A Hull Of A Campout Oct. 25, 2013 Lake Pillsbury, N.CA

thevwvillage · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:19 am Post subject:

Tar bus made it home!!! Thanx for the help skinner an Johnny O !!

For an update we lost the right rear drum an all brakes heading down the mountain I made it threw a s turn an landed the bus softly in a ditch when back up an found the wheel an almost all brake parts that flew off with skinners institution an Johnny O's parts bus we got brake all together all we needed was a drum so skinner JONNY o headed to Willits to recover a big nut drum as bill an I wait we fall asleep then hear the guys in the bus I pound on the drum an get back rolling back down then brake give out again so I ride 1st miles down the descend then at the bottom we find I blew the new wheelcylender so we vise grip the soft line an bleed the three good wheels an we head home !!!

NorCalWeekender · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:49 am Post subject:

Dang! What a trip! Glad you guys are home safe and sound.
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jasonmacomb · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:58 am Post subject:

yep hella fun . tar bus did it to it . not bad bro . good stuff from skinner and johny o . wish i culd of stayed . well next time for shasta your shit will be all new , but stay with the germ stuff . pics and video will be up soon . wen i fig how . lol

unclespanky · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:30 am Post subject:

update, Johny-O is still in recovery mode. Hasn't slept yet and is rescuing Jeremy.

unclespanky · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:23 am Post subject:

Johny still awake!!!! Jeremy's bike now firmly attached to recovery vehicle. Jeremy , Johny-O and myself rolling south bound.

SurfCityRacing · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:54 pm Post subject:

I had a weird feeling that something wasn't quite right with my KTM, so I split off from the fleet of 3 buses that were going to hammer Bartlet Springs. Sure as shit, not 10 minutes later, my battery was smoking. I thought it was the hot exhaust heating it up, so I pulled over to let it cool...took off about a half hour later, south 29, seemed fine.

Rolled into Middletown, and my ass was on fire! Popped the seat, grabbed the battery, and my fingerprints sunk into the melting plastic. Shit was smoking! I immediately put my gloves back on, disconnected it, and put it in the middle of the street and watched it catch fire. I've seen batteries blow up before. Not cool! I was a little worried. So was the crowd that gathered to watch.

More story over the campfire.

Home safe now thanks to JohnnyO. It's not the first time that he's saved my ass...won't be the last. Special thanks to Spanky for activating Emergency Broadcast System.

JohnnyO and Skinner deserve BIG props for getting the Tar off of the side of that mountain. Above and beyond rescue program! It was a highlight for me to see Skinner in teaching mode with the Tar Crew. I'll wax poetic about it sometime.

Hull Mtn. was super fun! Great to see everyone. Friends are family that you choose, and I sure do feel the familial love from all of you crazies.

BTW, I scored some of the best bus footage that I've ever gotten! Think: 2' deep mud pit + buses.
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SurfCityRacing · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:03 pm Post subject:

kombisutra · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:37 pm Post subject:

Heavy drama from all you cats! Wow!

Nathalie, Tommy and myself rolled out for a ride Sunday afternoon that ended up being the epic 4-hour moto-adventure for myself, Nathalie and her son, and we were all stoked to see Bald Eagles from the precipice of Hull Mountain, a good hill climb that they persevered with. The Bald Eagles were the first ones I've ever seen in California, and they were completely obvious -two of them- flying the thermals right out in front of the mountain top, both with bright white tail plumage. They didn't stick around though, and rode the ridge line west, eventually out of sight.

The ride wasn't supposed to be such a long event, but required a lot of 11yr old drama and challenges for mom and myself, as I insisted that we ride down one of the "black diamond" trails from the top of the mountain... bad idea Rolling Eyes

In the end, everybody had learned a LOT... we'll just chalk it up to character building Wink

The upper sections of these trails were heavily rutted and very steep. Nathalie handled it well enough, but little Tommy shit his pant about ten times, total fiasco. I promised (and came through) with riding their bikes down all the hard hills and sections... I got my running-back-up-the steep-ass-hill workout for damn sure! By the time we finally rolled into camp, Tommy was 10 times the mini-rider he was in the morning.

Kind of sad, but our ride was so long, when we got back, every single person in the entire campground had left -nary a soul. I wasn't able to say goodby to my insane VW friends and the camp felt totally lonely. An idea of how much time must have passed since the last camper had left, when we finally rolled in, over 50 head of elk had taken over and were grazing the oak acorns all around the fire pit -directly where the campout had taken place. As we rounded the bend into camp they all scattered, some jumping the fences, some trotting out the opening on the lakeside of camp, it was quite the scene.

We unwound from our ride, moved our camp directly next to the fire pit and tuned in the World Series while preparing hotdogs to barbeque over a huge campfire. With sketchy reception, we remained baited for all of the plays and really had a great time, full moon rising huge and bright, illuminating our own -now private- Oak Flat Campground World Series.

We packed this morning, did some M/C maintenance and set off for a last fun family ride before lashing the bikes to the trailer and slowly rolling out of The Mendocino National Forest.

Hull Of A Campout 2012... CHECK!

bad dog racing · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:43 pm Post subject:

Wow!
Epic adventures on Hull 2012.
Love that Honey Badger team of Skinner & Johnny-O!
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joe cool · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:13 pm Post subject:

Wow. Those tales of adventure gave me the Shasta shakes.

Lou V. · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:44 pm Post subject:

Sounds Like a great time sorry I mised it. But the family always comes first.

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Wreckage Footage! Drum Failure & Gas Leak on Bartlett Springs Rd.

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kombisutra · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:38 am Post subject:

thevwvillage

thevwvillage · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:39 pm Post subject:

I really watched the video for the first time
just now an wow you hear that gas pouring out , this could have been really really bad Confused

skinnerclassics · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:01 am Post subject:

I felt like a lil' horsing around on the way to the Hull Mountain Campout!

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RPGreg2600 · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:10 am Post subject:

Wow, crazy how that drum broke, was it a crappy aftermarket one? Did someone have a spare?

skinnerclassics · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:14 am Post subject:

Hull Mountain Campout 2012'

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