The Yuba River cleaves the heart of The Lost Sierra along this Northern California motorcycle ride. (Photos by the author) Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the October 2004 issue. The phone rings. It’s Werner Wachter calling from Austria. “You vill come to Sacramento this weekend to my Edelweiss presentation at A&S BMW?” It’s a question, but it sounds more like an order. I once asked Wachter, “What’s the difference between a German and an Austrian?” His response was subtle. He didn’t speak to me for months. Anyway, of course we will come to Sacramento this weekend. It’s the end of March. We are enjoying a temporary respite in the usually Stalingrad-like winter here in greater Bieber in Big Valley on the high plains of northeast California. My Gold Wing’s battery is beginning to need me. And it has been way too long since I’ve seen the… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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