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09-05-2023, 06:39 PM

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Welcome to California! Massachusetts to the California desert is quite a change. Yeah, the wind corridor on the 10 is pretty nuts. At least you’re close to Pappy and Harriet’s! And you don’t have to spend too much time on freeways to get to a nice riding road, Big Bear, Rim of the World, etc. Cheers!

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09-05-2023, 10:39 PM

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i was in Malibu for labor day weekend. riding the PCH and the canyons was great !

i bumped into Arnold Swarzenegger at the Starbucks. he's short as hell, and was riding a 2003 chief Indian. he seemed in a fog.

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09-05-2023, 11:28 PM

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Maybe he hadn’t had his coffee yet.
PCH is so great and the coastal canyons. That’s the place to ride. The Sierras, too. How long have you been in California?

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09-06-2023, 01:03 PM

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been here a couple of years. out here in the high desert there are very few paved roads, so little in the way of good rides.
i have to come down thru two canyons to get to civilization and paved roads
i hope to see more of CA on my bike before i get too old !

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09-06-2023, 01:35 PM

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You must be in a pretty remote area.
Per BuzzCap7’s link above, https://www.sc-ma.com , this organization has some pretty good rides, it looks like as a group or done individually. The Butler motorcycle maps are a good resource for ride ideas and good roads for riding. No New England winters here to deal with.

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09-06-2023, 10:43 PM

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Ventura, Ca. And loving it. Awesome place to ride.

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09-07-2023, 01:18 AM

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having moved here from Massachusetts to Joshua Tree, i expected harleys & hot rods galore. accckk ! very, very few HERE. geez, not even paved roads here......beach sand roads that knock you over .
i go down the hill towards Palm Springs to get near civilization. the valley of wind turbines is unpassable some times. the I10 is a terror for a bike.

i'd like to go to AZ or NM, myself.

That's the high desert and it's a very small slice of California. You need hit the coast road north of Ventura and see what the rest of the state looks like before jumping to snow bird central and higher temps in those two. You haven't begun to see the good stuff yet.

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