Oregon Coast to Maine in June of '09

[howling60]

i couldn't tell you any good riding areas unfortunately, bought my first bike this fall, and it's half torn apart in my basement right now

now, nice DRIVES... if you head out towards the old town/orono/milo area... you can be in for a decent drive... backwoods areas... roads are... "ok" then of course, there are the coastal routes that always end up with good scenery & such, just have to deal with the normal glut of touristy traffic...

-Nate

 

[850 Combat]

i couldn't tell you any good riding areas unfortunately, bought my first bike this fall, and it's half torn apart in my basement right now

now, nice DRIVES... if you head out towards the old town/orono/milo area... you can be in for a decent drive... backwoods areas... roads are... "ok" then of course, there are the coastal routes that always end up with good scenery & such, just have to deal with the normal glut of touristy traffic...

-Nate

So, Nate...

A Corrado

I've got a totally bitchen '87 Scirocco 16V in the garage in Hampden, and an '81 Rabbit pickup with a 2 liter 16V in Oregon. You got a G60 or a VR6?

Are there any autocross clubs around there?

 

[howling60]

So, Nate...

A Corrado

I've got a totally bitchen '87 Scirocco 16V in the garage in Hampden, and an '81 Rabbit pickup with a 2 liter 16V in Oregon. You got a G60 or a VR6?

Are there any autocross clubs around there?

ooohhh ooohhhh... a rocco? DEF BITCHIN!
got a "g60"... ble wup the stock charger.. replaced it with an eaton M90 (yeah... from a 3.8 t-bird)... blew up the 1.8 8v... just finished an 18 ish month build... to replace it with a 2.0 16V from a passat... 9:1 comp, shrick 268's... again, fed w/the eaton M90 @ approx 12psi via a GIANT FMIC...

now we CERTAINLY need to meet up...

-Nate

 

[skip]

If you want to make good time and get to Maine early, adjust your riding schedule so you are on the road way before 5AM. The lack of traffic in the early am hours helps you get ahead of schedule, When the sun rises and you are already on the road you get a boost of adrenaline that will carry you through most of the day. If possible, my 600 plus mile days start very early.

 

[850 Combat]

Last tour we did was the Oregon and Northern Califirnia coasts, plus a couple days dual sport riding in the Oregon coastal range. Getting everybody moving at all was like herding cats. Even a gas stop with 5 guys seems to take 30 minuits.

We intend to camp about half the time. I hate to set up or break down camp in the dark. Fortunately, the days are long in June.

We are trying our best to stay away from traffic by avoiding all interstates and all major cities.

I don't like riding with commerce.

Each person you add in a riding group seems to deminish the group's ability to cover miles by 50 miles a day or so.

I have found 600 mile days doable in the past, even when I rode from Maine to So Cal in '85 on a worn out Triumph Trident.

I'm shooting for an average of 400 a day on this one.

 

[JHawkins]

For spare parts, The things that come to mind are:

1. Clutch cable
2. Throttle cable
3. Tire/tube repair kit and some tire irons along with something to inflate with.
4. Headlight/Signal/Taillight bulbs
5. Fuses, and some spare wire and connectors

And don't forget the handymans secret weapon, ... Duct Tape! hehehe, 1,001 uses for everything except ducts!

Oh, and a couple of pairs of vice grips, can be used for darned near everything in a pinch, no pun intended

And one last thought, if you bring it, you won't need it, if you decide to leave it home, you will need it at the worst possible time. That always seems to be the way it works for me.

 

[850 Combat]

Thanks.

I'm generally not mush on duct tape. I'm a Tie wire man! I use the heck out of that!

I'm thinking asbout a spare regulator. Does an '82 GS1100 thak the same one as a '80 GS 850?

 

[Old Colt]

Not knowing what your intended route is for the latter sections of your ride,
I am in the Hills near Rutland Vermont and this summer we are including motorcycles to run with the cars at a few of our hillclimb events. I am guessing you will pass through the area right between two of the events that are on the weekends of the 13th & 27th.
Since you are a car guy as well as a bike guy you might get a kick out the events.

 

[850 Combat]

Sounds great.

I don't know if we will be that far by then, but it sounds great. I happen to own a 1965 Lotus Super Seven Cosworth 1500, copies of which are regularly Busa powered. I have attended the Bible Creek hillclimb close to my house in OR, but was unable to run. I have run inumeral autocrosses and a number of track days with it.

Is yours a modified Formula 500? I can't make out the thumbnail too well.

I might want to hit that event next year.

Not knowing what your intended route is for the latter sections of your ride,
I am in the Hills near Rutland Vermont and this summer we are including motorcycles to run with the cars at a few of our hillclimb events. I am guessing you will pass through the area right between two of the events that are on the weekends of the 13th & 27th.
Since you are a car guy as well as a bike guy you might get a kick out the events.

