12 weekends in California.. with tons of pics. - Page 3

Donkey Hotey · 09-11-2010, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by crazydrummerdude

I went down that drain you see on the bottom right.

Is there still a hole in the center of that tunnel? Did you have a flashlight?

crazydrummerdude · 09-12-2010, 02:55 PM

There were a few washed out spots.

I just used the cameras flash to navigate (like I did in the Burro Schmidt tunnel).

Lornce · 09-12-2010, 03:36 PM

Cool.

What kind of plane were you flying in?

h2000fb · 09-12-2010, 04:30 PM

Hey, really enjoyed the story and pics! Looks like it was fun.

Renegade6 · 09-12-2010, 05:40 PM

Great report. Lancaster and Palmdale are places that can and should be forgotten about...

Donkey Hotey · 09-12-2010, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Renegade6

Lancaster and Palmdale are places that can and should be forgotten about...

I've got Yosemite, Sequoia, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Bristlecone Pine, Devil's Postpile and Mojave National Preserve all within a single day's ride and I can get to them without any of the big city traffic. What do you have?

crazydrummerdude · 09-12-2010, 06:38 PM

Lornce · 09-12-2010, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by crazydrummerdude

Vinz Clortho · 09-12-2010, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Donkey Hotey

I've got Yosemite, Sequoia, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Bristlecone Pine, Devil's Postpile and Mojave National Preserve all within a single day's ride and I can get to them without any of the big city traffic. What do you have?

Brilliant.

I went to visit the in-laws in Redding for the first time. I thought to myself, "Why would you choose to live here?" Then I realized that Mt. Shasta, Lassen, coastal Redwoods, the Oregon Border, and the Sierra Nevada mountains can all be reached within an hour or two. Made me rethink it a little.

Renegade6 · 09-13-2010, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Donkey Hotey

I've got Yosemite, Sequoia, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Bristlecone Pine, Devil's Postpile and Mojave National Preserve all within a single day's ride and I can get to them without any of the big city traffic. What do you have?

13 years of bad memories. However, I don't have a constant wind that makes the trees (what little there are) grow sideways.

Hijack off.

dlearl476 · 09-13-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by RedRocket

I think every night in SF is chilly and foggy. At least every one I've been there for.

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Originally Posted by Clint Eastwood

"Mark Twain once wrote - the coldest winter he ever spent was the summer in San Francisco."

I spent May and June there one year and during the commute from Sausalito, where I was staying on a houseboat, to the theater district I would ride through two or three separate weather patterns, from "brisk" at the boat, cold-windy-foggy on the bridge, pleasant through GG Park, to 90˚ heat after the Haight.

BigChris99 · 09-13-2010, 12:41 PM

Keep the reports coming. Great old bike. Back in the day, thats how people toured. BMW boxer or a Honda 750Four or a Sportster. Sleeping bag and tent strapped to it and go. No cell phones. No GPS, maybe paper maps, maybe not. When I was a kid camping with my family in the Sierras, guys would roll into the campgrounds on said bikes. I thought it was way cool then. Still do.

Donkey Hotey · 09-13-2010, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Renegade6

Hijack off.

Hello to you too.

pfdavidz · 09-30-2010, 10:06 PM

oh man what a nice report and good times

thanks

the west coast is so amazing for motorcycles

crazydrummerdude · 10-01-2010, 02:14 PM

Yeah, and I've still got some more of this report to write..

09-12-2010, 02:55 PM	#32
crazydrummerdude ^OP Wacky Bongo Boy Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Moore/OKC Oddometer: 6,907	There were a few washed out spots. I just used the cameras flash to navigate (like I did in the Burro Schmidt tunnel). __________________ 1974 BMW R75/6, 1974 BMW R90/6, 1969 BMW R60/2 hack, 1929 Ford Model A, Metal casting, Part 2/Part 1 among others..

09-12-2010, 03:36 PM	#33
Lornce Lost In Place Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Way Out There. Oddometer: 15,974	Cool. What kind of plane were you flying in? __________________ Across Canada on a '83 R80G/S-PD Across Canada on a '71 R50/5 My Garage Of Doom *Wear The Fox Hat*

09-12-2010, 05:40 PM	#35
Renegade6 Studly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Ft. Riley, KS Oddometer: 820	Great report. Lancaster and Palmdale are places that can and should be forgotten about... __________________ Brandon 1993 BMW R100GS

09-12-2010, 06:38 PM	#37
crazydrummerdude ^OP Wacky Bongo Boy Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Moore/OKC Oddometer: 6,907	__________________ 1974 BMW R75/6, 1974 BMW R90/6, 1969 BMW R60/2 hack, 1929 Ford Model A, Metal casting, Part 2/Part 1 among others..

09-13-2010, 12:41 PM	#42
BigChris99 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2007 Location: In 5th gear... looking for 6th Oddometer: 225	Keep the reports coming. Great old bike. Back in the day, thats how people toured. BMW boxer or a Honda 750Four or a Sportster. Sleeping bag and tent strapped to it and go. No cell phones. No GPS, maybe paper maps, maybe not. When I was a kid camping with my family in the Sierras, guys would roll into the campgrounds on said bikes. I thought it was way cool then. Still do. __________________ 4on3off IBA#7849 1991 Honda GoldWing...gone 1997 Honda Valkyrie, 1998 Kawasaki KLR 650

09-12-2010, 04:30 PM	#34
h2000fb Adventurer Joined: Oct 2006 Oddometer: 50	Hey, really enjoyed the story and pics! Looks like it was fun.

09-30-2010, 10:06 PM	#44
pfdavidz Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2009 Oddometer: 183	oh man what a nice report and good times thanks the west coast is so amazing for motorcycles

10-01-2010, 02:14 PM	#45
crazydrummerdude ^OP Wacky Bongo Boy Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Moore/OKC Oddometer: 6,907	Yeah, and I've still got some more of this report to write.. __________________ 1974 BMW R75/6, 1974 BMW R90/6, 1969 BMW R60/2 hack, 1929 Ford Model A, Metal casting, Part 2/Part 1 among others..

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