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Joshua Tree
National Park
October 2008
Here are some photos from one
of our Sunday rides. This ride went from San Bernardino to Big Bear
for breakfast at Thelma's, down the north face of Big Bear into the Mojave
Desert, and then on into Joshua Tree National Park. Art (from Doug
Douglas Motorcycles in San Bernardino) organized the ride, and it was
great. My good friend Brian sent some of his photos to me (the one
on the right is one of his), and they are included here, too.
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Here's a shot on the way up 330
to Big Bear. Dave has a Gold Wing, Steve has the Rocket 3, and Rick
(in the back) has a Bonneville Scrambler.
The weather was perfect on this ride. |
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Rick and his Scrambler. |
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Dave and his Gold Wing. |
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Dave's passenger, Carissa, had a
good time. |
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A group shot. We
took 330 up from San Bernardino to come into Big Bear from the
east. It's a great road and a great ride. |
| Brendan, at our first photo stop
in Joshua Tree National Park. |
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My friend Brian grabbed this
shot in Joshua Tree National Park. That's Art, and me on the
Tiger a little further up. |
| Art and his Speed
Triple.
The Speed Triple is a great
bike. Art describes it as an iconic bike, the one most people
recognize as a Triumph. There's nothing else like it. |
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Another good shot of Brendan and
his bright red Speed Triple.
Check out the polished frame. The
labor required to polish a Speed Triple's frame in this manner is
extensive. The bike has to essentially be disassembled to the
bare frame to do it. Brendan's wheels are similarly polished.
This is a sharp bike. |
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My good friend Brian and his
Bonneville. This is another classic, iconic Triumph motorcycle. |
| Brian's shot of Brendan rolling
through Joshua Tree National Park. |
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Brendan, Brian, and Art.
There was literally not a cloud in the sky
on this day...and this is typical California riding weather. |
| Another one of Brian's great
shots from his Bonneville.
Triumph has done great job capturing the
classic Bonneville look. The original Bonneville had a very similar
gauge cluster.
Looks like Brendan has really been racking
up the miles, too. |
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| A lone Joshua tree. |
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The view from Key's View, at the
top of the park. You can just make out the outline of the Salton Sea
on the horizon. |
| Looking back into the park from
Key's View. The road and the scenery through this park are
incredible. |
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Brendan, Brian, and Art. |
| There's a joke in there
somewhere... |
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| The skull. |
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Leaving the park at its south
entrance. |
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park, we rode west on I-10 a few miles to a gas station and a Del Taco
(for a quick bite), and then it was a 100-mile blitz back to my
place. Joshua Tree National Park is one of California's great
spots. It is relatively close (a cool 100 miles from my front door,
and maybe 150 miles from Los Angeles), incredibly beautiful, and not very
crowded. This is a great place to ride to, especially if you combine
it with a run through Big Bear (as we did here). Once you get there,
the ride through the park is awesome, with Joshua tree forests and
other-worldly rock formations offering great photo opportunities.
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