Rancho Cucamonga CA to Long Beach...no freeways.

collector000 · October 5th, 2010, 10:35 PM

Last Sunday I rode GMR, today I decided to check out the queen mary.

Took Foothill West to Central,
Central South to Carbon Canyon,
Birch st. to downtown Brea, cut over to Imperail Hwy due to the farmers market.

Sat at a gas station for about an hour while it rained, then continued W through Al Meda? all the way to the 615 freeway and just cut side streets all the way to Long Beach. I'm sure it would have been much faster to take the freeway but hey, I had nothing better to do.

Rode all around Ocean Ave., blew the toll gates at the queen mary, ate unlimited hot wings at Hooters and found that their 911 wings aren't really hot at all. Checked out what I assume to be the Ghetto, walked around the marina, rode all over downtown and the East village. I was about 150 miles in and decided to head for home, took the 615 N to Imperail and basically just back tracked.

Someone please come ride with me, I don't really know anyone out here in SoCal and my only entertainment right now is my bike. Thinking about hitting Palm Desert tomorrow as it should be a bit warmer than the coast.

Blackwidow · October 6th, 2010, 10:04 AM

WOW chuck, thats a lot of riding. Since you were in LBC you should have stopped in and say hello!

In a few more months, I'll be begging you to go riding with me.

Havok · October 6th, 2010, 10:45 AM

Hit me up I'll ride with you, I live in the LB area and will he moving to Torrance soon but still not far. A good cruise ride is PCH just out of longbeach as I goes down the coast all the way to San onefre right next to the beach.

rwheelz · October 6th, 2010, 10:45 AM

My wife and I are planning a mid-winter vacation to SoCal to go riding during our off season, so I will hit you up when we finalize our plans and maybe we can meet up. We are planning to spend a full week riding down there when it is freezing cold and snowing here in MT. I may have another couple on board with this idea, so we could get a gang of Ninja's going

. I have been researching and asking around about great riding roads and areas to try and figure out the best place to stay in terms of a home base.

Havok · October 6th, 2010, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by rwheelz

My wife and I are planning a mid-winter vacation to SoCal to go riding during our off season, so I will hit you up when we finalize our plans and maybe we can meet up. We are planning to spend a full week riding down there when it is freezing cold and snowing here in MT. I may have another couple on board with this idea, so we could get a gang of Ninja's going

. I have been researching and asking around about great riding roads and areas to try and figure out the best place to stay in terms of a home base.

You have the coast on one side and twisties on the other so middle point would be great so you can hit both if you wanted to see ACH, GMR and great twisties.

San deigo is a great spot for you guys to stay as well. You have the palomar mountains that are close with great twisties, zoo sea world, great places to eat and can come up the coast for some relaxed riding sight seeing rides.

You can stay a bit north up towards Malibu and you have Rock Store and twisties up there as well but would be expensive and I think better riding more to do down south.

Hit me up when you come and I'll ride out with guys. Perhaps a big ninjette group ride would be in order.

rwheelz · October 6th, 2010, 11:04 AM

THANKS! I am trying to get all of the suggestions I can ahead of time, before we book a place to stay. A number of people said we should stay in Palm Springs and ride from there. There are a lot of places for rent there when I look online, which helps. We have also debated touring in a big circle and staying somewhere different each night, but I would have to find a place to stash the SUV and trailer that we are towing them down on. I will definitely send you guys PM's when we have a plan so we can try and meet some folks.

collector000 do you know of a lot of other good roads in your area? We would like to avoid sitting in CA freeway traffic, for obvious reasons.

Ryosen11 · October 7th, 2010, 04:11 PM

Wow, you covered just about half of L.A. county without freeway

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Originally Posted by collector000

my only entertainment right now is my bike.

Many would envy that!

collector000 · October 7th, 2010, 09:23 PM

Yeah I've been trying to avoid the freeways because I want to learn the area as much as possible, also because the pavement on the freeways is super sketchy. The bike tends to wander a lot, I rode on the 10 eastbound to Redlands for about a week every day and it was kind of white knuckle. My first experience with grooved pavement, the highways in Missouri are only 2 lanes wide and they're super smooth. After leaving Long Beach I rode maybe 5 or 10 miles North on the 605 and it was pretty uncomfortable. Add wet pavement to the mix and it's just not cool at all. I don't mind riding in the wet at lower speeds, or on good pavement, but the interstates here suck. I've heard the 210 is a little bit better because it's newer but I haven't really been on it much.

