[martin_fierro]

There are TONS of great riding venues in the SF Bay Area.

Everything from coastal cruises* to mountain twisties* to flat straightaways in the delta.*

*Those only SOUND dirty.

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[doorgunner69]

The western end of the Santa Monica mountains used to be motorcycle heaven: infinite number of turns, no posted speed limits, no traffic (other than a few lost tourists), little to no CHP, etc. I spent most of the early-late 70's howling around up there on an assortment of bikes, hanging out at the Rock Store.

Moved to San Diego for a while, and when I moved back to Thousand Oaks, the hills had become infested with mansions, cops, and 35 MPH speed limits. The playground was gone, the Rock Store was now a drunken Harley rider hangout.

Nothing stays the same..........

[JerseyHighlander]

Google Earth and Google Maps have a new mapplet just available that is made specifically for motorcycle, hiking, biking, etc type of trip plotting and sharing through kml files. Expect it to come out of Beta sometime this summer.

[postaldave]

pretty lame list. key west?? yeah, i know tons of riders telling stories about shredding that highway.

where is the needles highway?
blue ridge?
bluesky?
devils triangle?

us60 out of charleston?

421?? from indiana to NC. yes the whole road?

northern GA anyone?

looks like this was written by some old guy who drives a buick.

BTW: who the hell is reading MSNBC online? shame on you.

[doorgunner69]

LOL..checked out the slideshow to see the roads they picked. Several are so straight you'd die of boredom.

And then there is the road to Big Sur. Beautiful, beyond doubt, but you had better not be in a hurry, or be prepared to pass over the double yellow line: there are no passing zones, and it is full of motorhomes, minivans, all creeping along and constantly slamming the brakes on. An exercise in frustration.

[Billthedrill]

It's on there but the picture doesn't do it justice - Highway-Going-To-The-Sun, Glacier National Park, Montana. Do it west to east. I haven't seen anything to top it anywhere in the world.

It's fun to watch your passenger look down and to the right. Way, way below, there's clouds and birdies flying...

[Fractal Trader]

There is only ONE classic motorcycle ride, and it is memorialized in Easy Rider. Midnight in the New Orleans cemetery is the best scene ; )

[glasseye]

The Santa Cruz mountains have some of the best roads anywhere. Alice's restaurant is known around the world in biker circles.

Love living here.

Doing hiway 1 from San Francisco to Seattle next month on a Vespa.

Two wheels good!!!

[Wings-n-Wind]

Cherohala Skyway: Robbinsville NC to Tellico Plains, TN

49 miles... Over 5000' elevation

It's not the California mountain roads.....BUT

It's not bad for a few southern boys with a little extra asphalt and some time on their hands....

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So many roads..
So little time...

[bmwcyle]

America's 9\11 Ride

[Sensei Ern]

Governor’s Bridge Road from Bowie, MD to Annapolis, MD is the funnest 30 miles of road I have ever been on...Wooded areas with twists and turns, flat outs to open up on, hardly a car in sight. At the end, you are rewarded with some of the best seafood the Mid-Atlantic has to offer.