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Earthquake country ride

Heading down near Santa Margarita for the week to hang out with friends.

Someone suggested this route:

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Seems like a nice idea, explore earthquake country…

Parkfield is the most active part of the San Andreas fault. Almost constant tremors and quakes. I may skip the Parkfield loop if it’s too hot…

ridewithgps.com

A friend of mine pointed me to this site, great tools for sharing proposed routes or actual tracks from motorcycle, car, and hiking trips.  It’s sort of a social networking site for trip sharing.

Unfortunately, most of the users seem to be from Oregon, so if you’re a Californian, get busy!  I’ve posted my favorites/recent trips.

Emerald Bay

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by Moloko Velocet

Fiddletown, CA

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by Moloko Velocet

proposed motorcycle route to tahoe

I’m planning on heading up to Tahoe this week on the bike to stay with some friends at their cabin.

This is the route I’m considering –

cross the bridge to 84
east on tesla road to stockton (pashnit.com suggestion)
north on 88 to ione
hit sutter ione road (pashnit.com suggestion)
hit fiddletown road (pashnit.com suggestion)
up 88 to 89 [...]

baja route 3

baja 123 Originally uploaded by antonfulmen somewhere on Mexico route 3 in Baja…

bike upgrades

after three motorcycle trips, I’ve decided to optimize my experience, with cash!!!

throttle lock (poor man’s cruise control so I can rest my right hand)
sheepskin seat cover (mexico was hard on my ass, this weekend wasn’t so bad…)
tail tidy (make the bike look clean when all the bags aren’t on)
sw-motech bracket and a Givi E52 topcase [...]

sunrise over the heart of darkness

sunrise over the heart of darkness
Originally uploaded by Moloko Velocet

Our (anattadoll,  bearandbobcat, and my) camp this morning at sunrise.

things I learned from my first week-long motorcycle tour…

(a) everything takes longer with four people
(b) make sure people are paying attention when you propose meetup-points
(c) I need a more comfy seat for the bike
(d) don’t eat the fish taco’s at “El Fenix” unless you already have food poisoning (two of our group got sick, I didn’t because I was still recovering from food [...]

4th of Juplaya packing list…

I’m thinking of heading off to the playa on the bike for the weekend with a couple other ranger friends…

I just ordered a butt pad for the seat, throttle locks, and a new rack for a top-case, all things I could have used for the Mexico trip… but they won’t be here in time for [...]