The 20th Anniversary Ride was a ride to remember not because of the big gaggle of PCs on the Pacific Coast Highway but because of the passing of Leland Sheppard in June 2019 and because of most riders cancelling their plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the fires burning across the west coast. In spite of everything that was thrown at us, one rider did complete the whole route, several other riders gathered for a short day trip, and many riders around the world participated virtually. It may not have been the ride we all anticipated but the ride still happened.
The Steed that Completed the Whole Ride:
Joseph Lawrence and his trusty white PC800 completed the whole ride solo. Below are some of his photos from the Big Sur area. In spite of the road closure due to the Dolan Fire, Joseph rode down to the block, back up, around on US 101, and then back up to the southern roadblock to get as much time on Highway 1 in Big Sur as he could.
The Gang of Three on their PCs in Big Sur:
One group of three PCers met up to ride down through Big Sur to the northern road block on the Dolan Fire. The group included Ed Glynn, Dave Misunas, and Douglas Van Bossuyt.
Virtual Ride: Zoom Edition
A number of PCers who were unable to make the ride in person gathered on a Zoom call partway through the ride week. I unfortunately did not capture everyone’s names on the call and none of us thought to take a screenshot. We had good camaraderie, reminiscing, and of course plenty of PC800 talk.
Attendee List:
This year we ended up with a very long list of folks attending in spirit since most of us could not attend in person. The list below includes everyone that at one point had signed up for the ride.
Rider’s Name: Leland Sheppard
Your Email Address: leland at lcsheppard dot net
Your City, State/Province or Country: Placerville, California
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1989 PC800, Wind Walker
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: cell phone
Comments: Looking forward to seeing new faces and riding with old friends again.
Rider’s Name: Luis Alberto Valle Ramirez
Your Email Address: luisavr92@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: San Leandro, CA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1990, La Tapatia
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: iPhone
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Joseph Laurance
Your Email Address: josephlaurance at charter dot net
Your City, State/Province or Country: Winston, Oregon
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1989 PC800; Pacific Ghost
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: intercom
Comments: Can’t wait now that we’re both retired! Our recent two-up, 8000 mile transcontinental tour on the PC800 was a great warm-up for this ride.
Rider’s Name: Jon Holder
Your Email Address: holder.jc@hotmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Seguin, TX USA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1989, Spirit, 1990 Old Glory, 1997 Red Rider
Will you bring a passenger: Nancy
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Sena Bluetooth , iPhone
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Joyce D Calvert
Your Email Address: jdcpc@msn.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: San Francisco, CA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: Two 1989s, one 1990, one 1996 Red Rolls that turned into Yellow Rolls in 2003
Will you bring a passenger: Nope
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: I could, but not yet.
Comments: Will drive car, be road support, unless I rent something for the week. Went on ’99 ride with Roy and Julia and Annie and Tom and Leland and Peter and three or four more years afterward, I think. Will be fun to see how old we’ve all gotten!
Rider’s Name: Revill
Your Email Address: actual.revill@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Austin (Center of the universe), TX
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: Unfortunately, It’s long gone.
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Bluetooth
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Michael Hershberger
Your Email Address: lakesuperior47@yahoo.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Madison, Wisconsin
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1995
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any:
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Richard Coffman
Your Email Address: utahjeepguy@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: West Jordan, UT
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1997
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Cell phone, bluetooth helmet, satellite phone
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Tray Torrance
Your Email Address: torrancew@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: San Francisco, CA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1989 PC800, Captain Ahab
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Sena Bluetooth Module
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Karen Barnett
Your Email Address: cookmalcolm55@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: TBD
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: G9
Comments: Hoping to have a new bike for the trip
Rider’s Name: Douglas Van Bossuyt
Your Email Address: douglas.vanbossuyt at gmail dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Monterey, California (was Newberg, Oregon when originally registrered)
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1989 PC800, The Tardis
Will you bring a passenger: Most likely not but that could change…
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: none
Comments: Looking forward to the ride! I am planning to start at the northern terminus of US101 and ride south to Eureka in the days before the main ride.
Rider’s Name: Sheila Malbrain
Your Email Address: malbrain53 at yahoo dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Seattle, Washington
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1989, 1998 PC800
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: None
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Brian Soloway
Your Email Address: ebsoloway@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Lake Bluff, IL
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1995 “William No Tell”
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: None
Comments: Dear PCrs: Although I have had two PC800’s (and almost bought another a month ago), and this ride will be my eighth, I’ve had to rent a bike to participate this year. I will be on a R1200RT. I hope the fires subside so we can all get together. Hope you are all well. I look forward to seeing you all again. Regards, Brian Soloway
Rider’s Name: Art Steinbach
Your Email Address: ASE at Shasta dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Redding, California
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1997 PC800
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Just a cell phone
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Jimmy Plank
Your Email Address: mostlyhondas at juno dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Pearland, Texas
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1990 PC800, Transformer
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: don’t know yet
Comments:
Rider’s Name: David Busey
Your Email Address: upcoaster@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Washougal, WA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name:
Will you bring a passenger:
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: I do have Bluetooth communication and will carry a cell. 503-260-7548
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Dean Williams
Your Email Address: dwilli5342 at aol dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Springfield, Oregon
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1998 PC800, Nata Harli
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: none
Comments: Good times, good roads, good people.
