Riding on Mulholland drive

[Vendzilla]

Took a ride with friends yesterday, we started out just going to have 3 riders, after breakfast and a couple phone calls we had 6 Harley's on their way to Topanga where we turned onto Mulholland. If you have never heard from it. it's a very famous road. Lots of twists and turns. Lots of cameras taking pictures of you as you carve out the curves with loud pipes.
We went to the Famous Rock Store and had a couple beers, then headed to the beach to Neptunes Net , if you don't know about this place, just look to the movies, it's been used in a lot of them, like the first Fast and Furious where they had lunch at the beach and got into a race. A favorite hangout for bikers of all kinds.
There we met up with the 7 Skulls and headed out to the SageBrush Cantina. Danced a little and had shots. One of the 7 Skulls was worried I got pissed because he clipped me on the ride, his freeway peg hit my front crash bar. I was just glad no one got hurt. My buddy got pulled over when he went over a hill to find a cop cruiser, he got off with a warning, which no one could believe, but he did.
Love days like this, had no plans, was trying to think of something to do, then we started getting phone calls from friends and had a great day.

[Evil Chris]

I get motion sickness on Mulholland.

[mineistaken]

You should have called baddog

[yuu.design]

nice pics buddy!

[rhon23]

I have some friends that have a nice ranch off Mulholland where its a dirt road. I love it up there

[sperbonzo]

That's a fun ride, but personally I used to prefer riding to Newcombs ranch on the Angeles Crest Highway, then going through all the other roads around there for the rest of the day.... Less traffic, and early on a Sunday AM me and my buddies would race like crazy up that road. :-)





Although this was more my style when riding Angeles Crest back in the day... :-)

[Mohawk Steve]

I love cruising through those canyons and around PCH. It's like a mini vacation every time. I don't hit the Snake part of Mulhulland often though, my floor boards scrape too much on that beastly turn haha

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Mohawk Steve

I love cruising through those canyons and around PCH. It's like a mini vacation every time. I don't hit the Snake part of Mulhulland often though, my floor boards scrape too much on that beastly turn haha

Yeah, I scraped a couple times. There was a about a dozen photographers on us as we went around that one really tight turn.

[PR_Glen]

Some nice references to it in this song..


What model you riding these days?

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by PR_Glen

Some nice references to it in this song..


What model you riding these days?

Mulholland Drive has a lot of celebs living on it or right off it, expensive to live on some parts of it.

I have a 99 Road King

[PR_Glen]

that thing is a work of art man.

[Penny24Seven]

nice pics but seeing the video makes me wonder how often you come across a big rock in the road. I see many right on the edge. Is that a problem or just part of the fun missing them

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by PR_Glen

that thing is a work of art man.

Thanx, going to give it a cam upgrade this winter. Going gear drive, no timing belt

Originally Posted by Brian837

nice pics but seeing the video makes me wonder how often you come across a big rock in the road. I see many right on the edge. Is that a problem or just part of the fun missing them

That's part of it, I saw right outside the tunnels we went thru on the way back they had a major slide today, so we missed that. It was deafening having 12 Harleys going thru a tunnel all at once and I think all of us had aftermarket pipes! I loved that!!!!!

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by sperbonzo

That's a fun ride, but personally I used to prefer riding to Newcombs ranch on the Angeles Crest Highway, then going through all the other roads around there for the rest of the day.... Less traffic, and early on a Sunday AM me and my buddies would race like crazy up that road. :-)

I want to mount a go pro on my bike some day, but not putting that on my helmet.
You would think they could build something smaller for that

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by Brian837

nice pics but seeing the video makes me wonder how often you come across a big rock in the road. I see many right on the edge. Is that a problem or just part of the fun missing them

parts of the year there is icy water runoff across these roads too! not rideable in the winter even. good times.

i doubt there are many places on the planet that have as many choice roads to ride as socal.

all the malibu canyon roads, angeles crest(the funnest part is on the other side of newcomb's!), glendora mountain roads, palomar mountain road(s).

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Took a ride with friends yesterday, we started out just going to have 3 riders, after breakfast and a couple phone calls we had 6 Harley's on their way to Topanga where we turned onto Mulholland. If you have never heard from it. it's a very famous road. Lots of twists and turns. Lots of cameras taking pictures of you as you carve out the curves with loud pipes.
We went to the Famous Rock Store and had a couple beers, then headed to the beach to Neptunes Net , if you don't know about this place, just look to the movies, it's been used in a lot of them, like the first Fast and Furious where they had lunch at the beach and got into a race. A favorite hangout for bikers of all kinds.
There we met up with the 7 Skulls and headed out to the SageBrush Cantina. Danced a little and had shots. One of the 7 Skulls was worried I got pissed because he clipped me on the ride, his freeway peg hit my front crash bar. I was just glad no one got hurt. My buddy got pulled over when he went over a hill to find a cop cruiser, he got off with a warning, which no one could believe, but he did.
Love days like this, had no plans, was trying to think of something to do, then we started getting phone calls from friends and had a great day.

