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Round trips that start and end in Los Angeles. Week of Monday, October 5, 2026. AI-generated route suggestions, not trip reports.

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This week

Week of Monday, October 5, 2026. Four round trips from Los Angeles. Different roads from the archived Rim / Highway 38 and Quatal pair.

AI-generated suggestions, not a rider’s trip report. Hours were not checked beyond what is named below. A routing total is not an odometer reading, and it is not a promise the road is open when you get there. Forecast checked Monday morning, October 5, 2026 from the National Weather Service via api.weather.gov for the Los Angeles gridpoint: daytime highs about 92–98°F early in the week (above the 50–90°F preference), drying cooler by the weekend with a slight rain-shower chance Sunday. Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2) remains closed for emergency repairs from east of Newcomb’s Ranch through toward Big Pines — do not route on that closed stretch.

Shared breakfast for the day rides: 8:00am at Motoring Coffee, 11728 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles. Public café inside The Motoring Club warehouse; Motoring Club lists open daily 7am–6pm (another visitor listing says 7am–5pm — confirm before you roll). It is a car-and-moto enthusiast space with moto storage on site. The Rock Store on Mulholland remains the classic SoCal moto hangout, but it is open Friday–Sunday only, so it is not the weekday 8:00am meet for this set.

This week — pavement

Week of Monday, October 5, 2026. Starts and ends in Los Angeles.

Glendora Mountain / Baldy / Wrightwood

AI-generated. Concours / peers. Avoids the closed midsection of Angeles Crest.

Day ride

Miles: About 198 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap through these stops, measured for this page. Not an odometer reading. Google’s total can differ.

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Breakfast: 8:00am Motoring Coffee, 11728 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles (shared meet).

Lunch: Grizzly Cafe, 1455 State Highway 2, Wrightwood. Directory listings show Mon–Wed about 8am–2pm and Thu–Sun into the evening — confirm the morning of.

Dinner: Back near Los Angeles / Westside on the return — pick a spot and confirm hours; none invented here.

Side quest: Mount Baldy Village on the climb; pine-ridge pullouts above Wrightwood. October crest light without inventing hauntings.

Week of Monday, October 5, 2026 Pavement About 198 mi, OSRM

This week — dirt in it

Week of Monday, October 5, 2026. Not for a sport-tourer.

Grade Valley dirt

AI-generated. GS / GSA / Africa Twin. Sport-tourer stays off the Grade Valley dirt.

Day ride

Miles: About 200 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap for a round trip that includes the Grade Valley spur, measured for this page. Not an odometer reading.

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GPX note: OSRM’s car routing does use FR 7N03.1, FR 7N03.2, Mutau OHV Road, Mutau Road for part of this track, but OSRM does not report surface or gate status. Check the dirt section yourself before riding.

Breakfast: 8:00am Motoring Coffee (shared meet).

Lunch: La Sierra, 3500 Mount Pinos Way, Frazier Park — hours not confirmed this week beyond prior listings; confirm.

Dinner: Back near Los Angeles / San Fernando Valley on the return — confirm hours.

Side quest: Frazier Mountain overlooks from Lockwood Valley Road; the graded valley itself if the gate is open.

Week of Monday, October 5, 2026 Dirt in it About 200 mi, OSRM

This week — two-day

Week of Monday, October 5, 2026. Overnight Santa Maria.

Coast to Santa Maria Valley

AI-generated. Pavement. Motoring Coffee meet optional on day 1.

Day 1 — Los Angeles to Santa Maria

Miles: About 213 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap via Malibu / Ventura / Santa Barbara / Solvang / Lompoc, not an odometer.

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Breakfast: 8:00am Motoring Coffee if you take the shared meet.

Lunch: Santa Barbara State Street / waterfront — pick a place and confirm hours; none invented here.

Dinner: Far Western Tavern, 300 E Clark Ave, Orcutt (Santa Maria Valley) — Santa Maria–style BBQ landmark. Own site lists dining room Thu–Sun evenings only (closed Mon–Wed); if your overnight falls Mon–Wed, pick another Santa Maria dinner and say so. Confirm hours.

