Mt Hammy drive today Jan 2nd
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Mt Hammy drive today Jan 2nd
I'm driving to the top anybody want to go? 
I'll be at the Jamba Juice / Starbucks on Colemen and Taylor at 7 and leaving at 715 am
I'll be at the Jamba Juice / Starbucks on Colemen and Taylor at 7 and leaving at 715 am
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So I'm at starbucks now quietly listening to two sjpd officiers talk about mt bikes and buying stuff online
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I'm home now. Heres the route I took. I was thinking about doing another drive tomorrow morning somewhere up north maybe
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sadd...89779&t=h&z=14
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sadd...89779&t=h&z=14
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That is the exact run me and all my 240 buddies drove countless times when I had my '91
Mt Hammy -> Del Puerto -> Mines rd. End (or start, just depends who was going and where we met) in Livermore.
Great road. It has NO rhythm though; it's just endless, technical turns of all shapes, sizes and sharpness. High speed chicanes, needle sharp 180* turns, long sweepers that get super sharp at the end, etc etc. Way fun. If I wasn't feeling like crap I would have loved to go
Although last time I drove that road was with a group of BMW's who's meet we crashed. A Dinan 850 ended up flipping after going off the road and falling down a 6 ft. embankment. O.O was pretty nuts. The dude was okay and was able to walk away from it. But the car was completely destroyed and it made me tear up a bit. It was a beautiful machine
Mt Hammy -> Del Puerto -> Mines rd. End (or start, just depends who was going and where we met) in Livermore.
Great road. It has NO rhythm though; it's just endless, technical turns of all shapes, sizes and sharpness. High speed chicanes, needle sharp 180* turns, long sweepers that get super sharp at the end, etc etc. Way fun. If I wasn't feeling like crap I would have loved to go
Although last time I drove that road was with a group of BMW's who's meet we crashed. A Dinan 850 ended up flipping after going off the road and falling down a 6 ft. embankment. O.O was pretty nuts. The dude was okay and was able to walk away from it. But the car was completely destroyed and it made me tear up a bit. It was a beautiful machine
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It was so much fun not one single car bike or motorcylce in front of me the whole time until I got to Livermore
At the top of Mt Hammy there was a tiny bit of snow on the side of the road. The observatory was closed so I just kept going
I'll post some pics in a few minutes
At the top of Mt Hammy there was a tiny bit of snow on the side of the road. The observatory was closed so I just kept going
I'll post some pics in a few minutes
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