2024 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa

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Highway 58 is fast, everyone's favorite, and it's a long, deserted 70 miles riding up and over two low ranges.

Highway 58 | California Motorcycle Roads | Pashnit

Central California Motorcycle Rides - Ride Hwy 58 California City, Temblor Range, California

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Remote ranch roads - Bitterwater has this is spades - middle of nowhere

 

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Bitterwater is known of this rolling treeless landscape. All ranch land and no people or connecting side roads.

During our spring time, winter rains make this road a destination.

Bitterwater in spring

 

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Every bike I've even owned comes here for a photo.

same road

 

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The first time I led a motorcycle tour to the tiny town of Parkfield, CA, pop. 18, was in 2005.
The old timey water tower was being used as a tool shed with rakes and shovels leaned up against it. No windows, the white paint was peeling from age and neglect. That was 223 tours ago. And we’ve been back to the Parkfield Cafe & Lodge many times over.
But even 223 motorcycle tours later, the population hasn’t changed in 20 years, the sign still says pop. 18.
The Varian family that owns the town has developed it into a must-visit destination in the Central Coast Range. We even offer an entire motorcycle tour based around the town each year in April during the height of our spring green, likely the 2nd most popular tour we offer.
I book the entire town. There’s only 11 rooms in Parkfield.

The Parkfield tour date is set for April 04, 2025, first weekend of April.

Parkfield | Central Coast Motorcycle Tour | Pashnit Tours

Ride Coast Range & San Luis Obispo County with Pashnit Motorcycle Tours based from the tiny ranching town of Parkfield

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Our Central Coast Pashnit Tour group: Mike, Gary, Cathy, Marc, Dave, Xavier & Mike

 

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After all day on bike, nice to take a load off and look out over the ocean and watch the sun go down

 

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Enjoyable to just sit & chat with Mike and relax. Mike is retired, but used to be the CEO of Guess <yes, that Guess). I meet the most interesting people on these motorcycle tours.

Watching the sun go down over the ocean

 

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I have all day to ride across the state, but elect to leave at first light so I can photograph local roads in the Coast Range.

A year ago, I left this place at 4am so I could reach the Sierra Range at first light and ride into Sequoia NP at daybreak.

Sunrise over the ocean

657 miles in the last two days.

 

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York Mountain Rd - single lane backroads

Pickleball is everywhere, even finding this hidden away in the Coast Range on a single-lane mountain road. Haven't tried it myself.

 

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Willow Creek Rd

Ranch roads - this region is all vineyards

Peachy Canyon Rd

 

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Very fun roads - Adelaida Rd

 

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Chimney Rock Rd is pure bliss - recently repaved and the pavement is amazing

What pure bliss looks like to a biker

 

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Lake Nacimiento

This used to be a huge tank training base. At 167,000 acres, it is the largest United States Army Reserve post in the US

 

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But the real reason I rode out here was just to get this photo.

Only so many places you can get your picture with your bike n a M551 Sheridan tank.

 

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Highway 25 headed for Hollister

Highway 25, San Benito County | California Motorcycle Roads | Pashnit

Much loved Central California Motorcycle Ride in the Central Coast

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And yes, that's new pavement. The fresh pavement on 25 makes it very fast, and very fun road.

 

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Panoche Rd

Panoche Rd | California Motorcycle Roads | Pashnit

Best Central California Motorcycle Rides - Panoche Rd

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Been on the bike since dawn, a cool place in the shade to take a mid-day break.

mid-section gets goaty - and single lane through this canyon up and over the low range