books about dirt roading?

[smokey925916]

Anyone know of any trails in the Bay Area, California? I've found a lot in Northern California and a lot in the foot hills (through google maps and satelite photos and such), but nothing within 20 minutes of my house to just put around on. Anyone in California? Where do you ride on trails at?

[Adam]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "smokey925916" wrote:

> > Anyone know of any trails in the Bay Area, California? I've found

a

> lot in Northern California and a lot in the foot hills (through

google

> maps and satelite photos and such), but nothing within 20 minutes

of

> my house to just put around on. > > Anyone in California? Where do you ride on trails at? >

I live in San Bruno and commute to Sunnyvale. I have seen some dirt roads between 35 and 1 south of Alpine rd. on a map. I have gone searching a couple of times by hwy 9 and camp Cutter but haven't been able to find them yet. Still searching though. Adam 04 KLR650 04KTM450MXC San Bruno CA

[clutz003]

> > I live in San Bruno and commute to Sunnyvale. I have seen some dirt > roads between 35 and 1 south of Alpine rd. on a map. I have gone > searching a couple of times by hwy 9 and camp Cutter but haven't

been

> able to find them yet. Still searching though. >

I do not think that you will be able to find too many in the Bay Area. There is a short one outside of Morgan Hill (Mt Madonna Road). You can get to it off of Redwood Retreat Road. If is fine as part of a longer ride but just to do it as a means to itself is not really worth it. There was a much longer one (Casa Loma Road) but it is now for locals only and has a gate with a keypad so you can't get on it (this is the raod where last year a few locals who did not like bikes strung a cable acrossed the raod and yanked it into "position" when a bike came by and almost killed the rider. The locals were thankfully caught.) I believe that anything off of Hwy 9 will be private and gated, I have riden most of the roads through there and have not found and dirt. I have a place off of Hwy 4 (Ebbets Pass) in the Sierra and that is where I need to go to get into the dirt. Let me know if you hear anything different..... Regards, Craig A18 San Jose CA

[Arden Kysely]

Your description of the cover sounds like Travels with Charley, but I'm sure that's not what you're looking for (still worth reading, though). Have you looked at www.whitehorsepress.com to see if they have it? __Arden

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Gary LaRue wrote: > > Hi Gang; > > Years ago, I saw a book that I wanted to buy but never did. It may have been one of the "Off The Beaten Path" books, but I'm not sure. You know, "California Off The Beaten Path" or something like that. Maybe it was "California Back Roads" but I think that one was all paved roads. I'm just not sure any more. Sorry, but I only saw it once at a book store, though I saw ads for it, too. > > Anyway, it was written by a male author and on the cover this book had a picture of a pickup (with a camper on it) sitting on a dirt road. It had lots of maps and descriptions of dirt road routes. They were mostly in the Sierras, naturally, but I think he included other areas as well. > > Does anyone recognize this description? Do you know the title? What are some of your favorite books? > > TIA; > > Lash > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[Gary LaRue]

I agree with Craig that you won't find much dirt-roading in the Bay Area. Northern California, the Sierras, the Gold Country, yeah, but not in the BA proper. Fairly close by, though, I always wanted to explore the area between Corning on I-5, and Covelo up in the Coast Range. There are all kinds of dirt roads throughout the Coast Range, too. Pretty much any National Forrests. Ask any hunters you know about the closest hunting areas, then go there. Some of the most beautiful places I've seen is when I was with friends who hunt. If you are up for longer distances, the Sierras are amazing. Consider doing Death Valley in late March, too. I have read some stories about nice dirt roads in The Valley proper, but even the paved parts are well worth the trip. One of the reasons that I got my KLR is that many of the locations I wanted to visit while I was camp-touring on my classic Hondas were up dirt roads. They can handle some dirt, but if it gets rough it's no-go, so I missed a lot. It looks as though my wife will be a rider, too, so I may need to get her a duel purpose bike as well. Oh, the burdens of life, right? *Grin* Lash [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Mike Frey]

How about well south of the Bay area, and west of I-5? Say, anything from Hollister south, all the way to Paso Robles...? That's a big patch of California! When I look at my detailed maps and GPS, I see numerous unpaved roads through the coast ranges, south of Hollister. I've been tempted to take some, but the only one I know that you don't have to turn back due to dead end or private property is Nacimiento - Fergusson Road through Hunter Military Reservation (which is a nice ride) I haven't had my KLR in Death Valley yet, but when I do, I know where to go: more places than I'll have time to go to! Mike Gary LaRue wrote:

> > I agree with Craig that you won't find much dirt-roading in the Bay > Area. Northern California, the Sierras, the Gold Country, yeah, but > not in the BA proper. Fairly close by, though, I always wanted to > explore the area between Corning on I-5, and Covelo up in the Coast > Range. There are all kinds of dirt roads throughout the Coast Range, > too. Pretty much any National Forrests. Ask any hunters you know about > the closest hunting areas, then go there. Some of the most beautiful > places I've seen is when I was with friends who hunt. > > If you are up for longer distances, the Sierras are amazing. Consider > doing Death Valley in late March, too. I have read some stories about > nice dirt roads in The Valley proper, but even the paved parts are > well worth the trip. > > One of the reasons that I got my KLR is that many of the locations I > wanted to visit while I was camp-touring on my classic Hondas were up > dirt roads. They can handle some dirt, but if it gets rough it's > no-go, so I missed a lot. It looks as though my wife will be a rider, > too, so I may need to get her a duel purpose bike as well. Oh, the > burdens of life, right? *Grin* > > Lash > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >