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wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:20 PM
I had the las week off so I decided to get the hell out of town. I hadn't seen my grandmother in a while so I decided that Phoenix was as good as any place to ride to.

I got up an took off before the crack of dawn on Monday morning

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010129.jpg

Starting time and mileage

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010127.jpg
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:22 PM
The sun comming up as I am almost to Hollister.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010131.jpg

I have to get my pose on at least once this trip. Breakfast of champions.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010132.jpg
Hooli
03-10-2007, 10:23 PM
Hope you packed a tire kit this time. :p
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:25 PM
Rather than drudge along on I-5, I decieded to take the fun way (this trip was completely free of I-5, I crossed over it twice but didn't do a single mile on it :cool)

Hwy 25 south of Hollister

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010134.jpg

Cow

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010137.jpg
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:28 PM
Peachtree/Indian Valley Rd.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010138.jpg

Nearing San Miguel

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010139.jpg

Good thing I didn't plan on going back the same way, I don't think my bike will make it that far on one tank.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010141.jpg
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:30 PM
Next up was the sprint across the valley and up over the hills into the desert.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010142.jpg

Just before nightfall, I reached Nevada

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010144.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010143.jpg
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:32 PM
I stayed the night at a casino in Laughlin, sort of a fun gambling town.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010148.jpg

The road up to Kingman the next morning

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010149.jpg

Arizona Hwy 89 down into Wikenburg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010152.jpg
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:36 PM
After a few days in Phoenix visiting with relatives it was time to head home. Phoenix isn't the best town for the type of motorcycling that I like to do. I mostly just saw guys on HDs crusing up and down Scottsdale Rd or Cave Creek Rd. The "biker bar" that I went to didn't even give my friend and I the half a beer free when the keg blew. They just gave us two half beers and charged us for one like it was some sort of favor :wtf

Time to load up and head back to the Yay Area for sure

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010155.jpg
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:38 PM
US-60 out past Wikenburg, AZ making tracks for the Colorado river

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010156.jpg

CA-62 between Earp and Twentynine Palms

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010160.jpg
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:41 PM
This morning I left Ridgecrest and headed up to Lake Izabella for some breakfast in Kernville. I asked the lady working there about Hwy 155.

Lady: "Oh, I wouldn't go up that way, especially on a motorcycle, it is way to steep and curvy."

Me: "ok."

She was right 155 sure does suck :p

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010161.jpg

More suckage :shocker

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010165.jpg
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:43 PM
Final time (subtract an hour since I never bothered to change my clock back from Arizona time) and milage :cool

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010167.jpg
Eisernkreuz
03-10-2007, 10:44 PM
Wow, awesome trip pics so far :cool
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:45 PM
Originally posted by Hooli
Hope you packed a tire kit this time. :p

Nope, the one we had didn't do any good last time so why bother, live life on the edge :twofinger
machete
03-10-2007, 10:47 PM
nice trip dude. if you're going to get rid of the SV, and thinking of a BMW, why don't you consider the vstrom 1000 or 650 as a cheaper alternative. both good bikes. not sure if you had those two in your sights as well.

i am leaning towards the vstrom 1000.
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 10:51 PM
I don't think I can get rid of the SV now, I sort of beat the shit out of it this week. :devil

Now my SV needs:

front brake pads
new clutch fluid
oil and filter change
valve adjustment
air filter
new plugs
new tires
:teeth
machete
03-10-2007, 10:57 PM
Originally posted by wazzuFreddo
I don't think I can get rid of the SV now, I sort of beat the shit out of it this week. :devil

Now my SV needs:

front brake pads
new clutch fluid
oil and filter change
valve adjustment
air filter
new plugs
new tires
:teeth

man, that shouldn't be hard to do. i only see one thing in there that I couldn't do myself, and that's the valves, and I'd like to learn how. just pm shawn.

cool photos. hawthorne is brewing! I'm just saying...
wazzuFreddo
03-10-2007, 11:05 PM
The passes might open up early this year since there hasn't been much snow. We did get dumped on a few weeks ago but not much more seems to be on the horizon. Hawthorne might just come early this year.

