Author Topic: Team 3: NM, AZ, CA (Read 84581 times)

scottly · « **Reply #125 on:** April 22, 2013, 10:36:48 PM »

OK guys and gal(

), here is how the first leg of our team is going to go: Heffey and I (and hopefully shenanigans) will ride up to four-corners on a Saturday, and meet Proto, Justin, and hopefully coke there. (It would be really cool to meet CBGhia as well: three relay heroes from GZ-1 at the same time!!!!)
On the way back from 4-C, I will split off and meet up with KayJohn from Kingman near Ashfork, and ride part of route 66 with him and any other Kingman riders before heading home. IN ANY CASE, GZ 3 will take team red, white, and blue, AKA USPS to SoCal. There is no need to cross the Mojave again. By that time, the lower desert will be a frying pan set on low simmer.

I will mail GZ to GreenHornet74 in Hawthorne, who participated last year. I realized he was a serious rider then, when he started talking about a failed Dyna-s in Canada, while on a trans-continental trip. I remembered when he was trouble-shooting the problem, and his jaw dropped when I told him his cousin had to ride back across the border to get a replacement. If I recall correctly, after the ignition repair he met Andy, the originator of the "lets see your bike on the road" thread. It's these small-world experiences that make the relay all the more important; meeting and sharing with members. It's the ride, not the destination.

70CB750 · « **Reply #126 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:56:58 AM »

Heal well, heffay!

RAFster122s · « **Reply #127 on:** April 23, 2013, 01:14:55 AM »

Wow Heffay, you don't do anything half way. That has to hurt a lot. Hope you heal quickly.
keep it clean...

heffay · « **Reply #128 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:32:33 AM »

I was moving some big metal rings for a Double Ring Infiltrometer test kit.
like so:

They take a beating since you have to drive them into the ground with a sledge, so they get burrs and splinters on the edges. Sliced me good when I was releasing my grip.
Workman's comp, yay!
It's healing up pretty well, only 3 stitches since it was only about 1" long, but it was about a 1/2" deep. I got lucky not to get any tendons. If it wasn't in such a bad spot I probably wouldn't have even gone to the Dr... and then probably would have gotten lock jaw without the tetanus I got along w/ the stitches, lol.

Scottly, changed your mind about going up to 4 corners afterall?

Mooshie · « **Reply #129 on:** April 23, 2013, 06:14:43 PM »

Wow Heffay hope you heal quickly. That looked nasty!
Ready over here in Santa Barbara to meet up with the contingency from Willow to take our sweet GZ-3 to Northern California.

Any idea of a rough date for the hand off?

scottly · « **Reply #130 on:** April 23, 2013, 06:31:54 PM »

What sort of infiltration were you testing for?
Back on topic: the decision to bypass the Mojave was not made without due consideration of the experiences of the riders VS an unbroken "chain of custody". CoachDoc, you mentioned trailering your bike to a join-up point. How about Hawthorne? From there, you and GreenHornet could head towards goldarrow, and continue on towards Rosamond...

coke · « **Reply #131 on:** April 24, 2013, 04:51:04 PM »

If this trip is happening May 10, 11, 12 I will not be able to attend. My evaluation for work is that Friday so I couldn't take off and head there.

scottly · « **Reply #132 on:** April 24, 2013, 06:15:30 PM »

It looks like the weekend of 5-18 for the start of the SoCal leg won't work for CoachDoc, either. How would everyone feel about the 4-corners hand-off happening on 5-18, and SoCal the next weekend?

goldarrow · « **Reply #133 on:** April 24, 2013, 06:23:06 PM »

Sat 5/25 sounds great to me

Proto · « **Reply #134 on:** April 24, 2013, 07:55:29 PM »

I am ok with that date. I will p.m. Justin and see what he has in mind for getting the lizard and handing off to me.

scottly · « **Reply #135 on:** April 24, 2013, 08:02:37 PM »

Thanks for the feedback guys. We need to start hearing from the other Socal riders, as well as the Norcal riders, now that we have some dates to plan from.

CoachDoc · « **Reply #136 on:** April 24, 2013, 11:33:14 PM »

Quote from: scottly on April 23, 2013, 06:31:54 PM

CoachDoc, you mentioned trailering your bike to a join-up point. How about Hawthorne? From there, you and GreenHornet could head towards goldarrow, and continue on towards Rosamond...

I'm open to that idea or to meeting up with you in 29 Palms/Joshua Tree. I guess I'm a little partial to the latter because its a lot easier to find a place to leave my SUV and the trailer out in the boonies. The weekend of the 25th is great for me.

Stev-o · « **Reply #137 on:** April 25, 2013, 04:59:39 AM »

Quote from: Proto on April 24, 2013, 07:55:29 PM

I am ok with that date. I will p.m. Justin and see what he has in mind for getting the lizard and handing off to me.

Hey Proto - Have you heard from Justin lately? He has not posted in the TX thread in a while but his last post stated he was in.

KCbarsos · « **Reply #138 on:** April 25, 2013, 06:30:51 AM »

hi. any news or information about the SF Bay area? when its coming here? where its going from here? thanks

goldarrow · « **Reply #139 on:** April 25, 2013, 06:58:08 AM »

Quote from: CoachDoc on April 24, 2013, 11:33:14 PM

Quote from: scottly on April 23, 2013, 06:31:54 PM
CoachDoc, you mentioned trailering your bike to a join-up point. How about Hawthorne? From there, you and GreenHornet could head towards goldarrow, and continue on towards Rosamond...
I'm open to that idea or to meeting up with you in 29 Palms/Joshua Tree. I guess I'm a little partial to the latter because its a lot easier to find a place to leave my SUV and the trailer out in the boonies. The weekend of the 25th is great for me.