 

[Old Colt]

No, it is far beyond a F500, this is a clean sheet of paper designed for hillclimbs. It has allot more impact protection built in.
http://www.ffmsd.com/projects/tube/other1/

Sevens are cool, I have quite a bit of experience with a SCCA DP car having built and maintained a customers car from 1977 till 1998. I built the first SCCA approved rollcage that had no rear braces in that car. That first chassis is now down in Arizona. I built three chassis for that car over those years.

I also have an assortment of British stuff, 2 Elva Couriers, and a Jag 140 being the more interesting of them.

 

[850 Combat]

Wow Impressive Looks strong.

My Seven is stock except for the usual chassis mods, steel trans mount, etc. I have the Chris Beebe rear axel conversion with TR7 axels and a quaiffe in the Std 10 housing, plus a ball joint A frame and trailing arms. It works OK for a stock car.

If you can enter a 40 plus year old mostly stock street car in an autocross and take on most of the moderns, you will probably find the initials ACBC on it comewhere. Mine has always been in contention for the quickest thing that arrived under its own power.

No, it is far beyond a F500, this is a clean sheet of paper designed for hillclimbs. It has allot more impact protection built in.
http://www.ffmsd.com/projects/tube/other1/

Sevens are cool, I have quite a bit of experience with a SCCA DP car having built and maintained a customers car from 1977 till 1998. I built the first SCCA approved rollcage that had no rear braces in that car. That first chassis is now down in Arizona. I built three chassis for that car over those years.

I also have an assortment of British stuff, 2 Elva Couriers, and a Jag 140 being the more interesting of them.

 

[Jethro]

For spare parts, The things that come to mind are:

1. Clutch cable
2. Throttle cable
3. Tire/tube repair kit and some tire irons along with something to inflate with.
4. Headlight/Signal/Taillight bulbs
5. Fuses, and some spare wire and connectors

And don't forget the handymans secret weapon, ... Duct Tape! hehehe, 1,001 uses for everything except ducts!

Oh, and a couple of pairs of vice grips, can be used for darned near everything in a pinch, no pun intended

And one last thought, if you bring it, you won't need it, if you decide to leave it home, you will need it at the worst possible time. That always seems to be the way it works for me.

One thing I would add to Jeff's very good list here is something I have found invaluable to my repair kit- bailing wire. Make sure you have some needle-nose pliers with it. If something falls off that shouldn't, bailing wire can tie it back on very nicely.

 

[gustovh]

The best thing that I have found to keep the windshields and bikes clean on a trip, Pledge, removes bugs like you wouldn't beleive, doesn't hurt paint or plastic.
V

 

[850 Combat]

I just went through Vernonia last Saturday. I went over to Scapoose and back from Tillamook to pick up a set of wheels and tires for my car.

Lots of great roads over there...

 

[AJKnowles700E]

What's your route through Maine going to be?

What's your route through Maine going to be?

Not sure what your route was going to be through Maine but we just went through Rte 4 in Rangeley, ME on our way to Vermont and it was all tore to hell major road construction and the parts that weren't tore up from construction were not in that great of condition. Just beware, may have it cleared up by then but probably not. Have a great ride and good luck.

 

[850 Combat]

We will mostly ride Rt 2 once in Maine. My new house is right off Rt 2

I have beed working on the 3 GS's that are going. All 3 were showing little to no charging, even though they had never had any symptoms of electrical problems. 3 Duaneage R/R's plus some additional grounds, and they are all charging in the low 14 volt range. samsonite Tri-Bar set up on the Suzuki accessory rack on one of the 850's, which already had a Hondaline trunk. (This set up is made to clamp on to the Suzuki accessory rack. It even has the correct shape of clamps) 3 valve adjustments, 3 oil changes, carb synch done last year, new tires and splines on '82 1100, These bikes are about as good as they are going to get.

My brothers show up Thursday night, we hit the road Saturday morning. I need to install harnesses for volt meters and electric vests, and thats about it.
I have used input from this list to define the route, Lolo Pass, and Bear Tooth pass, here we come!

 

[AOD]

Sounds like we're going opposite ways. I'm planning a vacation to Orgeon just after the 4th of July. Would love to ride there!

~Adam

 

[justin caise]

sights to see - the windjammer days festival June 23 - 24 http://www.boothbayharbor.com/windjammers.htm
in Boothbay Harbor.

I forget if you said you'd be in ME that late but I'll be there. Prettiest place on the planet if you ask me.

 

[850 Combat]

Missed it.

We used to go to Boothbay Harbor a lot when I was a kid. My Aunt Bertha had a place on the water there. Later on, my grandmother moved to Boothbay too, but not right on the water.

Its nice.

sights to see - the windjammer days festival June 23 - 24 http://www.boothbayharbor.com/windjammers.htm
in Boothbay Harbor.

I forget if you said you'd be in ME that late but I'll be there. Prettiest place on the planet if you ask me.