Motorcycle Misadventures

Tonight: Ted Simon on the Jupiter's Travellers Foundation and Ride

JOIN US TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY
FOR RIDE THE REDWOOD HIGHWAY

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8-10 pm ET, 5-7 PT Carla King talks with Ted Simon on his new travelers foundation and rides in CA and the UK on SideStandUp Motorcycle Radio. Join early to participate in the lively chat room!

Other guests include Tim Keel of Keel Brothers Tires, Pat Mcghie with 2012 Dakar entrant Ned Suesse, Craig Vetter and the Vetter Fuel Challenge winner at the AMA Vintage Days Charly Perethian, and Eric Milano of MotoVermont.

RIDE THE REDWOOD HIGHWAY

Sunday, August 28, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Ride the Redwood Highway with Ted Simon
US-101 and CA-162 Northern California starting in Benbow

Ride with Ted Simon on Sunday, August 28th, for a celebratory motorcycle ride down the iconic Redwood Highway in northern California.

Every day is a good day for riding with friends through beautiful scenery, but August 28th will be a particularly special one. The ride is a combined celebration of Ted Simon’s 80th birthday back in May, the long-awaited completion of his new book “Rolling Through the Isles,” and the launch of the Foundation in his name. A memorable way to enjoy some northern Californian roads, it will also be an opportunity to talk to Ted about his vision for the Foundation and Jupiter’s Travellers.

Starting from Benbow at 12pm the route will follow the stunning Redwood Highway (US-101) south for around 50 miles to Longvale, before turning north east on to CA-162 for a further 30 twisty miles towards Ted’s home town of Covelo.

If you’d like to be part of the ride, please click the I’m Attending button on the Facebook page to register your attendance.

Motorcycles only please. Rendezvous locations and other information will be made available nearer to the date.

Ride the Redwood Highway with Ted Simon, me, and lots of other friends

Sunday, August 28, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Ride the Redwood Highway with Ted Simon
US-101 and CA-162 Northern California starting in Benbow

Ride with Ted Simon on Sunday, August 28th, for a celebratory motorcycle ride down the iconic Redwood Highway in northern California.

Every day is a good day for riding with friends through beautiful scenery, but August 28th will be a particularly special one. The ride is a combined celebration of Ted Simon's 80th birthday back in May, the long-awaited completion of his new book "Rolling Through the Isles," and the launch of the Foundation in his name. A memorable way to enjoy some northern Californian roads, it will also be an opportunity to talk to Ted about his vision for the Foundation and Jupiter's Travellers.

Starting from Benbow at 12pm (not 2pm as originally advertised), the route will follow the stunning Redwood Highway (US-101) south for around 50 miles to Longvale, before turning north east on to CA-162 for a further 30 twisty miles towards Ted's home town of Covelo.

If you'd like to be part of the ride, please click the I'm Attending button on the event's Facebook page to register your attendance.

Motorcycles only please. Rendezvous locations and other information will be made available nearer to the date. Keep updated on the Facebook page:  Ride the Redwood Highway with Ted Simon

October Horizon's Unlimited motorcycle travelers meeting in Cambria California features celebrities, riding skills, first aid, roadside repair, and more

WORLD-TRAVELING MOTORCYCLISTS SHARE STORIES AND SKILLS AT CALIFORNIA CAMPOUT

Celebrities, Riding Skills, First Aid, Roadside Repair, Camping and Cooking on the Menu in Cambria

Motorcycle travelers meet, learn, and become inspired by sharing stories, skills, companionship and encouragement at the California meeting to be held at Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria, California, October 14-16, 2011.

"This year's California Travelers Meeting is special because so many celebrity motorcycle travelers live in the state," says Grant Johnson. "We've caught a lot of them between trips, including Ted Simon, Clement Salvadori, Carla King, Nicole Espinosa, and Pierre Saslawski and Merritt Grooms. From farther afield comes Dr. Gregory Frazier, veteran of five round the world trips."

