Big Bear ride on June 8th?

[Kejtar]

Anyone interested? :) :) Not sure which trails yet though :)

Kejtar

[Bent]

ME:wave:

[Loose_Nuts_Enterprises]

I'm not going to be able to make it unless my customer postpones his appointment. I'll be making motor mounts, tranny mounts and crossmember and power steering conversion on a 74 Toyota Land Cruiser that will be receiving a small block chevy and an SM420 trans. Should be a long weekend. But if he doesn't make it to the shop friday night....but I seriously doubt it.

Late, Dan

[ryurabbit]

I'll be there!( if you dont cancel out on me!) :rolleyes: :bunny:

[bkchang79]

Do you have any pictures of any previous big bear trips?

[Kejtar]

:) :)

Once our movie department gets done we will have a video:
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4118

and we got plenty pics:
http://www.sb-host.com/imagehost/showgallery.php?cat=6012&ppuser=12
and
http://www.sequoiasite.com/XJ/BigBear/
and
http://home.earthlink.net/~cwpc1/MikeyL/

or look through this thread:
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1935&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

I think I might have missed some :)

[Xtreme XJ]

Remi:
I was hoping you guys would hold off till alittle closer to the end of the month.... that big meany KINGSIZE intimidate you all into a earlier run? (LOL)
My XJ goes in next Mon. for a tranny rebuild. Anyway you guys have fun & take lots of picts.
See Ya !
Curt (aka Xtreme XJ)

[Kejtar]

welll... that doesn't mean we will not be out a tthe end of the month again :)
what happened to your tranny?

[Xtreme XJ]

Remi:
I'm not sure....as to the trans. problem... started in Feb. & seemed like it was a hiccup but about two weeks ago I noticed a noise & finallly narrowed it down to the trans. It might be a torque converter... no matter what it's gonna be $$$$.
Have fun...
Curt (aka Xtreme XJ)

[KINGSIZE]

Originally posted by Xtreme XJ
Remi:
I was hoping you guys would hold off till alittle closer to the end of the month.... that big meany KINGSIZE intimidate you all into a earlier run? (LOL)

Curt are you in Ridgecrest? If so that Big Meanys not to far from your area :D

Robert
aka Big Meany

[Xtreme XJ]

Rob:
Thats a different Curt..... hes in the high desert I'm in the low
desert ... eastern Riv. Co. Indio.
Have fun....
Curt (aka Xtreme XJ)

[Kejtar]

I think kingsize that you're thinking of Kurt :) I know I mixed the two of them up at least once myself :) :)

Kejtar

[KINGSIZE]

DOH!!!!

Sorry

Robert

[Xtreme XJ]

I think Curt is the way he spells it, but it's his middle name.... I think his handle is Desert XJ...... He's high I'm low......Hey I could of kept rib'n KINGSIZE & he would of been hunting down the high
desert Curt.... LOL !
Take care.....
Curt (aka Xtreme XJ)

[MJR]

Originally posted by Xtreme XJ
I think Curt is the way he spells it, but it's his middle name.... I think his handle is Desert XJ...... He's high I'm low......Hey I could of kept rib'n KINGSIZE & he would of been hunting down the high
desert Curt.... LOL !
Take care.....
Curt (aka Xtreme XJ)


Curtis M is DesertXJ in Ridgecrest.

[Bent]

Hey Kingsize, I missed meeting you on the SoCalXJ run two weeks ago. You would have felt out of place though. All five of us were driving WHITE XJ's.LOL. We got some stares though. Had a good time. Except John, Radiator hose, then radiator, then boulder/rear side window clash 100 yards from the end of John Bull. BUMMER! Met some good Folks though. Thanks for the info.

Tim B

[Ed A. Stevens]

Great shots in the photo thread guys, but I think we need to make a run to the real Pontiac Sluice for some true "in the Sluice" photos (not the access road to the sluice and Onyx loop).

I'll be in BB, wheeling, the weekend of the May 21/22, maybe a good date for an informal run?

[Kejtar]

Ed, you mean June 21/22 ?

Kejtar

[Bent]

Must have got the TIME MACHINE fixed.

[Ed A. Stevens]

Yup, I mean June 21/22. I have a friends with a CJ and another with a YJ that want to have some trail fun that weekend.

We may also be up on the July 4th weekend (trying to score some friday Rotary Club picnic/dinner fireworks tickets).

Anyone up for runs?

[Ed A. Stevens]

Originally posted by MJR
You mean like this Ed ?.




Not quite. The true sluice has a parallel bypass road on the right, as you approach the Y for the Onyx loop. This is found a few hundred yards past the pontiac creekbed crossing. Most people run the bypass road to the Onyx loop, never realizing the true sluice is inside the creekbed full of boulders next to the road.

I think we may need to visit the true sluice?

[KINGSIZE]

Originally posted by T Bent
Hey Kingsize, I missed meeting you on the SoCalXJ run two weeks ago. You would have felt out of place though. All five of us were driving WHITE XJ's.LOL. We got some stares though. Had a good time. Except John, Radiator hose, then radiator, then boulder/rear side window clash 100 yards from the end of John Bull. BUMMER! Met some good Folks though. Thanks for the info.

Tim B

Yeah i called in drunk....I was doin the technicolor ywan all night. JD & Cokes are good....Str8 JACK is not a good thing. But i will be at this run if i can get my tires on & my new coils in before then. We will see. As for the feeling outta place...lol.....just wait till ya see me...Im covered in tattoos so i feel outta place all the time....hahahha...You get used to it tho....

Robert :anon:

[MJR]

Originally posted by Ed A. Stevens
Not quite. The true sluice has a parallel bypass road on the right, as you approach the Y for the Onyx loop. This is found a few hundred yards past the pontiac creekbed crossing. Most people run the bypass road to the Onyx loop, never realizing the true sluice is inside the creekbed full of boulders next to the road.

I think we may need to visit the true sluice?

Actually there is a bypass road to the right of me where we ran.

http://www.fototime.com/0663E6BDFDE6003/standard.jpg

[Loose_Nuts_Enterprises]

Where exactly is Pontiac Sluice? Sound like an interesting trail.

Dan

[MJR]

Originally posted by Dan Turner
Where exactly is Pontiac Sluice? Sound like an interesting trail.

Dan

In a ways from Hwy 38 at Oynx Summit. I would have to look at my notes on the trails names to describe it to you but I can drive to it easy.

Here is a photo album link. Click Here For More Photos (http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?userid={93339047-457D-488C-BAD1-9A77EBC42638}&AlbumId={00DD2B1D-F6B9-4B93-924A-76F6C554584A}&GroupId={0E4AE36E-CDD0-4BDF-B9D9-E7C3044634BF})

[Ed A. Stevens]

Mike,

I do recogonize the true sluice in a few of the photos (one with you entering the upper end, with the bench road bypass on the left). It looks to have been paved a bit.

The System Road to the pontiac sluice turn-off is off 2N02 on the west, and the Pioneertown end of Burns Canyon Road on the east. The adopt-a-trail club for the access road used to maintain the actual sluice, to keep the difficlty up, and also do erosion control work on the Onyx loop. Maybe they could use some help on the actual sluice (restore some of the difficulty)?