14-05-24 Glass Mountain Medicine Lake Mt Lassen

[johnny]

gonna roll this one clockwise... ksu meet spot "a" holiday inn express redd bluff ca... are you in... part or all... post up here...

the route...



more later...

j o

[johnny]

greetings cream puffs... wanna roll out the medicine lake highlands and the glass mountain in the modoc national forest on the volcano legacy trail in the f-ed up state of california usa... click here... its like riding with johnny and the mickster in real time...

j o

[johnny]

car show at the rex club in burney california...



j o

[johnny]

we were on glass mountain... 5 miles from the top... 33 miles from the last intersection on this boxed mountain road...

felt it laying it into a left... knew what it was butts stopped to look... final drive bleeding... o my...

rolled the 33 miles to ca 89... rolled to 30 miles to the 5... rolled about 10 more miles ... made it to the dunsmuir chevron...

got tp the point where i couldnt hold on to it any longer... wrecker in the way... will be installing my lior newly rebuilt final drive by moonlight tonight...



we tried to ride glass mountain twice before... once it had been a hundert degrees for weeks and the day we were to ride it a blizzard blew in and bleed all over shutting down the roads... once the day we were to ride my front brake line busted bleeding dot 4 all over me during the pre ride inspection... today the final drive bleeds...

glass mountain... leaving it behind... somebody else can bleed out up there... we are heeding the warnings and wonts be returning to glass mountain...

j o

[sprockethead]

Dang.... sorry to hear...  I was watching the GPS tracker and wondered why yawl turned around and headed straight out to the 5.

Well at least you have a certified Lior is on Fior  final drive...

SH

[johnny]

rodger that...

the wrecker was there in 20 minutes...



its over one hundert here in the shade at 7:15pm in the redd bluff california...





final drive... check...

moly... check...

gear oil... check...

giant adjustable.. check...

big azz allen wrench... check...

cheater pipe... nope... butts will find one...

all the other ch1t... check...

gonna swap final drives at 1st light when its cooler...

more later...

j o

[johnny]

mt lassen... it was so clear we could see lassen shasta trinity all at the same time...











































































more later...

j o

[mystic red]

God you're hard on the equipment...my Clymers says the final drives are darn near bullet proof "with many going 150K without problems."

[johnny]

greetings mister red...

only a trail braking throttle whacker would understand...

j o

[sprockethead]

Well looks like it was pure yeeehawwww until it wasn't pure yeehawwwwww....  and pics of more roads to check out...   :2thumbup:

[johnny]

leak check 100 mile loop on liors rebuilt final drive before our foray to the lost coast tomorrow...



ca 36 east of redd bluff...













this is squatches driveway...













































ca 36 on the rebound...





























all is well... yeeeehaaaaa...

j o

[Marinahosy]

Just noticed this post BurkBuilds.   This area is one of my favorite areas to ride.  Also, down around the Dahlonega area.

[poach]

Dahlonega used to be my favorite ride too, until I had a run in with the native fauna. Protip: never square off with a furious bandersnatch.

On a completely unrelated, off topic side note...

Attempted to tame Glass Mtn in June 2012...failed miserably.

Tried the paved route...fail due to lack of traction.



Tried the alternative Dirty Landbargin' route...fail due to big ass tree fallen across path.



Thoroughly beaten, we headed back down to Fall River Mills. On the way we met a Native American holy man who gave us strange tea and showed us Xanadu.



Methinks Glass Mtn no likey Teutonic Throttle Whackers...