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Whoo hoo.  I just rented a Multistrada out of Sacramento for a three day ride/camping trip with the GF along the California coastline.  Trying to decide if I want to go South from San Francisco (done that route dozens of times) or head North from San Francisco.  Funny but I have never ridden the North Route up into Oregon along the coast. 

Does anyone have any thoughts about the North route?

Told the GF this is the one and only "passenger on the back" trip I am willing to do.  I plan on getting my rental moneys worth and riding 400-500mile days.  Luckily the bike comes with full bags as well.

The guy renting the bike owns a small company called Redbike tours.  His name is Ryan and was super nice and easy to deal with.  If you have weekdays available the price is lower than weekends.  He has a Multi, a Pangiale S and soon a Monster 20th anniversary.  Pretty cool when a couple of hundred bucks lets you do extended test rides  [thumbsup]

 I would recommend the north route, it has a lot of cool stuff. I would also be a little leery of that many miles 2 up unless she has a lot of pillion experience. She had better be the docile type!

North, definitely.  Take Hwy 1 from SF.  We try to do an annual coupla day ride up that northern part of the coast.  It's awesome.   BTW, you may not be able to do 400-500 miles on that route.  There are lots of slow parts.  Triple J just did that same trip from Seattle down to Laguane Seca, possibly on a Multi. 

Another vote for the north route.

You can stay on the coast until a little past Westport, then it goes inland to the 101 at Leggett and gets back to the coast at Eureka.

Perhaps there's small roads that stay near the coast beyond Westport, but I wasn't feeling *that* adventurous when I was up there.

I got all the way to Coos Bay.
Of course, it started drizzling the minute I got to the Oregon border.

Another vote for North. Oregon should be perfect this time of year (e.g. rain not likely). The coast is always breezy, though.

Have fun!

We do that to keep the riff raff out.  ;D


Be aware that there are some forest fires in southern Oregon right now, I don't know how close to the coast they are.

North on Hwy 1 out of San Fran is really cool... but like others have said, don't count on 400-500 miles days unless you're pretty hardcore.  My Dad and I got ~100 miles in ~3 hours, flogging my old GTI around corners as fast as it would go (the limits of traction, not power).  It's a great road, but not one to make time/mileage on.  With a pillion, you're gonna be limited with how hard you can flog it.

Anyway... wish I had several days to take off and do that ride.  Maybe next year I'll convince my wife to make an "epic" 2-up ride with me.  Have fun!!! [Dolph] [thumbsup]

 The stretch from Ft. Bragg to Leggett is one of the best Moto roads in the world. It is kinda hard to maintain a 70 mph average, tho!