by ricoyam » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:36 pm
The Plumas Circumnavigator was a great ride and weekend.
The temps were in the upper seventies and there was some moist dirt just under the surface in much of the route so dust wasn't as bad as it might have been otherwise. In the two days we covered over 300 miles and saw a lot of beautiful country. It started at Lake Oroville in CA and ran to Bucks Lake where we had lunch. Then back on the bikes to overnight in Quincy. Most of the harder riding was in the morning so we didn't have to beat ourselves up too much with a full stomach.
Had a fantastic dinner at a little restaurant called Moons in Quincy. If you ever find yourself up there, I strongly recommend it.
Sunday's ride back was pretty fast with a lot of fire roads but we were treated to some really fun single track too. We got back to the staging area right at 5:00. It was a full two days of pretty hard riding. Pretty sore and stiff today at work and hopefully I kept active enough so I don't feel the "second day after" results so bad tomorrow.
Sadly in this mornings email the promoter of the ride said he's had enough and was quitting the dual sport business. A real shocker as he gave no hint of this over the weekend.
Rick "Rico" Yamane
'15 430 RS
+20 or so others
S.F. Peninsula
Mechanic/Restorer Chris Carter Motorcycle Collection