the Ducati press bikes. They must be letting him borrow it for this trip. I'd imagine that a guy who's doing a ride around the world on a Pani has their interest.

albie · Mar 22, 2015

Look forward to your comments antihero.

PeteI · Mar 23, 2015

I rode my tiger 800 xc all over pacific west to canada and back. riding every dirt trail in between we could find. all i got was a pain in my back side! haha, i am joking of course. more power to you antihero!

mitra · Mar 23, 2015

Do let us know what kind of packing/gear you used to lug around your stuff.
Am doing 1800 mile trip myself in a months time, so would be interesting to know what type of packing you used.

AntiHero · Mar 25, 2015

mitra said:
Do let us know what kind of packing/gear you used to lug around your stuff.
Am doing 1800 mile trip myself in a months time, so would be interesting to know what type of packing you used.

Thanks everyone!

Because the thread will be more than pictures (and involve a lot of discussion), I'm going to slip on over to General Discussion to kick this off.

As for gear/packing--a Kriega US-10 bag is what I used, along with a backpack. I have a magnetic tank bag that slipped on nicely, but I just didn't need the extra space. I could have gone with just the backpack, but I was heading into Death Valley and wanted to carry extra gas (MSR makes good fuel cans that don't leak - .8 liter x 3). Also carried along a spare tire in a can, just in case.

Here's a link to the Ride Report:
http://www.ducatiscramblerforum.com...ild-west-scrambler-ride-report.html#post68898

6 Days of the Wild West on a Scrambler

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