Ivanpah Buggy eXpo 2015
IBX 2015 Prologue: For the Good of the Order and at least one broken soul I had been unsettled, out of sorts, “bumpy” since my return from Buggy Nirvana some two weeks afore. I struggled to get out of bed in the morning and my keenly honed routine turned to a quagmire of fitful starts […]
Just Shootin’ the Breeze – “So, How Fast Can You Go”
“So, how fast can you go?” We’ve all heard the question posed hundreds of times and reasonably so when you realize that most folks have a limited frame of reference. Most folks don’t know what travelling 150mph on the Autobahn in a mushy, squishy, loose jointed chunk of Detroit Steel feels like. They honestly believe […]
Just Shootin the Breeze – Getting a Grip
There’s a recurring discussion about which kite or buggy is better/faster involving all manner of intricate factors that are virtually impossible to quantify with any degree of accuracy without employing a small army of techie types armed to the teeth with accelerometers, strain gauges and data logging software. In the Motorsports community, we call these […]
Just Shootin the Breeze – On a Short Leash
On a Short Leash Walt and I had been working the lower end of Ivanpah well below the bush line when we stumbled upon the first mark of our Out-N-Back adventure and downed gear to reconnoiter. As we studied the clue that would lead us to our next mark, the winds shifted to what would […]
FBBT 2013 (Fall Buggy Boogie Thang)
FBBT 2013 Part 2: And the Rains Came Monsoon Season in the Sonoran and Mohave Deserts has a will of its own that simply will not be swayed by the trivial desires of one little Buggy Nut in a remote corner of this vast desert region. Annual rain fall in these environs ranges from 3 […]
And thats how it all started
And that’s how it all started We’ve all had those Q & A sessions during a break or a lull in the winds when some curious on-looker asks, “How did you get into this stuff?”. For me, that’s the moment when I have to quickly assess the audience and decide just how much of the […]
Deviating from the Norm
Deviating from the Norm If you were in attendance at NABX ’11, you may have taken note of a diabolically heavy, four wheeled monster truck of a buggy nick-named Chuckawalla Rock-It. Tipping the scales at roughly 300 pounds sans pilot, it had long travel, independent suspension comprised entirely of old golf cart and race car […]