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Pinnacles and King City, Sunday, 03/30/25

SFMCjohn

SFMCjohn

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The San Francisco Motorcycle Club’s clubhouse at 18th and Folsom streets opens at 8:30 am on Sunday, March 30, ksu at 9:00 am:


“Are you ready to ride? We’re going down HWY 25 towards Pinnacles National Park, with lunch in King City. Better show up with a full tank. Just sayin’ …”

:ride
 
Coming that far, consider heading down to Parkfield instead. Far better twisty roads & scenery, Bitterwater Rd is a nothing sammich and easy pickens for CHP.
 
bmwbob51 said:
I always eat at the Cork and Plow in King City! Awesome food ;)
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thanks for the tip! I’ll have to find out if we’re planning on having lunch at the Cork and Plow … :thumbup

NorCalBusa said:
Coming that far, consider heading down to Parkfield instead. Far better twisty roads & scenery, Bitterwater Rd is a nothing sammich and easy pickens for CHP.
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I had to look up Bitterwater Road … I think of the Bitterwater Rd south of Hwy 41/46 to Hwy 58 that I usually use to get to Carrizo Plain. :laughing

here’s the Bitterwater Road we’re talking about, I guess:

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thanks for the warning about Bitterwater Rd being patrolled by the King City CHP … idk the planned route, maybe we’ll drop down to Lonoak Rd … would that be a better option? some people may split off and head to the Parkfield Cafe, I suppose. :ride
 
SFMCjohn said:
thanks for the tip! I’ll have to find out if we’re planning on having lunch at the Cork and Plow … :thumbup



I had to look up Bitterwater Road … I think of the Bitterwater Rd south of Hwy 41/46 to Hwy 58 that I usually use to get to Carrizo Plain. :laughing

here’s the Bitterwater Road we’re talking about, I guess:

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thanks for the warning about Bitterwater Rd being patrolled by the King City CHP … idk the planned route, maybe we’ll drop down to Lonoak Rd … would that be a better option? some people may split off and head to the Parkfield Cafe, I suppose. :ride
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SFMCjohn said:
thanks for the tip! I’ll have to find out if we’re planning on having lunch at the Cork and Plow … :thumbup



I had to look up Bitterwater Road … I think of the Bitterwater Rd south of Hwy 41/46 to Hwy 58 that I usually use to get to Carrizo Plain. :laughing

here’s the Bitterwater Road we’re talking about, I guess:

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thanks for the warning about Bitterwater Rd being patrolled by the King City CHP … idk the planned route, maybe we’ll drop down to Lonoak Rd … would that be a better option? some people may split off and head to the Parkfield Cafe, I suppose. :ride
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The CHP area office is, wait for it; in King City. The dark blue route is awesome. Be mindful of everyone's gas range- we've had guys need to pop into San Miguel and top off each way (no big deal, its a 5 minute detour). 198 is a great ride either direction, so making that loop is a lot of fun- know that 1/3 of Parkfield Grade is (gasp) dirt! Its real back country- amazing views on a tank of gas. Parkfield Cafe (https://www.v6ranch.com/parkfield-cafe) is very well know to motorcyclists and car clubs. If you return counter clockwise and go via Parkfield Grade- its an awesome rip into Coalinga (and back out) with gas right where you enter west side of town.

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This is a great spring ride, beautiful country. Check your egos, as all country roads can bite ya- and I haven't been on any of these lately. A modest pace is sensible especially when a heard of cattle and couple cowboys on horses are taking both lanes 'round the next blind turn.
 
^^:thumbup

I'm kinda hoping we can get one of those CHP self-congratulatory photos of all of our bikes lined up on several flat bed tow trucks ... we're shooting for at least four trucks, to try to beat Oceanside CHP's recent haul, and bring the record back to NorCal, where of course it belongs. :x

I'm sure we can make room on a tow truck for your bicycle. :toothless
 
our Road Captain wants to see the buried cars, which I think are on Hwy 25--which to me means he's angling for Lonoak ... :dunno

hopefully we'll avoid the King City CHP either way. :laughing
 
I didn't know about the buried cars and I've been through that part of the world a few times over the years..
 
I seem to recall that the rancher was using cars to try to keep Lewis Creek in its banks, near the intersection of Airline Hwy and Lonoak Road ...? just tried to see if I could still see the cars on google street view, but no love. :dunno
 
here we go ... photo caption is "At Lewis Creek, California," photo is from 2009:

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from this 2012 story on Amusing Planet:

Detroit Riprap: Abandoned Cars as Erosion Control​


perhaps the cars have been washed away these days? :dunno

they used to be fairly obvious from Hwy 25, as I recall--so unless you're going 100mph you'd see them, back in the day, anyway. :laughing :ride
 
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Now that looks like going to be feeling it next the next day after ride...
Question that I have, and can't really tell from all the posts - are the roads, specifically the route more suited for high pace sport bikes, or more of an adventure / dual sport tooling around type of roads? Which bike to bring, hmm..
 
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Walnut creek area.. i'm more concerned if the roads are clean or gravely.. been riding the last month or two a lot of back roads, and all had gravel and potholes, not fun when wheels are skipping like if I was on a dirt..
 
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