A super Sunday morning ride!

Ansel Seidner's award-winning photo of yours truly, TK, Richard, and the CHP's finest!

I sure had a great ride on my favorite roads (and on my favorite motorcycle) this morning…yep, we ran Glendora Mountain Road and then Glendora Ridge Road, followed by a great breakfast at the Mt. Baldy Lodge. TK, Steve, Richard, and yours truly fired up the California Scooters and we hit the twisties.   What a great day it was for an early Sunday morning ride!  It was cool enough to be comfortable wearing the motorcycle jackets, and the bikes ran just great (like they always do).

We all met at the CSC factory early and we were on the road by 7:30. I hung back a bit because I like seeing the other motorcycles in front of me.   It’s cool…a bunch of California Scooters on the road, leaning left, leaning right, winding up into the mountains.  If you ride in a group you know what I’m talking about.

We had a fairly leisurely ride from La Verne, and with Steve in the lead, we meandered through the town of Glendora until we picked up Glendora Mountain Road…that’s where the mountains begin.   I get excited when I turn onto this road because I know there’s great riding coming up.  And it sure was…it was a glorious morning.

As we slalomed up into the mountains, we saw a CHP motor officer coming down the mountain on a big BMW R1200 RT-P (the police cruiser), and to my surprise he waved hello to us.   They usually don’t do that, but I guess it’s hard not to wave when you see a California Scooter.   It was one of those mornings when it just feels great to be alive and out in the world.   You ride.  You know what I’m talking about.

It was a super ride up.  We rode into the mountains until we reached the intersection of Glendora Mountain Road, Glendora Ridge Road, and the East Fork Road.  There’s a wide spot in the road at the intersection and I always like to stop there.  You see other bikes, and it’s a cool place to socialize.  You’ve seen this spot here in our blog before.  It’s awesome.

To my surprise, there was another CHP motor officer.   Wow, two Chippies in one morning.   In all my years of riding this road, I’ve only ever seen a police officer once or twice on Glendora Ridge Road.  

The CHP motor officer was all grins when we rolled to a stop, and he wanted to know all about the bikes.  Motor officers are cool guys (they have great jobs), and this guy was no exception.  We talked about our bikes, we talked about BMW police motorcycles, and we talked about the new Kawasaki police motorcycle.  Then we talked about our bikes more.  It was great.

Like most any rider, I like talking about motorcycles, but the day was too glorious to stand around talking.   And the best was yet to come, because Glendora Ridge Road was waiting for us.  My bike purred this morning, and I traversed the twisties, dragged the pegs, and had more fun than any human being has a right to.  Twelve short miles and 232 corners later, we arrived in Mt. Baldy Village.  We had a great breakfast (I had a spinach and mushroom omelette!) with great coffee and great conversation, and then it was a spirited dash back down out of the mountains.  A grand day!

Last week I grabbed some photos of Steve’s latest customs, but you’ll have to tune to tomorrow’s blog to see them…later, and ride safe, everybody!