Stay: Best Western Plus Big America, 1725 N Broadway, Santa Maria, CA — highly rated on Tripadvisor as of Oct 2026 (about 4.3/5, often #1 in Santa Maria in listings checked). Official: www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotels-in-santa-maria/best-western-plus-big-america/propertyCode.05453.html · (805) 922-5200. Book and confirm yourself; no rates, availability, or motorcycle parking claimed here.

Side quest: Solvang’s Danish streetscape is the quirky stop most riders blast past on 101 — real town, not a theme-park claim.

Day 2 — Santa Maria to Los Angeles via Ojai

Miles: About 186 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap via Solvang / Santa Barbara / Ojai / Fillmore / Santa Clarita, not an odometer.

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Breakfast: Hotel breakfast if offered, or a Santa Maria café you confirm — hours not checked here.

Lunch: Ojai downtown — confirm open.

Dinner: Back near Los Angeles — confirm hours.

Side quest: Ojai Arcade — walk it once; easy to skip if you only chase miles.

Week of Monday, October 5, 2026 Two-day Overnight Santa Maria

This week — six-day

Week of Monday, October 5, 2026. Five overnights. Eastern Sierra. Ghost-town legends as legends.

Eastern Sierra and Kernville

AI-generated. Pavement primary; ADV for any graded spurs. Heat: early-week desert/valley NWS highs can exceed 90°F — start early. Checked Monday morning, October 5, 2026.

Day 1 — Los Angeles to Lone Pine

Miles: About 225 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap via Santa Clarita / Palmdale / Lancaster / Mojave, not an odometer.

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Breakfast: 8:00am Motoring Coffee optional.

Lunch: Mojave — confirm a café; hours not checked here.

Dinner: Lone Pine — confirm hours.

Stay: Dow Villa Motel, 310 S Main St, Lone Pine, CA — well-reviewed on Tripadvisor as of Oct 2026 (about 4.1/5 in listings checked). Official: dowvillamotel.com · (760) 876-5521. Book and confirm yourself; no rates, availability, or motorcycle parking claimed here.

Side quest: Randsburg living ghost town is a short spur off the Mojave–Ridgecrest corridor if you want it — tourist mining town; legends as legends.

Day 2 — Lone Pine to Mammoth Lakes

Miles: About 201 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap via Olancha loop / Independence / Big Pine / Bishop / Crowley / June Lake spur, not an odometer.

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Breakfast: Lone Pine café — confirm hours.

Lunch: Bishop — Whiskey Creek, 524 N Main St (own site lists dinner service; confirm day-of hours) or another Main Street stop you verify.

Dinner: Mammoth Lakes — confirm hours.

Stay: Tamarack Lodge, Mammoth Lakes, CA — highly rated on Tripadvisor as of Oct 2026 (about 4.4/5 in listings checked). Official: www.mammothmountain.com/plan-your-trip/mammoth-hotels/tamarack-lodge · (760) 934-2442. Book and confirm yourself; no rates, availability, or motorcycle parking claimed here. Alternate Bishop overnight if you split short: Wayfinder Bishop, 725 N Main St, Bishop, CA — highly rated on Tripadvisor as of Oct 2026 (about 4.5/5, #1 of Bishop hotels in listings checked). Official: www.wayfinderbishop.com · (760) 872-3044. Book and confirm yourself; no rates, availability, or motorcycle parking claimed here.

Side quest: Alabama Hills movie-location pullouts and Manzanar National Historic Site (NPS; hours not checked) — both easy to blast past on 395.

Day 3 — Mammoth Lakes loop

Miles: About 182 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap via June Lake / Lee Vining / Bridgeport / Walker, not an odometer. A touch under 200; Mono Basin does not offer endless paved pad without repeating 395.

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Breakfast: Mammoth — confirm hours.

Lunch: Lee Vining / Bridgeport — confirm open.

Dinner: Mammoth — confirm hours.

Side quest: Mono Lake tufa viewpoints from the paved south shore roads — weird real geology. Bodie State Historic Park is a true ghost town but the last ~3 miles are rough dirt (CA parks note); sport-tourer skip; ADV only if you accept dirt and check SR-270 status.