Anyone have the inside scoop on pass info from CalTrans?
DogBoy
03-10-2007, 11:28 PM
Originally posted by wazzuFreddo
This morning I left Ridgecrest and headed up to Lake Izabella for some breakfast in Kernville. I asked the lady working there about Hwy 155.

Lady: "Oh, I wouldn't go up that way, especially on a motorcycle, it is way to steep and curvy."

Me: "ok."

She was right 155 sure does suck :p

This is the secret to finding great moto roads in unfamiliar areas. If a cager recommends a particular road, it sucks. If a cager hates a particular road, it rocks.


Great report and pics. :applause
elbacalao
03-11-2007, 12:59 AM
Thanks for posting up the pics Fred.
Hooli
03-11-2007, 01:31 AM
Originally posted by glf
HHawthorne is brewing! I'm just saying...

:teeth
coupt_ed
03-11-2007, 01:50 AM
fred, did you plan fuel spots? or do you carry extree somewheres? looks you were way off the beaten path. those sv tanks are wee.
Valgar
03-11-2007, 03:01 AM
Holy crap, were you going to a formal dinner?

I carried about 1/2 that load going to New Yawk and back...
machete
03-11-2007, 03:29 AM
Originally posted by Valgar
Holy crap, were you going to a formal dinner?

I carried about 1/2 that load going to New Yawk and back...

:laughing I was going to say something simliar...but then again...freddo is a "big" guy....clothes take more room than yours, valgar. :teeth :later
daventura
03-11-2007, 04:28 AM
No pictures of grandma?

:teeth
wazzuFreddo
03-11-2007, 08:51 AM
Originally posted by coupt_ed
fred, did you plan fuel spots? or do you carry extree somewheres? looks you were way off the beaten path. those sv tanks are wee.

Fuel wasn't a problem at all. You just had to watch your trip meter and if it said that next gas was 52 miles, make sure you can make it 52 miles or fill up.

Originally posted by daventura
No pictures of grandma?

:teeth

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010153.jpg
wazzuFreddo
03-11-2007, 08:53 AM
Originally posted by Valgar
Holy crap, were you going to a formal dinner?

I carried about 1/2 that load going to New Yawk and back...

I took along things like a pair of shoes and another jacket. I had to make sure I could pose properly when I got there. :twofinger
NoGall
03-11-2007, 05:08 PM
Nice!!
puti
03-12-2007, 12:25 AM
feddo, how many miles was the trip one way? juss curious


edit, hi grandma! bet she was stoked you rode all that way to see her! she must be an excellent cook! :p :laughing
Christieland
03-12-2007, 01:04 AM
What great pics! I'd love to do a ride like that sometime, but have concerns about going it alone. I'd love it for the freedom aspects and not having to deal with people, but I worry about safety. I also worry about all the maintenance I'd have to do on my bike when I got back!

Your grandma is adorable. Good for you for going out to visit her! :)
NoGall
03-12-2007, 08:58 AM
Originally posted by karayzieho
I also worry about all the maintenance I'd have to do on my bike when I got back!



What maintenance? That's why you bought a Zook. :lol:

There isn't any additional maintenance required for a few thousand miles other than oil/filter, chain lube/clean, then lots of tire wear and gas in a very short period of time.
wazzuFreddo
03-12-2007, 06:41 PM
Originally posted by puti
feddo, how many miles was the trip one way? juss curious


edit, hi grandma! bet she was stoked you rode all that way to see her! she must be an excellent cook! :p :laughing

It was about 800 miles, give or take, each way.
rumpofsteelskin
03-13-2007, 12:31 PM
:teeth

Sounds fun. Thanks for the pix.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/196/117/3022796-fredgramma01.jpg
DeathB4mullets
03-13-2007, 01:15 PM
Originally posted by wazzuFreddo


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/wazzuFreddo/P1010153.jpg


She's hot.:teeth
wazzuFreddo
03-13-2007, 03:04 PM
:twofinger to the both of you