45 Days on a Gen3 Hayabusa - 2023 Pashnit Touring
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I think you could've squeezed through on the left...
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Instead we got this:
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But the real treat is the return leg of our loop back to the same place we started at is a portion of Highway 49 we call The Little Dragon
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Riding The Little Dragon into Moccasin
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You can take the main highways, or you can take backroads.
Six Mile Rd parallels Highway 4 & includes some stretches of brand-new pavement & single lane. No other people.
Plus, fields of orange grass everywhere.
Six Mile Rd rolls past Ironstone Vineyards. Ironstone Vineyards is the owner of the world's largest piece of crystalline gold leaf, weighing in at 44 pounds. This is the largest specimen of crystalline gold in the world, amazingly, it wasn't discovered in 1850, but in 1992 nearby in Jamestown a few miles away. 44 lbs x $22k/lb = one piece of gold currently worth $1,028,368.
Six Mile Rd parallels Highway 4 & includes some stretches of brand-new pavement & single lane. No other people.
Plus, fields of orange grass everywhere.
Six Mile Rd rolls past Ironstone Vineyards. Ironstone Vineyards is the owner of the world's largest piece of crystalline gold leaf, weighing in at 44 pounds. This is the largest specimen of crystalline gold in the world, amazingly, it wasn't discovered in 1850, but in 1992 nearby in Jamestown a few miles away. 44 lbs x $22k/lb = one piece of gold currently worth $1,028,368.
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The Ice Cream thing started a few years ago. I used to take the group to a 50s themed diner called Be Bop's Diner in Ukiah, and it quickly became a thing. Every ride has to have ice cream built in somewhere, and I know right where to get some. A bunch of twisty roads in between here and there, no one objected.
Joma's in Murphys
That peanutty is calling my name
We made Mark happy
Joma's in Murphys
That peanutty is calling my name
We made Mark happy
After ice cream, I announced to the guys, I'm going to take you on one of the goatiest paved roads in the Sierra Nevada Foothills.
I know of a road that has so many potholes and patching that you can see the patches from space. They didn’t believe me. If you have electronic suspension, set it on soft or Enduro or whatever you’ve got. To ride north out of Murphys, there is only one road, Sheep Ranch Rd. It is single lane backroad, and it has a portion that lasts several miles that is so bumpy from patching, you may need to be careful you’re not thrown off the motorcycle.
I know of a road that has so many potholes and patching that you can see the patches from space. They didn’t believe me. If you have electronic suspension, set it on soft or Enduro or whatever you’ve got. To ride north out of Murphys, there is only one road, Sheep Ranch Rd. It is single lane backroad, and it has a portion that lasts several miles that is so bumpy from patching, you may need to be careful you’re not thrown off the motorcycle.
Chris asked me what my plan was.
Want to go see a whole lot of snow? He didn’t hesitate. Let’s ride.
A few miles away was Highway 4 Ebbetts Pass. We could ride as far as Lake Alpine to the Bear Valley Ski Resort at 7600 ft. The ride to get there was rather uneventful, and the layers of snow covered all the usual landmarks. Snow was sporadic around Arnold at the 4000 ft level and continued to increase until there were 10 feet walls of snow along the highway at 7500 ft.
Want to go see a whole lot of snow? He didn’t hesitate. Let’s ride.
A few miles away was Highway 4 Ebbetts Pass. We could ride as far as Lake Alpine to the Bear Valley Ski Resort at 7600 ft. The ride to get there was rather uneventful, and the layers of snow covered all the usual landmarks. Snow was sporadic around Arnold at the 4000 ft level and continued to increase until there were 10 feet walls of snow along the highway at 7500 ft.
But the fun part was riding to the end of the road. We'll be back here in June.
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