101 to 74..........

[Philo]

Told Jeff I'd post my pic of 74's "happy ending" so I might as well post 'em all.........

Woke up late decided to ride sunday, headed out on the 101 around 11:00am.

[Philo]

Breakfast in SJC yada yada yada I'm on Ortega.....

[Philo]

Now Sean this is a picture of the underside of a windshield. You've probably never seen one from this angle since you don't tuck on the straights, but you'd better learn how if you wanna keep up with 180+ hp bikes!!!

BTW it says 137, not 37................ :rolleyes:

[Philo]

at the lookout overlooking Lake Elsinore(?)

Hey what's that pimp azz ride behind the R1???

[afrothunder]

damn nice pics bill!
your bike looked lonely by itself tho.
how'd you take the pics from the tank and from the side?
camera mounts?

[Philo]

Made a few runs up 'n down, ended up at Hell's Kitchen.

Found a Harley I liked. CBX is tha SHEEIT!!!

[Philo]

Whoah this dude totally gunned it past me. Hey it's not like I got 180 hp man what am I supposed to do???

[Arnold_R1]

Nice pics Bill! :clap:

Weren't CBX's used at cop bikes back in the 80's?

[Philo]

Didn't wanna go home, while resting in Hemet Mike Metzger and company pulled up in his PEEEIIIIIIMMPPPP setup. No lie, within 10 seconds of stopping the truck a van of groupies pulled up asking for autographs.

I shoulda stuck a buymoto sticker on there while they were eating.
:squid:

[Philo]

Finally after hours I get to the beginning of the REALLY GOOD stuff............the lovely Palms to Pines highway. (still highway 74)

Can't even describe how beautiful it was. There was gravel in a LOT of spots up at high altitudes and I almost ate a truck's grill when the rear stepped out over some, so I slowed down and enjoyed the ride for a while.

[Philo]

Yeah this was crazy, that's snowy pine trees at the top, and rocky desert in the canyon below.

[Philo]

Drumroll please.............


All I have to say is that this section was every bit as fun as it looks.
:headbang:

[Philo]

30 minutes after the last pic the sun went down. Rode home almost 2 hours at night on the freeways. After about 10 hours of riding with one lunch break and a couple pit stops I got home at 9:00 exhausted.

Sorry 'bout the pics I've decided I'm getting a new camera. And BTW except for the last two pics, all the good spots aren't on camera because I was too busy RIDING!!!!!!!
:guitar:

[LV_styles]

Drumroll please.............


All I have to say is that this section was every bit as fun as it looks.
:headbang:

I'm jealous! Nice pics Bill, I've been wanting to explore those twisties for a long time :cheers:

[Philo]

damn nice pics bill!
your bike looked lonely by itself tho.
how'd you take the pics from the tank and from the side?
camera mounts?


Yeah, but it's nice to get out and be alone sometimes too. :errf: Come with me next time, there was nobody to ask "did you see that?!?!?!" :thumbsup:

As far as the pics, let's just say I'm a squid...........an ambidextrous squid.
:squid: :slap:

[Philo]

Nice pics Bill! :clap:

Weren't CBX's used at cop bikes back in the 80's?


If I answer correctly can I sit on your bike?
:pray: :pray: :pray:


haha I'm not sure but I think so. That one was so pristine!

[Philo]

I'm jealous! Nice pics Bill, I've been wanting to explore those twisties for a long time :cheers:


Thanks! It was a long ride but was absolutely worth every second of it!!! Next up is all the roads north of L.A. Who's up for a trip to the rock store???

[afrothunder]

Thanks! It was a long ride but was absolutely worth every second of it!!! Next up is all the roads north of L.A. Who's up for a trip to the rock store???
i'd be up for it. but to tell you the truth, i really hate the malibu mountains. they're all really tight, and really dirty. for the most part at least. if a big group rolls... i'm down. otherwise... meh. :rolleyes:

[deno]

Thanks! It was a long ride but was absolutely worth every second of it!!! Next up is all the roads north of L.A. Who's up for a trip to the rock store???


It's all about GMR!!! :lift:

[Arnold_R1]

If I answer correctly can I sit on your bike?
:pray: :pray: :pray:


haha I'm not sure but I think so. That one was so pristine!

Sure Bill. You can ride it if ya want. I let Mikey ride it and he already pulled a nice stand up wheelie in 2nd gear till 15k with only 10miles on the odometer. . . J/K

[shichyea]

Sweet! thanks for posting those up! :thumbsup:

[Philo]

Sure Bill. You can ride it if ya want. I let Mikey ride it and he already pulled a nice stand up wheelie in 2nd gear till 15k with only 10miles on the odometer. . . J/K


Whoah whoah whoah I don't wanna ride it that thing is WAY too new!!! I just wanna sit and dream..............
:cheers:

[LV_styles]

Thanks! It was a long ride but was absolutely worth every second of it!!! Next up is all the roads north of L.A. Who's up for a trip to the rock store???

Hmmm... I do have the next few Sundays off, which probably won't happen again for a while. I've never been up that way...

[BrandonC]

Ortega is a fun ride, I drove a cage over it for a year and a half to work so it makes it even better on the bike when you know the road. People are real paranoid about riding that highway, I think the cars are worse than the bikes IMO but you just gotta make sure to stay real wide on the blind curves.