1. This isn’t a race; though to the untrained eye, it may on occasion appear otherwise.
2. We travel at a brisk pace that an experienced rider should enjoy. But don’t worry there’s room for less seasoned riders.
3. We always wait at ALL turns on the ride route for the group to re-form and verify we haven’t lost anybody.
4. Individually, we should always travel at a pace that’s within our capabilities and comfort level for the current conditions.
5. If you’re holding someone up, don’t stress, we’re all friends. WAIT for a straight away and wave them past.
6. If someone is holding you up IN THE CORNERS, Wait and give them a little space, than pass them safely in the straight.

Not only is this road strategically placed on the map, it also connects two major thoroughfares- that of Interstate 80 and Highway 128.  Find the south end by exiting at Cherry Glen Road (there are two separate exits if you miss the first one) and head north.  Pleasants Valley Road splits off northward less than a mile later.

If you're headed out of San Fran or the Central Valley- this is a great starting point. Pleasants Valley Road fits nicely into a loop around the Vaca Mountains bordered by Lake Berryessa to the north, Interstate 80 to the south, and Napa to the west. 

It's a moment where the cruiser rider kicks out their legs on the highway pegs, leans back, and lopes down the road full of marvel and complacency.  For the sportbike rider, this can be a hand-on-your-hip kind of ride, or a thrilling romp at a brisk pace.  

Whatever your riding style, the thought that spreads across your mind while riding this road- another wondrous day on the motorcycle. 

Corners like this one pictured are the norm as you roar past this 1907 vintage bridge.  The creek bed will most likely be dry in fall and this area right over the ridgeline can easily be a few degrees hotter than everywhere else- try 105 in summer.  In winter, the rains come and make the world green again filling the streams. 

East to West: Just past Pleasants Valley Road- the pavement hugs a hillside and weaves a little throwing out enough curves to pique your interest.  The range looms in front of you growing ever larger.  There is an RV park to slow down for at the base of the ridgeline- it's on both sides of the road and you may have kids running across the highway.  A few feet later while on the bridge over Solano Lake, look westward and you'll see the Monticello Dam holding back Lake Berryessa.  

Power up the hill and pray you don't hit traffic in this short twisty section of very high speed curves which includes a 50+mph hairpin (not many of those around).  At the top of the hill is a small parking lot to check out the dam.

Westward ho- past vineyards, a pulp mill, and broad fields of green.  You relax, settling into the saddle, listening to the steady drum of the motor.  Wheels churning, wind in your face, pavement streaking by- that grin spreads across your face.  This a great ride you think to yourself!

The Redwood Forest looms ahead and into the belly of the forests you go.  Not wildly curvy through here, instead just a steady smooth ride where every turn is a postcard.  I never tire of the Redwoods.

The western half of Highway 128 is a delightful road- one that will be appreciated by all types of motorcyclists.  No crazy stuff here- just nonstop curves, outstanding pavement, and an ever changing landscape.  And your reward- arriving at the Pacific Ocean and the wondrous Highway 1