This video is too long. This is the road that I joke “tried to kill me.” It didn’t, obviously.
But it’s a good watch anyway — especially if you like either motorcycles or dirt roads. It looks a lot easier that it felt. You get a sense of the cliffs, but you don’t get the steepness or slipperyness.
I’ll have a better edited version that’ll be shorter and with music.
But have fun anyway! :-D
The view at the end was certainly quite spectacular!
Yes it was. You probably heard me basically gasp there. There’s an easier (and probably more scenic) road a couple hours north of Usal Road. If you ever get down to northern California check out the Lost Coast — Mattole Road that runs south from Ferndale to Petrolia. Paved, but rough… and epically beautiful. I have that on video too. :-) Almost every time I rounded a curve I was speechless.
The wee bit of a “break” I had there was actually an accident. I forgot my camera (attached to my helmet) on. Oops… I figured it was funny enough to leave it in. :-)
I would do this again, but with different tires.
Yeah, I heard you. :) I *have* been thinking a little bit about riding down south on Hwy 1 but I don’t really have a bike that I like very much these days. Scouting around for a new bike…