CA 74 Hemet to Mountain Center

[owrstrich]

13 miles of 100% yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa...



























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[miles]

You were lucky. It's usually 10% yeehaa, 90% effing traffic!

[1000lbs]

Nice pics, I ride there often.

Hemet to Mtn. center isn't to bad on traffic.  There are some areas to pass (even legally sometimes) heading that direction.  Much better then the traffic from Palm Desert to Mtn. Center  .

[owrstrich]

rodger that...

seldom have we been there when hemet to palm desert was unobstructed with slow moe traffic... butts saturday was the day... nobody else going our way... few going the other way butts did see 4 white forest service truck leos... sneaky they are...



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[joe in calif]

I live in San Jacinto so I run that a lot, Hemet to Palm Desert. Another great ride is 74 to 371 to 79  to Santa Ysabel, Or take 79 to S22 to Borrego Springs. Then S3 to 78 to Julian.

[owrstrich]

yawl...

the s22... we call it sweeper madness... 100% yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa...

[joe in calif]

Took a nice ride yesterday, 74 to 371 to 79 to S22 to Borrengo springs, then S3 to 78 to 79  and sage rd. to Hemet.  

[1000lbs]

That's a good run.  There is also a little, narrow snake of a road, Wilson Valley Rd. that turns west off of 371 past Anza.  Its short, but with many blind corners and tight off camber stuff that demands some real focus.  Much less traffic on this little road aswell.

[Giaka]

That's a good run.  There is also a little, narrow snake of a road, Wilson Valley Rd. that turns west off of 371 past Anza.  Its short, but with many blind corners and tight off camber stuff that demands some real focus.  Much less traffic on this little road aswell.

Thats a fun ride right there.  

[joe in calif]

That's a good run.  There is also a little, narrow snake of a road, Wilson Valley Rd. that turns west off of 371 past Anza.  Its short, but with many blind corners and tight off camber stuff that demands some real focus.  Much less traffic on this little road aswell.

Sometimes we take the Wilson Valley road cut off instead of taking Sage all the way to 79, Either way it's a great ride..

[Lawn Dart]

Anyway you slice it, that is a very fine stretch of road.  

[Zen Rider]

A nice variation on the '74 theme - Out of Palm Desert, up the hill, then 243 to Idyllwild, on up to 7000 ft then down the hill to Banning and a short slab back to the valley.  
We did this New Year's Day with very little traffic ~ major twisties and a great day ride  

[miles]

A nice variation on the '74 theme - Out of Palm Desert, up the hill, then 243 to Idyllwild, on up to 7000 ft then down the hill to Banning and a short slab back to the valley.  
We did this New Year's Day with very little traffic ~ major twisties and a great day ride  

My preference would be the other direction.  Up the hill from Banning is better (as far as the flow of the road goes) than down, and descending into the desert on 74 gives you phenomenal views.

[1000lbs]

A nice variation on the '74 theme - Out of Palm Desert, up the hill, then 243 to Idyllwild, on up to 7000 ft then down the hill to Banning and a short slab back to the valley.  
We did this New Year's Day with very little traffic ~ major twisties and a great day ride  

This is my pre trackday ride on the Zed after fitting new tires or checking other work between rides.  A quick sub 20 mile shot back on I10 E and I'm home after 80 miles of twisty goodness.

And yeah going up is more better  .

[joe in calif]

A great ride is from Hemet up hwy 74 into Palm Desert and head to Grill a Burger on Monterey and country club drive.
73091 Country Club Drive