Sport Bike Mecca in SoCal: Palomar Mountain

[JonKerr]

This isn't on an FZ6R, but I thought I'd post it up. I've mentioned Palomar Mountain Rd. on here a few times and how it's kind of the Mecca for sport bike guys in the SoCal area. They call it Palomar Raceway. So I thought I'd post up a video that was taken a while back so you guys can see just what the fuss is all about. A couple of things to remember, the guy taking the video isn't exactly the fastest guy on the mountain. Also it's hard to tell just how tight some of these turns are with a narrow field of view. But the little map at the beginning should give you the idea. And you can't really get a grasp with the video of the elevation change. This is going up the hill. From top to bottom there's about a 2600 foot change in elevation over about 7 miles. That's steep for this many turns. There are turns when you're going down the hill that coming out you realize the road you started the turn on is pretty much directly above your head.

Guys run lap after lap up and down this hill every weekend. I've seen up to 50 bikes on the hill. That's why there are photographers who camp out in the corners to take pics of guys and sell them online.

Enjoy!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7YY2e9QivE]YouTube - Palomar Mountain Tight SIde[/ame]

 

[Heineken]

Nice video. Awesome road.

But for us, prisoners of winter that is cruel and unusual. :spank:

 

[99vengeur]

Nice video!

I saw a guy walking in a suit around 2:00 or so. Did he go down? Also, there was a bicyclist dragging knee at about 7:12.

 

[DragonBlu]

Looks like his bike is at about 2:04 parked,maybe looking for something?

 

[KADO]

Looks like an awesome ride.

 

[gearhead]

Great video. Looks like an awesome ride. Gotta love elevation changes. So how's the view from up there?

 

[flyingminno]

Haven't had a chance to head down there and ride that, but I have my own mountain road jewel up here in L.A. county

 

[gearhead]

Do tell, which road jewel do you speak of? Any pics or vids? We're drowning in winter here.

 

[JonKerr]

Great video. Looks like an awesome ride. Gotta love elevation changes. So how's the view from up there?

The view is absolutely insane. I took my wife up there in the cage a couple of weeks ago. She literally started feeling scared because she's afraid of heights. You can see probably 3000 feet or more down from the overlook on the fast side. I don't got up there too often but next time I go I'll try and stop at the view point to get a shot for you guys.

 

[gearhead]

Well, I am absolutely jealous. Went for a ride last weekend and it took 40 minutes and 3 cups of hot coffee, with my hands wrapped around the mug, before my fingers stopped tingling from the ride. Too cold! Enjoy the ride and keep sending the vids!

 

[flyingminno]

Do tell, which road jewel do you speak of? Any pics or vids? We're drowning in winter here.

Glendora mountain road to Mt. Baldy, its a great road with minimal traffic, and the road is well maintained!

Also, my current picture was taken on that road just a few weeks ago.

 

[gearhead]

Just Mapquested "Mt Baldy" and that road is frickin' awesome!
Link and zoom out (Glendora Ridge Rd runs off to the West):
mt baldy, ca - Google Maps

You are sooooo lucky!

 

[JonKerr]

That looks like a really nice road. Not too extremely far away either. I might have to include that in a route if/when I'm able to organize a multi-day trip with my Meetup group. I was recently made an assistant organizer for group rides and a couple of us are thinking about setting up a multi-day trip.

 

[flyingminno]

Yeah it really is an amazing road. I ride it about twice a week if I can squeeze in the time. I was up there on new years eve, and with the new moon it was so bright, you didn't really need headlights!