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Title: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 05:35:02 PM
I don't think this is Indiana..
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c294/elwood59/Mobile%20Uploads/20150409_132227_zpse5691c5a.jpg) (http://s29.photobucket.com/user/elwood59/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150409_132227_zpse5691c5a.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: guzzisteve on April 09, 2015, 05:59:09 PM
No corn, so it ain't Iowa. Hmm ?   Is that the view from the Scura? It runs?
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: kirkemon on April 09, 2015, 05:59:22 PM
Latigo?
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 06:05:15 PM
No corn, so it ain't Iowa. Hmm ?   Is that the view from the Scura? It runs?

Oh, yeah. I posted that you were the winner of the Stump The Guru contest, Steve.. come on down and take a bow!  ;D
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 06:07:52 PM
Latigo?

Nope,  ;D Guess again..
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: father guzzi obrian on April 09, 2015, 06:31:28 PM
Ok, Encinal is my first guess, and Decker is my second....
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 06:35:45 PM
Ok, Encinal is my first guess, and Decker is my second....

Nope nope..  ;D
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 06:42:55 PM
South Island New Zealand ?

  Dusty

I wish.. but this ain't bad.. ;D :BEER:
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 06:50:47 PM
Ok, I'll give you a clue. Just north of the Net.
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: NCAmother on April 09, 2015, 06:57:37 PM
Highway 1 on the california coast
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 07:01:29 PM
Highway 1 on the california coast
This one Ts into it way below here..
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: kirkemon on April 09, 2015, 07:03:12 PM
Ok, I'll give you a clue. Just north of the Net.
Well, that would be Yerba Buena. In fact the parking lot exits on it.
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 07:39:45 PM
Well, that would be Yerba Buena. In fact the parking lot exits on it.

Getting close, but no cigar..  ;D
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: father guzzi obrian on April 09, 2015, 07:53:26 PM
Deer Creek ???
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Kent in Upstate NY on April 09, 2015, 07:58:12 PM
People go off of these roads and often not found for years. Lots of stuff hides in the canyons of Malibu.
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 08:10:15 PM
Deer Creek ???

Ta Da!! Valerie, hand that man a cigar! Come on down and accept your prize of.. uh.. A MOTO GUZZI STRADA!!  ;D A fine low mileage very rare example of the breed! It even runs! Uh, well it ran when parked.  ~; :BEER:

A fine day in the SoCal mountains. Unfortunately, Dorcia needed her Grandma gland massaged, and we had to come out during Spring Break. Good idea for seeing the kids, bad idea if you want to ride your scooter in the mountains. It took 1 1/2 hours of lane splitting to bet back to the beach from Neptune's net.  :o Maybe 30 miles.  :o ::)
Life is good, though.. what fun..  ;-T
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Triple Jim on April 09, 2015, 08:25:37 PM
Is that curb-like strip supposed to help keep vehicles from going over the edge?
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: krglorioso on April 09, 2015, 08:31:06 PM
I found myself getting nervous just LOOKING at the photo.  I was reminded of last week's ride to Mount Laguna, about 70 miles NE of San Diego.  While the drop-offs were as spectacular, at least there was a guardrail.  Yikes!

Ralph
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 08:55:04 PM
Nope , it's there so one can get some altitude before crashing in spectacular fashion  ;D

  Dusty

Yes, I'm dating myself, but the classic Super Hunky Flying W getoff is one of the most spectacular.  ;D You can picture it..
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on April 09, 2015, 08:59:25 PM
 That ridge is there to wake you up if you go off the road so you will have time to say OH SH1T!
  If that is Indiana, I want to see the covered bridge.
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: oldbike54 on April 09, 2015, 09:06:09 PM
Yes, I'm dating myself, but the classic Super Hunky Flying W getoff is one of the most spectacular.  ;D You can picture it..

 Been there myself , once even did the inverted Flying W , also known as the Flying M . Was told the folks 2 counties away heard the screaming  :D

  Dusty
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 09:14:51 PM
Been there myself , once even did the inverted Flying W , also known as the Flying M . Was told the folks 2 counties away heard the screaming  :D

  Dusty

 ;D Don't remember doing the flying M. Maybe there's a reason for that..
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 09, 2015, 09:30:41 PM
A friend once did the flying inverted t  :D
 
  Dusty

It's obvious we've ridden in the woods a little.. ;D
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: oldbike54 on April 09, 2015, 09:34:34 PM
It's obvious we've ridden in the woods a little.. ;D

 Yep , 'twas me that broke his fall  ;D

  Dusty
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Triple Jim on April 09, 2015, 09:42:52 PM
I didn't have to have any woods around when my H2 and I did a front flip.  That's not easy, either!  I know because we made it only about 1/2 way around.
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: dl.allen on April 10, 2015, 08:57:15 AM
Those are to keep water channeled during heavy rain to protect the tender slope from erosion and undermining the highway.  Poor mans curb
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: ken farr on April 10, 2015, 09:32:35 AM
Is that curb-like strip supposed to help keep vehicles from going over the edge?

Nope, just wakes 'em up so they can see the crash.......



kjf
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: charlie b on April 10, 2015, 12:55:58 PM
If there's enough room for that little bump it isn't bad.  Now, when the little white line is the only thing between road and drop, then you can tighten up a bit.  When the road signs are on L shaped posts that stick into the side of the hill below the road.  Colorado has quite a few like that.  The "best" are the ones where the white line is gone cause part of the road has dropped into the canyon :)
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: rocker59 on April 10, 2015, 12:58:18 PM
I don't think this is Indiana..
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Watch out where you put that right foot!!!   :o
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 10, 2015, 03:57:43 PM
Watch out where you put that right foot!!!   :o

 ;D I kept it on the brake. It's more down hill there than it looks in the picture. That's part of the fun of the Santa Monica Mountains. They are right on the coast, and there are serious elevation changes and twisties.
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on April 10, 2015, 04:54:59 PM
  If you ride over that ridge, it's all down hill.                                               


 Fast.
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 10, 2015, 08:39:06 PM
  If you ride over that ridge, it's all down hill.                                               


 Fast.

True, of course. This is one of those roads where a little discretion is advised.  ;D  Tomorrow, I'm headed up Angles Crest with GuzziBob and maybe STmike, a much faster road..but.. there *are* places that you wouldn't want to just throw it away, either.  ;D
Man, I love mountain roads..
Title: Re: Uhh, Toto?
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on April 10, 2015, 10:41:08 PM
 The east side of Chinook Pass used to be like that.  I think it has a guard rail now.