Rider’s Name: Kel Williams
Your Email Address: kelvindebbiew at msn dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Springfield, Oregon
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1994 PC800, Serenity Now on a Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom, “Patches.”
Will you bring a passenger: No, at this point
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Poss. Sena 10 (if Dean’ll buy one)
Comments: Looking forward to a reunion – thanks for the attitude adjustment, Leland! This supersedes my original sign-up, as I was seduced onto an ADV bike by my boys. Looking forward to raising a margarita in Leland’s memory.
Rider’s Name: Dave Misunas
Your Email Address: davemisunas@sbcglobal.net
Your City, State/Province or Country: Santa Cruz, CA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1990 PC800
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Cell phone
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Robert Couvillon
Your Email Address: couv2020@yahoo.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: New Ellenton, SC
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 2005 GL1900
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: CB
Comments: This will be my second time on this ride. Looking forward to meeting new riders.
Rider’s Name: Saul Apfelbaum
Your Email Address: saul.apfelbaum@bell.net
Your City, State/Province or Country: Richmond, BC CANADA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1990 – “Royal Gala”
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Cardo Packtalk Bold; Garmin Zumo 660, iPhone XR
Comments: Hi All, I’ll only be going as far as Lompc with the group because I really don’t like the drive from Lompoc to San Clemente. Having said that, I very much look forward to riding with all the wonderful PC800 people and to sending Leland off in grand fashion!!!!!
Rider’s Name: Douglas Schmitt
Your Email Address: doschmitt@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Portland, Oregon
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1990 Late Life Crisis (LLC)
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: iPhone
Comments: Of course, all this is pending the outcome of the COVID outbreak. This will be my first group ride and I’ll do my best to gear up for the event and not slow you guys down too much but I like that you have built in the “independence” factor. That seems to fit the spirit of the event. Looking forward to meeting you all.
Rider’s Name: Juan Antonio Goula
Your Email Address: juan.a.goula at gmail dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Reno, Nevada
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1990 PC800, Hobbes
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Blue Tooth
Comments: I am sure looking forward to joining new and old friends on this ride.
Rider’s Name: Bruce Pickett
Your Email Address: bp042-pc800 at yahoo dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Prescott, Arizona
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 2005 PC-XL (GL1800), Blue’s Brother
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Sena SMH10 Bluetooth
Comments: AGAIN!!!
Rider’s Name: Jason Mullaley
Your Email Address: Jasonmullaley at gmail dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: ??, United Kingdom
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1989 PC800; may rent here
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: unknown
Comments: Hi, I would love to come to this event , I won’t be able to bring my bike from the Uk so would be allowed for me to hire a bike locally to be part of it? I know I can’t hire a PC. (Leland’s Response: Of course. Please just don’t rent a Harley! 🙂 )
Rider’s Name: Michael Studer
Your Email Address: skye.enters@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: St Louis Park, MN USA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1996 D Rey II
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Smartphone
Comments: I may do all the dinners, just depends on whether I’m staying with friend / relatives or not along the way. Peace.
Rider’s Name: Charles Tasker
Your Email Address: Charles.tasker at ntlworld dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1990 PC800
Will you bring a passenger: My wife Jeanette
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Blue tooth comms
Comments: Just got to figure out shipping from the UK to the USA. And back again! Any ideas welcome. Hard to decide this far ahead when and where to eat so I’ve added all the options just to be sure.
Rider’s Name: Gregory Hall
Your Email Address: halgreg at gmail dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: BMW R1200RT
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Sena intercom
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Jonathan Hall
Your Email Address: ??
Your City, State/Province or Country: Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island, BC, Canada
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: TBD
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Sena 20S
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Sheila Kanitsch
Your Email Address: mikekanitsch@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Mesa, AZ
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 90 PC800 “Scarlett O’Honda”, now 18 Mustang convertible “Sally III”
Will you bring a passenger: Mike is the passenger, they have these silly rules about not driving blind…
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Radio? Sirius of course. Communication is my cell.
Comments: Talked with Leland right after he announced the ride, he said that we were and always would be PC’ers and as such were welcome to come in the Mustang (although at that time it was a ’14). Mike is looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. He rode this in 2000 and 2001 on Scarlett as the “pilot”, and ’05 and ’06 as a passenger with Roy Coss.
