It's been almost 3 years trying to put this ride together, and actually FINISH IT the way I have always wanted to, but never yet done.
the 1st time i tried, I CRASHED in a sandy lot in the middle of 110 degree weather, as i became dehydrated and wanted to stop for something to drink, only i stopped in SAND!
I tried it again with some of you folks and it got too late, and we cut out the last portion of the planned route in order for the riders to get home on time.
Last year, when i tried to do it again, there were wildfires, which closed off a major portion of the route, and we had a detour that didnt really work out, and ended up in Solvang!
I am determined this time to let nothing stand in my way of FINISHING this ride the way I want to finish it!
AND! This time i have a Brand New Starting point, which adds even more Incredible roads and riding to this already over the top ride! The Ride will Start in Universal City, near Universal Studios and Hollywood). The ride will finish at the intersection of the 2 and the 210 freeways.

I am thinking i want to do this ride Aug. 4th!

If you have been here a while, you know this ride, and a precious few have been on "parts" of it. It is a ride that includes over 300 miles of beautiful countryside, twisty mountain roads, major bike pitstops (Rock Store, Deer Lodge, Past the Pine Mountain Inn, and The Rock Inn), and is a ride a lot of you just miss!

I say Saturday, as this is a high mileage ride, and it will give folks who have to work on Monday a day to rest up from the long ride if they join in.

So there you have it. Plenty of time to figure out a date for this ride, so let's hear from you folks. Are you folks going to come join me on this amazing journey?

STAGING INFO FOR THIS RIDE...meeting time is 8:30am, leaving at 9am from the Mobil gas station at 3240 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90068, Saturday, May 12th.

Click Here for a Map to the Staging Area

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyyTVFukmeU

http://harleychatgroup.com/index.php...nload&id=25064


THIS RIDE HAS BEEN CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is with great regret, that I must inform all who were going to go on my Tour of the Twisties ride, next weekend on Saturday, May 12th, 2007,

HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

2 weeks ago I crashed my bike in the rain up in Santa Maria, and while i thought i would be able to ride it just for the ride on the 12th, the dealership where i am getting it fixed claims it isn't safe to ride until they fix it up...
which means i am out of a bike until all is fixed, which will take quite a few weeks.

Sorry to cancel at the last moment...but i didnt find out about my bike (which will cost about $5000.00 to repair) until just today.

this ride will be rescheduled at a later date, that i will hope will work for all.

Once again, sorry to have to cancel the ride, but I can't lead a ride without a bike. Hope you all understand.

*****

ok...well the May day for the ride has come and past.
now, on to the rescheduling of this ride...

Saturday, Aug. 4th!


Alrighty folks...with this ride being just 2 short weeks away...

here is the new, FINAL meeting point address and info.

this is the Address to the Ralph's near Studio City
that i would like to have people meet @ (near the
Starbucks in this Ralph's mall).

RALPHS
10901 VENTURA BLVD.
STUDIO CITY, CA 91604

it's extremely easy to get to...it's at the corner of
Ventura Blvd and Vineland.
Directions
coming from south of Hollywood on the 101(means your heading North on the 101), exit Ventura
Blvd and turn right and right into the Ralphs parking
lot.
coming from north of hollywo

 

I'm good for May 19th.

Dan

 

i was thinking that might NOT be a good weekend, the 19th, as that is the same weekend as the thing out in santa maria, the Motorcycle Madness....

what about the 12th?

 

I'mflexible

Dan

 

We could do the 12th. I'll put it on the Fridge calendar. Is there a way to setup a place where you can keep track of all of us and send us reminders (I'll start by bookmarking this link, but that doesn't mean I'll lose track of it).

 

how could you lose track of it if its on the fridge?

 

A New Teaser Video has been made for this ride...

Check it out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyyTVFukmeU

 

Rich,

Looks like a blast of a ride....

But what's up with Ricki Lake?

 

Man I bummed, I can't make the ride. I riding out Utah that weekend. Anyway to post the route? I would love to do this before I leave or after I come back.

 

Sounds good! Do you have a bigger version of that map of the route? Just curious. Thanks!