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One of the iconic locations for motorcycle magazine covers is Santa Rosa Creek road near Cambria, California. Tight & twisty and not that smooth but lots of fun.© Lorne Black
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It's been a loong three years since my last bike trip way back in 2019. After a false start last year my pal Tony and I began planning our return to Laguna Seca for the MotoAmerica super bike races. America's July 4th holiday complicated route planning with motel rooms sometimes hard to come by, and pricier to boot. With reservations made and a route selected we headed off. One goal this year was to ride thru Lassen Volcanic NP. We've been skunked with bad weather every other time, and again this year. Otoh, it gave us the excuse/necessity of visiting Susanville for breakfast. And the opportunity to revisit an old friend, this mural on 611 Main St. This photo shows it on both my 1995 and 2022 visits. That's my pal, Tony, in this year's pic. More posts of my trip - and what happened to Tony in upcoming posts.
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Lunch stop en route to the 1994 GP at Laguna Seca. This was the last hurrah for the 2-smoke Grand Prix in America. Alice's is at the junction of La Honda road & Skyline Blvd, just south of San Francisco. -
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mod'd VFR750 ast Laguna Seca 1996: underseat exhaust and wheel centre cover plate© Lorne Black
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Come on Man...missing MotoGP in Monterey
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Any members heading to the upcoming WSB event at Laguna Seca?
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Honda's 4-stroke MotoGP engine on display at the 2001 World Superbike races at Laguna Seca, California© Lorne Black
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Honda's 4-stroke MotoGP engine on display at the 2001 World Superbike races at Laguna Seca, California© Lorne Black
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Roads - here are some favourites from this trip: We spent a week riding down to the World Superbike race at Laguna Seca. It is said that every journey begins with a step but living on an island means that it begins with a ferry. Which gives you an hour and a half to contemplate the weather. I must have run out of good karma because it rained for the first day and a half - most of the 700 km to Grants Pass, Oregon. On the last 10-15 km into Woodburn it was so heavy that I-5 was flooded an inch or two deep. The wake from nearby cars was perfect for water skiing - though perhaps not deep enough for a slalom's fin. How about your gear, you ask. Well, my Aerostich Roadcrafter 2-piece worked great, my gloves succumbed to the monsoon, and my boots - well, air isn't the only thing that gets into vented boots. Imnsho, crossing Washington & Oregon is a pain in the ass. I mean, why take a ham sandwich to a banquet? Early Monday afternoon, crossing Siskiyou summit the overcast broke and for the next week we had sunshine. Gotta love California. Unfortunately, we had more rain on our return. From Santa Rosa to Clear Lake in California, though it cleared up from there to Yreka. And the next day from Roseburg, Ore to Port Angeles, Wash was very damp indeed. On balance I prefer heat to rain. Gazelle-Callahan road (s. of Yreka) Hwy 3 from Weaverville to Hwy 36 has the most delicious constant-radius curves and grippy pavement Hwy 36 from Hwy 3 to Red Bluff - especially, the roller-coaster section about 20 km west of Red Bluff Hwy 70 through Feather River Canyon with several high bridges spanning the river Gold Lake Hwy Hwy 49 especially the stretch from Hwy 120 to Mariposa has lovely curves on a couple of ascents/descents Hwy 25 from south of Holister to Hwy 198 hugging the west side of a narrow valley has more of the curves & pavement that makes California so great Hwy 198 from Hwy 25 to Coalinga Hwy 58 from McKittrick to SLO takes you from the oil fields in the Mars-like central valley to the coast Hwy 1 the Pacific Coast highway in California has a near perfect combination of curves and ocean views. The crowds at Laguna Seca were down a fair bit from July's MotoGP and there were fewer vendors. Otoh, we were allowed to access the track via Hwy 68 which cut in half the round trip from our motel in Pacific Grove. The racing was quite good, especially both WSBK events. For some reason Laguna Seca tends to have string-of-pearls races with little passing. Definitely not so this weekend. My guess is that it suffered from being the last of four International races in the US this year. Since Laguna Seca is off the MotoGP calendar for next year perhaps WSBK will get a summertime date. Views from across the street from our motel on an early morning departure. Pounding surf, sunrise, and an avid surfer: Bet you all recognize this view. Two long days left us only a quarter mile ride to the Coho ferry on Wednesday.
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
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From the album: 2013 WSBK Laguna Seca
© Lorne Black
