anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[trevor]

Saturday I rode up to Campbell River, took the old Island Hwy along the Ocean.. Amazing! Then found a cheap motel and went out for a real nice dinner. Then left in the morning for Gold River on Hwy 28...I have heard that it has been voted best motorcycle road in BC. It is the best I have been on that's for sure! 90kms of scenery, twisty turns and plenty of straight aways. On the way there I didn't come up on a single vehicle on the way back saw a ton of bikes. If any of you ever come here to the Island you have to go to Gold River!! I found this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWVgItIMt5Y

[7981GS]

Looks like a great place to go for a ride Trevor.

Eric

[eddie21]

That looks like a fun and scenic ride! I got a kick out of the photo of the gal and son on the leopard painted cruiser. I'm guessing Janice will be very impressed with the protective gear on the kid! Those look like pretty tough sneakers!

Hope the weather was OK for you on the return trip, it was kinda grim here in the Capital City.

[sedelen]

I did manage to get out on both bikes briefly before the daily torrential rains started.

[Darin Jordan]

I didn't have time to get any pics... but this past Friday, I made a 400-mile round trip from Renton, WA to Benton City, WA to visit my Uncle and my Aunt. My Aunt was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer about 6-weeks ago, and I wanted to go visit. Left Renton at Noon, rode I-90 to Ellensburg, then I-82 to Benton City. Dodged the severe Thunder Storms that were happening over here long enough to get into the 95-degree plus weather over East of the mountains... The 850G was just singing along. Stopped for gas and food and picked up some flowers to take out. Arrived about 4:30pm...

Had a great visit with them, plus my brother and his family and my cousins. They all dispersed around 9:00pm, and I decided I'd go ahead and ride back home. Lots of bugs between there and Ellensburg. Stopped at the Buzz Inn to clean up and have some dinner. Got gas, and headed out again. Arrived back home around 1:15am. Long day, but worth it. A little cold coming over the pass, but my Tourmaster jacket and pants seemed to do their job.

Sadly, I got the news last night (Sunday, July 15), that my lovely Aunt passed away during the day. She was at home, and with family, and I'm very glad to have taken the time to make this trip.

[Redman]

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...., and I'm very glad to have taken the time to make this trip.

Good that you did.


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[Redman]

Visiting in-laws in Traverse City over weekend.
Wife and I took our grandson. Son& DIL rode up.

I got to take his bike (Truimph Tiger 1050) for a sunset ride.
Here is view from 5 Mile road overlooking East Bay.

Then I went out on the "the peninsula". (What you see in background of photo.)
Intended to get more pics of the road, but camera batterys went dead.
He has Bluetooth this and that on the bike.
Has USB this and that on the bike.
But does not have an double-A battery dispenser.


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Son & DIL


Grandson and his mom (although he was not so sure at first).



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[robertbarr]

A quick jaunt to The Great River Road

OK, I've been a slacker long enough, so I thought I'd better bring a camera and return with something to contribute...

I had done some rewiring, including a new MOSFET R/R, and decided I needed a little test ride, so I set off for a 360-mile afternoon into northwest Illinois, up to the Galena / Savannah area. Here you can see I haven't buttoned up the side cover.



Between Rockford and the Terrapin Ridge, I stopped by a state park for a quick drink of water.



... then onto Savannah, down Scenic Ridge Road (sorry, no photos of this at present. There's no safe place to stop a bike and shoot anything! It's awe-inspiring, though... and to the Palisades.



... and of course the Great River Road.



I did get caught in a downpour, which is why the pipes look so horrible in all but the first pic. Finally, let me show you how conservative a ride this was. How's this for a summary of restraint?

[Redman]

OK, I've been a slacker long enough, so I thought I'd better bring a camera and return with something to contribute...
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... and of course the Great River Road.



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RB,

That 1000G looks great in all photos (even whey you say is dirty). Makes me want just call my bike "just an old scratched up dull bike".

Tell more about Illinois Great River Road. I suspect is a reference to Mississippi as the "great" river. And maybe the road that is great, but they really meant the river.

I had a rule-of-thumb that if looking at a map and see a road named River Road, then it is likley to be a good suspect as an interesting road to ride. The later I had to ammend that to include that if it went along the river as opposed to just going to the river. ANd then just this weekend, I had to ammend that rule-of-thumb further yet to include an option of if there is a railroad track between the river and the road.....

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[Rover]

Wow Mr Barr,great bike.You put some time in that baby!

[Spyder]

Mr. Barr! Where did this ride take place? Looks like a GREAT ride that I might like to take some time...

[robertbarr]

The Great River Road is sort of a generic name for most of the roads that follow the Mississippi, from Minnesota through Wisconsin and along Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, on south.

Here's a rather unflattering description. I think it's probably far more worthwhile from Savannah northward, but it's respectably scenic south to the I-80 slab.

South of that -- well, LoopGaroo recommends Rt. 26 from roughly Starved Rock to around Peoria. I haven't done that stretch yet, but I will soon. I've done the Hannibal, MO area and the bridge at Alton -- pretty impressive at times.

There are tons of web references to the GRR, for each state that abuts or carries the Mississippi. The ride from Chicago to Savannah is at best ho-hum until you reach Rt. 20 beyond Rockford or so, and then it really improves.

What I recommend is Scenic Ridge Road aka Derinda Rd. from Elizabeth south, (link in my first post), which is the only length I'd describe as 'breathtaking' within 200 miles of my home (Joliet, south of Chicago). It's just phenomenal. You can find numerous views of this on Youtube (and certainly elsewhere).

[robertbarr]

Grandson and his mom (although he was not so sure at first).



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That's a great photo. Hard to suppress a chuckle or two.

[Spyder]

Thanks for the info Mr. Barr... I'm down by Kankakee. I move down here from Joliet, 2 blocks from Briggs & 30. Maybe we can try to get together for a ride one of these days...

[ptexotik]

Just up the neighbors' steep driveway & back over & over after a little wrenchy-wrenchy ... (including better clutch cable actuation as schooled to me by chef1366!)