Javier, I really enjoyed seeing your pictures along your trip. But now you MUST make the trip up the California and Oregon coastal highway up into the Pacific Northwest toward Seattle and British Columbia. :) It is a stunningly beautiful drive.
But where did I miss the email about you actually MOVING to California? (I've been so busy I know I must've missed a lot of correspondence.) Please excuse my ignorance and fill me in! *Paul LeBoutillier * *www.hondanighthawks.net <http://www.hondanighthawks.net/>* Honda Nighthawk Lovers Email group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nighthawk_lovers> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:11 PM, Javier Garcia <jajgar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well finally made it to Pasadena! Total miles 3802. Total days 10. Total > states 10. Infinite fun. > > Today I left Lake Havasu City and went to Joshua Tree Park through the > south. The road is really nice until you cross the colorado river into > California. Then is all dessert and pretty boring. The landscape is > interesting, actually beautiful, but there is NOTHING along the way for > about 120 miles or more. Good thing I filled my tank before I left. The > park is great, with many miles if beautiful scenery and winning roads. It > was very hot so I did not stopped much, but I enjoyed it a lot. > > After that I was about to head straight to Pasadena taking the highway. > But then I realized that it was still early and that I could go north and > arrive to Pasadena through the mountains. I set the gps to Big Pines and > then followed Rt 2 towards Pasadena. Wow, what I ride! I would almost say > it was the best part of the trip. Many miles of endless turns and a really > beautiful place. I think that part alone took about 2 hours and it was just > the perfect ending to an unforgettable trip. > > Here are some more pics. Thanks to all of you following me during these > days, and specially to Glenn for his fantastic advice. > > I feel very lucky. Not only because I had the time and means to do this > trip, but also because everything went just perfect. The bike performed > flawlessly, there were no incidents, not even scary moments to recall > (well, expect for the climb to Pikes Peak, but that's my own fault). I > enjoyed every moment of the trip, even the boring ones, because those > created expectation for what was coming. I am happy I arrive and that I > don't have to wear my gear for a while at least. But at the same time I am > also sad it ended. It was really just too much fun. > > Where to now? > > Cheers, > Javier. > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Mark Weisenfeld <m...@weisenfelds.com> > wrote: > >> One of those Noob moments was when I was talking to my friends at the >> Honda repair shop. They told me that the front tires wear out un-evenly, >> more on the left side, because we drive on the right side of roads that are >> crowned in the middle. >> I thought about this and said to myself, DUH! that makes sense. >> >> Freeways are typically not crowned, so this may not apply, but ... does >> it pull when you drive on the wrong side of the road? >> Go to England to diagnose that. >> >> But seriously, that would bug the crap outta me. I hope you figure it out. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
