Author Topic: Portland ride (Read 19899 times)

paulages · « **Reply #100 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:46:13 PM »

I'm sure I have a spoke if you want to come by and get one tonight. I'll PM you mine ans mark's numbers. We'll be there for a while. What year bike?

coldright · « **Reply #101 on:** July 24, 2009, 07:17:11 PM »

There should be one off my old wheel

pdxPope · « **Reply #102 on:** July 24, 2009, 08:00:54 PM »

How does the group feel about non-members attending?

I was telling one of my riding buddies about our little adventure and he said he would like to come along. I told him it was a pretty specific group and his '84 FJ600 would stick out like a sore thumb, but that I'd ask.

So what's the consensus?

-JP

Borkunit · « **Reply #103 on:** July 24, 2009, 08:20:36 PM »

Bring 'im! I think the consensus is that we're pretty much open to anyone who wants to ride. And isn't an #$%*.

my78k · « **Reply #104 on:** July 24, 2009, 08:44:49 PM »

Will they be allowed for the group pic though??

coldright · « **Reply #105 on:** July 24, 2009, 08:52:23 PM »

We will need someone to take the photo

Mdub · « **Reply #106 on:** July 24, 2009, 09:31:10 PM »

Any friends of sohc'ers are welcome.
We can always get a pic with everybody and their bike and, then, an sohc only pic.
Anyone that goes on the ride, or friends/family of riders, are welcome as well.
There is a lot of food and I don't want a bunch of leftovers!

Our chase crew will get plenty of video and pics.
If you bring a memory stick, you can get copies at the party.
I'm stoked!
Mike

pdxPope · « **Reply #107 on:** July 24, 2009, 09:45:56 PM »

Groovy!

Thanks guys.

-JP

treetrimmer · « **Reply #108 on:** July 26, 2009, 07:50:54 AM »

8)Hey,
That was fun. Great to meet everyone and a nice ride!

Jeff

(When are we going to see the video?)

Frankenkit · « **Reply #109 on:** July 26, 2009, 07:54:41 AM »

That was a lot of fun! We're waiting to see pics, too.

Mdub · « **Reply #110 on:** July 26, 2009, 09:22:18 AM »

Well congratulations on a great ride with great people!
I'd like to thank each and every one who showed up and made it an event.
Thank you!

The weather (all too easy to take for granted this time of year) was perfect, thanks be to the weather gods!

Paulages has a really cool little shop where he hosted the meeting place for us, thanks Paul! (really nice guy too).

I haven't counted yet (I have individual pics of each bike on my video camera, still need to download) but we had a bunch of Hondas and a few other bikes.

We had riders of all experience and skill levels, from newbie to "crusty".

That being said, I was concerned that everyone ride at their own comfort level.

Things got off to a good start, other than the usual last minute things (little things, loose chain, gas, etc)
Once we got out to Burnside things were pretty smooth.
Going through downtown P'town, all the people whoop'd it up for us, it was really cool!
Then we got out to Skyline and the fun began!
The wierd thing is, the vast majority of people slowed down for the curves! I always thought the formula was :
2x speed limt -5mph = speed through curve.
Example: treacherous curve ahead, sign says 35mph.
35x2=70-5= 65mph. Am I doing something wrong? LOL

As it was, everyone sought their own place in the pack and we managed to all arrive safely at RCT at roughly the same time (a couple got there "early" LOL)

I don't know what happened on the way back (we lost a bunch on the way to the party

) Luckily, Borkunit (Zak) and R550 (Darren) and my friends were on "standby ready five" (heard that in a movie somewhere)and took up the slack by consuming huge helpings of pulled pork and watermelon washed down with gallons of beer!

So here are a few teaser pics, That's my bud Dave and his sister Kelly in the group of bikes pic (they're such camera hounds!)LOL
More to come...
Mike

Mdub · « **Reply #111 on:** July 26, 2009, 09:39:02 AM »

And a few more.....
(I'll have the rest from my video camera soon)
BTW, did anyone else get pics?

