I rode down to Yuba City to test ride the XC and it was the only one I tried.
Nice bike but not for me.

Some of the bikes
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This is the one I rode, the blk and the blue are the same w/trunk
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Here are some other bikes
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Look who showed up?
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I know this does not belong here but when I try to upload pics I got a notice that said "Your submission could not be processed because a security token is missing"
?? what is a security token??, I tried the notify administrator and that said wrong post, where do you post a question??
Jim

Just about every rider I've ever met has dropped a bike at least once. Myself, three times when I was learning. But not everyone has the distinction of dropping a shiny new Harley Sportster on live TV! :hehe

http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-new...z/-/index.html

She was a very good sport about it.

I haven't done a lot of riding north of Grass Valley / Nevada City area other than the obligatory Downieville run and a trip up 20 to Washington. I'd seen some of Juan's riding videos of the area and thought a 2 day would let me do a pretty good reconnisance of the area and get ideas for further explorations.

I started off by going past Nevada City on 49 and turning off on Tyler Foote Crossing road to go to Alleganey which I wanted to see because of the 16 to 1 mine and surrounding areas. It starts out really easy.

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Saw this little snake by the road, he almost got sprinkled.

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As it drops down to the river, the road is cut into a steep hilside supported by a stacked rock wall.

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It's a 50+ foot vertical drop off with a steep slope below and no guardrail. Dont slip!

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Juan has some video footage here: Foote's Crossing - YouTube
The bridge at the river crossing

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I tried to search for this but came up empty handed so please accept my apology for what is most likely a question that has been asked before...:scratch

Is there a way to download a gpx file of the roads on the site?

Why am I getting a failure to load on pics I try to upload?

Big event in Clovis (Fresno area) this Sunday! Check out the info about half way down this page:

http://vft.org/rouit.html

Walt and I will be there in the early part of the day, and then we need to get on the road to head home!

Hope to see some Pashnites there!

Nancy

This guy would have taken a real ride if the guardrail didn't stop him. I like the dragging of the foot on the ground technique. http://www.youtube.com/rnickeymouse

After returning home from a 10 day trip with my wife out to the dragons tail last Sept I found my then 15 year old daughter expressing her displeasure of being left home alone. After raising her 3 older brothers and living through countless times of them expressing their displeasure I kept my wits about me and quickly informed her I would take her wherever she would like to go in 2012. ( Apparently 28 years of marriage and I have still not learned the gals NEVER forget what you promise!)

Fast forward to today and I am 10 days away from embarking on an 18 day trip along the west coast. My current plans take us to the Grand canyon then up to Las Vegas before heading to San Diego and up the west coast to Seattle.

Wanting this to be a trip she will always remember I am seeking advice for anything along the way that would be considered can't miss for my 16 year old daughter.
Looking for any info on what areas I should avoid (If any) and any info on dining,rooms ect that you would be willing to share...

Based on a few recent posts, I started talking about this again to a friend ... thought I would pose this question to the masses here.

The journey, not the destination.
Wes and I took a ride last Wednesday and I have been a little late in posting the ride.

About the ride, we start here, and we go there. But it's not that simple, is it? Our paths may be circuitous or direct. We may gaze excitedly ahead, or cast our eyes regretfully behind. Until we reach our destination it exists only in our own minds. It is what we have imagined it to be. And yet we tend to neglect the journey, which is real, in favor of the destination, which is not.

For too long I neglected the journey. It was an obstacle to be overcome, an ordeal to be endured because I had never chosen the journey, I had chosen the destination. But now that the journey is ending, I have discovered that where isn't so important after all. I find myself looking back with particular fondness for how I got here.

This is much like the pattern of my life and the choices I have made, too often I have chosen the destination rather than the journey. The journey is the life we have led and are now leading towards the destination we think we have chosen. Circumstances have a way of placing many detours in the path of our journey. Getting from point A to point B can take many twists and turns in life, much like many of the Goat trails we enjoy on our rides

Next Basic Suspension Workshop Part 1--June 8 Fri Night!



Starting in 2012, this workshop will be at my new office location in Belmont!

**** Full Motion Chiropractic
1021 Alameda de las Pulgas (In Carlmont Shopping Center next to Baskin Robbins)
Belmont, CA 94002

Hi,

You're invited the next Basic Suspension Part One Workshop!

I'm hyper-excited, this workshop will demystify and really enhance your knowledge of suspension setup. It is geared for those of you who are neophytes in suspension to those of you who want to know more about how set up your bike properly!

One month there was even a guy that flew from Colorado to attend the workshop and flew back the next morning!

Thanks to the efforts of Gary Jaehne,*a local expert rider, this Basic Suspension Clinic is possible.*Yes, it's free too.

