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Husky Monument is a great ride. I have made this ride a couple times and find it to be a great trip as well as a nice camp. It is approx. 33km from Johannasberg CA.
Husky Monument GPS Coordinates:
N 35 12. 951′ W 117 19. 059′
If your ever out this way, make this trip! Here is a great little writeup on a recent trip:
” After too long, I’m back in the dirt.
I had planned to do a 2 day ride in the Mojave Desert but because I rejetter the DRZ incorrectly I had to spend a day at home getting it right. Taking apart the carb and rejetting is the easy part but getting the carb out of the bike and putting it back together is the hard part.
My son and I decided to take a ride to The Husky Monument from our favorite camping spot in the desert off Searles Station Rd about 15 miles south of Ridgecrest. We didn’t camp this time but stayed in a motel in Ridgecrest.
We unloaded the bikes at camp, where over 20 families from Reedly were spending the weekend enjoying the Open Riding Area of Spangler Hills. Almost everyone in this group now rides an assortment of “side by sides”, Rhino’s, Razr’s and Tyrx. When everyone was switching to side by sides, I switch from dirt bikes to dual sporting.
This was my first off road ride on a DRZ400S ever. My first dual sport, a 1966 Honda S90, was also my first bike when I turned 15 1/2 many years ago. I have ridden a wide variety of 2 and 4 stroke dirt bikes over the last 42 years and have owned two Honda XR650L’s, a dual sported Honda XR650R and dual sported WR450F.
The DRZ400S is in a catagory all by itself and has a big following. It is probably the best selling dual sport.
I hesitated buying one but after this first ride I have to say I am very impressed with the power, handling and overall performance of this bike.
This 82 mile loop was basically an extended test ride to work out any potential bugs and the bike worked flawlessly.”
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