January 16th, 2013, 12:46 AM | #1 |
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My Grand California Tour
So I spent some time making this up as a potential 'dream trip' if I get the vacation time and want to hate myself afterwards. It started as a road trip idea for this upcoming June but I don't think I'll have the type of time required for the route. Still, thought I might post it and see what thoughts were -- if anyone has any route modification ideas I'd love to hear them.
The concept: A 'tour of California's best twisties', in loop form, containing these points: a.) Disney b.) The Rock Store c.) Corbin HQ d.) China Town San Fran e.) Mt Hamilton I've attempted to minimize going back over the same roads, but there are a few points I couldn't find a better route. I also apologize that the route takes up several links -- google has limits on route complexity. http://goo.gl/maps/JD6Gf <- Disney to Palm Springs http://goo.gl/maps/Bw3v4 <- Palm Springs through to the Rock Store http://goo.gl/maps/5nrRd <- Rock Store to Corbin http://goo.gl/maps/q0VCU <- Corbin to China Town http://goo.gl/maps/RDplG <- China Town to Mt Hamilton http://goo.gl/WBIE3 <- Mt Hamilton to Disney or http://goo.gl/OotCi <- Mt Hamilton to Disney, Long Route |
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January 16th, 2013, 02:26 AM | #2 |
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Good luck m8y!!! Looks like one hell of a ride... Are you going to solo it? Or do you have company?
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January 16th, 2013, 07:27 AM | #3 |
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You should definitely check out Yosemite, Lee Vining (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Vining,_California), (from this area you can visit Bodie, a ghost town - http://bodie.com/), Mono Lake, Hwy 1 (Coastal Route), possibly Sequoia/Kings National Parks, if you are into that type of stuff. California is huge, there is so much to see in this state and nice places to ride.
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January 16th, 2013, 07:36 AM | #4 | |
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I want to do something very similar focusing on exploring SoCal and the sierras. I have the storage capacity to bike camp the whole thing but I won't do it solo(no fun) and I don't know who would want to go with me. |
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January 16th, 2013, 07:55 AM | #5 |
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I would go, I have a lot of vacation time, unfortunately no bike yet.
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January 16th, 2013, 08:13 AM | #6 |
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originally this was for the trip I'm doing with Momaru but he's only in town for 2 weeks and in the middle of that we're doing a track day so sadly I'm not sure we could fit this in, as fun as it could be.
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January 16th, 2013, 09:23 AM | #7 | |
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I was planning a trip like this too with some friends, but then a lot of them bailed, because they don't want to do it on two wheels. It sounds awesome though. If I find the right group of people, and can get the time off, I would be so game. |
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January 16th, 2013, 09:34 AM | #8 |
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PCH was on my list but it looked like it was better twisties going more inland, so it got culled out. If you guys vouch though I could definitely try for that instead, at least one way. Maybe swap Mt Hamilton and China Town and take PCH back as an alternate short return; make the Yosemite trip another time?
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January 16th, 2013, 09:48 AM | #9 |
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best road in southern california: Highland Valley Road. near poway/rancho bernardo/escondido heading out to the mountains, meets up with hwy 67 and goes out to julian/ramona area
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January 16th, 2013, 10:45 AM | #10 |
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Thanks for the suggestion Alex -- looks like great fun, but it's way farther south than my existing route and squeezing it in would be hard. I may have to break it into 3 sections - a no cal loop, mid cal loop, and so cal loop; then I could hit up places like this without requiring 3 months of riding to get through it all
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January 16th, 2013, 11:06 AM | #11 |
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Hwy 33 just north of Mira monte is epic fun with zero traffic. I hit it 4 times going to and from SoCal to NorCal and I think I've seen like two cars and one bike in ether direction. I look for reasons to need to go to LA just to hit that road
Hwy 1 is fun but there's always so much traffic you ether go 20mph or constantly passing over the double yellow. When I ride hwy 1 I try to do it during the summer at like 6am right when the sun rises because no ones away yet |
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January 16th, 2013, 11:08 AM | #12 |
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I'll do mt hammy with you!
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January 16th, 2013, 01:26 PM | #13 |
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Well, if you ever make it to Chinatown, you may be interested in Japantown as well (though a little less known by most people and not as big as Chinatown). I think breaking up Cali like you mentioned sounds like a good idea, considering the potential rides one could do and factoring in time restraints.
