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Sounds like a memorable trip for sure. Almost equally impressed with that road surface, looks like a race track.
jambon-
There are some great bits - the coastal 1 is generally in excellent condition, it's the roads inland and out on the LC that are variable. The lost coast is the bit of Humboldt that includes the King ranges - it's bypassed by the 1 and 101 which turn in after Rockport. Apparently the cartographers / road builders got that far and thought 'fuck that, we'll go around!' It's an incredibly rugged mix of broken tarmac, dirt, huge drop offs, cold ocean breezes on the coast and blazing hot gangster weed grows inland. Humboldt county in general feels pretty lawless. It's an interesting spot.
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Not many people doing high speeds there, I think they laid that surface for the benefit of the many cyclists, who bimble along two abreast taking in the aroma of the Redwoods! Low speed limits too. Could be very tricky trying to make the most of it on your 'sickle. Better to go to rural Spain, where all the locals have deserted the farmland to live in cities, leaving behind some very squiggly roads resurfaced at huge expense with EU money. You can go mad. Miles and miles of Brands Hatches, with one car per hour coming the other way.
Jung
nick_h.
We made it. 860 miles in three days on the gnarliest roads and tracks in no-cal. Mountains, insane heat, freezing fog and a frankly absurd number of hours in the saddle. Despite spritzing out a quart or so of Oil the last two days, the little bike made it around without an issue. Astonishing bit of engineering. Moto Melee is absolutely worth doing if you ever get a chance: a mostly terrific group of people hammering the oddest assortment of bikes in between beer and wrench sessions, through some of the greatest scenery in the US.