(Apologies to the Beach Boys)

After too many decades, I now have a California bike.  It's a new-to-me 2002 Triumph Thunderbird that had 980 miles on the odometer.  In other words, with a mother, mother-in-law, son, sister-in-law, two brothers, two nieces and assorted spouses, friends and hangers-on in the state, I seized the moment and did the deed.  Before I throw any more cliches at you, here it is:



Since I was (briefly) in California, I had to break it in -- so here's the route:



Yes, I got to spend a gorgeous Sunday on the Mulholland Highway, from Port Hueneme to LA the interesting way.  I even got to stop at the iconic Rock Store for lunch:



There really were more motorcycles than cars -- especially on the stretch from the Coast Highway to Mulholland (waypoints 2 - 7), where the bicycles outnumbered all the other vehicles:



Incredible scenery, a true destination highway, and a darned good bike -- hard to beat!







My only complaint is that I won't be able to ride it again until August!

I'll be back late in the summer and hope to connect with some of our SoCal Savages!

This was my TB before i wrote it off. They are super bikes, and if i was  younger i'd have another.