Rider’s Name: Glenn Evanish
Your Email Address: gevanish at gmail dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Suwanee, GA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1995 Unnamed
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Sena S10
Comments: Thanks, Douglas. I’m looking forward to this. I signed up for all the above because I don’t know what I would do other than tag along for these events. I have already ridden the PCH (LA to SF) once, but I was not on a PC. Time to do it right.
Rider’s Name: Gary Mick
Your Email Address: garymick at gmail dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Loveland, Colorado
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1996 PC800, Red Bike
Will you bring a passenger: No — bringing friend Ted on his Valkyrie
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: none
Comments: Looking forward to it.
Rider’s Name: Malcolm Cook
Your Email Address: cookmalcolm55@gmail.com (same as Karen’s email below)
Your City, State/Province or Country: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 2008 BMW 1200RT
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: G9
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Stefan Grotegut
Your Email Address: stefan.grotegut@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: San Diego, CA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1995
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Cell phone: 858-210-1150
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Jim Russell
Your Email Address: russelljim12@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Seattle, WA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1989, Mr. White
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: cell phone (206) 300-0541
Comments: I will be peeling off after Wednesday brunch to join another ride, my college classmates, that will be heading north that day from Morro Bay.
Rider’s Name: Sandie Rosenthal
Your Email Address: DreamsSewn at aol dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Louisburg, North Carolina
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 2005 GL1800
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: CB on bike
Comments: Have been looking forward to this ride for many years.
Rider’s Name: Rosy Rosenthal
Your Email Address: JGRosy at aol dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Louisburg, North Carolina
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 2006 GL1800
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: CB on the bike
Comments: My wife Sandie is bringing me
Rider’s Name: Stuart Savin
Your Email Address: sjsavin at yahoo dotcom
Your City, State/Province or Country: Lancaster, PA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1997 PC800
Will you bring a passenger: Wera Savin (Wife)
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any:
Comments: Looking forward to the trip.
Rider’s Name: Charles Holzerland
Your Email Address: Basstracker34 at yahoo dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Albertville, Minnesota
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1996 PC800
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: CB from previous owner but unsure how to use as of now
Comments: Looking forward to it!
Rider’s Name: Gary Amon
Your Email Address: heskis@yahoo.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Rochester, NY
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1995, Black Frost
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Sena
Comments: Just starting to think about this. No firm plans yet.
Rider’s Name: Tim Davies
Your Email Address: yankeesmuggler at yahoo dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Seneca Falls, New York
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1998 Pacific Coast, Yankee Smuggler II
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: CB
Comments: I’ll start saving my money after I return from my 2018 transcontinental trans-Canada trip.
Rider’s Name: Ed Glynn
Your Email Address: 1edg2012@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Watsonville, CA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1990 // noname
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Cell phone
Comments:
Rider’s Name: John Dove
Your Email Address: johngdove@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Revere, Massachusetts
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1998
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Cell phone
Comments: My brother lived for many years right on Highway One just south of Devil’s Slide near Half Moon Bay. It will be nice to remember him as I pass by his home. I’ve ridden PC-800s for the last 9 years and bought my current one with less than 4,000 miles on it just last year. It will have a lot more miles on it by the time of this ride.
Rider’s Name: Joseph Smith
Your Email Address: jbhsmith at gmail dot com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Port Angeles, Washington
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: Suzuki V-Strom DL1000, No X. Name
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: SENA-20 bluetooth
Comments: Haven’t done the full route south yet! Maybe do the whole 9 yards with Doug Van B.
Rider’s Name: Rob Webb
Your Email Address: jrobwebb@gmail.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Parksville
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1989
Will you bring a passenger: Heidi
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Sena
Comments:
Rider’s Name: Julia Coss
Your Email Address: jac94rec@yahoo.com
Your City, State/Province or Country: Elk Grove, CA
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 1998 PC800 and 2002 GL1800, will be driving a truck.
Will you bring a passenger: Yes, John Johnson
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any: Cell phone
Comments: Looking forward to visiting with old PC group friends and meeting some new ones. My late husband (Roy Coss) and I did this ride since it first started in 2000 (missed a few). In fact, Roy and I scouted the Sierra Nevada sections with Leland. We were dear friends to Leland. Roy Coss passed away in November 2015, so I willd rive my truck and end at Disneyland. I am bringing my boyfriend, John.
Rider’s Name: Greg Castle
Your Email Address: emalecastle at yahoo dot ca
Your City, State/Province or Country: Keswick, Ontario, Canada
Your Pacific Coast Model Year & Bike Name: 2015 Triumph Explorer
Will you bring a passenger: No
Radio Equipment you will carry, if any:
Comments: Returning after 20yrs of being part of the first ride.