Agustin · November 6th, 2010, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by collector000

Yeah I've been trying to avoid the freeways because I want to learn the area as much as possible, also because the pavement on the freeways is super sketchy. The bike tends to wander a lot, I rode on the 10 eastbound to Redlands for about a week every day and it was kind of white knuckle. My first experience with grooved pavement, the highways in Missouri are only 2 lanes wide and they're super smooth. After leaving Long Beach I rode maybe 5 or 10 miles North on the 605 and it was pretty uncomfortable. Add wet pavement to the mix and it's just not cool at all. I don't mind riding in the wet at lower speeds, or on good pavement, but the interstates here suck. I've heard the 210 is a little bit better because it's newer but I haven't really been on it much.

Light grip on the clip-ons/handlebars is how you handle the rain grooves in the freeway asphalt. Second, if you still have the stock Kenda's on the bike then there is 90 percent of the reason for the wandering bike. I'v ridden on a few tires and I can't believe the Kenda's are DOT approved.

collector000 · November 6th, 2010, 01:18 PM

Yeah I'm still on stock tires, I'll be getting a new front sometime next week. I'm definitely over my fear of the freeway though. Just getting used to riding at high speed in close quarters with cars took some time but I'm good now. Splitting lanes is fun.

SVBS · November 8th, 2010, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by collector000

Last Sunday I rode GMR, today I decided to check out the queen mary.

Took Foothill West to Central,
Central South to Carbon Canyon,
Birch st. to downtown Brea, cut over to Imperail Hwy due to the farmers market.

Sat at a gas station for about an hour while it rained, then continued W through Al Meda? all the way to the 615 freeway and just cut side streets all the way to Long Beach. I'm sure it would have been much faster to take the freeway but hey, I had nothing better to do.

Rode all around Ocean Ave., blew the toll gates at the queen mary, ate unlimited hot wings at Hooters and found that their 911 wings aren't really hot at all. Checked out what I assume to be the Ghetto, walked around the marina, rode all over downtown and the East village. I was about 150 miles in and decided to head for home, took the 615 N to Imperail and basically just back tracked.

Someone please come ride with me, I don't really know anyone out here in SoCal and my only entertainment right now is my bike. Thinking about hitting Palm Desert tomorrow as it should be a bit warmer than the coast.

holy crap....so what do you do for fun in your spare time ?

collector000 · November 8th, 2010, 09:54 PM

Well...

Friday I rode from Rancho all the way to where 138 exits off the 15, then took 138 west all the way through Palmdale, then to Frazier Park, then took Lockwood valley road to 33. Took 33 South to the coast, PCH to the 101 back to LA and then back home on the 210. This was over 300 miles for the day, with a lunch break and all kinds of stops for no reason in between.

Havok · November 13th, 2010, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by collector000

Well...

Friday I rode from Rancho all the way to where 138 exits off the 15, then took 138 west all the way through Palmdale, then to Frazier Park, then took Lockwood valley road to 33. Took 33 South to the coast, PCH to the 101 back to LA and then back home on the 210. This was over 300 miles for the day, with a lunch break and all kinds of stops for no reason in between.

I do that stuff all the time, today it was the 91 to the 15 to 76 up palomar via south grade twice then down east grade to 76 again, lunch at pala casino across 76 to Oceanside to the 5 exit pch and came home the rest of the way on pch.

My butt hurts now though lol. I need a new seat

October 5th, 2010, 10:35 PM	#1
collector000 ninjette.org member Name: Chuck Location: Rancho Cucamonga CA Join Date: Aug 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: 10	Rancho Cucamonga CA to Long Beach...no freeways. Last Sunday I rode GMR, today I decided to check out the queen mary. Took Foothill West to Central, Central South to Carbon Canyon, Birch st. to downtown Brea, cut over to Imperail Hwy due to the farmers market. Sat at a gas station for about an hour while it rained, then continued W through Al Meda? all the way to the 615 freeway and just cut side streets all the way to Long Beach. I'm sure it would have been much faster to take the freeway but hey, I had nothing better to do. Rode all around Ocean Ave., blew the toll gates at the queen mary, ate unlimited hot wings at Hooters and found that their 911 wings aren't really hot at all. Checked out what I assume to be the Ghetto, walked around the marina, rode all over downtown and the East village. I was about 150 miles in and decided to head for home, took the 615 N to Imperail and basically just back tracked. Someone please come ride with me, I don't really know anyone out here in SoCal and my only entertainment right now is my bike. Thinking about hitting Palm Desert tomorrow as it should be a bit warmer than the coast.

