Quote from: Zaster on Yesterday at 08:05:13 PM
We've got to figure out a way to get the whole gang to go for a ride together at least once a year!!!


Well, I have a bit of experience organizing mass rides if anybody is interested.  Every club I've been a member of hosts at least one mega-ride per year, and some as many as three or four per year.  Generally, these involve either camping or staying in a motel near a place with lots of twisty roads.  There are generally meals and "fellowship" (read "drinking") at night and long rides during the day. 

I don't really know enough about the local area to pick a location, but maybe Silver City, Cloudcroft, or Taos (on off-season) would be suitable?

The best group of guys I ever rode with did annual spring and fall rides to take advantage of the best weather.  I'll throw that out as a starting point.

Anybody up for it (or "down with it")?

last year they did tons of rides...

im sure some of us would, but at the moment and with the way stuff has been none of us has the money to do like we did the last 2 years...some of us have talked about it before

but Ouray is the most important one to be at and my focus, i know i wont have the money to do trips like i planned ..

but there is always next year

I want to offer my place again as a destination for a future HDH ride.  I have a backyard for camping and enough floorspace to house a few hooligans, depending on how cozy we are feeling.  Free lodging and lots of great roads within reach around here. 

It is tough to get everyone together for more than one ride or two a year, which is why Ouray is great.  It is the same time and place every year so everyone sets their sites on that event if nothing else.  But last year, some of us masquerading as the NMMR Gangsta's, got together for longer rides to Utah and Arizona.  It was great!  We started off large, then folks peeled off as their schedule dictated, and we ended up joining back up at the end sometimes.  Reference the threads back in late April and May of 2008 for the official pictorial journeys.  Anyway, an annual ride to Taos in the fall has emerged which now coincides with Feast Day.  Pam and Zaster have made that a wonderful day to anticipate and I plan to make that run yearly.  The Red River Fudge run has become another spring ritual, as well.

I hope when an official HDH trip gets pinned down for dates and route, there will be enough notice for me and maybe even DDGM to join in.  If it comes in a northerly direction, all the better.     I miss you guys and all the impromptu rides.  Those long two or three day'ers kicked ass though, didn't they?

Quote from: DucMouse on May 22, 2009, 08:14:19 AM
...i know i wont have the money to do trips like i planned ..

The ICR guys I rode with generally hosted their events at campgrounds.  The "wealthy" folks could rent a cabin (the campground we used rented cabins for about $100 per weekend) and the "poor neighbors" could stay in their tents, campers, or cars, or they could sleep under the stars, if the weather was cooperative, for $5 or $10 per night.  The campground had common toilet and shower facilities that all guests could use.  Often someone would volunteer to cook and we'd have barbeque or something (one of the guys made a "low-country boil".... the "low-country" refers to the area around Charleston, SC, and the boil consisted of a stew made primarily of shrimp and vegetables, kinda like a gumbo, only not) and we'd build a fire and   too much and do stupid stuff like jumping the fire or jumping sheep.  All-in-all it was a pretty good time as long as noone had a bad hangover to ruin the next day's riding.

The point is, this group ran the economic gamut from fairly meager income to oh-my-God wealthy and the group agreed to work to the least common denominator and host events that everyone could afford.  The campground was no more than a 2 hour drive for most of the members so fuel cost wasn't a problem, and those who worked on Friday could just attend Saturday and Sunday.  

Friday was often reserved as an off-road day for those with dual sport equipment.  Some guys would even bring 2 bikes, one for the weekend and another for Friday's dirt-dauber excursion.

I dunno...just throwing out ideas.  I'm happy with a jaunt to Madrid, but these kinds of weekends build friendships that last a lifetime!

Another 2 cents,

Cloner

Quote from: Cloner on May 22, 2009, 09:10:25 AM
we'd build a fire and   too much and do stupid stuff like jumping the fire or jumping sheep.  

Dude, I'm all about those activities, you throw some alpaca into the mix, and I'm there.

Bonfy is such a sprocket, those threads with all the hooligannisms in Utah and Arizona were posted on the DML.  There may be some shots on the official Lance Thruster thread toward the beginning.  No pix, it never happened, is our motto so she needs to dig those up.