Coachdoc, another option I can suggest, I used to live off nearby 405/Sherman way exit. My sister still lives there, safe street, you could park there. Mondays and Fridays are street cleaning, depending which side you park.

Dave Voss · « **Reply #140 on:** April 25, 2013, 08:07:56 AM »

Quote from: kcbarsos on April 25, 2013, 06:30:51 AM

hi. any news or information about the SF Bay area? when its coming here? where its going from here? thanks

Yes, I'm curious about dates and routes for the San Francisco Bay Area as well, my 550 is close to being ready, and I'm interested in participating in the relay. At this time, I'm guessing it will be sometime during the last week of May or the first week of June?

Proto · « **Reply #141 on:** April 25, 2013, 11:59:32 AM »

Steve-O, I last heard from Justin on April 12, when he answered a pm regarding a meet at Clayton, NM. He said that would be fine. I am waiting for a response to a second one that I sent last night regarding a date and time now for the meet.

2ceebees · « **Reply #142 on:** April 25, 2013, 01:42:21 PM »

FYI, there is a steakhouse in Clayton, NM that is not to me missed. An old hotel if I remember correctly.

heffay · « **Reply #143 on:** April 25, 2013, 06:02:51 PM »

I think the 18th will work.

Got my stitches out today and it is amazing how much better it feels. If the lizard needed a ride tomorrow, I'd be willing to do it.

Scottly, it is a percolation test of water infiltration into soil... that sort of info is very important in construction as well as knowing what will happen when it rains heavily and all that water goes to our retention basins we have all over the valley. It is a 6 hour test minimum and its a lot like watching paint dry. Check levels every 1/2 hour to hour and Netflix on the phone the rest of the time.

scottly · « **Reply #144 on:** April 25, 2013, 06:24:46 PM »

If the Socal gang leaves the LA area on the morning of 5-25, they should be able to do the ride to Rosamond, then back to the meet-up with Mooshie in time for her and GreenHornet to ride as far as SLO or maybe even Morrow Bay the same day, depending on the route. That would put GZ into the Bay area by end of the day 5-26. Since most folks can only ride on weekends, I would guess that GZ might begin his eastward trek on 6-1?

ofreen · « **Reply #145 on:** April 26, 2013, 09:35:07 AM »

Quote from: scottly on April 25, 2013, 06:24:46 PM

I would guess that GZ might begin his eastward trek on 6-1?

So we should probably start talking about this. This is a possibility if Matt still wants to do it -

Quote from: scottly on February 23, 2013, 04:04:06 PM

Ofreen, in ID, and curemode, UT are both about the same distance from the Bay area, at least as the crow flies. Matt's suggestion of a hand-off at Winnemucca would be about midway.

scottly · « **Reply #146 on:** April 26, 2013, 06:42:20 PM »

I just PM'd Matt and asked him to join in the conversation here. Also PM'd Sal, AKA GreenHornet, last night.
BTW, for anyone that is still considering crossing the Mojave, it looks like parts may hit 100* this coming Monday. By the end of May, this will be the norm.

GreenHornet74 · « **Reply #147 on:** April 27, 2013, 11:52:52 AM »

Quote from: scottly on April 22, 2013, 10:36:48 PM

OK guys and gal( ), here is how the first leg of our team is going to go: Heffey and I (and hopefully shenanigans) will ride up to four-corners on a Saturday, and meet Proto, Justin, and hopefully coke there. (It would be really cool to meet CBGhia as well: three relay heroes from GZ-1 at the same time!!!!)
On the way back from 4-C, I will split off and meet up with KayJohn from Kingman near Ashfork, and ride part of route 66 with him and any other Kingman riders before heading home. IN ANY CASE, GZ 3 will take team red, white, and blue, AKA USPS to SoCal. There is no need to cross the Mojave again. By that time, the lower desert will be a frying pan set on low simmer.
I will mail GZ to GreenHornet74 in Hawthorne, who participated last year. I realized he was a serious rider then, when he started talking about a failed Dyna-s in Canada, while on a trans-continental trip. I remembered when he was trouble-shooting the problem, and his jaw dropped when I told him his cousin had to ride back across the border to get a replacement. If I recall correctly, after the ignition repair he met Andy, the originator of the "lets see your bike on the road" thread. It's these small-world experiences that make the relay all the more important; meeting and sharing with members. It's the ride, not the destination.

Andy was really benevolent towards us. Because of him I was able to fix my busted fork seals. He also introduced us to other sohc members. One of them was a Honda guru and his basement literally looked like a cb750 parts store.

GreenHornet74 · « **Reply #148 on:** April 27, 2013, 12:00:03 PM »

I'm still in for the ride. Unfortunately I could only ride Friday through Sunday unless they change my work schedule. That should give me enough time to ride as far North as SF, meet Mooshie & others along the way? Triumph dude (daytona 675) can't make it this year due to his bike having electrical issues. However, I know another triumph dude (bonneville) that may join us.

heffay · « **Reply #149 on:** April 27, 2013, 12:03:25 PM »

My co-worker/partner-in-crime may come along to 4 corners on his 883.

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Author Topic: Team 3: NM, AZ, CA (Read 84581 times)