Hi all,
My roommate and I may take a trip from Nashville, TN to Sacramento, California (got a friend 45min north of there) at the end of summer. We're trying to figure out the cost, but that will vary widely on what we want and can do. The idea is this: take a car with a trailer for 2 bikes, travel to first destination between TN and Cali and meet up there with some peeps from this forum (and maybe other forums, too) for some riding. Dine out/sleep, and ride to next destination closer to CA next day. Rinse/repeat until we reach California. There we got a buddy that will ride with us and let us stay at his house. This way we experience several new states and ride beautiful roads in several spots in the US, yet have our car to store clothes/gear.
So, if you live between Nashville, TN and Sacramento, California and would like to ride with us and you got space (floor will do just fine hehe) for 2 weary travelers, please reply! This will help us map-out the route, gas costs, and how much time we need. Then we can decide if we can afford this. We'll probably try to go through CO and the Grand Canyon, but if we don't find anyone who lives there, we might change route. This is a long trip and if we have to stay at hotels every night, we just can't afford it :( We'll buy you beers if you let us stay!
I will be taking my 08 ZX 14 SE and my roommate just replaced his old bike with an 04 CBR600RR. We are average riders, young but drive maturely and safely, although if it's safe to hit the twisties, I'd love to do that, too. He's German but permanent resident, I'm originally from Ukraine (my 7th year in the States) so this will be a huge opportunity for us to experience more US culture and such. I never really been west of TN.
Here's our default route - if you're within an hour south or north of this and willing to help out/ride with us, let me know what city/state you're in!
Click here for the default route - starts in Nashville, off to Sacramento, then San Diego, back to TN. This will change as we modify the route to stop by and meet those of you kind enough to give us some shelter.
Current pending dates are end of August - first/second week of September.
Hope to find some co-riders and meet some of you,
Alex
Me:
Me (Black) and roommate (blue), old bikes on this pic still:
Last edit: added Grand Canyon to the route.
* Last updated by: AlexTheNewb on 6/18/2009 @ 5:20 PM *