So i am in Cali right now

[simcoe19]

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And i have seen major lane splitting , guys going squid and a female rider in a skirt..

Would have loved to have my bike

My girl and i drove from LA to San Deigo via the Pacific Coastal hwy .. So nice

 

[PLau]

I'm in Vancouver right now and the roads seem so much more twisty here than in Toronto... Even the highways have nice moderately twisty sections. Riding would be so much more interesting here than back home where you would have to ride for over an hour for these kind of roads. Views and the air is so much nicer as well...

May plan a trip next year or the year after here on my bike

 

[Redrock]

And i have seen major lane splitting , guys going squid and a female rider in a skirt..

Would have loved to have my bike

My girl and i drove from LA to San Deigo via the Pacific Coastal hwy .. So nice

So I'm in Toronto at the moment, jealous your in Cali right now watching women boot around in skirts....

 

[kiwi]

I'm in Vancouver right now and the roads seem so much more twisty here than in Toronto... Even the highways have nice moderately twisty sections. Riding would be so much more interesting here than back home where you would have to ride for over an hour for these kind of roads. Views and the air is so much nicer as well...

May plan a trip next year or the year after here on my bike

Just plan a trip south to PA or VT. Lot closer.

 

[short stop]

I was in LA for a week last month, and I gotta say that motorcyclists have it spoiled over there. Lane-filtering was the norm, didn't see as much splitting. Some of the twisties up in the mountains were absolutely INSANE compared to anything we have here. While cruising around Malibu I ended up on this particular stretch of road, with lots of twists, hairpins and a gorgeous view:

A few days later on the highway I saw a rider on the Santa Monica freeway with a unique setup (notice what's he's carrying on the bike):

And on the darker side of things, I was driving to the summit of Topanga canyon and came across a convoy of emergency vehicles. Some poor dude had managed to wedge himself and his sportbike underneath a guardrail in a turn. It looked pretty serious, and I hope the rider made it......

All in all, Cali looks to be a riders paradise. Plus, the idea of being able to ride year round is certainly an appealing one.

 

[Dahulk]

It is I am lucky to be in Cali every month. Wait till you ride PCH north of Ventura to San Jose

 

[PLau]

Just plan a trip south to PA or VT. Lot closer.

Yeah I was planning that first. Reason why I would go to BC is that I'd like to visit a few people on the way as well.

 

[Charlie-brm]

I was in LA for a week last month, and I gotta say that motorcyclists have it spoiled over there. Lane-filtering was the norm, didn't see as much splitting. Some of the twisties up in the mountains were absolutely INSANE compared to anything we have here. While cruising around Malibu I ended up on this particular stretch of road, with lots of twists, hairpins and a gorgeous view:

I was there a week and it took almost an hour of that kind of road to get to his place from the PCH north of Malibu. We almost collected a Street Triple in the grill of the Caddy. General information from my host; riders and drivers have been known to go missing for weeks up in those canyons before someone spots the wreckage. A lot of places there are no rails and no skid marks to indicate their place of departure. Just drive straight off without a chance to hit the brakes. The PCH in that stretch is not what I expected. Just a narrow road squeezed between the hills and the ocean with multi-million dollar homes perched out on stilts. Really different.

 

[short stop]

I was there a week and it took almost an hour of that kind of road to get to his place from the PCH north of Malibu. We almost collected a Street Triple in the grill of the Caddy. General information from my host; riders and drivers have been known to go missing for weeks up in those canyons before someone spots the wreckage. A lot of places there are no rails and no skid marks to indicate their place of departure. Just drive straight off without a chance to hit the brakes. The PCH in that stretch is not what I expected. Just a narrow road squeezed between the hills and the ocean with multi-million dollar homes perched out on stilts. Really different.

Yeah, the PCH certainly isn't a highway in the sense that we're used to in Toronto. Beautifully scenic, though. As for those mountain twisties, it's tough to admit but the thought of motorcycling through them made me nervous. I couldn't even count the number of blind turns, and even knowing those roads well doesn't stop the fact that other idiot drivers could cross the line into your lane in a split second. Hell, I was even overwhelmed driving in my rental car! It was almost like sensory overload, until I told myself to get a grip.

 

[GentlemanRacer]

Rode in LA after only a few months of riding experience. I was too green to get out on the twisties. I went the other way.

People spend their lives in their cars there, so they know how to drive. You can get a sense of a culture by their traffic, as it's all people by themselves who think nobody is watching them. In LA, people will race you, maybe even cut you off, but they don't c--k block the way they do near Toronto. There are exceptions, and occasionally you get a psycho, but drivers are generally more individualistic and a motorcycle is the only way to see that city.

The people are great to drive with, but generally useless to talk to.

 

[RedDogDarren]

Rode in LA after only a few months of riding experience. I was too green to get out on the twisties. I went the other way.

People spend their lives in their cars there, so they know how to drive. You can get a sense of a culture by their traffic, as it's all people by themselves who think nobody is watching them. In LA, people will race you, maybe even cut you off, but they don't c--k block the way they do near Toronto. There are exceptions, and occasionally you get a psycho, but drivers are generally more individualistic and a motorcycle is the only way to see that city.

The people are great to drive with, but generally useless to talk to.

After living there I would assume that your last comment is directed squarely at LA.
If you in Southern Cal you MUST GO UP PALOMAR MOUNTAIN. You think you are riding the twistiest roads of all time and then you get to the base of the mountain and recalibrate.
I had many great friends born there, so they're not all useless.

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