45 Days on a Gen3 Hayabusa - 2023 Pashnit Touring
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I had to look up where all this water is going. Does it look like a river? It's not. This is a dry wash that only has water in it during wet winters. This water drains into the flatlands of the Central Valley and ends in a farmers field.
I'm not much of a train buff, but my father-in-law is. He'd take the kids (my wife) on vacations and just take pictures of trains. This train is waiting on a siding for another to pass so it can head over the range. These engines were in the middle, and it had additional engines on either end.
I'm not much of a train buff, but my father-in-law is. He'd take the kids (my wife) on vacations and just take pictures of trains. This train is waiting on a siding for another to pass so it can head over the range. These engines were in the middle, and it had additional engines on either end.
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Love the look of the windscreen on your gen3, Tim!!!
I didn’t know you were required to catch your own bacon on pashnit tours. Lol
In all seriousness, California has a Mediterranean climate, which means it only rains in winter (mostly) and generally stops by April.
No rain for six months is the norm over the summer. We only chance rain during the early-spring tours- March, April, and that's about it. Maybe our late-season tours in October. Normally no rain till November or December and our tour season is over by then. I do have fair-weather riders who are regulars (and local) and will cancel if the weather outlook is lots of rain. I'm a bit of a diehard rider and don't care if it's raining, snowing, or cold. I hate riding in high heat (over 100 degrees) as I'm always in full armored leathers & leather is hot. I'm also wearing a Dainese air vest and the air vest makes you even more hot. Worth noting, the timing and sequencing of my tours are all centered around the seasons. In March, we ride desert regions (ie Death Valley), in spring, we ride the mountain foothills below the snow line, June we head over the mountain passes, summer we head to the ocean where it's 20 degrees cooler. We have had tours where an inch of rain was predicted for Sunday, so the fair-weather riders all cancel and the diehards all ride, and we just rode home a day early. Another time I had our lodging booked at a place at 4000 ft and that's the snow line in the mountains, huge storm was predicted, and I moved the tour region across the state just days before the scheduled ride. We still rode, but I moved the entire tour route away from the storm where there was no rain, good thing, my lodging place got 4 inches of snow that weekend.
Heavy rain (ie flooding) here is actually quite rare, and the 2023 winter we've had is likely a 50-year-event (once every 50 years?) We've ridden three tours already by early-April, and we've gotten lucky all three times to ride in-between the waves of rain. Next ride is this coming weekend and 70 degree temps predicted. So just plain luck is also a factor.
If it rains, I just put on a rain suit and go.
Everybody loves Double Bubbles, this bike came with a Zero Gravity dark smoke double bubble screen.
But for colder times of the year, the Sport-Touring screen is also a favorite. We'll see. Maybe next season, I might change out the screen for something else.
I was thinking of putting a clear SR screen on it.
Always love the long-low-fast shape of this bike and the SR screen accentuates that.
Next burger I had, was extra bacon on it.
On the east side of Bakersfield is a road known as Breckenridge Rd. It runs up and over the range and tops out at 7100 ft
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This spot on Breckenridge Rd is so amazing, we stayed here for awhile. The clouds above changed the color of the landscape constantly. Dark, then light, then glowing green.
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Danny & Bruce. This is Danny's second tour with us.
By the end of the second, he asked if he could get a season pass and ride on all of them.
I think we'll be seeing a lot of Danny in the near future.
Best backrub around. This cow stood here the entire time we were parked, rubbing against the rope while surrounded by flowers.
By the end of the second, he asked if he could get a season pass and ride on all of them.
I think we'll be seeing a lot of Danny in the near future.
Best backrub around. This cow stood here the entire time we were parked, rubbing against the rope while surrounded by flowers.
Single lane paved mountain road? Yeah, gotta check that out.Similar threads
