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I was out there the same time as you, I was riding a Honda magna, it was hot, I camped out for 10 days, do you camp ? Did you see a really good looking guy on a magna? That was me ! Wow small world !
I do sometimes camp and I have camped in Death Valley on other trips, but not this time. I don't usually take note of good looking guys, but I remember seeing a bike and saying to myself what a nice looking Magna, obviously that was you! Death Valley is awesome. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Fantastic video. It reminded me of my own trips to DV. It was so much fun driving my car out there on my own, I just can imagine the fun you must have had on your bike....epic shit...thanks for sharing
yep, very hot in Furnace Creek indeed, we were there for only one night passing through in August 2014 but it just does not cool down at night, place deserves its name alright :-)
Man, I've been riding bikes for years now and the kind of trip you're recording here can not possibly be done in this time frame without help. Two people on ANY bike wouldn't survive this without backup. I love the entire trip, and would love to do it, but in stages lol! Props for the film but the trip is unrealistic in 36 days.
***** It will be hot, just be prepared. In my books it would be crazy not to visit Death Valley, one of my favorite places. It will be fun, and when you are on a bike, it's always an adventure!
I went through there last summer on a 2016 V Star 1300 Tourer with a friend of mine on an air cooled bike. Air temp was all of a balmy 124 degrees in the middle of July. I would have loved to know what the pavement temp was that day. Detouring 34 miles in that heat just to go to Badwater Basin seemed like a good idea at the time.
Although visiting Death Valley in the summer heat may not be the best time to enjoy what it has to offer, to experience it at those temps is truly what Death Valley is all about. After all it is the extremes that make Death Valley what it is. Which is what riding is all about too, experiencing things, even in their extremes, rather than see them through a window.
That is it exactly. We wanted to experience the lowest place and hottest place we could find to get some good pictures and video. Then we found some high, cold places like Beartooth Pass that runs between Montana and Wyoming on 212 for the 'bookend' pictures. Pretty nice. Hard to think we experienced both spots less than 30 days apart in the same country.
Yep we were told by some friends in Phoenix we should probably go around Death Valley, "It could be 120 in the shade" they said. I said no worries then, because we won't be in the shade! All that being said, those kind of temps are not for everybody and you do want to be in good condition and prepared for what Death Valley could throw at you. Beartooth on the other hand you can at least dress for!
Our first trip over it was in early August a few years back, beautiful all the way from Cooke City to the summit. Started down the other side and had a snowstorm halfway to Red Lodge. At 10,000' it can happen anytime! Snow on Beartooth, 126F in Death Valley, those are definitely the times that stick in your memory!
Artist's Drive doesn't disappoint! I've been to the park 2-3 times but never spent more than a few hours in it, a mistake on my part. I plan on checking it out, may be this winter. What do YOU do when riding in extreme heat? Seems like it could be dangerous.
It definitely has a risk to it. We were acclimatized to the heat before we entered Death Valley, many days of 100 degree rides prior to our arrival. We had a plan, the morning would be our longest ride, a couple hours in air conditioned temperatures at Furnace Creek to bring our core temp back down. The afternoon ride would be less time, an hour to 90 minutes would be our limit before our next air conditioned rest stop, and that would also be the total limit for the day. So our day was over by early afternoon. We also always pack a thermos of water, in the heat it was filled with ice, half way into our afternoon ride we stopped and wrapped the ice into kerchiefs around our necks. Cooling down the carotid blood flow quickly brings body temps back to normal.
We did this ride in the first week of September. Very hot. I would not recommend a visit to Death Valley at this particular time as it is much more enjoyable when temperatures are cooler, perhaps October through March. We only did it because we have been in Death Valley many times and wanted the experience of truly hot conditions!
By car will be far more comfortable than by bike. The fact that you will provide your own shelter from the heat will allow you to extend your visiting times. When we were there in the heat we entered the valley in the early morning and even with a break from the heat at Furnace Creek for an hour, we had to seek shelter by early afternoon. That being said, I still advise that you be prepared. Bring lots of water, and a cooler of ice. One of our tricks was to wrap ice cubes in a bandana and place around our necks, this cools the blood to the brain, and will prevent heat stroke. Death Valley is one of my favorite places, and we have visited quite a few times, there is a lot to see and do there. If your travel plans allow, there are several days of incredible sights to experience in the valley. There is incredible, diverse landscapes, and fascinating history. I also recommend checking out nearby Rhyolite (a ghost town), and you will find inexpensive, and good, accommodations in nearby Beatty, Nevada. It is going to be an epic trip to a legendary place! Be safe, and have fun!
@Eziekle Crafts Sure..... If you consider 40°F at it's very lowest freezing? Wtf lol... Never come to Illinois. Not only does it get quite hot (not like death valley, but 105°F is easily possible here) and it gets far FAR colder. Like 15-25°F and sometimes in freak conditions at or below 0°F. And the humidity is almost always around 70-80 percent. This makes the heat hotter and cold colder. Not fun. I can't imagine 134°F like the record with death valley, and with humidity it'd be like swimming through air that feels twice as hot. The US has crazy fucking weather.
@@RobertMerz Hi, I forgot to tell you that the August 2017 visit to DV was a success! Yes it was hot, we spent just a few minutes at Badwater until my wife started to faint. Then after the mandatory Father Crowley Vista Point, ZP and Dante´s View, we called it a day because we had been driving from Mammoth Lakes bound to Las Vegas. In January 2019 we visited DV again but in winter it was another story. We spent two almost whole days there (we stayed in Lone Pine). I was as lucky as to see the jets performing the Jedi Transition at Father Crowley Vista Point! Needless to say, we love DV!
