The August Road Trip!

We’re refining our road trip planning, and here’s how it’s shaping up.   We’re tentatively planning to ride 12-14 August, and we’re going to focus more on the Santa Barbara/Solvang/Cambria corridor.   We had thought about trucking the bikes up north, but we’d basically lose two days just getting there and back, and that’s too much for a weekend trip.  So….the idea is that we’re going to meet at the plant on Friday morning and head north on the bikes.  We’ll stick to surface streets, and our objective will be to make the ride as scenic as possible.  We’ll hug the coastline, too, to keep things cool.  We’re planning on 200 to 250 miles per day.   I’ve been riding this area for the last 32 years, and I can promise you we’ll make it fun.

Scenes from our planned August road trip. From the top left photo and moving in a clockwise direction...inside the Mission La Purisima, a typical scene along the Cerro Noestre Road, the Pacific Coast Highway, and one of the murals in Santa Paula!

We’re going to need commitments from you if you’d like to join us so that we can start to make arrangements with hotels and to organize the trip.  Our best estimate of the cost for each rider at this point is about $350.  None of that goes to us.  You’ll have to pay for your own lodging, meals, and fuel (we’ll make the hotel reservations, but you’ll have to pay the hotel and your other expenses).

So, what we’d like to know from you is this: 

• Are you going to join us?
• What weekend dates (Friday through Sunday) work best for you?  As mentioned above, we’re thinking 12 to 14 August, but let us know if different times will work better for you.

It’s gonna be fun, boys and girls, and it’s a great chance to meet fellow CSC riders and folks from the factory.   Just let me know as soon as you can!