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Rich and I set out to join a group of riders
a couple hours away.
When we finally arrive, we need to use the facilities....
only to be greeted by this!:
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After joining up with the rest of the gang,
ten of us parade toward Boonville.
We were looking forward to a Boonville Oatmeal Stout with our lunch,
but the establishment was closed down.
I guess burgers will hafta do:



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It was a foggy morning before breakfast.
With our hopes of a clear day ahead, we met out front to talk breakfast:
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Specials at the little diner included "Homemade" Corn meal Hash:
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"Dude" (coffee cup in hand) took up motorcycles a couple years ago.
He's turning 70 and his sexy Black ST1100 will soon be turning
50(,000) miles:
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Humbling reminder of nature's beauty,
found in the parking lot behind our bikes:





...not to forget the obligatory shot of man-made beauty:
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RT's, Roadsters, a GS. Gold Wing, ST1100, Hawk V-twin 650.
K1200R, and a Triumph, lining up before taking off down Hwy 1:


A welcome sight of the fog now drifting out to sea,
NO LONGER inland, no longer making our travels precarious & scarry:
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Our group got a little separated, some took this bridge, others went straight.... stuff happens!




Rich aboard his K1200R, feeling kinda mellow
and simply enjoying the ride:
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Sit back, take it all in, and feast yer eyes on the California coast line
as we saw it this weekend!:







It was a great weekend with friends, fantastic roads, and beautiful scenery.


One last peek at the ocean from the saddle of my BonnieBlack, before pointing her inland for the ride home:

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Wow, great pix and a great looking Triumph.

Pat, it sounds like you needed the corner marking system on this ride.....

The rider behind the leader stops at a turn and waits for all riders to pass by.
When he sees the last rider he pulls onto the road and joins the group.
This continues for as long as you like and no-one gets lost.
Can be a pain in the $%^# if you have bikes strung over a long way, but with a reasonable group,
only the lead rider needs to really know the route.......
and that can also be a problem........

Great pix.

Pat, is that with Larry and the gang at the Seabird in Fort Bragg?

I hate working Saturdays!!

Very nice pics Pat! Make me wanna go back up the coast. Just recently spent 7 weeks along the north coast on a business trip but unfortunately, not on my bike.

Pat, Again, Very Nice, The Triumph is looking Great!!!!, Is that a "sheep skin" on your saddle? I just put one on my "R" from Alaska-Leathers, The weather has turned here in MN so I won't have an opinion until spring. What is your take on the Sheepskin (if indeed, that is what I think I see)?
Den

Yep, that's Larry's gang-o-Stanfordites.... good folk, all!

And YES, it's a Butt Pad from Alaska leathers. Bought it for the Roadster, it went on the Sprint RS, and now it's on the BonnieBlack. I love it, it's nothing short of magical!

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Now,
I have a question that I need candid responses to:

I used a technique of posting pictures that would be a little bit of how DJ posts his ride stories, and the -links- that you have to open yourself.

How many of yous guys would prefer to open a thread without having to wait for all of the pictures to download first,

and how many yous guys (& gals) actually LIKE the pictures being displayed without having to open a link to them?

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Great stuff Pat. Man I gotta get to Cali. 6 more years, 6 more years (got a kid in middle school)...


Depends on the size of the photos I guess and the time it takes to download them. I know anyone with a slow connection would probably want links.

I have a pretty fast connection (cable, downloads at 250 kilobytes per second,) and find that I avoid some posts because I have to leave the room for a while as the pix download. otherwise I get motion sickness with all the jumping around of the display. If the pix fit on one or two screens, no problem, but I'm sure that the modem users would prefer links. (If there are any of them left.)

I prefer all the pics in the post...No links... Better flow that way... However, a modem user might feel otherwise...
T.

toner87 wrote:I prefer all the pics in the post...No links... Better flow that way... However, a modem user might feel otherwise...
T.

I have a modem, and also perfer the pics in the post.

Jack

I prefer the picture in the post, but it really makes little difference, Den

I vote for no links. That ride with the Standfordites is BIG fun.
I still hate working Satudays.

Pat, that first picture of "the facilities" we call a THUNDER BOX...for obvious reasons.
aka a dunny.

Do y'all use a colloquialism?

"Outhouse" comes to mind.......

"Rich aboard his K1200R, feeling kinda mellow

and simply enjoying the ride:"





.....Patrick......was that a parachute on Richs back?........



........

He's yet to deploy it.......

only gotten his K1200R up to a mere (and very quick) 140 mph.