Wow that looks like it was alot of fun. I know the road but have only seen it at night and as a passenger. Would love to actually drive it myself one day. Very famous place.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by **********

Wow that looks like it was alot of fun. I know the road but have only seen it at night and as a passenger. Would love to actually drive it myself one day. Very famous place.

Next week we are doing a different ride. We're working on getting more people together for it, it's pretty cool to ride with a large group. Rice burners ride like they are on fire, getting from point b as soon as possible. Harley's ride like they own the road, that's why my bike is called a Road King! We stopped the traffic on a signal so we could all stay together!

I'll post pictures

This one was just friends on a ride at the Sage Brush Cantina, right down the road from Video Secrets

[dyna mo]

a couple pics from my days hitting these roads

somewhere up in malibu hills



newcomb's!




grind those pegs!

[Vendzilla]

I'm going to build my next bike, something that's got a long front end on it! hehehe

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Mohawk Steve

I love cruising through those canyons and around PCH. It's like a mini vacation every time. I don't hit the Snake part of Mulhulland often though, my floor boards scrape too much on that beastly turn haha

I remember the first time I took Daniel up there.

[dyna mo]

Daniel, meet the road.

[Vendzilla]

He has the same crash bars I do, I get a lot of compliments on it

[Vendzilla]

Ok, so next week, we're going to Ojai. I5 up to Frazier park, then west thru the mountains and directly to Ojai. I've been told it's a popular ride and their is a place there were bikers meet up called the Deer Lodge. If anyone here wants, They can come along, just need a motorcycle

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Nice looking bike!

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[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Ok, so next week, we're going to Ojai. I5 up to Frazier park, then west thru the mountains and directly to Ojai. I've been told it's a popular ride and their is a place there were bikers meet up called the Deer Lodge. If anyone here wants, They can come along, just need a motorcycle

thanks for the invite. i've traded in my riding boots for sperry topsiders these days

i've made that ojai run to deer lodge, we took pch all the fucking way to ventura then cut up. talk about a long ride, good but a lot of lights.

you an also keep going to solvang, some good roads up there and the spectacular solvang motorcycle museum

[dyna mo]

lolz, i did a thread on the solvang museum ! hah. forgot about that

https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=9163...hlight=solvang

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

thanks for the invite. i've traded in my riding boots for sperry topsiders these days

i've made that ojai run to deer lodge, we took pch all the fucking way to ventura then cut up. talk about a long ride, good but a lot of lights.

you an also keep going to solvang, some good roads up there and the spectacular solvang motorcycle museum

Yeah, GF and I do the Taste Of Solvang, did it last year and will continue

Riding boots? Never wear them, just some new balance tennis shoes.
I need to get some boots, just don't like wearing them.

If all goes well with a project I'm working on, probably get a new bike next year.
But want to keep this one

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Yeah, GF and I do the Taste Of Solvang, did it last year and will continue

Riding boots? Never wear them, just some new balance tennis shoes.
I need to get some boots, just don't like wearing them.

If all goes well with a project I'm working on, probably get a new bike next year.
But want to keep this one

tennis shoes, riding boots, flip-flops, what's the difference!




i'm messin with ya, i usually wore sneakers. except in the winter, boots help stay warm.

[georgeyw]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

a couple pics from my days hitting these roads

somewhere up in malibu hills



newcomb's!




grind those pegs!

Now that is a good looking bike!!

Yours and Baddog's (one in the pic riding with his son) are both nice looking bikes

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

tennis shoes, riding boots, flip-flops, what's the difference!




i'm messin with ya, i usually wore sneakers. except in the winter, boots help stay warm.

Yeah, thru some friends, I get to ride with some patched club members from time to time. I think it's funny that most are riding baggers and wear tennis shoes.

On the show Son of Anarchy, the main character wears white tennis shoes

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Next week we are doing a different ride. We're working on getting more people together for it, it's pretty cool to ride with a large group. Rice burners ride like they are on fire, getting from point b as soon as possible. Harley's ride like they own the road, that's why my bike is called a Road King! We stopped the traffic on a signal so we could all stay together!

No stopping traffic isn't cool.

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I want to mount a go pro on my bike some day, but not putting that on my helmet.
You would think they could build something smaller for that

GoPro makes handlebar mounts - I use one.

But helmet mounts give the advantage of shooting video of exactly what you're looking at. I used a helmet mount on a local go-kart track...much better than fixing it to the kart - less monotonous viewpoint.

[Seth Manson]

Hope you ride better than this clown on Mulholland.



The only time you counter-lean on a bike is at parking lot speeds.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Seth Manson

Hope you ride better than this clown on Mulholland.



The only time you counter-lean on a bike is at parking lot speeds.

Yeah, got to keep your feet on the pads. My foot pads are pretty big, looked like he was hanging his feet on the edge of the pads.

