#TheQuailMotorcycleGathering

Adventure bikes are one of my favorite categories of motorcycles. Ask me what I would take on a long trip given the choice between full-blown touring bikes, sport tourers, or ADVs, and it’ll be the adventure bike every time. I like to explore so the additional ground clearance and better equipped-suspension means that I don’t have to stop when the road does. With the big ADV bikes floating around 1200cc, they generally pack enough oomph to be a lot of fun on a canyon road while still delivering enough torque to chug along at low rpm off-road. When I pitched a two-up ride to the Quail Motorcycle Gathering to Mr. Brasfield, I already knew which bike I would propose to take, the Triumph Tiger 1200 that had been floating around the garages of our staff for a couple of weeks.

I first heard of the Quail Motorcycle Gathering five or more years ago and always had an interest in checking out the concourse of rare motorcycles staged on a golf green near Carmel, CA. The event is known to bring out some of the rarest and most interesting motorcycles ever created for one day of appreciation at the Quail Lodge & Golf Club, just a short ride inland from Monterey, CA, a place I had visited many times before during motorcycle races at Laguna Seca.

Upcoming Motorcycle Events: May 1 – May 29