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Feather River Loop - September 1995

Feather River Loop - September 1995. 1st Annual Dave Day Memorial Ride. Friday 10am . met at park close to Montague Expwy-Milpitas 880-Fremont-680-84-Livermore-4-Stockton-88-Comstock Rd-26- Mokelumne Hill-49-Jackson-49-Auburn-80-Roseville-65- Lincoln. Saturday am . backroads-49-Nevada City-49-North San Juan for brekkie. 49-Marysville Rd-Oregon Trail (never again! Forbestown Rd-Oroville-70-Belden Town for suds-70-Quincy- 89-Blairsden-Gold Lake Rd-49-Grass Valley-backroads- Lincoln. Across the street from ...

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Northern Exposure: Fish Story (3/14/94)

Northern Exposure: Fish Story (3/14/94). Ruth-Anne hits the road on Chris' HD. Ruth-Anne, exasperated with the customers in her store, shoos. Them out and locks up. She's crossing the street just as Shelly. And her baby, accompanied by Chris, walk up. Shelly: Hey. Isn't that Ruth-Anne? Shelly: Isn't that your bike? Ruth-Anne, riding Chris' battleship gray Harley-Davidson FLH,. Roars out of Cicely as Shelly and Chris look on. Later, while piloting the Shovelhead on a lonely highway out. Tiny: (holds palms...

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Hollister - 4th of July 1947

Hollister - 4th of July 1947. Notes from the Hollister Free Lance,. Wednesday, 2 July 1947: Riders expected. From California, Arizona, Nevada and. Oregon will arrive Friday for the annual. Gypsy Tour. There will be three days of. Motorcycle contests, with hill climbs,. Track racing, and field meets. Alto-. Gether $1200 in prize money and trophies. Will be awarded. Friday is for the hill. Climb at Lavagnino Rock, south of Holl-. Ister on Birdcreek Road. On Saturday,. Practice and amateur races on the.

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Idaho City - May 2005

Idaho City - May 2005. Rode up to Idaho City for breakfast with Papaboop of Santa. Monica, CA then took a walking tour of this historic town. We took Surprise Way to Hwy 21 then up to Trudy's Kitchen in Idaho City for lunch. Returned home via Hwy 21 and Warm Springs. 72 miles. Papaboop's FLHTCU parked by Idaho City sign off ID-21 looking north. Boise Basin Merc store on Main St. Diamond Lil's Restaurant and Saloon on Main St. Miner's Exchange on Main St. Boise County Courthouse on Main St.

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Idaho City Ride

April 10th, 2010. Mores Creek Bridge, about 18 miles north, is a 848 foot steel arch bridge over Mores Creek (Lucky Peak Reservoir) on Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway. Built by the American Bridge Company in 1953. Average daily traffic is slightly over 3,000 vehicles. ITD plans to rehabilitate the existing bridge including deck, joints, replacement of the bridge parapet and railing, foundation and other repairs. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway sign at visitor center. Idaho City is at an elevation of 3906' vs...

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Jordan Valley Loop

200 mile Owyhee Canyonlands ride with Bruce. Met my bud, Bruce, at the Chevron on Gowen Rd off I-84. For our 9am ETD that August 30th, 2009. Map of route to Jordan Valley. Gowen Rd west onto southbound Pleasant Valley Rd where,. Just before the first curve, we spotted 4 M1A1 tanks on left. Shoulder of road with Hummers and such on the right shoulder. Along with a flagger. Pretty cool sight! A right onto Kuna-Mora Rd then Cloverdale south, Poen west,. And SH-45 south to Walters Ferry for fuel. Hadn't been...

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Lolo Pass Loop - July 2006

Lolo Pass Loop - July 2006. 760 mile overnight ride with Jack Jensen of Apache Jct, AZ. Is a 380 mile ride via the Payette River. Northwest Passage Scenic Byways over Lolo Pass. At the southwest side in McCall by the public restroom facility. Do you suppose the little boy cried fowl? Facing north from Big Salmon River Rd bridge in Riggins where we stopped for fuel. With southeast view of Old Highway 95 winding downhill towards Grangeville. South Fork Clearwater River. After gassing up at the nearby Conoco.

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Lolo Pass Loop - September 2003

Lolo Pass Loop - September 2003. 800 miles in 34 hours. The Lolo Pass Loop is a great motorcycle ride out of Boise, and it took us two days with an overnite stop in Missoula at Exit 96 to cover the 800 miles. Cougar Mountain Lodge is roughly one hour north of Boise on ID-55 in Smiths Ferry. We stopped there that cold morning for coffee and hot chocolate. ID-55 is called the Payette River Scenic Byway, and runs some 112 miles between Boise and New Meadows. Rivers Cafe in Kooskia where we had lunch after g...

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Lower Stanley - Sept 2005

Lower Stanley - Sept 2005. Motorcycle ride from Boise to Lower Stanley with friends. Map of the Lower Stanley Loop. Between Boise and Sunbeam. (1) Boise (2) Beacon Light Chevron in Eagle (3) Garden Valley Chevron (4) Sunbeam (5) Lower Stanley (6) Sawtooth Overlook (7) Idaho City (8) Boise. 290 miles. Salmon River Scenic Byway. Just north of Lower Stanley on ID-75. The Walker Fire obscured the skyline that day. Salmon River Scenic Byway. Salmon River Scenic Byway. Salmon River Scenic Byway. Forced authori...

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Lowman Loop - May 2003

Lowman Loop - May 2003. VX800 Club's 2nd Annual Spud Run. The Lowman Loop is one the best local rides, and has 641 curves with over 3,500' of elevation changes in 155 miles. It rotates from Boise through northbound Hwy 21 to Lowman, westbound Hwy 17 to Banks, southbound Hwy 55 and eastbound State St. back to Boise. Outside Trudy's Kitchen facing Hwy 21 in Idaho City are several VX800s. Hwy 21 is known as the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway, stretching 130 miles from Boise to Stanley. Overlooking Hwy 17/55 jc...

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Mammoth Lakes Loop

Carson Pass - Mammoth Lakes - Tioga Pass. September 1992. Tim Morgan, then from Redwood Estates, joined me on a 600 mile motorcycle weekend out to Mammoth Lakes. We left San Jose around 3pm. Slabbed up 101 and 680 to 84 then over Patterson Pass to 580. In Stockton we grabbed 88 to Jackson for gas then continued over Carson Pass to the Woodford’s Inn. A 20 unit motel situated in the tall pines of Woodfords, about 5 minutes from Markleeville. After leaving Bridgeport and stopped for a bite at this cafe.