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From: Champ on 6 May 2010 04:57 On 6 May 2010 08:07:48 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: >Another place that is better than PCH is the Great Ocean Road[1], >although a tad further away, granted. Yep, the Great Ocean Road is brilliant! >[1] I've only done this in a Toyota Camry. I did it on an FJ1100 -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Tim on 6 May 2010 05:25 In message <7c5awGTK6a4LFwxo(a)hotmail.com>, Mike Buckley <Mike(a)hotmail.com> writes >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 (don't bother, nice enough beach front but not much else), but >could 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. I did SF to Pismo in '95. It was a nice run, but in a cage. There are some very pleasant little stops. -- Tim
From: Mike Buckley on 6 May 2010 05:41 In message <6MA8bzD+ro4LFwx0(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk>, Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> writes >In message <7c5awGTK6a4LFwxo(a)hotmail.com>, Mike Buckley ><Mike(a)hotmail.com> writes >>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 (don't bother, nice enough beach front but not much else), but >>could 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. > >I did SF to Pismo in '95. It was a nice run, but in a cage. There are >some very pleasant little stops. We stopped near Big Sur at a fairly random looking services. We walked in at around 10am, and cowboy walking into the bar style everybody turned to see who had come in, they were all half pissed watching football on a big screen. We stayed for a coke which took about 15 minutes to get served and then buggered off. I think we missed any big tourist stops and we didn't see any signs. We stopped a lot in the highway laybys to take pictures etc, very pleasant drive. We didn't even find LA that bad, stopped in Hollywood so stayed out of the main city, and when we left 3 days later we didn't get too held up. bit of an eye opener doing 70ish on the freeway for about an hour and still being in LA. We were going to stop in Yosemite but got so pissed in Mammoth Lakes the night before we drove straight through and back to SF, lucky we did actually as I didn't realise how long that drive would take. -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2
From: Hog on 6 May 2010 06:19 Champ wrote: > On 6 May 2010 08:07:48 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > >> Another place that is better than PCH is the Great Ocean Road[1], >> although a tad further away, granted. > > Yep, the Great Ocean Road is brilliant! > >> [1] I've only done this in a Toyota Camry. > > I did it on an FJ1100 Have you never done a US motorcycle road trip? I wonder why hiring a bike is so expensive. Insurance perhaps? I guess on tours most bikes will sustain some damage and a few will be written off. You would think in the US of all places some Latino would have started buying up SOB and hiring them out to Europeans, if it wasn't an insurance problem. -- Hog
From: YTC#1 on 6 May 2010 06:22
On Wed, 05 May 2010 22:18:35 +0100, Owen wrote: > On Wed, 05 May 2010 18:30:59 +0100, Owen <pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> wrote: > >>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... > > Anyone got any thoughts on bikes? I like the look of the new Bonnie but > maybe a Versys would be more practicle. I havent ridden either, Lozzo? > Test ride? Anyone in the south got a Bonnie? I could get a test ride Im > sure at a local dealer. The US roads are good, just take what ever you have. I used the XJR and my mate an RF900 -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ |