The Grand Tour: Inside the Mind of Pashnit California.

The panos...
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Basically looks like this! :cheerleader: Goaty, but good! :laugh:

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And now for something completely different. I have simply always called this goaty strip of pavement- The Road with No Name. Suffice to say, it doesn't have a name. ??? Only a forest road designation of FR 23S16.

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That's the Kern River Canyon over there.

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Paul & Michelle

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Pashnit Busa

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On the other side of the Canyon, isSherman Pass. You can see the road as it switchbacks up the mountainside to Kennedy Meadows and then back down the other side on Nine Mile Canyon into Death Valley.
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Pashnit Tours. Couples welcome. :laugh: :rofl:

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We laughed pretty hard at this one, the wives set this one up.
Paul & Sean come across as very manly-men.

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This is Rd 23S16. Just a long-forgotten ride paved across the very top of the Sierra Nevada. One lane, goaty, bumpy, sandy... but oh that view! :bowdown: :bowdown: Made it all worth it.


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Speaking of views.... Just amazing isn't it. I would travel for days to get a photo like this. Hey, I just did! :laugh:

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Here's your landmark if you approach from the south end. Ride starts up the hill to Portuguese Pass here. (Btw the connection to Hwy 155 via Rd23S16 is not paved.) Ride then drops down to Posey.

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In Glennville at the Crazy Horse Saloon (just sounds like a biker bar, eh?) Good food though!

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Then George rolled up... Anybody like classic bikes? Beauty! :bowdown:

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Then as a special addition to this Pashnit Tour, I wanted to show the group what the Middle of Nowhere looked like. :cheerleader:


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This is north of Bakersfield out in ranchland. Actually quite close to the Famosa Dragstrip. But still. Complete nothingness.
(Tule Rd - Woody Rd - Granite Springs Rd)

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Next day... Wanted to show our Canadians our seals


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Throwing sand on themselves...

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Billie ran into this guy from Washington on a Rune. He was just wandering around. Gotta love that.

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California Big Sur

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The new Honda CBR1000. Nice bike, Billie and I swapped for awhile. Basically has almost the same horsepower as the busa. :rolleyes2:

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Concours was a change, big! Everyone that rides the Hayabusa always comments on how planted it feels and how well it handles. Uh Huh!! :thumbsup:

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Paul and Michelle - Paul was celebrating his 50th birthday, and this was Michelle's gift to him. :cheerleader:

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Watching the surfers

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Paul, Michelle, Sean & Kim- 3 1/2 days of riding together, our ride was starting to draw to a close.

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One last lunch together at the Lucia Lodge...

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...what a view that place has!

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After lunch, we took one last stop along California Big Sur overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Good times.

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Incredible scenery.

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Good people.

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A ride of grandiose proportions.

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On my ride home, a non-stop mad dash across the state to get home to the wife and my kids, the Hayabusa humming beneath me, there was a bit of time to reflect. The Grand Tour. Lost in my thoughts, swiming in the emotional immersion of just having to only think about the ride. A ride that excels and surpasses your own expectations. You can lose yourself on the motorcycle. Setting aside a block of time for yourself where all that exists is riding off into the sunset each day. That's the only thing you've to concern yourself with. That's what The Grand Tour should be. And it was.


Steve, Bob, Michelle, Paul, Kim, Sean, Haroldo & Billie

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One day we shall meet.

Unbelievable.

Thank you for sharing.

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A ride with Pashnit just made it on to my bucket list. Fantastic as usual....I am left in awe and envy of the scenery.:beerchug:
 
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