Thread: The Need to Ride: last Pashnit Ride of the Season

The abridged edition: know you guys love some good pics now and then. Couple days ago, headed out with a fresh group of riders on a Pashnit Tour.


First stop the Pigeon Point Lighthouse with is just south of San Francisco

Everybody loves lighthouses.






Why California Big Sur Coastline is so famous.



View at Lunch

See this K1200R - this will be in my garage next season on loan. Be interesting to also have a standard to compliment the busa. See the sign?




More of California Big Sur Coastline

My guys...






My baby...

Southern end of CA Big Sur near Hearst Castle.




Next day riding the Goat Trail known as Santa Rosa Creek Rd




Ride comes up that canyon. Good fun. Ocean in the background.




Had a real treat on this ride, joined by Brad on his Harley sidecar rig. First time I'd ridden with a sidecar hack.

Into tiny ranching town (population 18) of Parkfield - aka Earthquake Capital of the World.







Brad

Parkfield is big biker hangout - especially on weekends.




Any geology majors? I took geology my first year in college to try and avoid chemistry. Ended up changing my major and got suckered into 2 1/2 years of chemistry anyway.






They've built an earthquake machine there. Jump up and down on the ground like Bob & Mark, and the whole machine simulates and earthquake.

man,those are some awesome pics...looks like alot of fun..wish i had someone like you around my area to go riding with..

Earthquake Country - see on the left of the CA coastline, the little dot is Parkfield




Paying our respect to James Dean who died nearby in 1955






Heading out into the middle of nowhere - Bitterwater Rd in San Luis Obispo Co. It's actually really curvy, but has this nifty 5 mile long straight on the south end.

Want a ride?



Do I?





So the challenge is how do you get some good shots of the ride as Brad is zippin' down the road. I forget to tell him to just go slow.

those pics are amazing there is no place like that to ride here in eastern oregon. Take more bro I love um.

My cover shot




Off to more riding

Our Pashnit Tour Group - always good times.




Next day was spent running around San Luis Obispo County. Sunday morning ride, no people, no traffic for miles on end. Twisting rolling hills, it was heaven. The ride was near Paso Robles & Atascadero (home of author Clement Salvadori of Rider Magazine fame).





Vineyard Canyon Rd - wineries as far as the eye can see in this coastal region of California.

Still looks good, doesn't she? Any bike that can carry you through 5 years of travels, and tens of thousands of miles.

Lot of hours spent sitting in the saddle watching the world go by.

One last bonus pic b/c I know someone is going to ask- where the hell is that?

This is Panoche Rd in a low mountain range to the west of I-5. Absolute middle of nowhere. Real twisty as it goes up and over the range. This long straight is in the middle of all that.

The only thing that comes to mind is WOW.

I will ride with you guys one day.

Originally Posted by HEAVYbusa

I will ride with you guys one day.

Great pix as always Tim, as Heavy said someday I want to be on one of your tours, Thanks for sharing..

Totally Awesome !!

those are amazing pics really amazing

Tim is doing what all of wish we were doing...living our dream. These trips pull us from our daily lives where we grind through our jobs and escape with you on these roads.

We always say one of these days I am going to do this or that. I think with enough planning on our part here we could coordinate our time and do an extreme ride. This however, would be another thread.

Tim...thank you for sharing!

Love your pics!!

Great pics as always.

great pics as usual Tim, thanks!

Yes awesome pics! thanks a bunch for sharing