Nice Idea but I think that your distances are wrong, it is about 850 miles to ride the length of CA. Instead of asking for money for your tour, have a fire sale of all of your belongings, the move costs nothing with no possessions , there is no storage fees or rent for no possessions. except maybe parking your car. And with the proceeds of the fire sale you can get a shiny new bike and when you are done you can start out with a clean slate. Since the distance is only 850 miles, that is a two week vacation before job hunting. What about unemployment? you could network when riding, visiting business along the route, green is really popular so hit up companies that are trying to promote how green they are and collect unemployment the entire time.