I have been riding with the same group of guys for sometime now. But as responsibilities and bikes and riding habits change I find that I am riding with these guys less often. It can be hard to find new people to ride with and it can take time to get comfortable with other riders.

With those things in mind and with the spring only a few months away I was hoping to put together a group of like minded riders who I can ride with more often. I want to organize a new crew of riding buds.

My thought is putting together a group of 4 to 6 Ducati owners, preferably with some riding experience, male or female, who would be interested in Sunday rides of moderate to brisk pace, running 150-250 miles a day with a breakfast or lunch stop included. Start times would be early (but not TOO early) and end times a bit after lunch. They’ll be no pressure to keep up, it’ll be strictly ride your own ride, and we’ll follow “the Pace”, and swap leaders often.

I’m in northern NJ and usually ride north to the Catskills and west to the Port Jervis area but I’m always looking for new roads and routes. Everyone will be encouraged to plan routes and offer suggestions as to places to go and roads to ride. If things progress well we might even be able to do group participation in DESMO rides, track days or charity runs.

If you’re interested please post up or feel free to drop me an E mail. I hope to get in touch with anyone who’s interested in order to do a beer and burger meet prior to the season starting. I’m looking forward to hearing back from some people soon, and looking forward to the upcoming season.

jimi

Me and another member here and a Buell owner (soon to be 999) ride together pretty often on sundays... but then i started getting deeper in my engineering cirriculum and hes just started his phd program, so needless to say, when there is no work to be done, there will be riding. We usually do 400miles though. Not sure what you guys have in mind ( i have not ridden up in catskills) but i usually like to ride far away and just sit and get the make the beast with two backs away from the city for a while. But thats just me.

Eitherway, im down for a ride man! just post up the event and i guess we can get something rolling as people come a long. But dont count on it being big though. People from here are always knee deep in their own lives, since it is mostly NYC, LI and NJ and riding regularly isnt always an option.

Im ready to roll around march.

I could be up for the Catskills bit, I'm in need of new riding buds too. I'll be on a Triumph though...  [moto]

Hey Jimi, I'm pretty sure I met you once at Hirams, I had the black s2r with the exhaust removed. This sounds good as I cant really commit an entire day like GC and the "usual suspects." My typical weekend rides are about the same distances you're talking about, good with whatever pace. Let me know when the weather gets warm.

-sean

Catskiills, a meal, brisk pace, done early afternoon,,,

Sounds ideal     Let's make it happen.

Kevin

When I get them off I am up to riding on a Sunday here and there.

I should be able to join you folks on some rides, in addition to the track day(s) and DESMO rides I'm planning to do this coming warm riding/track season.  [moto]

Im always in for a weekend ride. Let's make it happen ........

Just post up when you want to go.

I tend to ride early and end early, but maybe we can hook up for some rides.

Quote from: EvilSteve on January 20, 2009, 09:36:28 PM
I could be up for the Catskills bit, I'm in need of new riding buds too. I'll be on a Triumph though...  [moto]

And maybe we could stop by the Ranch for a quick dive on our way back
Oh yeah i am up for ANYTHING and ANYTIME of week and day. Just email or text me i will be there. I am in StatenIsland or Linden airport

a lot of responses! this is good, but lets hope everyones schedule works out when it comes time to ride!

Quote from: yak52pilot on January 24, 2009, 06:06:35 AMAnd maybe we could stop by the Ranch for a quick dive on our way back

Sounds like fun.

http://vimeo.com/2220951

Wow,

I check back in a few days and low and behold there are responses, nice.

So I guess there's some intrest in what I'm suggesting, so what I'd like to do from here is ask that all the people who might be interested please e mail me.
Include you name, screen name, location, kind of bike, experience level, and a contact phone number.
The address is:
amessage4jimi@gmail.com
This way I will have everyone's contact info and will know how to get in touch once the season starts.

I'm thinking a first mellow short ride just to get comfortalbe might be in the cards for late April.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone and getting a good group together for rides this season.

jimi

I'm down to ride for those times i can't pull a 500mile plus day