2024 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa

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Here's the plan - it's not long, but amazing views of the ocean on a clear day from Bolinas Ridge

I've been riding Bolinas Ridge a long time, it's one of my favorite roads despite being rather short. I actually first learned about Bolinas Ridge from the cover of this book. I saw the cover and said, where's that?! I've got to go ride that!

They shoot a lot of car commercials up here in the spring when it's super green. And magazine covers. Same spot.

 

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When I saw that book cover, I actually was in between bikes, I had sold my ZX-11D & was about to buy my first Hayabusa, my blue silver '00, so I rode my wife's little EX500 to check it out. We were newly married & i've been married 25 years so that kind of dates the photo.

25 years ago... same road

It hasn't changed much in 25 years - the road, that is. The bikes have changed a lot. My wife was pregnant a few months later and since babies and Ninjas don't go together too well, we sold the baby Ninja.

 

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Bolinas Ridge

 

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Bolinas Ridge

 

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It's all brown, but it doesn't always look like that. Same spot.

 

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Not super green today - but see that knoll up ahead?

Same knoll, but looking down on a spring day.

 

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Dropping off the ridge down to Highway 1 & the ocean through the redwood forest.

Also pleased to see one of our favorite backroads re-paved. Just watch out for deer.

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

The ridge is the best past of the Mt. Tam ride down to Stinson Beach. It’s a better ride down than up too. The view north from the ridge and west downward like you showed is great.