MickeyX · « **Reply #112 on:** July 26, 2009, 11:43:12 AM »

Wow, you really like taking pics of my hind side.

LOL. That's me, bringing up the rear of the gang wearing the gray/black jacket and jeans, with Coldright ahead of me (no taillight) and Kit before her (black jacket with hardbags). I found it fitting to have the '06 HD riding caboose behind a line of beautifully aged Hondas.

Thanks for the pics. If not for the cat issue at home (we took in a stray the night before and he needed to go to the vet ASAP), we would have joined in the after party. It was good to meet you all. I had a great time and the ride was fantastic. I have never done Skyline that far out before. I might tackle it again today for the heck of it.

Thanks again for putting this all together.

pdxPope · « **Reply #113 on:** July 26, 2009, 01:01:15 PM »

+1 on a great ride.
Thanks to Mike for putting it on, and to Paul & Co. for hosting the meet and greet.

-JP

paulages · « **Reply #114 on:** July 27, 2009, 12:27:14 PM »

What's this speed limit X 2 minus 5 business?? I thought it was plus 5!! No really, sorry if phil and I kinda took off on you guys.. I have a hard time taking that stretch of skyline at a slow pace. Call me anytime for a ride though people. Had fuun.

coldright · « **Reply #115 on:** July 31, 2009, 10:59:11 PM »

Mdub,
What happened to the rest of the pics?

paulages · « **Reply #116 on:** August 01, 2009, 02:55:06 PM »

...and when's the next ride? megacycle has my cam at the moment. i'd love to take the 718 out next time. by the way, i mentioned in another thread but not here: that 750 i was borrowing from a friend that day? front brake went out on me on route 202 to astoria the next day. rear brake? not so much..

it was a fun 20 miles into astoria with no brakes at all.

coldright · « **Reply #117 on:** August 01, 2009, 03:05:18 PM »

Skillz, mad motorbike skillz. Nice work getting yourself to Astoria Paul... weren't we just commenting on how brakes aren't really necessary if you can downshift? Oh, I'm up for a ride as long as there is less talking and more riding!

MickeyX · « **Reply #118 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:34:16 PM »

I'm available tomorrow all day...

coldright · « **Reply #119 on:** August 01, 2009, 10:32:56 PM »

Bummer, I'm working. Maybe I'll get called off... if I do I'll send you a PM.

paulages · « **Reply #120 on:** August 01, 2009, 10:36:30 PM »

Quote from: MickeyX on August 01, 2009, 05:34:16 PM

I'm available tomorrow all day...

me and a couple others from the shop were thinking about going for a ride, or just going to the washougal for a swim. you're welcome to come either way!

Mdub · « **Reply #121 on:** August 05, 2009, 11:54:36 AM »

Sorry for the delay, I don't think I was this busy when I had a job!
Here we are at the shop:

Mdub · « **Reply #122 on:** August 05, 2009, 12:03:00 PM »

More:

Mdub · « **Reply #123 on:** August 05, 2009, 12:05:00 PM »

And last but not least:

Mdub · « **Reply #124 on:** August 05, 2009, 12:12:53 PM »

Quote from: paulages on August 01, 2009, 02:55:06 PM

...and when's the next ride? megacycle has my cam at the moment. i'd love to take the 718 out next time. by the way, i mentioned in another thread but not here: that 750 i was borrowing from a friend that day? front brake went out on me on route 202 to astoria the next day. rear brake? not so much.. it was a fun 20 miles into astoria with no brakes at all.

Has anyone been to Silver falls?
(This is just one of several in the area,.some of the most spectacular falls I've seen, especially since I was just cruising around and just happened to bump into them. Most are a short walk from the road. I was absolutely gobsmacked!)
Just east of Salem, we could spend a Sat. there:

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Author Topic: Portland ride (Read 19899 times)