Ducati Monster Forum

Time to start looking for a place to live. Gonna be working in Irvine but I also wanna be able to go visit the girl in Torrance. I remember some of the beach cities not being friendly towards non-stock bikes but I can't remember if Huntington Beach is one of them.

I like it its a fun place

it probably is one of those places.  but i wouldn't call it not a nice place to live because of that.

HBPD = Bike Nazi's.. Fountain Valley is just inland from hb (where I'm at) and is much better and usually cheaper to live in.

HB is a great place to live, don't know what BD is talking about with the red neck crack. Let me know the areas you are looking at, and I'll point you in the right direction. HBPD isn't overly concerned with bikes any more then any other police force. Meaning: You go 100 on PCH and yes, you will get stopped. You lane split past a unit with your modified pipes and no, you probably won't. Fountain Valley is OK. I wouldn't say it's a "much better" place to live. It is cheaper because it's not HB and because it borders Santa Ana. The best thing about FV is... it's proximity to HB. ;)

I lived in HB (two places) for quite a while and I was never hassled by the PD there.  I just took it easy and didn't act like an idiot.  FV is fine too, you really can't tell the difference between the two - west of the 405.  There's a big PD presence in HB, but there's also a lot of idiots - In my experience, unless you're being a moron, you're not going to get hassled.  On the weekends at night, I wouldn't recommend riding down Main Street / PCH.  Other than that - you should be cool...

HTH

If you ride down or around Main St., you'll most likely be pulled over if there's enough cops... But yeah, HB is a sexy place to live.

I grew up in Seal Beach (right next door to the north) and spent lots of time in HB.  HB is an absolutely great city to live in.  Yes, the cops are kinda hardcore with bikes, but no more than malibu or any other beach city. 

I also lived in Fountain Valley for a couple years - not nearly as nice (there's a reason it's cheaper).

If I could move back to HB/SB, I would in a second.

Thanks for the input guys. I'm rather a computer geek so I don't get out much. I just want somewhere that's doesn't look really run down, is safe to park my stuff on the street, and has "stuff" relatively nearby. By stuff I mean that if I do feel like going out I don't have to go 20 miles to go to a nice restaurant. Some boba and pho nearby would be nice too.  ;D

+1.....

H.B is NOT moto-friendly..


Seal Beach is  very nice ( not sure about bike-friendly though)

...hey! thought you were going to make it "for sure" at IBN like 2 weeks ago...got worried you might have been cought law-brakn'...

...<threadjack>..

work kept me from showing up.... I wasnt the one law-breakin!!..

But i'll be there ( schedule works out to my advantage) this Wed

Huh? Never had a problem on a bike in twenty years of living in HB.

Seal Beach is very nice, more chance of getting hastled there as they have almost no crime to speak of...thus they do lots of traffic enforcement.

I went to HB once on my Monster and got pulled over.   [roll]

i went to hb once on my monster and my phone flew out of my pocket on the way back. 

somehow this is HBPD's fault [cheeky]

I didn't say I've never been pulled over. When I was I deserved it.  :) Never got pulled over for nothing and most of the time got let off. Never a problem with the pipes, splitting, etc. The speed thing gets their attention though.

it's a nice place.  My biggest complaint is it takes forever to really get there or get out.  If you're not near the freeway it's tough to get anywhere else fast.  But if you never need to leave, it's great.


Andy

Very true. It sometimes takes longer to get to the freeway then the ride on the freeway. On the other hand, that's one of the reasons we don't have as much crime.