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SECOND LONGEST RUNNING X-TREME ENDURANCE MOTOR-SCOOTER ROAD RACE IN NORTH AMERICA!
YOU MUST JOIN THIS N0-DUES MEETUP IN ORDER TO RSVP FOR OUR RACES AND EVENTS.
Motor-Scooter International, now in its eleventh year of x-treme motor-scooter endurance road racing, remains committed to testing the limits of riders and their scooters. As one of our event posters bluntly says: "Many scooterists' talk about extreme endurance racing, but very few actually do it." If you feel that you have what it takes to engage in competition riding, and that your scooter is up to the task, by all means consider joining us for go at the road.
The first thing you have to do is join this meet-up. You don't have to pay any money to join.You enter a race by giving your RSVP at a given race portal. For example, to enter the Route "66" 400-Miler, click on the link of that particular meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Motor-Scooter-Intern...) and RSVP. You have to pay the entry fee to perfect and complete the RSVP.
YOUR EARLY ENTRIES ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR RACING LICENSE. WEARING IT DURING THE RACE IS MANDATORY.
Featured event
2026 California Coastal Cannonball Motor-Scooter Endurance Race
DATA CURRENT AS OF AUG. 29, 2026 @ 07:42 hrs.
Race is Columbus Day weekend.
YOU MUST JOIN THIS MEETUP USING THIS LINK TO RSVP THIS RACE:
https://www.meetup.com/motor-scooter-international-x-treme-endurance-riders/
PAY HERE: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/Y2QPTPLXGYVEG
EARLY RESERVATIONS AT BOTH MOTEL 6s ARE A MUST!
SERIOUSLY, EARLY RESERVATIONS AT BOTH MOTEL 6s ARE A MUST!
Rohnert Park:
Call Tasha at (707) 886-6095 Motel 6,. Rhonert Park NOW and book your reservation with her. Be sure to ask for a ground floor room facing the parking lot near the office. DO IT NOW!
"Talk's cheap. Whiskey costs money." -- W.C. Fields
Motor-Scooter International proudly presents the 2026 California Coastal Cannonball, a motor-scooter extreme endurance road race from Motel 6 Rohnert Park, CA across the Golden Gate Bridge and south along California Highway 1 south of San Francisco, the tallest and most dramatic sea cliffs are generally in the Big Sur region between Carmel and San Simeon. The cliffs there commonly rise 1,000–2,000 feet straight above the Pacific, and nearby peaks rise even higher almost immediately inland.
Some standout examples:
- Big Sur coastal cliffs (Monterey County) — many roadside drop-offs are roughly 1,000–1,500 ft above the ocean.
- Cone Peak area — one of the steepest coastal mountain rises in the continental U.S.; the mountain reaches about 5,155 ft elevation only ~3 miles from the sea.
- Ragged Point — famous for sheer bluffs around 300–500 ft directly over the water, with mountains climbing rapidly behind them.
- Hurricane Point / Bixby area — spectacular cliffs typically several hundred to over a thousand feet high above the surf.
In practical terms, the “tallest cliffs” you experience from the road are the Big Sur escarpments, where the Santa Lucia Mountains plunge almost directly into the Pacific. It is one of the most vertically dramatic coastlines in North America.
Then on U.S. Highway 101 to Motel 6, Buellton, CA, a distance of 547 kilometers (340 miles). This race should be both invigorating and challenging. But-for the topography, this race would be a mere sprint for most of us!
**** The Black Bear Diner next to Motel 6 in Rohnert Park has great reasonably priced chow. There's a liquor store across the main boulevard. ****
### 🟢 START: GREEN FLAG
- Rohnert Park, CA (Motel 6 staging area)
### 🔵 LEG 1 – North Bay to San Francisco
- جنوب on US-101
- Cross the iconic Golden Gate Bridge
### 🔵 LEG 2 – San Francisco → Monterey / Big Sur
- Continue southbound
- Transition toward the coast (mix of US-101 and coastal segments)
- Ride through:
- Pacifica / Half Moon Bay (if coastal diversion used)
- Santa Cruz
- Monterey
- Big Sur cliffs (technical, scenic section)
### 🔵 LEG 3 – Big Sur → Central Coast
- Continue south through:
- San Simeon
- Morro Bay
- San Luis Obispo
### 🔵 LEG 4 – Final Push Inland
- Rejoin U.S. Route 101 inland stretch
- عبر Santa Maria Valley
### 🔴 FINISH: CHEQUERED FLAG
- Buellton, CA (Motel 6 finish line)
📏 Distance: ~340 miles (547 km)
***
## 🧭 Simplified “Race Line” (Think Like a Racer)
```
Rohnert Park │ ▼Golden Gate Bridge │ ▼Santa Cruz │ ▼Monterey │ ▼BIG SUR (technical / निर्णायक section) │ ▼San Luis Obispo │ ▼Santa Maria │ ▼Buellton (FINISH)
```
CLASSES: Please specify your scooter brand, model, and displacement at time of pre-entry/RSVP.
