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.
There is a great road just at the Los Padres National Forest line headed south on 1 towards Big Sur. It is Naciemento-Furgeson Rd, goes over the hill to Ft Hunter-Liggett. Views are some of the best along the central coast. Ft Hunter Liggett has a great restaurant at The Hacienda hotel.
Yes it is an active military training base, so you can’t do a whole lot of exploring without checking in with Range Control, but Ducati did a model year release there. All I heard were Duc’s running in every direction from sun-up to sun down. Music to my ears!