Prolog: Prepping the new Pashnit Gen3 Hayabusa for touring
In case you missed it, Last 2022 season's 12,000 miles of touring on a Hayabusa
Last year's Ride Season wrapped up with the tour alumni presenting me with a 20th anniversary helmet they all collaborated on and had made. It was an honor to receive the Shoei Neotec II helmet from them. It’s also really exciting to be on a brand new 2022 Gen3 Hayabusa for my 20th anniversary season of running the tour business. We did our first tour in 2004, and it’s been the time of our lives ever since that first ride.
Here’s the plan: It’s ambitious. I’ve never managed this many tours in a season, never done more than 12, and for 2023, I’ve planned out 16 organized motorcycle tours starting the tour season earlier and ending later in the year. Every tour I’ve offered is sold out, and our tour groups average about 8-14 bikes. Lot of work to set all this up, so far, I’ve booked about 425 hotel rooms for this coming ride season. Some of these tours are 12 days apart. That means I’ll get home on a Sunday and have another tour I’m leading the following weekend. I leave the bike packed. I need to be able to just pull on the leathers, start the bike and head out. I’ll lead all 16 tours except one, the Death Valley ride in March I’m going to have to miss.
2023 Tour Dates – 20th anniversary season of Pashnit Motorcycle Tours
Feb 17, 2023 - EL DORADO
Mar 10, 2023 - DEATH VALLEY
Mar 24, 2023 - SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS
Apr 14, 2023 - CHINA PEAK
Apr 28, 2023 - PARKFIELD
May 05, 2023 - SEQUOIA
May 26, 2023 - RACE TOUR
Jun 09, 2023 - SIERRA NEVADA
Jul 14, 2023 - COAST RANGE
Aug 04, 2023 - THE PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2023 - CLASSIC NORCAL
Sep 08, 2023 - SOUTHERN SIERRA
Sep 22, 2023 - MYSTERY TOUR
Oct 06, 2023 - YOSEMITE VALLEY
Oct 20, 2023 - CENTRAL COAST
Nov 03, 2023 - MARIN
After a very long wait because of reasons - nearly four months - my new bike finally arrived in California from Virginia
Prepping the new Pashnit Gen3 Hayabusa for touring
The ‘22-‘23 winter here in California has been crazy. At present, nearly 60 feet of snow in Tahoe and also at Mammoth. There's so much snow, our Governor activated the National Guard. There are crews running around shoveling off the roofs of buildings, fearing they will collapse. From one extreme to the other, in March 2022, I was able to ride over the Sierra Nevada Range due to lack of snow, this year I’m having to adjust routes to avoid weather and the huge amounts of snow above 8000 ft. June 2023 we’ll just have to see how that develops as that’s the first time we’ll attempt to ride the Sierra Passes.
In case you missed it, Last 2022 season's 12,000 miles of touring on a Hayabusa
Last year's Ride Season wrapped up with the tour alumni presenting me with a 20th anniversary helmet they all collaborated on and had made. It was an honor to receive the Shoei Neotec II helmet from them. It’s also really exciting to be on a brand new 2022 Gen3 Hayabusa for my 20th anniversary season of running the tour business. We did our first tour in 2004, and it’s been the time of our lives ever since that first ride.
Here’s the plan: It’s ambitious. I’ve never managed this many tours in a season, never done more than 12, and for 2023, I’ve planned out 16 organized motorcycle tours starting the tour season earlier and ending later in the year. Every tour I’ve offered is sold out, and our tour groups average about 8-14 bikes. Lot of work to set all this up, so far, I’ve booked about 425 hotel rooms for this coming ride season. Some of these tours are 12 days apart. That means I’ll get home on a Sunday and have another tour I’m leading the following weekend. I leave the bike packed. I need to be able to just pull on the leathers, start the bike and head out. I’ll lead all 16 tours except one, the Death Valley ride in March I’m going to have to miss.
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2023 Tour Dates – 20th anniversary season of Pashnit Motorcycle Tours
Feb 17, 2023 - EL DORADO
Mar 10, 2023 - DEATH VALLEY
Mar 24, 2023 - SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS
Apr 14, 2023 - CHINA PEAK
Apr 28, 2023 - PARKFIELD
May 05, 2023 - SEQUOIA
May 26, 2023 - RACE TOUR
Jun 09, 2023 - SIERRA NEVADA
Jul 14, 2023 - COAST RANGE
Aug 04, 2023 - THE PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2023 - CLASSIC NORCAL
Sep 08, 2023 - SOUTHERN SIERRA
Sep 22, 2023 - MYSTERY TOUR
Oct 06, 2023 - YOSEMITE VALLEY
Oct 20, 2023 - CENTRAL COAST
Nov 03, 2023 - MARIN
After a very long wait because of reasons - nearly four months - my new bike finally arrived in California from Virginia
Prepping the new Pashnit Gen3 Hayabusa for touring
The ‘22-‘23 winter here in California has been crazy. At present, nearly 60 feet of snow in Tahoe and also at Mammoth. There's so much snow, our Governor activated the National Guard. There are crews running around shoveling off the roofs of buildings, fearing they will collapse. From one extreme to the other, in March 2022, I was able to ride over the Sierra Nevada Range due to lack of snow, this year I’m having to adjust routes to avoid weather and the huge amounts of snow above 8000 ft. June 2023 we’ll just have to see how that develops as that’s the first time we’ll attempt to ride the Sierra Passes.
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