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At the end of April, Norb, Randy, Stella and I took a ride to the central coast of California. We left on Thursday, the 30th of April with a goal to make it to Pismo Beach on Friday to meet with Stella’s Cousin Richard and his girlfriend Nancy. After meeting with Richard and Nancy, we pointed the bikes North up the coast. We saw some awesome scenery along the Big Sur area, through San Francisco and to Petaluma and home. Here is a slideshow of all the pictures and following is my “ride report”.

San Francisco, Bay Bridge and the bay
Continue reading Coast Motorcycle Ride-Spring 2010

Steve at the lowest place in the US
We planned a ride to Death Valley last year in April but a storm came up so we changed our destination to Northern Nevada and Northeastern California. This year we planned a trip to Death Valley on the same weekend as last year and the weather cooperated. There were 5 of us planning to go – Bob (BMW k1100rs), Randy (GS1150) , Rich (GS1200), Norb (V-Strom 650), and Steve (V-Strom 1000). Go here for a picture gallery.
*click on the itty bitty pictures to see big ‘uns
Day 1 – Thursday, April 2 Chico to Bishop ~ 400 Miles
We planned to meet at Randy’s house in Stilson Canyon at 7:00 AM and have breakfast in Continue reading Death Valley Motorcycle Ride – April, 2009

Kirk Gibson rounding the bases after the historic home run
Even if you’re not a Dodger fan (ya must be crazy if you aren’t) ya hafta appreciate the famous 1988 World Series winning home run by Kirk Gibson. Here it is in Tommy Lasorda’s words, a must read for any baseball fan.
Here’s a video of the big moment with commentary by players and managers of that era.
Lots of tips and information about the IBA here
My SS1000 (Snow Sled 1000 ride) April, 2000
Arctic Butt 2000 – A SaddleSore 1000 to remember ( November, 2001)
Four Guys and a BBG1500 – 1500 miles in under 24 hours (Oct 6-7, 2001)
More Motorcycle links
An unfinished history of my MC career
Some old motorcycle trip reports
Tim, Norb, Dave and I went for a fun little dualsport ride to Bloomer Mountain. Bloomer is a CalFire lookout with a commanding view of the Northern Sacramento Valley. From there we followed EncinaGrande Road down to Oroville Lake. Oroville lake level is way down and we discovered the remains of an old town called Las Plumas that was inundated when the lake filled. We were able to see the remains of buildings that are usually underwater -- pretty exciting! Pictures and videos of the ride can be viewed here…
http://www.viertell.com/gallery2/v/Motorcycle-rides/BloomerNov14/
Tim had his camera mounted on the handlebars and took some cool videos of our ride. This one is especially interesting as he dropped his camera and it landed perfectly and kept on recording. Turn up the volume and enjoy!