Anita,
Have you been on Stunt Road, near Topanga Canyon Road..
What about Pacific Crest Road..runs right along a peak of mountains..you can
look down on one side and see the coast line, look out the other and see the
larger mountains to the East..cool, plus in one area..you look down on the
turn you will be taking in the next few minutes..it is off Topanga as well,
just after a little gas station before you peak on Topanga and start down
towards the ocean.
I learned about Latigo Canyon road because of the first Yamaha Venture ad,
1983..an ariel view of the convoluted road with the caption "Will your
touring bike do this?". I don't remember which road I took to get there, I
do
remember that it does let out onto the PCH.
I lived in CA over 16 years ago..it is amazing how much I can recall about
these roads after so much time...I am so looking forward to spending some
time on those roads, and doing that with some of my old friends (OK, Nance
and Mariana are both more than 10 years younger than me, but I have known
them for a long time) and it would be nice to share some riding time with
someone else from this group...I have actually ridden with Pete C. and sent
videos of my rides to Rose...but more sharing should equal more fun.
My son Mike, by the way, wants me to get a sport bike to keep at his
house..he is not so impressed by the nostalgic motorcycle look that pleases
me.
I went to the Alpine Village once, it was October Fest, and they were having
a pretty good time, I was there with some of my favorite people.
The road that runs along the coast and into San Pedro
is pretty fun, and
just off that road is Palos Verdes Road..very fun as well...so many roads,
so little time....
The thing I would suggest you remember is, riding is supposed to be
fun..ride at a pace that is fun for you.
James Franklin
2411 Pine Summit DR. E
Jacksonville, Florida 32211
808-225-0994 (cell)
From: Anita Reid <
anita_reid@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Today...
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:41:57 -0700 (PDT)
James,
When you ride through the canyons to the PCH 1, you have to make a stop at
"Neptune's Net" another Motorcycle hangout and they have the freshest and
best seafood in the area, it's right before the Ventura
County line. You
probably know that already. Sure sounds like you are having a lot of fun
riding planned. :) We live in Simi Valley and are pretty much surrounded by
canyons, however since I'm still a fairly new rider I have to take some of
them slow.
I usually drive to Torrance (Alpine Village) by San Pedro to buy my german
goodies.
James Franklin <
jimw650@hotmail.com> wrote:
Anita,
There are roads I would really like to share with my friends, Ortega Hwy
into Elsenore, Mullholland HWY and Mulholland DR (similar names, but
different rides..the Drive is beautiful at night, you see the lights from
the valley and then the city..great view at the lookout over the Hollywood
Bowl).
Decker Canyon Road and Deer Canyon Road near Oxnard. The Pacific Coast
Hwy,
the road through Napa...I lived in Los
Angeles (well Riverside, then San
Pedro) for 7 years and enjoyed many great road trips there.
James Franklin
2411 Pine Summit DR. E
Jacksonville, Florida 32211
808-225-0994 (cell)
From: Anita Reid <
anita_reid@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Today...
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:43:04 -0700 (PDT)
James,
Let me know when you are in the area. Dave (my worst half) and I would
love
to meet up with you. We do have great roads here, although I hate riding
on
the freeways here. Aside from the horrid rain grooves, we have potholes
and
cracks from previous earthquakes. I miss my Autobahn :) We are riding on
the 20th
to Monterey along the coast for the Laguna Seca Moto GP, it
should
be a nice ride. Yeah, Dave had to store his Thruxton for a 1 1/2 years
while
he was in Afghanistan and he was worried about the condition it would be
in.
He put it on a Motorcycle lift, drained the carburator, took out the
battery
and added stey-bil in the tank. When he returned this May his beloved
Thruxton was just as he left it.
James Franklin <
jimw650@hotmail.com> wrote:
Aloha Anita,
Mike lives in Hawthorne, but the W is at his depot in South Gate..the last
time I talked to him about it, he still hadn't taken it off the
Palette..it
arrived in LA (actually, San Diego) in Jan of this year..and it is still
on
a palette.
He does ride the CB 900 C, that's good, because it is bad for a bike to
just
sit-up..but it would be
great if the bikes were both ridden
occassionally.
I am hoping to do a trip, at least one, this year, out west..California
Coast or Grande Canyon, with Mike maybe, but I also have a couple of
good
riding buddies who mentioned that they were interested.
James Franklin
2411 Pine Summit DR. E
Jacksonville, Florida 32211
808-225-0994 (cell)
From: Anita Reid <
anita_reid@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Today...
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:40:51 -0700 (PDT)
This would be cool. It really is a treat, some even congratulate me on the
great restoration job (haha). What area in LA does he live? My husband
had
mentioned he has seen one some years ago at the Hansen Dam Ride
(Pasadena,
CA).
James Franklin <
jimw650@hotmail.com> wrote:
I have trying to get my son Mike to ride the W around, I am sending him
this
as it just might give him incentive to be one of only two Ws at the
Rock
Store. The Rock Store is where I saw my first ever MV Augusta, and
Muholland HWY was the first place I ever went 150 MPH (that was on a
friends
FZR 1000).
James Franklin
2411 Pine Summit DR. E
Jacksonville, Florida 32211
808-225-0994 (cell)
From: Anita Reid <
anita_reid@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Today...
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:30:56 -0700 (PDT)
Haven't seen another W here in the Los Angeles area either. We ride almost
every Sunday to the Rockstore in Malibu, Cali, where you see pretty
much
every kind of motorcycle. Jay Leno always rides up with bizarre
looking
bikes or cars. Every time I ride up on the W, people just gather
around
it
because they never seen one and most have no idea what it is. Matter
of
fact
my husband was a little upset (haha) everyone is checking out my bike
and
not his pristine cafe racer 04 Triumph Thruxton.
ksufanatic342 <
ksufanatic@cox.net> wrote:
Here in the city I had NEVER seen another dub. Then in one day we had
TWO
come to our
shop! LOL..Then I took the little one to a parade for the 4th and
there
was one in the
parade. (Green and creme) I almost started to think that Kawi
started
making them again!
--- In
W650riders@yahoogroups.com, "James Franklin" > wrote:
>
> I am never on my W when I come accross another one....besides in
the
> showroom, I can't remember seeing two of them in one place.
>
> With litterally thousands of bikes in Daytona, I saw only one
other
W,
and
> we were going in opposite directions.
>
>
>
> James Franklin
> 2411 Pine Summit DR. E
> Jacksonville, Florida 32211
>
> 808-225-0994 (cell)
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Tachokay@...
> Reply-To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com > To:
W650riders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [W650riders] Today...
> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 22:18:50 EDT
>
> Dude! My Dub, of course!
>
> In a message dated 7/7/2007 5:57:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jimw650@... writes:
> >
> >
> > For this chance encounter, were you on your W or V-Star?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Rrrose.
> @>-->--
>
>
____________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_
>
>
____________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_
____________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_
____________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_
Local listings, incredible imagery, and driving directions - all in one
place!
____________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_
Local listings, incredible imagery, and driving directions - all in one
place!
