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May 2019 California on my Cooley
- Thread starter trevor
- Start date
2012 BMW K1300R ridden by my cousin from Ontario
1992 Yamaha FJ1200 (Terry form Ontario)
1979 Honda 750k (Gary from Revelstoke BC)
1982 Honda 900F Supersport (Dave Vancouver)
2003 BMW R1100S (Shaun...Victoria)
2015 BMW GS1200 (Greg Victoria)
1983 Suzuki GS1100ES (Rob-AZR Victoria)
1992 Kawasaki ZX-11
2018 Can-am Spyder (Rick from Ontario)
2015 Kawasaki Vulcan (Guy from Ontario)
2004 Kawasaki Concours (Tom from Ontario)
2016 Aprilia (Kerry from Kelowna BC)
1980 Suzuki GS1000S...Me
7 of us started out from the island here...three guys from the mainland met us the first day and three guys from Obtario set out 4 days earlier trucking their bikes to Dakota then riding for 3 days to meet us on our second day.
Ok enough talk...
Day 1 Ellensburg WA. about 500kms
At the ferry...getting off the the Island!
This was a stop just before Leavonworth at Grants Pass...
Multi meter out on the first night...lol
We tried to lock the bikes up most nights...lol
Day 2 Klamath Falls Or 730km day
breakfast in Yakima Wa
My buddy Gary and his old Honda...Gary and I go back almost 40 years...He used to race AMA sidecars...he was the monkey...raced Daytona, Laguna...raced the same weekends as Wes, Freddie and Eddie...and all the other legends.
We had sunny weather everyday except two days on the way home we had rain...Bridgeport was cold in the morning at -3...frost on our seats lol...
Tulelake Ca for breakfast...this is really in the middle of nowhere...the poor woman working there was by herself...so my buddy Kent jumped right in and helped serve of breakfast...he worked in restaruants and bars to get his pilots license ...he's now a pilot with WestJet... this was fun.
Our motel for the night...
Day 4 to Kernville Ca via Death Valley 677kms
This was taken outside Bridgeport..maybe 30 or 40kms beautiful!
7 Ontario boys in our 50s and 60s we grew up together and here we are all these years later in Death Valley...
This is just outside Kernville...Lake Isabella
Newcombs Ranch
So we are sitting at the famous Rock Store when we hear..."Which one of you guys is Trevor Franklin"? Lol...and it's George Beavers....A guy I got to know on facebook because of our mutual relationship with Wes Cooley....George also brought Wes out to an event he was putting on...and George had made up shirts to raise money for him just like I did...and as luck would have it I was wearing the on George had made up....lol
So much fun...
Day 6 Monterey....great breakfast in Ojai...That's AZR
33 north out of Ojai is an amazing road...co many elevations...no traffic at all
I have lots more to post...just tired tonight...lol...This is the second time in the last two years I have stayed in Kernville...it's beautiful isn't it? And how about Bodfish road? Wow....
This is a first...others working on Rob's bike instead of him working on someone else's bike...lol..It was fun watching Rob have to bump start his bike at The Rock Store though...lol
We had so much fun on this trip...the evenings at our hotels were awesome! Good bunch of guys!
Yes we spent a lot of money....but as my good friend Gee Da Bee says..."Trevor, that's why we work and it's why we go back to work"..lol
My buddy Rob was up to no good...lol
So I had a little surprise for the guys...two years ago when I entered my bike at The Quail Motorcycle Gathering we went to visit http://www.mototalbott.com/
I found out that they would be closed on the dates we would be there....so months ago I contacted Robb Talbott the owner and told him about us Canadians coming his way and how special it would be to see his museum....he didn't hesitate ...he said I will personally give your group a private tour...He said he remembered my Cooley from two years ago at the Quail and even sent me a pic he had taken of me and my bike on stage...lol
Robb is of the Talbott Clothiers company...very high end clothing...in the 80s and 90s I even used to sell his bow ties...he also started Talbott vineyards back in the 70s....needless to say Robb has done very well for himself...https://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-carmel-motorcycle-museum-20160510-snap-story.html
More to come....
The famous "corkscrew"
Then I had made reservations at a seafood restaurant I went to a couple of years ago...on the pier in Cannery Row...
Uber
The restaurant is down the step to the water level
What a great dinner and time had...
Our waitress was awesome...when we sat down she said "ok boys, this is how this is going down tonight...there will be one bill...I will divide it by the number of you here and you will each pay that amount on your credit cards with tip included at 20%..."....lol yes ma'am!
Needless to say we ate and drank like kings! Lol
Thanks my friend, my Cooley is the most comfy bike in my garage...I have done many 700+kms days...even a 900+ day...love that bike!
Full of envy here Trevor, you live life the way it should be lived. Thanks for posting you b@st@rd!!!
Lol...thanks John! Life has certainly thrown me some curve balls...but life is great right now and I?m making the most of it!!
Day 8...the plan was to ride from Monterey to Fort Bragg, taking the coast from San Fran all the way to Fort Bragg...the 3 guys from Ontario said good bye to us in Monterey so we were now 10...
The weather was going to turn to heavy rain when we arrived in Olema Ca on the coast...we decided to have a break there and plan our next move...we decided getting off the coast would be the best move, so we headed inland to Petaluma...
Olema
Another Motel 6....I am not staying at motel 6's anymore...lol....
Now to start drying everything out...
Greg was having fun though...lol
So unfortunately day 9 started in the pouring rain..so again no coast but rode down the 101...where after just a few hours we stopped in Willits Ca...a few of the guys were pretty miserable riding in the this heavy down pour....I wanted us to push on to Fort Bragg but the consensus not to go on ...the road to FB is number 20 and it is awesome, very twisty ...so it was a good idea to tackle it in the morning when the weather was to break finally.
So that takes us off the road at 1pm.....uh oh....as I said to everyone...."this might be the day we remember the most...lol...starting drinking at that time of day is always fun....lol
The motel was owned by an awesome East Indian couple that drove us to get beer and food...they even offered to make us dinner!
My buddy Gary getting ready..lol
Me and my cousin Danny...getting comfy..lol
Clothes hanging everywhere...
Are buddy Kent was having electrical issues and as luck would have it our buddy Bucky is an electrical engineer ....
