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From: doetnietcomputeren on 5 May 2010 15:30 On 2010-05-05 19:54:03 +0200, "Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> said: >>> If anyone has experience of Cali/Pacific highway?shipping wheels out >>> there, feel free to put your two penn'th worth in... Well, I lived in the LA region for 2.5 years, so I'm sure I can help you out with info. Route 1, Highway 1, PCH, depending on what you want to call it is a lovely road, and should definitely be ridden, along with some of the attached side roads (17mile drive in Monterey, the canyons at Malibu etc). Spending 2 months to do route 1 would be extreme overkill. You can do Los Angeles to San Francisco in 2 days without breaking sweat. You could extend that to a week if you saw all of the 'big' things worth seeing (Monterey Aquarium, Hearst Castle, Muir Woods blah blah blah). Christ, I only took 11 weeks to do 47 States, although that was pretty hectic. For 2 months, you could do an really good "Western US" trip cover San Diego to Vancouver and as far east as Yellowstone. >> Easier to hire a bike surely? Seriously expensive for 2 months. > For two months , might it be feasible to buy something over there and > re-sell at the end? Not a hope of buying a vehicle, let alone getting local insurance without a US address and US Identity, and given that you have to pay sales tax on purchase, even on used vehicles, it probably won't be cheap even if you find a way around the identity/address thing. Ship a bike *well* ahead (with a reputable consolidator, no cheap fly by nights), or fly it at the last minute if needed. -- Dnc
From: Simon Wilson on 5 May 2010 15:42 On 05/05/2010 20:30, doetnietcomputeren wrote: > On 2010-05-05 19:54:03 +0200, "Dr Zoidberg" > <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> said: >>>> If anyone has experience of Cali/Pacific highway?shipping wheels out >>>> there, feel free to put your two penn'th worth in... > > Well, I lived in the LA region for 2.5 years, so I'm sure I can help you > out with info. > > Route 1, Highway 1, PCH, depending on what you want to call it is a > lovely road, and should definitely be ridden, along with some of the > attached side roads (17mile drive in Monterey, the canyons at Malibu etc). > I loved the sign I saw along there "speed controlled by light aircraft". I had visions of them throwing a line out with a hook on the end to drag me to a halt. -- /Simon
From: YTC#1 on 5 May 2010 15:53 On Wed, 05 May 2010 18:44:42 +0100, Mike Buckley wrote: > In message <lca3u597l9hapgcssh835m9j7u0vut90lv(a)4ax.com>, Owen > <pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> writes >>I told my Boss that I wanted 2 months leave of absence to travel, each >>year. She said fine. :-) >>So I think first on the list is to ride up through California, the >>Pacific highway is meant to be quite something, Marina always said I >>should do it someday. All I have to do is work out what Im going to do >>it on and figure out the best way to do it. I shall sell the Murderer >>and the GS. I rather like the Versys or a new Bonnie. Choices, >>choices... >>If anyone has experience of Cali/Pacific highway?shipping wheels out >>there, feel free to put your two penn'th worth in... >> >> >> > We did it in a car going from SF to LA, stopped overnight in Pismo beach Hey, we stopped there as well > (don't bother, nice enough beach front but not much else), but could We liked it, beach was great. Spent the evening on the pier as well. > easily have done it in a day. The bit from SF to Pismo is by far the > bext, although we cut the bottom corner off and took a straighter route > to LA. Up through the Los Padres ? Great bike roads > > Would love to do it on a bike, ditto death valley/yosemite which we > drove through on the way back from Vegas. > > Easier to hire a bike surely? Cost. And using your own bike rocks. Approx 1100ukp each way to fly own bike.
From: YTC#1 on 5 May 2010 15:54 On Wed, 05 May 2010 18:54:03 +0100, Dr Zoidberg wrote: > "Mike Buckley" <Mike(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:7c5awGTK6a4LFwxo(a)hotmail.com... >> In message <lca3u597l9hapgcssh835m9j7u0vut90lv(a)4ax.com>, Owen >> <pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> writes >>>If anyone has experience of Cali/Pacific highway?shipping wheels out >>>there, feel free to put your two penn'th worth in... >>> >>> >> Easier to hire a bike surely? >> > For two months , might it be feasible to buy something over there and > re-sell at the end? Time to find Time to insure (can be awkward without an address) Time to sell Factor 7 to 14 days to sort out.
From: YTC#1 on 5 May 2010 15:57
On Wed, 05 May 2010 21:30:11 +0200, doetnietcomputeren wrote: > On 2010-05-05 19:54:03 +0200, "Dr Zoidberg" > <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> said: >>>> If anyone has experience of Cali/Pacific highway?shipping wheels out >>>> there, feel free to put your two penn'th worth in... > <snip> > Christ, I only took 11 weeks to do 47 States, although that was pretty > hectic. > > For 2 months, you could do an really good "Western US" trip cover San > Diego to Vancouver and as far east as Yellowstone. Ho yus....... go see some bears. <snip> > > Ship a bike *well* ahead (with a reputable consolidator, no cheap fly by > nights), or fly it at the last minute if needed. Do *not* send by sea, too many tales of no bike. Fly bike out, sea frieght it back (about 5500ukp to sea frieght) |