Long Ride for Cycle Sports TV in Cali

I am going to be filming a long ride/test for my TV show in a few weeks (Date TBD). The ride will be in Cali. It will be 450+/- miles in length, all done in one day.

I need a few people that would be willing to take the time and come along. There is no pay (sorry, no budget either) and you must be willing to sign a release form.

This is a 3 day commitment:

Day 1 Travel to Oceanside (Start Point) there will be a presentation given on how to ride and survive a that many miles without becoming a cripple. LOL
There will also be a safety briefing and maps of the route handed out. Appropriate gear will be REQUIRED to be involved.

Minimum Gear is Full face helmet, M/C Jacket, riding pants, boots and gloves!

Day 2 "The Ride" We start EARLY! I want to be back in Oceanside by Sunset, so we have to head out by 6:30am. The ride will include city roads, mountain roads, desert, more mountains, 60+ miles of LA freeway. The last leg is all Ocean View (PCH) with a stop at the Queen Mary.

We will be doing post ride interviews that evening.

Day 3 drive home

The number of people involved must be limited to a small number. We don't want 100 bikes out on the ride. I will PM people with the final dates once we work that out...if you are interested.

Race Tech will be involved since we are testing 3 bikes that they upgraded. We will have 2 chase/camera trucks along. I would love to see some sexy classic KZs along for the trip.

I am only posting this trip on a couple of sites. Why? We need mature, experienced riders that play nice with other bikes. Shorts wearing squids need not inquire.

I have the route mapped below

Sounds like a hoot.
I doubt I could get that much time away from work and my Warden but I wish you longevity and luck.

It sounds like a lot of fun and a good challenge! :woohoo:

I've ridden solo to north Vegas before (253 miles) and to Santa
Barbara and back again (235 miles round trip in a day) several
times earlier this year to visit a sick relative, but I'm pretty
sure I can handle an additional 200+ miles.

From riding in a group on long rides with the MC club I belong
to, Ive found that "safety in numbers" also equates to making a
long ride less a chore and more a joy.

I've got some vacation time to burn, but would need to know the
exact date(s) this ride is taking place to make sure I don't
already have plans (we're moving the 1st weekend of October).

In other words, I'm interested!

Wow, VV, sounds like an absolute hoot.....and a shot at imortality, too. What's not to like ??!!?? I wish I could be there with my 650. That would definitely be a blast.
Hopefully all will go well and the finished product turns out to be a rivetting vid. Keep us all posted on how this goes along and finishes up.

Here is a quick preview of what the ride is like...enjoy..


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direct link 500 mile ride through Southern California...Preview


BTW...The Ride will be on October 7th. The start point may change though

I can vouch for R4 on the "plays well with others" coment. I can sign his permission slip, or fake a doctor's note too. Oh you know if I was down there, I'd go as well. Go Chris, and have a blast, but report back to us here, Mmm-Kay?

Doing a 240 mile round trip from here to Laguna Seca for the AMA Races this weekend on the GPz550, but this thread isn't about me now is it. :blush:

I would love to see a couple of classic bikes on this run. Someone must be able to do this

RetroRiceRocketRider wrote:

It sounds like a lot of fun and a good challenge! :woohoo:

I've ridden solo to north Vegas before (253 miles) and to Santa
Barbara and back again (235 miles round trip in a day) several
times earlier this year to visit a sick relative, but I'm pretty
sure I can handle an additional 200+ miles.

From riding in a group on long rides with the MC club I belong
to, Ive found that "safety in numbers" also equates to making a
long ride less a chore and more a joy.

I've got some vacation time to burn, but would need to know the
exact date(s) this ride is taking place to make sure I don't
already have plans (we're moving the 1st weekend of October).

In other words, I'm interested!

We will also have 2 chase/camera trucks with water, gatorade, powerbars and aspirin to make the trip easier. Hope you can make it

DATE CHANGE!

THE RIDE WILL NOW BE Tuesday OCTOBER 21st.

Schedule Monday early evening is safety/production meeting. Tuesday we hit the road by 6:30am. I will provide water, gatorade, powerbars, snacks and aspirin during the ride.

More details to follow

Wow...whatta ride! 405 total miles with about 280 of those being winding roads. Here is some of the lipstick cam footage

What did the ticket cost?
To think you get paid for riding. Must be nice. Roy

Thanks for the post...I enjoyed it.