I have been reading on the canyon run posts about taking PCH... Is it just me or is this an extremely mild walk in the park?

If you are doing a run in lieu of a cruise I would have thought something like Palomar Mtn or Angeles Crest...

Just curious but if you are all going to hit the real twisties let me know as I want in on that

 

I would like to check out Palomar. I have heard alot of great things.

 

Nice corners up there, but make sure there is no snow up there first. I did it the first time in my old beater, and the snow almost took me out.

 

I'm still a noob at taking the car to it's limits. I get a kick out of hitting the 110 in Pasadena lol.

I'm down for Angelas Crest. Let's make sure the roads are nicely repaired before we go up there.

 

Be careful on Palomar Mtn. The locals are tired of the bikers racing up & down and have been throwing old motor oil and/or anti-freeze on the curves to mess them up.

 

Canyon runs... Hmmmm

Angeles Crest Highway
Rim of the World Highway (18 to big bear)
Malibu Canyon
Ortega Highway
and...
Some of the back roads by Julian (san diego) - Particularly Engineers Road!
This last run has a mix of everything. From high speed open areas to tire squeeling, brake frying, tight corners.

 

I pretty much spent the entire last weekend in the canyons.

 

I drive the ortega every day and it is great.

I also like highwya 79 between temecula and palm desert

 

Hwy 79 is fun ... I took it 4 times one day ... yeah, I was bored.

Julian is very fun ... just don't get lost out there

 

id say "little tujunga" / "sand canyon" is pretty fun, very close canyon.. and lots of turns.
for speed and big turns, i would say "angeles crest" so yeah. heh.

 

u know.. sunset from PCH towards westwood is fun..

 

i get to go against porshces and vettes quite often around those twisties.. especially near UCLA..


Fight On *****es!

 

Yeah Jim, it's easy to get lost around there huh? Palomar is the reason I don't ride a motorcycle anymore . But on a light note, for a little while now I've been setting up a run from Temecula around the back side of Palomar (79) up to Julian for warm apple pie . Then we head back to Temecula via the front side of Palomar. It's usually pretty fun. We've also gone up 79 to Idyllwild and back, that is a fun drive too (right Jim). We were supposed to go on this run last saturday the 9th, but I found I had a flat tire right at the last minute and we all decided to cancel and reschedule the run. Any way, that's my story.

Later,

Ray

 

my absolute favorite is telegraph canyon in SD. a nice blend of high speed sweepers, and very tight twisties. i have also been there over 100 times, so i kind of have it memorized.

 

we need to head out telegraph soon ... lets plan a meet

we can cookout at my new place afterwards ... I kinda have room now ... and no overbearing buttloving roommate

 

yep ... and sand too.

ortega is fun.

i still havent done an angeles crest run in my car
although before i do any canyon runs im gonna need to get new brake pads.
im thinking of going with some hawk HPS.

 

Where's this telegraph canyon?

I know I know...shame on me, I've lived here almost all my life and don't know what you guys are talking about.

 

Well Folks,

it looks like we will have to take the ortega of the list for a while. Cal Trans has decided to close the freeway for about 2 years starting in 2006. you can read more about it at,

www.saveortegahwy.org

This site also has links to the Cal Trans site that show the closure plan.

Shaun