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2 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Cruiser

Twists then a 60-80 mph for 6 miles across the top of a mountain range. eat at the Timber mill restaurant in Idyllwild Great food .

2 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Sport

Please check the weather report for WIND before attempting this ride. This is a beautiful ride except we were caught off guard by high wind gusts that caused my bike to drift. SCARY!

0 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Cruiser

Was a very fun ride it's very nice to see forested areas when I'm sick on the desert for so long. The description is very helpful but sadly I didn't go to the diner, hopefully next time.

60 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Sport - Touring

This route has a variety of twisty sections and hwy riding. An interesting alternate route (instead of I-15 to I-10) a ‘ bike friendly shortcut’ from San Diego/Temecula areas to the Palm Springs area.

83 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

One of the first routes I picked to ride when I moved to California and bought a full dress Harley....I could not have been happier with this ride! The scenery goes from foothills to mountains to rock-strewn landscape to full blown desert. The metal sculpture art of wild horses looking as if they are jumping across the cliffs above you make you feel like you are truly in the rural west

39 McR Points

Motorcycle Type :

stop for breakfast at the 371 & 74 junction. always a few bikes and hikers doing the Pacific Crest Trail just up the road

85 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Sport

Great ride!

154 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

We did a variation of this route riding CA-74 up to Mountain Center and then taking 243 to Banning. Incredibly beautiful area, especially at elevation. And the ride up 74 leaving Indio was well-beyond AWESOME. I have a pic but it's too large to upload. We were stopped at the first vista point above the desert floor. You can see most of the twisties going down the mountain...Oh man it was fun! Got on it early enough to avoid traffic. I could ride this 10-mile section all day...with a grin on my face.

154 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

Rode this a few weeks ago after Joshua Tree. What a gas! The first leg up the switch-backs was so cool. Great road surface. And without too much traffic, one can twist the throttle enough to get the big smiles. Finally up into the higher elevation and going through the Thomas Valley, the scenery changed to small Family Ranches. There were some scenery vista points where one could lookout to the Salton Sea on one side and Lake Hemet on the other. We chose to continue the ride through Idylwild and down to Banning before heading back up I-15 towards Wrightwood and ACH. The roads were pretty standard two lanes in good condition. The wind was another story. There were some cheek puckering moments...js

54 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

We started off with a fully (actually overloaded) laden 2019 Ultra Classic from Eagle Rider there at San Diego HD, and headed out to Palm Desert via the least straight route possible. Coming from the Low Country of SC, near Beaufort, curves and hills are as foreign to us as icebergs, so we were looking for a hills and curves overdose. 1st up was a mandatory stop at In-N-Out there on Scripps-Poway Pkwy, no explanation necessary, and then off towards the desert. Routing was as follows: to SR 67 to SR 78 Ramona. SR 78 to SR 79 Santa Ysabel thru Morettis Junction all the way up to SR 371 at Aguanga then off towards Indio on Sr 74 and all kinds of curves and cliffs. I swear this is wear Jimmy Durante’s character kicked the bucket, literally, in the opening sequence of the movie It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.