NEW YEAR'S RIDE - 2011!!!

[Privateer]

alright I'm a go.  Wife hurt her hand yesterday which necessitated an Urgent Care visit around 8pm.  She insists she's fine.

I just had my breakfast but curiously it was missing bacon, waffles only.

I'll leave OC around 8:30/8:45 and meet at Ryan's place.  I have my 2D navigation so hopefully I won't get lost on the way.

I'm wearing a cold gear UA, a 'regular' UA, my warm jacket, bohn adventure pants, kevlar jeans.  I'm hoping that's enough layering.

[The Bacon Junkie]

We'll be here!   

[The Bacon Junkie]

What a great day! 

The top and back side of the 33 provided some "entertaining" moments, but we made it through the snow, ice, gravel, and a few boulders the size of Mazdas in the road no problem!   

Everyone was either early or on time... I guess nobody wanted to miss the bacon cupcakes or the bacon au naturale! 

I'll post up the few pics I have soon, so if you got 'em, post 'em! 

I hope everybody made it home safely!   [moto]

[Privateer]

checking in, home safe.  I'll post again in a bit.  wife had dinner hot right when I walked in the door.

[orangelion03]

checking in, home safe.  I'll post again in a bit.  wife had dinner hot right when I walked in the door.

Pleasure to ride with you today!  How's she doing?

[orangelion03]

A tad chilly, but pretty damned good for the first ride of the year.  It was a pleasure riding with all you guys today!!!   

[Privateer]

Wife is OK, thanks for asking.  She found that when she doesn't rest her hand (like the doc said) it gets sore.  


So first, thanks for having me along.

Second, thanks for everyone's flexibility with my pace.  I don't normally get rides like that and a couple of those more technical spots were a bit much for me.  It's a confidence issue mostly, if not entirely.  But I appreciate everyone hung out in the back and everyone else waiting for us to catch up.

Ryan, thanks for the bacon (and setting everything up, of course).

Pictures: (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=102341&id=1389679964&l=34d67dd32b)































Normally I get more action photos than this, but with the road conditions I didn't want to elevate my risk level more than it was already.

See you next time.  Maybe 2011 is the year SoCal DMF rises from the ashes?

[duc_poultry]

Great ride!!! Nice to see the folks I havnt seen in a while and even more great to meet the new folks! Although BJ I do believe your bike looks more like a "The Baconater" as opposed to Sonia.... Just sayin 

[duc_poultry]

Ps. Privateer it's about the fun not the speed man hope you had a good time!!!!

[The Bearded Duc]

Awesome ride today everyone. And like Miles said, it was a great pleasure to meet some new folks!

Despite the cold I hope everyone had fun! I think it will prove to be much more fun once it warms up a bit! After all, we didn't get to head up the other road (what ever it's called...Ryan) today which is AAAhhh-mazing!

Great pics Andy!!! Didn't realize you got so many. Oh, and tell the wife to wear the splint! My girlfriend has wrist pains as well and the brace really helps.

Anyhow, great to see everyone and meet everyone and I hope we can get together again soon.

[Gus Duc]

Hey guys & girls,

Great pics....thanks for sharing

I'll make it out this year.... I promise

At least my old bars made the ride

[Privateer]

Ps. Privateer it's about the fun not the speed man hope you had a good time!!!!

yeah, i know, but when you're the guy holding people up it doesn't always feel so awesome.

Don't get me wrong, i had a great time.  Was good to meet some new peoples, hit some roads I rarely ride.  I want to get back on 150 when it warms up and get some pictures, especially of that St Thomas Acquainas college or whatever it was.

Thanks again, everyone.  I think I might need a face to name post so I can remember faces and names.


There's a BBQ joint on 79 I want to try, maybe we can get a good route assembled for feb or march?  Maybe if we plan something quarterly and spread it around LA/OC/SD, we can get SoCal DMF happening.  What do you think?

[Privateer]

side note, The Place is on Yelp - some of the reviews are funny (all 3 of them).  I might add my own.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-place-ventucopa

[The Bacon Junkie]

yeah, i know, but when you're the guy holding people up it doesn't always feel so awesome.

First of all, you didn't hold anybody up...  Us guys on our hunched over type bikes needed to stop so we wouldn't be permanently stuck in that position! 

No, seriously.  If we wanted to do a crazy-everybody-must-ride-as-fast-as-you-can ride, I would have organized a track day...  You didn't hold anybody up. 

These kinds of rides are so much more than just apex/straight/apex/straight/apex/straight.

I organized the ride to accomplish 3 main objectives:

1) Get some old friends and some new friends together and have a good time riding.  [moto]
2) Make sure everyone gets out and back safely.  We had 8 go out and 8 come home. 
3) Use said ride as an excuse to eat bacon, help others enjoy said bacon, and eat more bacon. 

Based on these three goals, the ride was a huge success!  Thanks everybody!   

Anybody else take any pics?

[The Bacon Junkie]

side note, The Place is on Yelp - some of the reviews are funny (all 3 of them).  I might add my own.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-place-ventucopa

Two of the reviews... "After riding my Harley in the sun, I needed an Ice cold Beer or two..."