I never set out to build a tour business.
Pashnit Motorcycle Tours wasn't even my idea.
The idea came from an article published in Cycle World Magazine written by then Editor-in-Chief David Edwards. He wrote his monthly column about Yours Truly and a website I started building in 1999 about California Motorcycle Roads known as (pronounced passionate) Pashnit.com.
My goal was to ride every twisty motorcycle road in the state of California while photographing and writing about each road. We all have hobbies. This became mine. The California Motorcycle Roads site became an obsessive project. Within a few years, I wrote over 600 pages of text about California Roads and took thousands of photographs while exploring the state. The site soon spanned over 240,000 files.
My spare time hobby working on Pashnit.com gained attention from fellow riders, then newspaper, radio interviews, and magazines soon followed. But it was the call I received from the largest motorcycle magazine in the nation that was the most exciting. David Edwards dedicated his monthly column in Cycle World about my obsessive hobby. His last question was what does the future hold for Pashnit? I flippantly answered. My wife thinks I should start a tour company. He published that line in the November 2003 issue of Cycle World. And the rest is our shared history.
OUR STORY
It wasn't even my idea.
OUR COMMUNITY
Pashnit Tours started in 2004, and we've since led over 1.5 Million combined miles of motorcycle tours in California, Oregon & Nevada. Our riders become family and even family to one another. Tours are often all familiar faces. After nearly 20 years of providing motorcycle tours, our tour season usually sells out by the end of January. Riders that meet each other on tour often discover they are neighbors and may even meet up to ride together apart from our organized tour dates. We also send out group emails in early spring listing all the participants that have signed up for respective tours so riders can meet up with each other on another tour.
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OUR SCHEDULE
As odd as it may sound, our riders often pick tours solely based on date.
Does it really matter where you go? Surprisingly, not really. (My Mystery Tour sold out in one day, and the riders don't even know where they are going.) The roads are always super twisty, the food and lodging is great, and the camaraderie of being together with one another is the true magic of a motorcycle tour. Our repeat rate is so high, I constantly have to create new tours. Since 2004, I have designed over 40 motorcycle tours around California, Oregon & Nevada. New tours are most popular & sell out quickly. All our tours generally sell out by the end of January. Tours run March - October, find a date that matches your schedule and meet up with us Friday morning. We offer multi-tour package discounts and even Season Passes for those that want to ride every single tour. Tour dates are set up to a year in advance if you can plan that far ahead.
2021 Tour Dates
Mar 12 - DEATH VALLEY
Apr 02 - PARKFIELD
Apr 23 - SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS
May 28 - SIERRA PACIFIC
Jun 11 - MYSTERY TOUR #1
Jul 16 - COAST RANGE
Aug 6 - THE PACIFIC
Sep 03 - OREGON CRATER LAKE
Sep 24 - CLASSIC NORCAL
Oct 8 - MYSTERY TOUR #2
Oct 22 - SANTA BARBARA
OUR TOURS
We normally run 8-12 tours per season. All tours generally sell out by the end of January. Bulk discounts are available and most alumni sign up for 3-4 tours per season. Check with us ahead of time to see if we have room, we'd love to ride with you, get to know you and welcome you to the Pashnit Family.
YOUR QUESTIONS
Admit it. You have many questions.
This site was not only designed to offer pretty pictures and my wordy tour descriptions. It's here to address as many of your questions as possible. Believe me, after nearly 20 years of running motorcycles across multiple states, hopefully we've answered every possible question. If you're on the fence contemplating if an organized tour is for you, spend some time here. Ask questions. Small group tours are not for everybody, but if you made it this far down the page, it's probably exactly what you've been looking for.
Read how Tom Hohl, based in Steamboat, CO discovered this site much like you,
and has made our motorcycle tours an integral part of his ride life for the last decade.
The contents of this site are for you, wondering if this guided tour thing is all it's cracked up to be.
Watch our tour videos, read the FAQs, read about our California Motorcycle Roads.
Check out 30,000 tour photos in our on-line Photo Albums.
The majority of our tour participants are local riders on local roads. Think about that.
Ask yourself: How is that even possible?
Why do people do this?
Over and over.
We tried to answer that with the Top 10 Reasons page.
Contact us if you've got a question we have not answered.
And I so look forward to welcoming you to my family.
-Tim