Day 4 — Mammoth Lakes to Kernville

Miles: About 238 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap via Bishop / Lone Pine / Olancha / Inyokern / Walker Pass / Lake Isabella, not an odometer.

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Breakfast: Mammoth — confirm hours.

Lunch: Lone Pine — confirm open.

Dinner: Kernville — confirm hours.

Stay: Sequoia Lodge, 16123 Sierra Way, Kernville, CA — highly rated on Tripadvisor as of Oct 2026 (about 4.6/5 in listings checked). Official: www.sequoialodgekernville.com · (760) 376-2535. Book and confirm yourself; no rates, availability, or motorcycle parking claimed here.

Day 5 — Kernville mountain loops

Miles: About 203 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap via Bodfish / Caliente / Tehachapi / Mojave / Walker Pass / Onyx, not an odometer.

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Breakfast: Kernville — confirm hours.

Lunch: Tehachapi or Mojave — confirm open.

Dinner: Kernville — confirm hours.

Day 6 — Kernville to Los Angeles

Miles: About 214 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap via Bakersfield / Taft / Maricopa / Lebec / Santa Clarita / Glendale, not an odometer.

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Breakfast: Kernville — confirm hours.

Lunch: Zingo’s Cafe, 3201 Buck Owens Blvd, Bakersfield — Restaurantji lists about 6:30am–2pm daily; fine for a late lunch if still open; confirm. Not ideal if you arrive after closing — have a backup.

Dinner: Back near Los Angeles — confirm hours.

Week of Monday, October 5, 2026 Six-day Eastern Sierra

The rim, then Highway 38

AI-generated suggestion, not a rider’s trip report. For a Concours 14 or a similar pavement sport-tourer. Stay on pavement.

Leave Los Angeles on the freeway and climb to Crestline on the Rim of the World Highway, State Route 18, up Waterman Canyon. From Crestline the line uses a short stretch of paved street, Lake Drive and Lake Gregory Drive, then rejoins the rim through Running Springs and follows it to Big Bear Boulevard. Lunch is in the village. The way home is Highway 38 through Angelus Oaks and down to Mentone, then the freeway west. You do not ride the rim twice. The descent is the other highway.

Lunch is Grizzly Manor Cafe, 41268 Big Bear Boulevard, Big Bear Lake. Hours were not checked.

In order: Los Angeles, Crestline, Running Springs, Grizzly Manor Cafe, Angelus Oaks, Los Angeles.

About 221 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap through these stops, measured for the original page. Not an odometer reading.

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Week of Monday, September 28, 2026 Starts in Los Angeles Pavement Concours 14 or similar About 221 mi, OSRM

Archive — dirt in it

Week of Monday, September 28, 2026. Starts in Los Angeles. Ends in Los Angeles. Not for a sport-tourer.

Highway 33 and Quatal Canyon

AI-generated suggestion, not a rider’s trip report. For an older R1200GS, an R1200GS Adventure, or an Africa Twin. A sport-tourer should not follow this one.

The pavement is the way out and the way home. From Los Angeles the freeway runs north, then Highway 126 leads to Fillmore and on through Santa Paula to Ojai. Maricopa Highway, State Route 33, then runs north to Ventucopa. The dirt is Forest Route 9N09, mapped as Quatal Canyon Road. OpenStreetMap tags the Ventura County stretch gravel and the Santa Barbara County stretch unpaved. Whether the forest route is open was not confirmed on the original publish.

Lunch is La Sierra, 3500 Mount Pinos Way, Frazier Park. Hours were not checked.

About 242 miles by OSRM on OpenStreetMap. Not an odometer reading.

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GPX note: OSRM’s car routing does use FR 9N09, Quatal Canyon Road for part of this track, but OSRM does not report surface or gate status. Check the dirt section yourself before riding.

Week of Monday, September 28, 2026 Starts in Los Angeles Dirt on 9N09 GS, GSA, Africa Twin Not for a sport-tourer About 242 mi, OSRM