2022 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa
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Hope you kept the seat, Tim! I always liked the unique look of it and should stay on your shelf in case another gen2 comes around. Texas, uhmmm…. Was it another member that bought it?
No pics with Ponch or John?
I didn't keep the Corbin. I let the new buyer take it. It's a good tour seat. I have put a lot of miles on it (60k+?) I did both my IBA 1000-mile day rides on this seat. Don't recall where I got it, probably used off this site. I only paid $100 for it. I've bought a lot of used stuff from members on this site. Although I've made that mistake before of not keeping the custom stuff, and then re-buying the same bike several years later. I've done that not once, but twice.
I did keep the custom engraved Galfer wave rotors. Those, I couldn't part with. I had them custom-made and they were very expensive. I need to mount them to my wall. I put the stock back on for the new buyer. But I have bought a Gen-II '08 blue/gold Busa twice now, I don't think I'm going to get another Gen-II. It's time for a Gen-III.
And yes, Texas. And yes, it was another ORG member that bought this bike.
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Did you know there's a huge waterfall that plunges 40 feet into the ocean along this stretch of road we're on today.
Alamere Falls is a waterfall in the Point Reyes National Seashore, here in Marin County. No, we didn't go here, no paved roads to reach it, we rode right on by. As many times as I've ridden Highway 1, I had never heard of it till recently. It's a 6-hour out-and-back hike, no paved roads and not even a trail down to the beach. Alamere Falls is a waterfall that falls directly into the ocean, known as a Tide Fall. But Alamere Falls is a 40-foot drop into the ocean, and you have to time coming here with the tide.
Someday, I have to go check this out.
Alamere Falls is a waterfall in the Point Reyes National Seashore, here in Marin County. No, we didn't go here, no paved roads to reach it, we rode right on by. As many times as I've ridden Highway 1, I had never heard of it till recently. It's a 6-hour out-and-back hike, no paved roads and not even a trail down to the beach. Alamere Falls is a waterfall that falls directly into the ocean, known as a Tide Fall. But Alamere Falls is a 40-foot drop into the ocean, and you have to time coming here with the tide.
Someday, I have to go check this out.
Careful timing is required when coming here to gauge the tide.
Every year, people get swept out to sea and die doing stuff like this.
No trail down to the beach, you have to climb down the cliff face. Still want to come here someday. Put this one on the list - Alamere Falls.
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We could smell it was we rolled into town. I asked the guy how many of these he grills up each day and sells at his road side grill - he said over 300 racks a day. Judging from the smell that wafted over the town, he likely didn't have to work hard to convince people.
Some tables and chairs overlooking the ocean plus food from the deli or a roadside stand, and this is our lunchtime view. Plus perfect weather along the ocean by midday.
This view will have to do for lunch
Some tables and chairs overlooking the ocean plus food from the deli or a roadside stand, and this is our lunchtime view. Plus perfect weather along the ocean by midday.
This view will have to do for lunch
Everybody loves a lighthouse. And on the Northern California coastline, we’ve got one of the best, the Point Arena Lighthouse. It’s been quite a few years since we’ve visited this particular lighthouse (there are three along this stretch of coastline during our day-ride), nearly a decade, actually. Back in 2009, they restored this lighthouse, stripping off all the paint and also placing the massive lens in the visitor building.
Back in the olden days, say around 2006, you could climb up into the lighthouse lens room and stand with your back to the glass, and belly inches away from the lens.
This lighthouse dates to 1870, but the brick & mortar structure was so heavily damaged in the 1906 earthquake, an entirely new lighthouse was built on the original foundation. This time around, it was built with steel reinforced concrete, which is what we see today. If it looks a bit like a smokestack, that's because the contractor they hired was a builder of smokestacks in the late 1800s, and that's what they knew how to build.
Back in the olden days, say around 2006, you could climb up into the lighthouse lens room and stand with your back to the glass, and belly inches away from the lens.
This lighthouse dates to 1870, but the brick & mortar structure was so heavily damaged in the 1906 earthquake, an entirely new lighthouse was built on the original foundation. This time around, it was built with steel reinforced concrete, which is what we see today. If it looks a bit like a smokestack, that's because the contractor they hired was a builder of smokestacks in the late 1800s, and that's what they knew how to build.
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