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[miker]

Yea, but it looks to me like I'm going to have to make another trip to Florida before you two are going to make it out here.

I just got plane tickets from Sacramento to Miami for $150 each!  No refund and coach and one stop.....but at that price, it was something we could afford.

Come on out Mike.......you could ride Jim's bike......he never rides it.

We'll be out in June for the socal gtg...cant wait...

[Blazo]

Chuck (CAP) found a road last weekend.....Mosquito Ridge Rd. out of Forest Hill, Ca.  It has over 600 curves, twists and switchbacks in 36 miles.  He rode up as far as he could before the snow had the road closed.  I'll be doing that one in another month or so.

Where's Forest Hill, Ca? I Googled it and came up with some place near Daly City... ain't no snow there.

I've ridden some of the roads in this thread. Hwy 36 is a classic, probably one of the best, if not the best, motorcycle roads in the country. Got some great roads listed here. Here's a couple more in N. Cali. to consider. Hwy 128 from Cloverdale to the coast, Scaggs Springs Road near Santa Rosa out to the coast, Hwy 20 -- Willits to Ft. Bragg or vice versa (actually, you can pretty much expect awesomeness from any rural road that goes over the coastal range from 101 to the coast in Northern Cali).

[JCZ]

Go east out of Sacramento on I-80 east, up the hill.  When you get to the town of Auburn (28 miles) turn south east on Forest Hill Rd, go across Forest Hill Bridge (  highest bridge in Calf. and third highest in the nation......  http://www.placercountyhistoricalsociety.org/Histories/Bridge.htm   ) and a few more miles up the hill is Foresthill.

[JCZ]

We'll be out in June for the socal gtg...cant wait...

I hope you're going to be able to spend some time up here in Nor Cal.  I'm not going to be able to go to the So Cal GTG......due to the new job and lack of vacation time.

[miker]

Nope, the one week out there is it...due to...lack of vacation....this working thing blows chunks.   
Make sure to let me know when you guys are going to be here. 

[erniezap]

Where do they go to and from?  Do you have a photo or link you can post for either?

Hwy 9 goes from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_9

The stretch of Hwy 152 that I like goes from Gilroy to Watsonville: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_152

An additional benefit of the 152 ride is when you get to Watsonville, you can stop at Gizdich Ranch for some of the best pie you will ever have: http://www.gizdich-ranch.com/index.php

[nidan]

I grew up riding on the Left coast .  Mosquito Ridge road is great , like many in "Gold Country" , Hwy 49 among them.

Hwy 84 from the Bay to Coast 1 is another , at the summit you hit "4 corners " where Alices Restraunt is a long favorite stop, and Skyline which runs from Hwy 92 on the north down to Santa Cruz .. a phenomenal road .  Off that there's Tunitas Creek Rd, and Upper Page Mill ..both quite entertaining.

Carmel Valley Canyon Road is wonderful , just mind the "cattle grates" they can get a bit slippery .



http://www.pashnit.com/  has loads of others...

[Blazo]

Hwy 9 goes from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_9

The stretch of Hwy 152 that I like goes from Gilroy to Watsonville: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_152

An additional benefit of the 152 ride is when you get to Watsonville, you can stop at Gizdich Ranch for some of the best pie you will ever have: http://www.gizdich-ranch.com/index.php

Have you ridden Nacimiento-Fergusson Rd (http://tinyurl.com/yj6ykaq)? I haven't had the pleasure yet but it's on my short list. In fact, I may just head south this weekend for a look see.

[Blazo]

Ah ha... Foresthill... your other post said Forest Hill. Clear as mud now. Thanks.

Go east out of Sacramento on I-80 east, up the hill.  When you get to the town of Auburn (28 miles) turn south east on Forest Hill Rd, go across Forest Hill Bridge (  highest bridge in Calf. and third highest in the nation......  http://www.placercountyhistoricalsociety.org/Histories/Bridge.htm   ) and a few more miles up the hill is Foresthill.

[erniezap]

Have you ridden Nacimiento-Fergusson Rd (http://tinyurl.com/yj6ykaq)? I haven't had the pleasure yet but it's on my short list. In fact, I may just head south this weekend for a look see.

That's the road that goes through Ft Hunter-Liggett, correct?  Great road if it's the one that I am thinking of...

[JCZ]

That's the road that goes through Ft Hunter-Liggett, correct?  Great road if it's the one that I am thinking of...

Yes, that's the rode we all took on the San Juan Bautista GTG a few months ago.

[nidan]

Ah ha... Foresthill... your other post said Forest Hill. Clear as mud now. Thanks.

My brother used to live on that road .. it's real close to Mosquito Ridge .. great riding in the area , just watch out for logging trucks!

[hdbrad03]

OK really sounds like a GREAT area to ride! Maybe just saying maybe this area would be a GREAT choice for a GTG. Should put it on the list for next years West CVO GTG. 

 
     Brad

[JCZ]

OK really sounds like a GREAT area to ride! Maybe just saying maybe this area would be a GREAT choice for a GTG. Should put it on the list for next years West CVO GTG.  

 
     Brad

The Nor Cal crew rides these roads often.  Here's a link to what most who attended have said that it was the best GTG they've been on......five days on the road, staying at a different location each night (most of the photos are posted after page 3)...........  http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=27606.0

The challenge (as I learned in putting that one together) becomes finding hotels and/or restaurants that can accomodate everybody.  Most of the roads that I listed above aren't anywhere close to a city or even a town that has a hotel or motel of any size.  Even if it's just chain hotels (Best Western, Super 8, etc.) they're usually to small.  Then restaurants in these little towns are the same way......one cook and one or two waitresses.  Logistically, it's just a real challenge.

But great rides for smaller groups of eight to ten bikes and we do that often on the weekends.  The challenge for us that live in Nor Cal is to find roads that we've never ridden before.  Getting "lost" would really make my day!

[JCZ]

Here's the link again........   http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=27606.30