Motor-Scooter International X-Treme Endurance Riders

YOU MUST JOIN THIS MEETUP USING THIS LINK TO RSVP THIS RACE:
https://www.meetup.com/motor-scooter-international-x-treme-endurance-riders/

EARLY RESERVATIONS AT BOTH MOTEL 6s ARE A MUST!

"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

• 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

• Buellton, CA (Motel 6 finish line)

📏 Distance: ~340 miles (547 km)

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## 🧭 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)
*Tim Gron/Suzuki AN200 (Seneca, Illinois)

150cc CLASS: (126cc to 199c)
*Mike Rollins/Honda 150 Custom (Costa Mesa, CA)
Jim Fleming/Vespa 150LX (Olympic Valley, CA)
GoPam/HondaADV 160 (Pasadena, CA)

50cc to 149cc CLASS:
Alan Spears/Vespa ET2 70cc 2t A/C (Cedar Glen, CA)

GROM, KAWASAKI and BENELLI CLASS

* Tentative
** Scooter to be determined

SERIOUSLY, EARLY RESERVATIONS AT BOTH MOTEL 6s ARE A MUST!

TRANSPORT NORTH TO THE VENUE:
I am in discussions with a person who has a flatbed trailer capable of carrying a half-dozen scooter (depending on size). Cost to be determined. BYOT (bring at least five of your own tie-downs). Loading in Cedar Glen, or at one of two rendezvous points:
1. I-15 and S/R 138 in Cajon Pass (assuming the transport will be taking I-58;
2. 40th and Waterman, San Bernardino (assuming the transport will be taking I-10 toward Los Angeles)