I know that corner, that's about as fast as you want to go on a big cruiser, unless his had been lowered, then he has to go slower.

I've been riding dirt bikes for most of my life, I had a Husky 400 in high school, I still have an ATC 250 which has had a lot of engine work. 325cc 2 stroke motor

[The Porn Nerd]

Sweet day man!!

I used to live up that way back in the 1990's and LOVED IT. Topanga was home to some of my best friends, with amazing music all around and tons of ancient hippies to keep it real. LOL AWESOME!

Hey don't know that Neptune's Net place but is The Reel Inn still around? That place had THE best fish tacos ever. Used to like Gladstones for Fish but that place turned real tourist-y.

Last one: Inn Of The Seventh Ray, halfway up Topanga Canyon Blvd. INCREDIBLE place. Wonder if it's still there. Was run by a cult, I think. LOL Had all kinds of religious pamphlets in their bookshop along with New Age-y things. But this was their "legit" business so they kept it low key. Incredible outdoor dining with a brook running between the tables, very romantic.

Ahhh I miss Cali!!!

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Riding boots? Never wear them, just some new balance tennis shoes. I need to get some boots, just don't like wearing them.

Dude, between the cold breezes running up your pant leg as winter sets in, and the danger of a flying rock busting yer ankle, boots are a smart idea, and great for stomping folks when absolutely needed.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Dude, between the cold breezes running up your pant leg as winter sets in, and the danger of a flying rock busting yer ankle, boots are a smart idea, and great for stomping folks when absolutely needed.

Doesn't get cold enough here, flying rocks, yeah they can hurt.

Need to lose some more weight before I get the leather jacket

[whOaKemosabe]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Doesn't get cold enough here, flying rocks, yeah they can hurt.

Need to lose some more weight before I get the leather jacket

moped count?

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by georgeyw

Now that is a good looking bike!!

Yours and Baddog's (one in the pic riding with his son) are both nice looking bikes

hey, thanks! bikes are dangerous so i sold it to help fund a mainstream business start-up i thoroughly lost my ass on!

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Dude, between the cold breezes running up your pant leg as winter sets in, and the danger of a flying rock busting yer ankle, boots are a smart idea, and great for stomping folks when absolutely needed.

the good thing about not wearing boots is your foot will be torn cleanly off as opposed to partially torn off and stuck in the boot.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

lolz, i did a thread on the solvang museum ! hah. forgot about that

https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=9163...hlight=solvang

I have a couple Solvang threads . . .


https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=952578

https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1034374

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by baddog

I have a couple Solvang threads . . .


https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=952578

https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1034374

those are some nice shots man. it's hard to get good shots in that museum right? it's so jammed packed with bikes it's hard to get a decent composition, you really have to work at it.

nevertheless, a true gem of socal is that musuem, solvang even! great town although i'd slowly commit suicide via candy and chocolate if i lived there.

there are ~ 3 candy shops in this photo alone of dt solvang!

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Doesn't get cold enough here

Oh that's right, you're in sunny SoCal now, with all those palm trees and such

It's been so cold up here that my deer trough has been freezing over at night...

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Oh that's right, you're in sunny SoCal now, with all those palm trees and such

It's been so cold up here that my deer trough has been freezing over at night...

Not sure he has been here long enough to know how cold the Valley gets.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Oh that's right, you're in sunny SoCal now, with all those palm trees and such

It's been so cold up here that my deer trough has been freezing over at night...

Sherman Way in Van Nuys is lined with those really tall palm trees.
You live way out in the high desert, I know it gets cold there

Originally Posted by baddog

Not sure he has been here long enough to know how cold the Valley gets.

I grew up in Camarillo with most of my family living in the Valley at the time. I lived up in Redding California for 20 years before moving back, the Valley has nothing on the cold that Redding can get or anywhere the heat that Redding can get. During the winter, it freezes in Redding with snow. During the summer, 120+ in the shade. stephen will back that up. I know cold, the Valley is warm. I only wear a jacket when riding the bike near the Ocean at night.

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Nice motorpickle pix!

All fun and games until...



Ride safe!



ADG

[baddog]

Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude

Nice motorpickle pix!

All fun and games until...



Ride safe!



ADG

Obvious n00b; braking instead of leaning.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by whOaKemosabe

moped count?

Only ones that can do 100 mph

Originally Posted by baddog

Obvious n00b; braking instead of leaning.

Looked like he hit just his rear brake too, total noob

I've been riding dirt bikes for my whole life, but was smart enough to know that a 800+ lb bike would be different, so I took a safety class. It was only 2 days but totally worth it.

I might take the high speed class this summer, but I ride with guys that have been riding for decades and they can't believe I've only been doing this for the little amount of time I have. I just pay attention!!

[Seth Manson]

Originally Posted by baddog

Obvious n00b; braking instead of leaning.

Total target fixation as well.

[baddog]