October 6th, 2010, 10:04 AM	#2
Blackwidow ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Paulette Location: . Join Date: Jun 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250R Posts: A lot.	WOW chuck, thats a lot of riding. Since you were in LBC you should have stopped in and say hello! In a few more months, I'll be begging you to go riding with me. __________________________________________________ sometimes I aim to please, but mostly I shoot to kill

October 6th, 2010, 10:45 AM	#4
rwheelz Moroccan Gold Imports Name: RJ Location: MT Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): '03 ZX9R, '03 ZX7R & wife's '09 250R Posts: 136	My wife and I are planning a mid-winter vacation to SoCal to go riding during our off season, so I will hit you up when we finalize our plans and maybe we can meet up. We are planning to spend a full week riding down there when it is freezing cold and snowing here in MT. I may have another couple on board with this idea, so we could get a gang of Ninja's going . I have been researching and asking around about great riding roads and areas to try and figure out the best place to stay in terms of a home base. __________________________________________________ MOROCCAN GOLD IMPORTS Where Excess Meets Extreme

October 6th, 2010, 11:04 AM	#6
rwheelz Moroccan Gold Imports Name: RJ Location: MT Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): '03 ZX9R, '03 ZX7R & wife's '09 250R Posts: 136	THANKS! I am trying to get all of the suggestions I can ahead of time, before we book a place to stay. A number of people said we should stay in Palm Springs and ride from there. There are a lot of places for rent there when I look online, which helps. We have also debated touring in a big circle and staying somewhere different each night, but I would have to find a place to stash the SUV and trailer that we are towing them down on. I will definitely send you guys PM's when we have a plan so we can try and meet some folks. collector000 do you know of a lot of other good roads in your area? We would like to avoid sitting in CA freeway traffic, for obvious reasons. __________________________________________________ MOROCCAN GOLD IMPORTS Where Excess Meets Extreme

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October 6th, 2010, 10:45 AM	#3
Havok Internet Slut Name: Jeff Location: L.A. Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 04 FZ1, 07 FZ6 Posts: A lot.	Hit me up I'll ride with you, I live in the LB area and will he moving to Torrance soon but still not far. A good cruise ride is PCH just out of longbeach as I goes down the coast all the way to San onefre right next to the beach.

October 7th, 2010, 09:23 PM	#8
collector000 ninjette.org member Name: Chuck Location: Rancho Cucamonga CA Join Date: Aug 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: 10	Yeah I've been trying to avoid the freeways because I want to learn the area as much as possible, also because the pavement on the freeways is super sketchy. The bike tends to wander a lot, I rode on the 10 eastbound to Redlands for about a week every day and it was kind of white knuckle. My first experience with grooved pavement, the highways in Missouri are only 2 lanes wide and they're super smooth. After leaving Long Beach I rode maybe 5 or 10 miles North on the 605 and it was pretty uncomfortable. Add wet pavement to the mix and it's just not cool at all. I don't mind riding in the wet at lower speeds, or on good pavement, but the interstates here suck. I've heard the 210 is a little bit better because it's newer but I haven't really been on it much.

November 6th, 2010, 01:18 PM	#10
collector000 ninjette.org member Name: Chuck Location: Rancho Cucamonga CA Join Date: Aug 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: 10	Yeah I'm still on stock tires, I'll be getting a new front sometime next week. I'm definitely over my fear of the freeway though. Just getting used to riding at high speed in close quarters with cars took some time but I'm good now. Splitting lanes is fun.

November 8th, 2010, 09:54 PM	#12
collector000 ninjette.org member Name: Chuck Location: Rancho Cucamonga CA Join Date: Aug 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: 10	Well... Friday I rode from Rancho all the way to where 138 exits off the 15, then took 138 west all the way through Palmdale, then to Frazier Park, then took Lockwood valley road to 33. Took 33 South to the coast, PCH to the 101 back to LA and then back home on the 210. This was over 300 miles for the day, with a lunch break and all kinds of stops for no reason in between.