With a heavy heart I bid farewell.

[TriumPhil]

Cajon Pass - Great, world-renowned railroad and railfan territory and excellent mountainous motorcycling cycling country running right through the Mojave Desert.

 

[Navigator]

No kidding Phil. I knew that you lived in CA graduated from a California college but didn't realize you'd ridden that area. Being born and raised in CA I'm surprised that I've never heard of it but I was a NORCAL kind of guy. Growing up, to us SOCAL was LA and Huntington Beach.

Oh well, I'll be riding it this spring. Come on out and join me.

 

[Nat67]

All the best of luck to you brother . Visit us often !

 

[FR56]

Definitely stay around my friend. As others have said, a forum is the members and not necessarily the specific bike.

I gave my son my 07 Classic, along with a VStrom DL1000 several years ago, thinking I'd never own another Rocket at my age. Well, that lasted a few years and now I've got a beautiful Touring.

And thanks for the comment about riding your area. Returning from riding in AZ, I've ridden from Needles to Bakersfield a number of times, and like that long downhill ride into Bakersfield. I've also turned north on 395 and headed up to Death Valley. I've never turned south on 395 into Victorville and Apple Valley though. What is the Cajon Pass? I'll just have to get down your way this spring. Sounds great. So many roads, so little time.

The "Cajon Pass" is a 15+ mile stretch of the I-15 Freeway between the low altitude Inland Empire of LA, Orange County, and Metropolitan San Bernardino to Victorville/Hesperia where the "395" meets I-15 at about 3500ft above sea level. The vistas are incredible, and doing it on an R3R can only be described as 'spiritual'. Midway up is 138 N-E which will take you to the San Bernardino Mnts (Big Bear- Lake Arrowhead) or to your S-W into Wrightwood and the San Gabriel Mnts and the famous Hwy-2 "Angeles Crest Hwy" 65miles all the way to Glendale LA.

Heading 'down' from the High Desert looking due-west.

Looking S-S West from near summit

 

[R3TK]

Yes, I understand how you feel, I am not looking forward to the day I stop throwing the leg over. But on the up side at least you have gone through life having owning a Rocket.

If I might add to that - because he has owned a rocket, then he has lived.