isde97 30 Posted April 16, 2010 Looking for other riders going to MotoGP at Laguna Seca July 23-25. Here is the General itinerary: July 20 Carlsbad-Big Bear, via Ramona, Warner Springs, Anza. July 21 Big Bear - Paso Robles, via Angeles Crest, Lake Hughes, Carizzo Plain July 22 layover in Paso Robles to visit Hearst Castle with Family (traveling in parallel) July 23 Paso Robles - Laguna Seca, currently planning on going through Parkfield, but this may change. 24,25 USGP 26 Salinas- Santa Maria, via Hollister, Parkfield, Pozo 27 Santa Maria- Ojai, exploring Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Barbara area. 28 Ojai- Carlsbad, probably back through Angeles NF and Idylwild. There might be a dirt road or two along the way. EDIT: if I can figure out attachments, this one contains URLs for google maps of the various legs. Laguna_route.txt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kiwi Wayne 3 Posted April 17, 2010 Howdy ISDE I am planning on getting to Moto GP but I dont have that sort of time available. What do you mean by traveling parallel with family. Maybe we could hook up along the way some how. I will proly tent it. keep me posted Kiwi Wayne Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isde97 30 Posted April 18, 2010 The wife and kids are leaving Wednesday and we will meet up in Paso Robles, do Heartst Castle, then continue on up to Monterey. After the GP, they will be continuing on to visit my wife's family while I travel home. Hooking up for part of the ride would be great. I have done similar rides in the past on a street bike, and this is a good time. I am really looking forward to a DS take on it. A pseudo theme is going to be San Andreas, since much of the route is right on top of the faultline. MattW KTM 990 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klrscoob 0 Posted April 19, 2010 Is your route on road or off. I will be heading up on thurs am, have not decided a route yet. let me know Thanks Jason Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isde97 30 Posted April 19, 2010 Dirt roads where possible/practicable, I would guess 30-40% dirt. I think the routes work out to near 1000 miles each way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klrscoob 0 Posted April 28, 2010 that could be fun! PM me, we could meet up and ride a few times before hand and figure out the whole ride. I might seriously be intereseted in this excursion. -Jason Dirt roads where possible/practicable, I would guess 30-40% dirt. I think the routes work out to near 1000 miles each way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isde97 30 Posted April 29, 2010 If you check out the text file in the first post, you can see goggle map urls that you can paste into your browser and see the current proposal. Check it out and let me know what you think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTMrad 517 Posted April 29, 2010 You're doing a killer route up there..........we used to do similar, about 800-1000 miles up to Monterey over 2 days, then we'd usually blast back in a day after the races. Was always on street bikes though, a blazing pace on twisties, adrenalin flowing on the way to watch the races. Fun stuff. Don't think I'm goin' this year, but it sure sounds good.........especially doing some dirt on the way up. We'll see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isde97 30 Posted April 30, 2010 I've done the Monterey-SD ride in 1 day several times, last time was 3 years ago. Never again without a good reason, too many good roads that have to be bypassed to do that. A background theme for this ride is 'San Andreas', if you look, you can see that a lot of the route is in close proximity to the fault line. This is more by accident than design, at some point I noticed the parallel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isde97 30 Posted July 14, 2010 Bumpin' this back up to see if there are any takers. I just got my bike back together after about 2 months (basically, I suck). In spite of my effort to get a lot of preparation done ahead of time, a lot is coming down to the last minute. For instance, I am going to need a welder to help me modify OEM KTM racks to accept Pelican cases from Caribou, which use HB racks. HB makes the racks for KTM, but their racks are slightly different. I am completely making this up as I go along, but I am interested in doing a shakedown ride this weekend, probably Saturday. Ramona/Warner Springs/ Palomar Truck Trail is what I am thinking, but I may be open for something else. MattW KTM 990 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kellymac530 0 Posted July 14, 2010 i wish i had a bike with a cushier seat like your 990 or a 950 or a Vstorm transalp or bmw800/1200gsa type of bike..that ride sounds awesome...but a bit too much on my 530exc with a stock seat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
