2024 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa
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Yes, that's the road over there. The peak in the distance is Mount Saint Helena at 4300 ft, it's the tallest peak in this area of the Mayacamas Mountains & often has snow on it in winter.
Highway 175 - Hopland Grade
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Highway 175 - Hopland Grade
Highway 175, Lake County | California Motorcycle Roads | Pashnit
Ride Middletown to Hopland, California Motorcycle Ride
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Several years since Pashnit Tours has been to Oregon.
The first time was 2012 - 12 years & 100+ tours ago. Big group, we had 16 bikes on that ride. Back then in 2012, we started the tour in Red Bluff, and took a full day of riding NorCal to reach the Oregon border. Some of the same riders in 2012 signed up to do the 2024 tour. But we’ve all seen Crater Lake, as grandiose as it is, what else ya got?
What if we focused the entire ride on the Oregon Coast Range instead. And, started the ride in Oregon. That meant a long haul for some of us to get to the meet spot in Ashland, Oregon. The SoCal riders had to do 700 miles just to the meet spot. I rode the 400 miles to Oregon after a full day at work, left at 5pm, reaching Ashland, OR at 10pm. Others left a day early and rode the long way up. Despite the distances, that placed us in Ashland, Oregon, a small college town just over the CA-OR border and to the Mix Bakeshop in downtown Ashland, OR that makes these amazing peanut butter bars that I'm riding multi-state to get to.
The advantage was the twisty Oregon roads are just over there and we could ride more Oregon roads plus push further north through the Coast Range. I spent many hours & weeks figuring out a route, pouring over very detailed paper maps, (Benchmark Atlas & Butler Maps are the best), google satellite & Street View, eventually creating four different routes, settling on one, and then completely changed it again the day before the ride. Planning a route is a careful balance of road conditions, length between stops, fuel and lunch stops at predictable intervals.
What I didn't know was Peter showed up on a brand new Ducati Streetfighter V4 SP2 and he didn't know it was on Race Mode and it was almost out of gas within 100 miles.
Several of our tour alumni trailered the 700 miles from Southern California to reach Ashland, Oregon. Others spent the entire day before the tour reaching NorCal and southern Oregon.
The first time was 2012 - 12 years & 100+ tours ago. Big group, we had 16 bikes on that ride. Back then in 2012, we started the tour in Red Bluff, and took a full day of riding NorCal to reach the Oregon border. Some of the same riders in 2012 signed up to do the 2024 tour. But we’ve all seen Crater Lake, as grandiose as it is, what else ya got?
What if we focused the entire ride on the Oregon Coast Range instead. And, started the ride in Oregon. That meant a long haul for some of us to get to the meet spot in Ashland, Oregon. The SoCal riders had to do 700 miles just to the meet spot. I rode the 400 miles to Oregon after a full day at work, left at 5pm, reaching Ashland, OR at 10pm. Others left a day early and rode the long way up. Despite the distances, that placed us in Ashland, Oregon, a small college town just over the CA-OR border and to the Mix Bakeshop in downtown Ashland, OR that makes these amazing peanut butter bars that I'm riding multi-state to get to.
The advantage was the twisty Oregon roads are just over there and we could ride more Oregon roads plus push further north through the Coast Range. I spent many hours & weeks figuring out a route, pouring over very detailed paper maps, (Benchmark Atlas & Butler Maps are the best), google satellite & Street View, eventually creating four different routes, settling on one, and then completely changed it again the day before the ride. Planning a route is a careful balance of road conditions, length between stops, fuel and lunch stops at predictable intervals.
What I didn't know was Peter showed up on a brand new Ducati Streetfighter V4 SP2 and he didn't know it was on Race Mode and it was almost out of gas within 100 miles.
Several of our tour alumni trailered the 700 miles from Southern California to reach Ashland, Oregon. Others spent the entire day before the tour reaching NorCal and southern Oregon.
pashnit
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Another set goes on the bike. I really need to make a dump run to get rid of the big stack of used tires I've got. I do love the 200, but I caved and just went with a 190.
Got this bike with 1000 miles on it. It's got a few more.
Brand new set for all the mileage we're gonna do for this weekend - nearly 2000
Got this bike with 1000 miles on it. It's got a few more.
Brand new set for all the mileage we're gonna do for this weekend - nearly 2000
pashnit
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Ashland, Oregon is right on the CA-OR border & is a railroad town built in the late 1800s- plus it has all the old Victorian homes surrounding the Walt Disney style downtown with the town square and old buildings. Behind the downtown area is Lithia Park, a park designed by the same landscape architect that designed San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. It's a cute little town and famous for the Shakespeare Festival. Lot of plays & theater here. Plus it's a college town anchored by Southern Oregon University in the center of this tiny town.
Wife and I have even talked about retiring here.
Wife and I have even talked about retiring here.
pashnit
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Ken drove to Southern Oregon from Salt Lake City, UT in his transit van with his KTM in the back.
He turns 80 this year & just signed up for 5 more tours in 2025. He's our role model.
Marc
Laurent & Luc babbling away in French.
Laurent just moved to Memphis, Tennessee for work and has left CA behind.
He turns 80 this year & just signed up for 5 more tours in 2025. He's our role model.
Marc
Laurent & Luc babbling away in French.
Laurent just moved to Memphis, Tennessee for work and has left CA behind.
pashnit
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Peter drove out to California from Houston, Texas with his son and a buddy. He put this brand new Ducati Streetfighter in the back of the pickup (which they rented) so he was riding with a support crew following the tour group.
Peter is Polish and his thick accent follows him around. Said he just paid $60,000 cash for this Streetfighter & he wanted to put some twisty road miles on it.
Just the exhaust was a $10,000 option. He got every available option added to the bike- all the upgrades & ordered it special.
It's absolutely gorgeous & didn't have a spec of dust on it. Gotta love a dry clutch - and the carbon fiber wings
Peter is Polish and his thick accent follows him around. Said he just paid $60,000 cash for this Streetfighter & he wanted to put some twisty road miles on it.
Just the exhaust was a $10,000 option. He got every available option added to the bike- all the upgrades & ordered it special.
It's absolutely gorgeous & didn't have a spec of dust on it. Gotta love a dry clutch - and the carbon fiber wings
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