Labor Day Weekend Ride--Sunday 8/31 MEET AT MOTOCORSA AT 8:00

[Joshua]

I'll be there.  . I'm a newbie also, riding since last september and this sounds like a ton of fun. I hope I can last the full 5-6 hours of riding. Motorcorsca at 8:00am is where i be coming from the boro. I will be very pleased to meet you all since I've been talking to you guy's off and on for the last year and i'll be able to put a face to you all.

[leo]And just to let all of you guy's know HWY 30 is a huge speed trap. I drive from hillsboro to st. helen's(or) 5 day's of the week and you they are always looking for people going 15 to 20 over the limit.

And are we planning to stop for lunch? anyboby know a gopod place they way we are headed?

[NEIKOS]

I could be convinced to join ya... you seriously going to be there??

Seriously. 

I loves me a good chai and a tasty breakfast yummy before a long day of riding.

[krolik]

There is that one restaurant we stopped at the last time we made the run up to Johnston Ridge, when the Ninja guy biffed it. 

[patricks2r]

...  I have a radar detector if that matters 

[duc_fan]

I'm not gonna be goin' this time... I'm trying to throw what might be a minor sinus infection, or some kind of nose bug which has turned into a minor cough.  I'd like it to stay "minor" (then go away quickly) and exhausting myself riding all day ain't exactly a brilliant way to remain healthy.

I'll be joining my parents on their road trip to Seattle (well north of) to get Tom's new '07 CBR600RR.  We're prolly gonna stop off and see some touristy stuff on the way back as well.

Y'all have fun, and ride safe! 

[NEIKOS]

I'm on my way! 

[ryandalling]

'A' Group made it to the the top of Johnston Ridge Observatory. 'B' group didn't even head into Washington??  It was 40 degrees at the top and then it poured down on me, the last 80 miles back. It was, however, a great ride... a lot of cool new faces. Why did it take us this long to plan a big group ride like this one?? Nice meeting you all.

[8 lives]

I think maybe there was some confusion on where we were suppose to regroup and continue.  Some members in B group were cold and decided riding in the rain wasn't going to be that much fun.  All in all i still think it was a good ride even if we didn't all make it up to the observatory.  Did anyone take a head count of how many people made it today? 

[morganf]

The weather couldnt be any better for Sunday, 68 degrees sounds like a good temp to me.

   I blame Dave for the rain. I think he owes us all bike washes 

Great ride today! Was nice to meet all the new peeps. 

Morgan

[SaltLick]

14 bikes total.  I think Johnny snapped a pic at the gas station. I want to see it.

I was with group B, there was 6 of us. we got tired of getting rained on and we didnt know which way group A went we figured you guys headed towards st.helens. We all wound up at the blue moon for lunch . Goddam rain.

[ryandalling]

Honestly, I don't know which was worse... the 40 degree weather at the top of St. Helens... or the gaddamn rain on the way home... everything is soaked and I probably have pneumonia... aagghh!!    But, the ride was fun.  [moto] 

[JohnnyDucati]

I went home via St. Helens & 30 through Nw Pdx.  Gloves wet.  Leathers wet.  Socks wet.  Underlayers wet, too.

That was a great ride, despite the rain & cold. 

Glad to meet all the new guys and hope to see more of them inthe future.

I vote that we have a getogether session this week at a decently disreputable pub/bar.  We have to have a debrief to go over the details of the ride.

For example:  I have noticed that Ryan's form is atrocious.  His outside elbow is angled one or two inches too far outboard at maximum lean in the turn, and his butt looks fat in those Icon jeans.  Come on, Ryan.  Get it together, will ya?   

Positive feedback of this nature at the post-ride debrief will make us all better riders in the future.  And the riding critique will become more eloquent with every additional beverage.

[SR1K_Femme]

Hey, sorry I couldn't make the ride, but I still wanted to at least put some name to faces.  I didn't get to everyone, but it was nice to those that I did.   The beach run on Sat, really messed up my knees and shoulders, and I sure didn't think I had another 200+ miles in me for today.  But I did ride to an east side coffee shop with dad and it was NOT a Starbucks.. I went very european and decided to go 'independent'.   

Thanks to Johnny D for letting me know he made it, as did the rest of you guys.  I know I froze on my way down there, but I can't imagine the top of a mtn, and pouring ass rain on the way home.  It was crappy enough driving through it in the cage!!

I'll be there for the next ride I promise! 

[Joshua]

It was a great ride. The weather wasn't perfect but it never is. It was good to finally meet everyone, not that i completely remeber do to it being about 9 in the morning and there was about 10-14 people all together when we all exchanged name's.
The road going up there is well taken care and smooth curve's. make the beast with two backsing wonderful.

thank's you for letting me tag along. I need to go soak my ass in a hot bath with a  from riding 8 hours.

[patricks2r]

Hey everyone...  thanks for letting me come along it was great meeting all of you.  I guess I was lucky...  I didn't see much rain on the way back. - John, I changed my mind and went back into Burger King - That extra 20 min BK stop saved me from a lot of the rain.  And to think I thought BK was a bad idea 

Also..  This new Alpine Stars DryStar suit is the jam.