Author Topic: On the road again! (Read 6313 times)

olhogrider · **on:** July 24, 2011, 02:37:09 am

I got my bike back! I just want to say another HUGE thanks to Kevin, CMW and Il Motorino (Santa Cruz, CA) for taking care of me. I rode home in "break-in" mode on mostly 2-lane roads. I didn't want to stop! What is it about these bikes?

1 Thump · **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2011, 03:23:54 am

Alright man. Time for a ride ! Want to do Lake Berryessa next weekend ? I have been wanting to go there for a while.

olhogrider · **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2011, 03:26:01 am

I work a lot of weekends but I'm off next weekend! Should we start another Bay area ride thread?

Desi Bike · **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2011, 03:31:53 am

Happy REbirth!

Ducati Scotty · **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2011, 03:41:20 am

Sweeeeeet!!!

Arizoni · **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2011, 05:44:46 am

That's great news olhogrider

Those California back roads are the best way to go anyway.
Less traffic. Better views. Neat little unexpected places to see and almost no 18 wheelers barreling down on you blowing your bike out of its lane.

Andy · **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2011, 05:50:40 am

Feeling REinvigorated, are we? Congrats.

jartist · **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2011, 08:28:41 am

Congratulations!!!

bittercrick · **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2011, 12:37:47 pm

Everything old is new agin,cool beans dude. bittercrick

r80rt · **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2011, 01:38:52 pm

Glad you are on the road again.

Maturin · **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:52:09 pm

Quote from: olhogrider on July 24, 2011, 02:37:09 am

I didn't want to stop! What is it about these bikes?

I may quote Will: It´s about the ride!
Seven grins...this must be happyness. Alas, I know exactly what you mean

Ride safe & have...well, you´ll have fun anyway

P. Schraub · **Reply #11 on:** July 25, 2011, 02:20:07 am

Hey Folks,
Just a heads up, there's a great event in Sparks, Nevada starting August 31st. It's the International BBQ festival. I went there last year and it was off the hook ! Great ride through the back roads to Lake Tahoe, and then down into Sparks. Book a room at The Nugget, if there's any left. Great ride for the Royal Enfield.

olhogrider · **Reply #12 on:** July 25, 2011, 05:48:07 am

I didn't want to ride the break in miles on the freeway to MotoGP so we took the car. Took over an hour for the bus ride to the parking lot and another four hours back to SF. Racing was great! I'll be riding th RE more this weekend.

Maturin · **Reply #13 on:** July 25, 2011, 02:18:16 pm

Quote from: olhogrider on July 25, 2011, 05:48:07 am

I didn't want to ride the break in miles on the freeway to MotoGP so we took the car. Took over an hour for the bus ride to the parking lot and another four hours back to SF. Racing was great! I'll be riding th RE more this weekend.

I saw it on TV. Stoner's outside move around Lorenzo was teriffic. But when I saw him hobbling away from his Yamaha afterwards, I wonder why noone else was able to beat him, handicapped as he was. Time for Bradl to join the pack

olhogrider · **Reply #14 on:** July 26, 2011, 08:10:03 pm

Quote from: 1 Thump on July 24, 2011, 03:23:54 am

Alright man. Time for a ride ! Want to do Lake Berryessa next weekend ? I have been wanting to go there for a while.

Ok. Name the time and place. Saturday or Sunday? I will still be breaking it in so I'll be taking it easy.

monkey · **Reply #15 on:** July 26, 2011, 09:37:11 pm

Good to hear!

I'm tied up for the next few weekends, but will ping you when things open up, would love to meet up for a ride.

-Jef

barenekd · **Reply #16 on:** July 26, 2011, 10:39:14 pm

damn, I need to move a little farther north! The RE riders down here seem to stay well hidden.
Bare

Okie Enfield · **Reply #17 on:** July 26, 2011, 11:35:33 pm

Congrates on getting her back! Baby got a brand new ticker!

olhogrider · **Reply #18 on:** July 27, 2011, 07:12:29 am

Thanks. I'll put some break in miles on this weekend. Anybody else want to ride along? Meet at the Starbucks at Cordelia around 10 am Saturday?

Okie Enfield · **Reply #19 on:** July 27, 2011, 03:58:25 pm

Ohhhh! Starbucks! Should I wear my Monocle? A Tux?

Whatever happened to meeting at greasy spoon places? Something like "Big Al's house of pork".

How cool would it be to say, " Honey, I'm off to meet the boys for a ride. We are gonna meet at the diner "The severly beaten egg."

I need to open a place called "Moe's".

Desi Bike · **Reply #20 on:** July 27, 2011, 04:13:14 pm

You can get everything you want at Alice's Restaurant

boggy · **Reply #21 on:** July 27, 2011, 04:17:20 pm

Great new Olhog... wait... I can't remember why you were without your horse? Did something near-catastrophic happen?

Incredibly jealous you got to see MotoGP live. I can't even see it on TV - Apparently to get the speed channel the cable company wants me to sign up for a 150$ package. Criminal.

Have a good ride, Bay Area guys.

prof_stack · **Reply #22 on:** July 27, 2011, 04:49:55 pm

Quote from: Okie Enfield on July 27, 2011, 03:58:25 pm

...I need to open a place called "Moe's".

Funny you mention that. Last weekend I visited the son in Eugene, OR. The inspiration for Moe's Tavern was Max's where Simpson's creator Max Groening spent some of his youth. The inside resembles the cartoon, but Moe is not there! It is an old-school tavern with heat-up microwave food, popcorn, and pretzels plus very dark old wooded booths. It is on 13th E about 3 blocks west of the U of Oregon campus. Notice the "Go Ducks!" sign in the window. I went once. That was enough! D'oh!

olhogrider · **Reply #23 on:** July 27, 2011, 08:09:20 pm

Ok, I was just going for something easy to find. The Greasy Spoons are on the ride. I could have said the Chevron station. There is a Sunday ride from Saratoga that may wind up at Alice's but they like to ride fast.

The catastrophe that kept me off the bike for a few weeks was my stator contacting my rotor. That left metal shavings in the oil. Kevin decided to replace the entire engine. Now I have to ride slow for a few miles. So far 1thump has said he wants to go. Anybody else?

1 Thump · **Reply #24 on:** July 27, 2011, 08:53:12 pm

Quote from: olhogrider on July 27, 2011, 07:12:29 am

Thanks. I'll put some break in miles on this weekend. Anybody else want to ride along? Meet at the Starbucks at Cordelia around 10 am Saturday?

I can do that, or Costco on the other side of I-80. Where do we go from there ?

olhogrider · **Reply #25 on:** July 27, 2011, 09:05:06 pm

North!