Welcome back to Day 1 of the 2023 Scooter Cannonball! We are continuing our ride out of Joshua Tree National Park across the Mojave Desert. I had some unexpected and unwelcome fun in the desert today. Skip around with the chapter markers below.
Other videos in this series:
Day 1 (Part 1): https://youtu.be/p12MkyFNV5k
Day 1, Stage 1 / Slow Ride Down the Ortega Highway: https://youtu.be/MA-d16JJ9to
Day 1, Stage 4 / Ride Up to Coachella Vista Point: https://youtu.be/qnOEPESg4zE
Day 1, Stage 5 / Twisty Ride Down to Palm Desert: https://youtu.be/KjBg6A3uhJ0
2023 Scooter Cannonball playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLXxDh3JumLnX1mjsF0BtAmV0IqEVaAAE
Check my second channel for additional Scooter Cannonball videos and uncut ride footage: https://youtube.com/@UCATy46YS4bHenYJglGaA0wg
Scooter Cannonball website and resources with clickable drill-down details:
Website: https://scootercannonball.com/
2023 official route: https://scootercannonball.com/route
2023 Day 1 route: https://scootercannonball.com/competitions/1
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Time indexes:
0:00 Highlights for this episode, leaving Joshua Tree National Park
2:14 Gambling on gas, 100 miles to next services?!
7:06 Starting our 100-mile trek into the desert
11:52 Just imagine being stranded out here (oops, jinx!)
13:58 CVT failure in the Mojave Desert
16:48 Diagnosing my scooter's ails under duress
20:42 Dean St. Louis returned to help
23:42 No good deed goes unpunished! Scooters down in the desert
28:10 Starting the CVT remediation, trying to avoid being killed by cagers
31:19 Opening the CVT cover to survey the carnage
38:20 Huge thanks to Dean and his tools!
41:07 Finally getting back on the road, CVT post-mortem notes
45:48 Aliens outside Parker, AZ? I must be baked! 🤣
48:57 Delirious heatstroke ramblings
50:43 Finally arriving at Bonus Point 5, rejoining the group
52:36 Leaving the post office, ready for this day to be DONE!
55:27 Entering Lake Havasu City, we're sunblind and baked to a crisp
57:15 Arriving at the Hotel, Finish Line photo
58:31 I'm tired, HANGRY, and out of patience! 😉
1:01:34 Robbie Can is the MAN! He loaned me a spare CVT belt!
1:02:36 Riding to In-n-Out Burger for dinner
1:05:01 "Animal style" burgers?
1:06:04 Riding to the state park to find our campsite
1:09:45 Highlights coming in Day 2!
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