Participants don't just come to rub elbows with the celebs, though. They come for inspiration from people like themselves who present slideshows of recent travels across the state or around the world. Hands-on seminars equip participants for the DIY lifestyle of world motorcycle travel. Highlights are Grant Johnson's entertaining tire-changing demo, Molly Marti's hands-on emergency first-aid clinic, and Chris Sidah's "farmer fix," workshop to show riders how to get themselves at least limping into the next town. Riding clinics include off-roading by Coach2Ride leaders Bonnie Warch and Andrea Beach.

Horizons Unlimited travelers meetings are held around the world by Grant and Susan Johnson, founders of the extensive HorizonsUnlimited.com web resource for motorcycle travelers, and accomplished world travelers themselves. "This year's location in Cambria was chosen in order to reach riders from both Northern and Southern California as well as travelers riding through on the ever-popular Pacific Coast Highway," says Johnson. "Camp Ocean Pines is set on 13 acres by the sea, and offers cabins and a vast camping area. Participants don't even have to cook as the event offers meals packages of up to three meals a day."

Over 200 motorcycle travelers and aspiring motorcycle travelers can be accommodated, and if other meetings are any indication, the display of participants' touring-outfitted motorcycles and packing systems will be worth the price of admission itself. Campers are constantly entertained and educated by impromptu demos of stoves, tents, GPS units, clothing, tank bags, panniers, lights, locks, and bike modifications.

"But most of all, you can meet people who don't think you're crazy for wanting to ride your bike to South America or Africa or across Asia, or even around the world," says Johnson. "People get to share experiences and advice on how to do it and, who knows, maybe they’ll meet each other again in Mongolia or Timbuktu. "

ABOUT HORIZONSUNLIMTED.COM

First created in 1997, with the addition of the HUBB and E-zine in 1999 and 2000, HorizonsUnlimited.com site has become the most relied-upon resource for thousands of motorcycle travelers around the world. The site has over 9,000 pages of superb content and gorgeous photos, not including the HUBB, which has over 48,000 threads, 300,000 posts and over 900,000 user sessions per month.

LINKS

Details and Registration

About the HU Meetings

HU 2011 California Poster

Hi-Res Images from Past Meetings

Horizons Unlimited in the News

Photo Highlights from Grant & Susan Johnson's 11 year, 39 country, 5 continent, 100,000 km journey

 

How to capture video from your motorcycle, and Edit! Edit! Edit!

Editing is the secret to great writing and great filmaking. Here's an article full of tips and links to cameras and editing software. Show me the five minute version, please!

Oh yeah, and the hosts of this site, HaulBikes.com, wants you to like them on Facebook for a chance to win a free copy of Imagination Studio video editing software. 

Anybody got tips and recommedations for mounting, filming, editing, software? There must be a motorcyclists resource guide to filming out there somewhere....

Another iPhone App - for Trails

National Geographic released their trail map app today, which makes me happy because I love hiking and sometimes I like to explore and I often get a little lost. Mt. Tam is familiar but the trails are twisty and it's easy to get turned around. Is that Alpine Lake or Bon Tempe? Uh oh... does this trail lead back to Lake Phoenix where I left my bicycle or am I headed to Fairfax? I am hoping this app will get me out of these predicaments.

Hikers, mountain bikers, dirt and dual sport motorcycle riders, and 4x4 drivers should also appreciate this app. Despite my love of technology, I have not been an early adopter of GPS units, preferring my instincts and a paper map when motorcycling here and abroad. But the iPhone is so handy and, after all, I can tweet from it, too.

New iPhone App: Pacific Coast Highway One Guide to Accommodations from San Diego to Seattle

This just in - looks like it could be handy for motorcyclists traveling Highway One... and win a night in Carmel. Nice!

Win a Night in Carmel - Or Even Two! - Enjoy your Pacific Coast Highway Trip with a new iPhone App and stay for free -

Green Valley, AZ, August 02, 2011 - Pacific-Coast-Highway-Travel.com today releases its comprehensive iPhone app with hand-picked accommodation suggestions and reviews for all along the Pacific Coast Highway from Seattle to San Diego.

The app is available immediately in the iTunes App Store for the introductory price of $0.99, and can be downloaded from www.guidegecko.com/pchh-app.html.