OPEN CLASS: (501cc to 700cc)
MAXI CLASS: (400cc to 500cc)
1. Sonia McNally/Aprilia BV500 (Los Gatos, CA)*
350cc CLASS: (300cc to 399cc)
250cc CLASS: (200cc to 299cc)
1. Alexander Moissiy/Vespa GTV 300 [278cc} (San Francisco, CA)
2. Mark Kohr/Vespa GTV [278cc] (Berkeley, CA)
3. Jeff Hallsten/Vespa 300 GTS [278cc] (North Highlands, CA)
4. Matthew R. Smith/Honda Forza 300 [297cc]
150cc CLASS: (125cc to 199cc)
1. GoPam/Honda ADV 160 (Los Angeles, CA)
2. Jim Fleming/Vespa Lx150 (Olympic Valley, CA)
3. Tim Gron / Yamaha 125cc (Seneca, IL)
49cc to 124cc CLASS:
1, Alan Spears/Aprilia SR70 DiTech 2t, F/I, L/C (Cedar Glen, CA)
GROM, KAWASAKI and BENELLI CLASS
* Tentative
** Scooter to be determined
TRANSPORT NORTH TO THE VENUE:
Upcoming events
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- $60.00
2026 California Coastal Cannonball Motor-Scooter Endurance Race
Motel 6, 6145 Commerce Boulevard, Rohnert Park, CA, USDATA CURRENT AS OF AUG. 29, 2026 @ 07:42 hrs.
Race is Columbus Day weekend.YOU MUST JOIN THIS MEETUP USING THIS LINK TO RSVP THIS RACE:
https://www.meetup.com/motor-scooter-international-x-treme-endurance-riders/PAY HERE: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/Y2QPTPLXGYVEG
EARLY RESERVATIONS AT BOTH MOTEL 6s ARE A MUST!
SERIOUSLY, EARLY RESERVATIONS AT BOTH MOTEL 6s ARE A MUST!
Rohnert Park:
Call Tasha at (707) 886-6095 Motel 6,. Rhonert Park NOW and book your reservation with her. Be sure to ask for a ground floor room facing the parking lot near the office. DO IT NOW!"Talk's cheap. Whiskey costs money." -- W.C. Fields
Motor-Scooter International proudly presents the 2026 California Coastal Cannonball, a motor-scooter extreme endurance road race from Motel 6 Rohnert Park, CA across the Golden Gate Bridge and south along California Highway 1 south of San Francisco, the tallest and most dramatic sea cliffs are generally in the Big Sur region between Carmel and San Simeon. The cliffs there commonly rise 1,000–2,000 feet straight above the Pacific, and nearby peaks rise even higher almost immediately inland.
Some standout examples:- Big Sur coastal cliffs (Monterey County) — many roadside drop-offs are roughly 1,000–1,500 ft above the ocean.
- Cone Peak area — one of the steepest coastal mountain rises in the continental U.S.; the mountain reaches about 5,155 ft elevation only ~3 miles from the sea.
- Ragged Point — famous for sheer bluffs around 300–500 ft directly over the water, with mountains climbing rapidly behind them.
- Hurricane Point / Bixby area — spectacular cliffs typically several hundred to over a thousand feet high above the surf.
In practical terms, the “tallest cliffs” you experience from the road are the Big Sur escarpments, where the Santa Lucia Mountains plunge almost directly into the Pacific. It is one of the most vertically dramatic coastlines in North America.
Then on U.S. Highway 101 to Motel 6, Buellton, CA, a distance of 547 kilometers (340 miles). This race should be both invigorating and challenging. But-for the topography, this race would be a mere sprint for most of us!
**** The Black Bear Diner next to Motel 6 in Rohnert Park has great reasonably priced chow. There's a liquor store across the main boulevard. ****
### 🟢 START: GREEN FLAG
- Rohnert Park, CA (Motel 6 staging area)
### 🔵 LEG 1 – North Bay to San Francisco
- جنوب on US-101
- Cross the iconic Golden Gate Bridge
### 🔵 LEG 2 – San Francisco → Monterey / Big Sur
- Continue southbound
- Transition toward the coast (mix of US-101 and coastal segments)
- Ride through:
- Pacifica / Half Moon Bay (if coastal diversion used)
- Santa Cruz
- Monterey
- Big Sur cliffs (technical, scenic section)
### 🔵 LEG 3 – Big Sur → Central Coast
- Continue south through:
- San Simeon
- Morro Bay
- San Luis Obispo
### 🔵 LEG 4 – Final Push Inland
- Rejoin U.S. Route 101 inland stretch
- عبر Santa Maria Valley
### 🔴 FINISH: CHEQUERED FLAG
- Buellton, CA (Motel 6 finish line)
📏 Distance: ~340 miles (547 km)
***
## 🧭 Simplified “Race Line” (Think Like a Racer)
```
Rohnert Park │ ▼Golden Gate Bridge │ ▼Santa Cruz │ ▼Monterey │ ▼BIG SUR (technical / निर्णायक section) │ ▼San Luis Obispo │ ▼Santa Maria │ ▼Buellton (FINISH)
```CLASSES: Please specify your scooter brand, model, and displacement at time of pre-entry/RSVP.
OPEN CLASS: (501cc to 700cc)
MAXI CLASS: (400cc to 500cc)
1. Sonia McNally/Aprilia BV500 (Los Gatos, CA)*350cc CLASS: (300cc to 399cc)
250cc CLASS: (200cc to 299cc)
1. Alexander Moissiy/Vespa GTV 300 [278cc} (San Francisco, CA)
2. Mark Kohr/Vespa GTV [278cc] (Berkeley, CA)
3. Jeff Hallsten/Vespa 300 GTS [278cc] (North Highlands, CA)
4. Matthew R. Smith/Honda Forza 300 [297cc]150cc CLASS: (125cc to 199cc)
1. GoPam/Honda ADV 160 (Los Angeles, CA)
2. Jim Fleming/Vespa Lx150 (Olympic Valley, CA)
3. Tim Gron / Yamaha 125cc (Seneca, IL)49cc to 124cc CLASS:
1, Alan Spears/Aprilia SR70 DiTech 2t, F/I, L/C (Cedar Glen, CA)GROM, KAWASAKI and BENELLI CLASS
* Tentative
** Scooter to be determinedTRANSPORT NORTH TO THE VENUE:
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