i live on the central coast and ride at pismo and pozo on a regular basis. you guys are thinking of the stair steps, which is almost impossible to make it down on anything besides a bike...allthough i have seen guys with fully modified trucks/jeeps make it down. the cal poly penguins ride becomes more of a street ride every year...the last one around spent maybe 15% in the dirt. pismo dunes are fun...but they're really dry right now so they're gonna suck on anything smaller than a 250. i was out there a couple weeks ago and found some decent hits, but my 125 didnt have the balls to pull hard enough. also the sand will get everywhere...bearings, chain, sprockets, brakes...make sure you put extra oil on your air filter and plan on spending some time pulling of your wheels and greasing the axles/bearings. also, the speed limit is 15 mph on the beach, not 25. my flag ripped off 5 mins after i got there bc it got sucked into my tire...i just jammed the 1 foot section of the pole that ahd the flag on it between my seat and rear fender and the po's never said anything about it