Quote from: bonfy on May 22, 2009, 09:08:33 AM
I want to offer my place again as a destination for a future HDH ride.  I have a backyard for camping and enough floorspace to house a few hooligans, depending on how cozy we are feeling.  Free lodging and lots of great roads within reach around here. 

It is tough to get everyone together for more than one ride or two a year, which is why Ouray is great.  It is the same time and place every year so everyone sets their sites on that event if nothing else.  But last year, some of us masquerading as the NMMR Gangsta's, got together for longer rides to Utah and Arizona.  It was great!  We started off large, then folks peeled off as their schedule dictated, and we ended up joining back up at the end sometimes.  Reference the threads back in late April and May of 2008 for the official pictorial journeys.  Anyway, an annual ride to Taos in the fall has emerged which now coincides with Feast Day.  Pam and Zaster have made that a wonderful day to anticipate and I plan to make that run yearly.  The Red River Fudge run has become another spring ritual, as well.

I hope when an official HDH trip gets pinned down for dates and route, there will be enough notice for me and maybe even DDGM to join in.  If it comes in a northerly direction, all the better.     I miss you guys and all the impromptu rides.  Those long two or three day'ers kicked ass though, didn't they?

ya i like the last fall rides... i wish i could have mad it last year to with pam and zaster...but we got this year...and i really like our run with Count and Lon 

but if we make a trip up noth for the fall we should plan to maybe hit up Count and drop him some of our shennigians.... how i miss him....

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain... ...or the woman behind the latex...

Yup, we had us some serious fun.  I need to go out and mow the lawn before the next round of rainshowers, but Lance is bouncing around here nagging me to post at least a couple pictures of Utah and Arizona.  There are some toward the beginning of the official picture thread and also on Lance's thread, but you know how he gets.  He's an extremely demanding and determined gargoyle.  He always gets his way in the end.  And I am always up for a trip down Memory Lane.  It's inspiration for our next group ride!

Campsite in Monument Valley:



Found a real gangsta at the trading post (Kingbaby, Dusty, Count Desmo, Lance, and Bonfy):



Lance getting acquainted:



Arizona:



Zaster, Kawboy, Kingbaby, Brutales:



Gas stop outside of T or C before heading for Silver City. (Bonfy, Zaster,HunkyPunk, Count Desmo, Kawboy):



Dusty with her new Duc:



Quick stop for coffee in T or C (note POWER HOUSE):



Practicing our gang signs at a restaurant at the Grand Canyon:



Sorry, gratuitious as it may be, this is one of my favorite shots from Lake Powell, taken by Dusty of me:



Lance in Zion:



Bridge over Powell River:



Kawboy peeled off in Arizona and rejoined us at the end of our Utah trip.  Here he is giving his opinion  of the sign in parking lot of restuarant:



Thanks for bearing with me, I have Turrett's Syndrome, only as it applies to pictures.  I go off at the drop of a hat, unprovoked, Pictureville.  I have tons more that bear posting.  They all went away when we abdicated from the DML.  That is why I am trying to get a few on here...for posterity's sake.  The new folks don't know about our rich and deep history.   

Rich it is.  Ahhh, lots of wonderful memories.  We will make more.   [moto]  [moto]  [moto]  [moto]  [moto]  [moto]  [moto]  [moto]

Way ta' go Bonfy, ya' got me all sentinental.


I'm derbying these for the new guys & those of us dreamin' for a big ride.

 

Well, if those videos don't trigger some HDH action, I don't know what will!  Loved it (again).  Makes me want to go lube my chain or something.  The rain has started and the thunder is cracking.  Good thing Lance got the lawn mowed in time.   

Quote from: bonfy on May 22, 2009, 01:28:14 PM


Makes me want to go lube my chain or something. 

WHHAAAAAT ?     

Hey who is the guy with the paddle who looks like he has a room temperature IQ?  Oh wait...   

That's our "special needs" brutha'.  We love him and miss him.   

I prefer to look forward but sometimes you just got to stop and remind yourself
how much fun you had  (who the heck is responsible for getting me all senti....something anyway):
Gila monsters:

My track day instructors:

Fellow riders

Action

The Aftermath


Last year's Memorial day ride