Destination: Tehachapi Loop
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Departs from: Anaheim Starbucks
KSU: 7:00am Sharp
Distance: 451 Miles
♦♦♦♦ Diamond Ride
From Anaheim Starbucks. Come see one of the engineering marvels in the west as trains climb the loop up and over the Tehachapi Pass. With beautiful scenery and a great group of friends, it’s a great day to be out on the bike!
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Destination: Death Valley (Long Range Ride)
Date: Saturday, March 11, 2023
Departs from: Anaheim Starbucks
KSU: 5:30am Sharp!
Distance: 758 Miles (approx. 13 1/2 hours)
♦♦♦♦♦ Diamond Ride
From Anaheim Starbucks. This is a FIVE Diamond ride for those that like riding in formation, long sweeping turns, and the throttle!
First GAS stop in Mojave @ 130 miles. Then to Panamint Springs, Furnace Creek for pictures to Shoshone to eat a late breakfast at the Crowbar Café.
Off to Baker GAS, the Mojave Reserve and Joshua Tree (please bring your park pass), then last gas stop at Anaheim Shell 750+ miles for the day.
MEET 5:00-5:15AM, KSU 5:30AM!!! DON’T BE LATE. Average GAS stops are 151 miles, with the last one at 173 miles. Technically the first two stops are at 136 miles each. The stop in Shoshone there is a chevron across the street, and less than 130 miles. Top off in planned gas stop in baker, gets you all the way to the next stop in twenty nine palms less than 150 miles. Gas anywhere off the 10 fwy after that.
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I wanted to share with everyone an experience I had this week while visiting the executives at H-D in Milwaukee.
I can’t publish why I was there (But Being a Super Computer Nerd is a BIG Hint) catch me in person sometime and I will tell you about it.
To a person when I met them up to and including Bill Davidson they each took the time to say Thanks for Riding…
I thought it was a great statement about the HOG communities ties to Harley-Davidson the company and the family.
I Look forward to seeing everyone out on a ride soon and Thanks for Riding from your Webmaster and all the officers of OCHOG and everyone at Orange Coast Harley-Davidson.
Lonely Planet has a nice article on what it considers the 10 best roads in America for cruising on your motorcycle.
Of course, the Pacific Coast Highway is on the list, and you only need to look at the stretch through Big Sur to know it belongs on the list. The other road I’ve been on is Route 66, or parts of it at least. There are a lot of other good looking roads on there as well that I need to take the time to ride to so I can take them in. There are some that are missing too that are a joy to ride. For example, I love route 190 through Death Valley. It is just amazing how long the road stretches in the beautiful desert.
What roads on this list have you been on? Which roads are missing that you think should be on the list? Leave your comments below.
Alejandro Chacon doesn’t ride a Harley, but his amazing ride that lasted over a year is still worth looking at. He started in El Paso, Texas, and rode south to Argentina, back up the Amazon, and headed north to Alaska, and then back home. Given some of the roads, some of which really cannot be called roads, a Harley probably wouldn’t be the right bike for this ride. He took his 2007 Kawasaki KLR650, which is a dual-sport bike.
You can read more about his adventure on his site, or watch this video, which is really entertaining.
If this is something you’d like to try, touch base with Tony, our Activities officer, and see if he is up for scheduling a 503 day ride!
Dave Dalesandro, a new member of our chapter, passed away Tuesday morning of complications from cancer. He rode with us to Palm Springs and was looking forward to his first overnighter with the chapter on the Utah trip.
Dave was a great guy who made friends with all.
Dave’s wife, Jill, asked that the chapter members be informed of his passing and of a memorial to be held this Saturday at Dana Point Harbor at the Marine Institute at 10:00 AM. All chapter members are invited.