2022 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa
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At our lunch stop, of all the people I should run into by chance was Shlomi.
He was on a motorcycle tour with me in 2013. Chance meeting.
It's been nearly ten years since I've seen this guy.
Shlomi in 2013 with Hana, who we rode with us on the last tour 1 page back and a few photos back
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Bellies full, time to head into the Sierra Range
Headed up Highway 108 - Sonora Pass
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Headed up Highway 108 - Sonora Pass
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A stop was in order at the Column of the Giants. I've been riding past this for 20 years and just learned of this place along Highway 108 - Sonora Pass
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Short walk back to the bikes - Well worth the stop
The bend in my rim looks terrible from the rock I hit a few weeks ago, and tire looked a little low so out came the Cycle Pump with a bit more air.
I'll have to switch out the rims with my next tire change after I get back from this ride. Another tour in two weeks makes a narrow window for routine maintenance.
The bend in my rim looks terrible from the rock I hit a few weeks ago, and tire looked a little low so out came the Cycle Pump with a bit more air.
I'll have to switch out the rims with my next tire change after I get back from this ride. Another tour in two weeks makes a narrow window for routine maintenance.
Tire pumped back up, on the road headed for the nearly 10,000 ft summit of Sonora Pass
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On Board video of the ride up to Highway 108 - Sonora Pass.
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This short clip passes through the steepest part with a 26% grade
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This short clip passes through the steepest part with a 26% grade
Highway 108 - Sonora Pass | California Motorcycle Roads | Pashnit
Ride Sonora Pass across the Sierra Nevada Mountain, California Motorcycle Ride
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Highway 108 - Sonora Pass | California Motorcycle Roads | Pashnit
Ride Sonora Pass across the Sierra Nevada Mountain, California Motorcycle Ride
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Sonora Pass was first traversed in 1841. No one attempted a crossing with wagons until a decade later in 1852. Then another decade elapsed, it’s now 1862 before a road was finally built. In present day, Sonora Pass is one of our most favorite rides in the Sierra Nevada Range. It’s straight up, and straight down, with a 26% grade. And stopping at the 9626 ft summit is tradition. No snow this year by early summer, but that’s okay, every year is different. The one new rider we had in this group, I pulled aside and advised them to watch the downhill speed as just when you’re not paying attention, Sonora Pass on the eastern side throws out several tight downhill hairpins. I regaled a story of about 15 years ago, one of our riders didn’t negotiate one of the hairpins and rode right off the edge. Bruised ego and likely embarrassed, we muscled the bike back onto the road no worse for wear and continued on, a bit wiser. Haven’t had a single problem since, but if you crash, that corner gets named after you.
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