Here's the scoop:

This will be a 2 hour (non-riding) workshop held on:

Friday night, June 8, 2012 from 7:00pm to 9:30pm
At my office in Belmont.*Cost: $0.00

To register, just e-mail me at:* docwong@aol.com

About the topic, "Basic Suspension Setup":*Gary has made up worksheets with pertinent data that will be very simple and understandable.*He will even have basic terminology defined so that you will know the terms and how they apply to making your bike feel good, bad, bumpy, springy, etc.*The workshop will give you a very good understanding of how a suspension works and what you need to do to your bike to improve it's handling characteristics.

Workshop format:*

1.* Basic terms with demonstrations on a sport bike.*Gary will go over each term one by one and demonstrate them so that you will see them in action.

2.* Adjustments and how they effect the handling of your motorcycle and how you can do them on your bike.

3.* Poor handling characteristics due to "mis-adjustments" and how they can be remedied.

The workshop will be kept simple enough to ensure that when you leave, you'll have a very good understanding of how a suspension works and an idea of how to adjust your own bike. You'll have handouts and worksheets to make notes on too!

Due to the content of the materials presented, parental guidance is suggested as your enhanced understanding of how your suspension works and its subsequent demystification may bring about wide grins!

We do have to limit the number of riders to 40, due to the fact that we want everyone to see how the adjustments are made on the motorcycle.*

Want to use your bike as the demo bike for the evening?*E-mail me with the specifics of your bike:* Make, model, year and if it has adjustable front and back preload.

How to register:

Just e-mail me at:* docwong@aol.com
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**** Full Motion Chiropractic
**** 1021 Alameda de las Pulgas (In Carlmont Shopping Center next to Baskin Robbins)
Belmont, CA 94002

**** (650) 365-7775

Doc* (docwong@aol.com)
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Ride street, ride track, ride dirt, trials.....ride.....well!

Doc Wong
Chiropractor for Children and Adults
1021 Alameda de las Pulgas
Belmont, CA 94002 (650) 365-7775
www.docwong.com

Free exams and consultations offered if*you're having pain while riding or having neck, back or other sports injuries issues

Check out the stuff on the Doc Wong (Free) Riding Clinics on my web site! http://www.docwong.com

Note: Photos for "Doc Wong Crashes" and the "Doc Wong Message Board" are now on my web site.
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**Special acknowledgement and thanks to:

Keith Code of California Superbike Schools for his help and guidence and support. The Doc Wong Street Riding Clinics are almost all based on his works. Get his books and tapes on the subject, read them and apply them....your riding will be much better for it!* www.superbikeschool.com

Gary Jaehne for his contributions on the Suspension clinics and in his book: "Sportbiking:* The Real World"....great reading.

Helimot Leathers:* The leathers I use and consider the best! http://www.helimot.com

Repsol oils,*the Moto GP oils that I now exclusively*use on all my bikes!

Riding with the Old Farts, one might tend to question a destination with the name of, "Honey Run Bridge". I mean, lets face it, IF you are anywhere near the senior status you probably know what a "honey wagon" is.
So it wouldn't take much to convince you where the honey wagon goes and what it does when it gets there.
But much to my relief, it turned out to be a historical covered bridge and I wasn't asked to shovel anything :)

This photo belongs to According to O'Brien's photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/accordi...en/3252905514/

After our formal sitting at the breakfast table we leave Sac county entering Placer county for a brief minute or two as we reach the Yuba county line and hammers down to Paradise.


Arriving at the bridge we were greeted by the caretaker who informed a couple of the Old Farts a bit of the history.
Once inside the covered bridge we were offered a really beautiful view out the small windows on either side.

It was too early for lunch so we would continue onward up a really steep grade which had most of
the GL1800's running very close to over heating.
And taking pictures with one hand while steering with the other made me a
tad nervous, so I concentrated mainly on not running off the road.

But it was another fine adventure with the Old Farts and I feel so privileged that I am allowed to ride along with them.
I am sure Papa Ken will be posting a lot more detail about this ride very shortly.

Returing to my home county via hwy 65 between Wheatland & Lincoln.

Question for you California riders...I am wondering if the Nacimiento-Ferguson Rd is paved all the way from hwy 1 tro Fort Hunter Liggett? Also, if it is, is it as good as it looks? leaving on a trip to arizona this week end and this road caught my eye on google map. Thanks



Wayne

I need to get by ktm 690 to Oakland and I can truck it down there or ride it. But I need to do it in the next few days. If I do ride it, some dual sport roads would be ideal. It's a long distance to cover entirely by logging/forest roads, but it would be cool to try and do the majority this way. I realized that Pashnit is all about smooth, twisty pavement and usually that's the way I travel. But maybe there's some dirt guys out there who have done this.

Or, anyone trucking to Oakland in the next few days who has room for a bike, give me a holler. Tom 360-921-7055