motochick
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Well I heard it just might rain here in California (please, we need it badly), so I needed some more "bonding" time with my Cherry. First day I rode the "63 miles of bliss" that is Hwy. 25.
Day 1 Map
Going south from Hollister is a cruiser's paradise. There are a few twisty areas to keep you awake but mostly long stretches of open road as far as the eye can see. Beautiful "painted" rural landscapes cover the valley and not a person in sight. You can't help but wanting to see what your bike can do on such long stretches of empty road
A quick downshift to 4th and I wind her up to about 8k and hit 5th. After I hit 100 the mph reading on my GPS increased slower and my heartrate faster. I hit 128 on my gps (the Yamaha speedometer read 135) and I got chicken as the tiny spec of a yellow sign in the distance quickly got larger. At full throttle at those speeds mph go up slowly. I bet if I had the bags off and windshield fully down (in full lay down position) I may have hit 150, however I'm not sure if I should be concerned about my Bridgestones at those speeds or not. Anyways besides being a great dragstrip there is a National Park in the middle Pinnacles. I stopped there to eat my lunch and wasn't too impressed by the park, probably because I was on a paved road. Looking at the maps it looked a beautiful park to hike and once hiked out a couple of miles there were views of this cool volcanic mountain. No way I was going to hike, it was in the 80's (IN FEB.) and I was still dressed for the 50 degree weather I left SF in. Instead of taking a boring freeway ride back home, I decided to head south to Paso Robles and spend the night in Morro Bay
It was a cooler beautiful coastal setting to stay the night. Plus they have a big volcanic rock that looks like the rock of Gibraltar.
I had a nice sunset out my motel window
I took Hwy. 1 on day 2 to head home. I must have rode Hwy. 1 thru Big Sur a half dozen times and its awe inspiring everytime.
Day 2 map
My Baby
The Pacific Ocean (and a foot behind me is a 400 ft. dropoff!)
Another shot of my Baby
Final Stats
The purpose of this trip was really to break-in some new deerskin gloves I purchased and the gloves feel great now :yahoo:
Let the rain come now
Day 1 Map
Going south from Hollister is a cruiser's paradise. There are a few twisty areas to keep you awake but mostly long stretches of open road as far as the eye can see. Beautiful "painted" rural landscapes cover the valley and not a person in sight. You can't help but wanting to see what your bike can do on such long stretches of empty road
A quick downshift to 4th and I wind her up to about 8k and hit 5th. After I hit 100 the mph reading on my GPS increased slower and my heartrate faster. I hit 128 on my gps (the Yamaha speedometer read 135) and I got chicken as the tiny spec of a yellow sign in the distance quickly got larger. At full throttle at those speeds mph go up slowly. I bet if I had the bags off and windshield fully down (in full lay down position) I may have hit 150, however I'm not sure if I should be concerned about my Bridgestones at those speeds or not. Anyways besides being a great dragstrip there is a National Park in the middle Pinnacles. I stopped there to eat my lunch and wasn't too impressed by the park, probably because I was on a paved road. Looking at the maps it looked a beautiful park to hike and once hiked out a couple of miles there were views of this cool volcanic mountain. No way I was going to hike, it was in the 80's (IN FEB.) and I was still dressed for the 50 degree weather I left SF in. Instead of taking a boring freeway ride back home, I decided to head south to Paso Robles and spend the night in Morro Bay
It was a cooler beautiful coastal setting to stay the night. Plus they have a big volcanic rock that looks like the rock of Gibraltar.
I had a nice sunset out my motel window
I took Hwy. 1 on day 2 to head home. I must have rode Hwy. 1 thru Big Sur a half dozen times and its awe inspiring everytime.
Day 2 map
My Baby
The Pacific Ocean (and a foot behind me is a 400 ft. dropoff!)
Another shot of my Baby
Final Stats
The purpose of this trip was really to break-in some new deerskin gloves I purchased and the gloves feel great now :yahoo:
Let the rain come now
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