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January 16th, 2013, 03:48 PM | #14 |
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Revised Route:
Disney to China Town by way of Mt Hamilton: http://goo.gl/Hlf2v China Town to Corbin HQ: http://goo.gl/jHDu6 Corbin HQ to The Rock Store: http://goo.gl/yCV4V The Rock Store to Disney: http://goo.gl/4FVVj |
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January 16th, 2013, 04:34 PM | #16 |
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First day get to Simi Valley and crash out at friends house
Second day ride to mono lake the camp or hotel third heading home via longest route possible how do you embed google maps http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=1s...,20,21&t=m&z=7 |
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January 16th, 2013, 04:53 PM | #17 | |
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February 27th, 2013, 09:23 PM | #19 |
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NECRO THREAD Sorry, my trip came up in another thread and I thought I'd update with our latest route revision:
http://goo.gl/BWjPf |
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February 27th, 2013, 09:36 PM | #20 |
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I highly recommend stopping for lunch in Gilroy at Garlic World. It's literally on the side of 101-N not far from the highway junction coming from the Corbin factory. You can't miss the giant Garlic World sign. The bbq stand there is surprisingly good and not too expensive (this is of course assuming you enjoy bbq/meat/garlic)
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February 27th, 2013, 09:39 PM | #21 | |
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February 27th, 2013, 09:48 PM | #22 |
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Oh well then, maybe my standards might not be high enough for you haha
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February 27th, 2013, 11:45 PM | #23 |
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Oh man! You really cut out a lot of the good stuff around LA
It still looks like an EPIC trip! Take a lot of pictures! |
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February 27th, 2013, 11:48 PM | #24 |
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February 27th, 2013, 11:49 PM | #25 |
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I am not sure if you're interested or aware, but since you're going through Hwy 41, there are some twisties off the beaten path of Hwy 41. Namely, "Little Dragon," which is near Hwy 49 between Mariposa and Coulterville, Powerhouse Road aka Auberry Road (between the cities of North Fork and Auberry), etc. You could also check out The Exact Geological Center of California, located in North Fork, then head up to Bass Lake (which is about 9 miles away) and depending on what month your riding (these restaurants are closed during the winter), eat at the lake (Millers Landing, The Forks), then head up to Yosemite or down into Fresno (whichever way you're going).
Here's a glimpse of the roads I am speaking of: "Little Dragon"
Link to original page on YouTube.
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February 27th, 2013, 11:52 PM | #26 |
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February 27th, 2013, 11:53 PM | #27 |
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Trip will be end of May/start of June so the dining is definitely in Those look like great routes, I'll try to pull them up onto Google Maps. The big thing will be how tired we are -- our starting point is LA, up to San Fran, then across to Yosemite and back down to LA. From the sounds this would be on the way out of Yosemite, so we might be pretty saddle sore. If we aren't... these could be in the running
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February 27th, 2013, 11:53 PM | #28 |
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February 27th, 2013, 11:55 PM | #29 |
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SWEET! That's way more than a track day! Have fun!
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February 27th, 2013, 11:56 PM | #30 |
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Wahhhh Momaru is coming for a visit to my coast!? I haven't seen him for AGES!
I wouldn't mind meeting up and hanging out for a few if you guys are trying to work that out too. Not sure where I will be around June (or when ever) but certainly wouldn't mind joining you for a small leg
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I'm also planning a trip down to cali this summer, except from all the way up here in WA. Too bad I don't have any riding buddies to go with
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February 28th, 2013, 02:22 AM | #33 | |
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February 28th, 2013, 10:30 AM | #34 |
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Or if Yakaru's solution doesn't work for you... Find another ninjette member in your area that would like to do the same thing. It might take a while but it could happen...
Or meet Ninjette folks, other motorcycle people, along the way. I know a few people who have done that. Good luck!
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Ill be heading all the way down to San Diego next weekend and I'll looking for as many twists and turns as I can find along the way. I won't have time and its to cold to head back through Yosemite on this trip but there's always next time
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June 13th, 2013, 01:48 PM | #36 |
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Are you goning to give us a write up of how this part of your vacation went Yakaru?
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You could post a section every day to break it up a bit too.
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