2024 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa

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in the heart of Gold country

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See any straight lines? Me neither. This is what riding in the Sierra Nevada Foothills is like.

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The plan for today. No map, just do the route from memory with a little help from this road list.

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This thread is going to have a lot of red Busa pics. :laugh: Plus no sun today means no shadows. Heavy clouds above us but no rain yet.

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The Monster fairing kit didn't come with any stickers. I ordered the stock stickers from Partzilla & actually added all the stock stickers back to the bike. I know some owners like to de-badge & de-sticker the bike, but i like the way it looks stock.

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Pool Station Rd

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Few miles away is the tiny town of Coulterville. This town started when somebody pitched a tent and started selling shovels to gold miners headed into the hills. Hotel Jeffery is not open, but when it was, it's supposed to be haunted. What do the ghosts do when the hotel closes ? Just chill & hang out? This town is tiny, about a 100 people live here.

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Old Priest Grade is considered one of the steepest roads in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, originally a wagon road up the canyon wall to Priest at the top, passengers in stagecoaches were made to get out and walk to save the horses laboring to pull the stagecoaches up the steep grade. We like to think of Old Priest Grade as one of the steepest roads in California. The elevation climbs from 910 ft to 2450 ft in less than 2 miles, with grade steepness up to 18 percent, and the steepest stretch might be closer to 20 percent. It’s so steep going up, there’s virtually no place to pull over on a quiet day to get a picture.

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Old Priest Grade is considered one of the steepest roads in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, originally a wagon road up the canyon wall to Priest at the top, passengers in stagecoaches were made to get out and walk to save the horses laboring to pull the stagecoaches up the steep grade. We like to think of Old Priest Grade as one of the steepest roads in California. The elevation climbs from 910 ft to 2450 ft in less than 2 miles, with grade steepness up to 18 percent, and the steepest stretch might be closer to 20 percent. It’s so steep going up, there’s virtually no place to pull over on a quiet day to get a picture.

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Looks similar to the road east from Coulterville thru Greeley Hill to 120.
 
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They certainly look better with side bags. Alone, especially when they’re way back, farther back than most rear racks are, to me, just look way out of place, despite their obvious utility. I see the Aussies and Kiwis seem to like them too. I’ve been out for nearly two full weeks and didn’t need anymore than fit in a tailbag and tank bag. My ol bagger had kinda thinish side bags and I still needed a tailbag but never a top box. I’ll be looking at another on Sunday BTW.
 
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