"the road that shall not be named" ride june 14-15 - you missed it!!

[lucazuma]

...hmmm...

altho the museum is appealing, it requires a sustansial non-curvy-freeway riding that i would most definitly like to avoid.

I would rather ride backwards on the same route...cerro and 33 are great in both directions...AND its like riding 2 different roads they are so different going one way or the other...

my .02

 

[derby]

...hmmm...

altho the museum is appealing, it requires a sustansial non-curvy-freeway riding that i would most definitly like to avoid.

I would rather ride backwards on the same route...cerro and 33 are great in both directions...AND its like riding 2 different roads they are so different going one way or the other...

my .02

 

i think the idea was to avoid the freeway and take a different, yet equally curvy road to solvang.

[derby]

this is just a guess based on the PM i got from gus, but i think that porttion of the return route would look something like .

those more familiar with the area will have to flesh out the proposed return route.

[lucazuma]

hmmm...

something like

[Smokescreen]

 lucazuma- your idea kicks arse.  but out of curiosity, have you ever ridden East Camino Cielo?  It's sort of torn up, so the going wouldn't be wicked fast.  I don't know about the end toward the 33.  suprising as when we lived in SB we were always on the 33 of the 154 and even Camino (for pistol shooting), but I never put the two together.  Actually, I prolly ony ever went on Camino Cielo by bike once or twice.  Mostly that was rallye car fodder...  I'm not saying don't go that route, even the 154 up that way is fun, just letting you know you migh wanna add some time for that...  And not ride anything stiffer than a Monster

[lucazuma]

...no, never rode those roads and your input is exactly what we need to plan this out without surprises

thanks!

...do you have sugestions for the route?...(the tuistyer the better )

[Smokescreen]

If I was "riding for the sake of riding"?  I'd say Lake Hughe Road to Pine Canyon Road to Lockwood Valley Road (gas in Frasier Park) to the "##" to Ojai (lunch stop? or not yet?) to the 150 to 101 to SB to 154 (soo many good choices right here.. Stagecoach parallels in a very unparallel manner the 154) to StageCoach Rd on SanMarcos Pass to the 154 to Armor Ranch Road to 154 to Foxen Cyn Rd to Tapusquet Rd to 166 to....  Where's it sposed to end?  I'd ridden these enough while I was up there to mostly just shoot north real early on a long day and run for the one, but I think that's a little north of our destination here.  If I knew how to draw it on a map, I'd do it...

[lucazuma]

...headake 

[Grampa]

mailbukake

[Smokescreen]

Incidentally, Pine Canyon is in it's own right a more than average challenging road...  For different reasons, so is Stagecoach.  But if you find yourself going up the 154 Stagecoach is a great idea..

[MetalDuc]

Aside from the return route, I did a gas station to gas station map in case anybody else is thinking about taking a a small tanked bike (hyper/supermotard).



The original route had a different stop for gas at location C but I think the 75 miles there is less of a concern than the 84.3 between D and E. As far as I can tell D is the last gas point in Taft making the smallest possible distance 84.3 miles for that stretch.

Should be doable even with spirited riding ( I hope )

[derby]

your gas stop at C may or may not be open... the last time i ran through there (some time ago) they had closed down.

the ride between D and the left onto the 58 is pretty putt putt, so we can conserve fuel there.

[MetalDuc]

your gas stop at C may or may not be open... the last time i ran through there (some time ago) they had closed down.

the ride between D and the left onto the 58 is pretty putt putt, so we can conserve fuel there.

Thanks Derby.



I am thinking more and more it is going to be the motard for this trip 

[Smokescreen]

Nearly every year (other than the one when the Ducati was in hundreds of pieces) we've gone from here (or SB) to SF, and I've never seen this kinda planning!!  Yous guys are dedicated!!!

W

[joekarati]

OK, I'll be joining you all for the run from the base of Ojai out to the end of Cerro and back. 
Day trip, day loop...so if there are any lurkers that want to join this trip, I'd be happy to ride with you and help follow the bread crumb trail back home.

By the way, there is no way in hell that you will be at the base of Ojai by 8:35 if you are to meet up at 8:00 in Ventura.  By the time you wait for all to arrive, gas up and roll out, see you at the Ojai station at 9!

jc