THE LAGUNA SECA MOTOGP MOTORCYCLE TOUR BRINGS YOU OUT ON AN INCREDIBLE RIDE THROUGH NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COAST IN CALIFORNIA, TAKING IN ALL OF THE TWISTS, TURNS, SIGHTS AND SOUNDS ALONG THE WAY. Continue reading
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The 2013 California Motorcycle Tour Season Is Here
Spring is right around the corner and we are gearing up to bring you on over 10,000 miles of the best California motorcycle roads. Polish up those bikes, and clean your gear, because we have some riding to do. We have just released the 2013 Motorcycle Tour Schedule. We are taking riders on spectacular journeys through Southern, Central and Northern California.
California dreaming? You bet! Every tour has been hand selected for the rider who loves to travel, and loves to ride. No detail has been overlooked. If you come on one of our tours we are confident that you are going to be happy with the ride. Continue reading
A Happy Burger New Year’s
A Ride to the Happiest Burger on Earth
I was recently invited on a motorcycle ride by a friend whom I had known online for a while and had only met recently. My friend Paul had invited me to ride with his Facebook Group “Ride Turlock “for a basic ride from Turlock out to Mariposa to have lunch at Happy Burger. This ride was taking place on New Year’s Day and I gladly accepted his offer a he indicated that he would be there also with the group. (I had never met anyone from the group). A plan was hatched and the day drew near.
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As I have traveled throughout the years for work and pleasure, I have run across some truly interesting things. For the longest time I carried a camera at all times and snapped some pics here and there. But in the last few years I have really gotten in to photography. I picked up a Nikon D3000 SLR camera and started experimenting with various camera angles, lighting, and now some of the stock settings on the camera. I found that using the landscape setting gave me the best contrasting light usually and that I got the best shots closer to the subject.
I have really gotten lucky with my picture taking getting some incredible shots. And I have also gotten even luckier to have most of them in the settings that they were taken in.
On a ride development trip to Death Valley earlier this year I couldn’t help but be overwhelmed at the vastness of the land before my eyes. And that desription doesn’t do justice to the incredible amount of land mass that Death Valley covers. It has an area that covers about 3,000 sq mi. And yet on the map it looks so neatly packaged. And obtainable. But nothing could be further from the truth.
Its vast. And it seems like you are going to be alone forever riding through it. And then out of nowhere there are people, or wildlife, or at least signs of life, in a place that you couldn’t imagine would sustain life. Its unimaginable how hot it gets there in the summer. In the middle of January I had to ventilate my textile jacket. And then nightfall brought about freezing temps and bitter cutting cold that pierced my heated gear.
If you have riding motorcycles in Northern California, you may have heard about this place called the Lost Coast. But few have been there, and even fewer know about it. What is it about this place that is so spectacular? In a few words; It is magical. Spectacular scenery on a remote part of California’s coast filled with history and mystery.It has been named by National Geographic as one of the last, unspoiled, vacation destinations. And it’s the kind of place that you dream of riding a motorcycle to. And there is the easy way and the hard way.
The hard way takes you through the Sinkyone Wilderness and across the Kings Range. The easy way (but not much easier) takes you through a series of goat roads from the main roads and onto this fascinating stretch of coast.
Tonight we had the honor of attending the International Motorcycle Shows – San Mateo after being given free tickets by Carla King. We had a chance to look at all of the different manufactures and vendors in each area of the show. We were very excited to see the unveiling of the new Triumph Explorer. In fact we were some of the first few hundred people in the USA to see it so far in person. So we decided to shoot a promo video with Gail Weaver who was working at the Triumph booth. Gail one of the key salesmen at Cycle Specialties BMW-Triumph in Modesto, CA. Check out the video as he talks about the new Triumph Explorer.
On this Gold Rush day ride we wont be chugging along. If you are local you may have heard the phrase “Little Dragon” used by riders to refer to a section of road near Yosemite that defies logic. For many people this road resembles several MotoGP tracks combined. Many people dream of riding a road section this twisty and travel from miles away to experience such a road. However most don’t know that beyond the Little Dragon lies a vast road structure of endless twisties ready to be ridden. And history comes alive in this area. Continue reading
We have been developing this ride in conjunction with our NorCal Backroads Tour. The differences between the two are that in this tour we deeply explore the Trinity Alps and leave most of the goat roads behind in favor of miles and miles of twists and turns, and curvalicious sweeper turns. Although it is similar to our other tour, this tour takes us through the Trinity Alps, sections of Lost Coast, and other sights and sounds along the way. Stunning views all around as you ride through Northern California, exploring inland pastoral Marin county, and on into Humboldt County by way of Highway 1. And did we mention that we will be seeing lots of twisties? Come out and enjoy this ride. Your adventure begins here!
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