Well, its tuesday morning and I'm sitting at work thinking over the events of the weekend. Yup, definitely had some fun.

This was the first time I rode with another red 5th gen. I gotta admit its kinda cool when you are side by side rollin down the highway together.

I met Anthony (mellowyellow) in the parking deck of the Sloatsburg Rest Area about 20 after 8. The moment I see him on his big beemer I am smiling. He enters the garage like he owns it. It was classic. No hesitation whatsoever just whips her around past all the people and the cars and trucks and tourists and slides her into the space right next to Dino's (Dino71) bike. I laughed inside my helmet - must be a Brooklyn thing. We walk into the rest area and Dino waves to us. Although no one said anything, Anthony and I could both clearly see the remnents of Dino's three breakfast's. I'm sure he bought them for all of us, but just couldn't let them sit there and get cold in our absence. :biggrin:

We blow outta the rest area at about 10 after 9. We took turns being the lead bike. There was nobody on the Thruway (I-87) and we made it to exit 20 in no time. Sebastian (SEBSPEED) was waiting for us with his CBR at the bottom of the exit. Seb introduced himself to me and proceded to direct me to two of the nearest men's rooms so I wouldn't get lost after we started riding (long story). He said this as a joke but I could see his true intentions were to butter me up so that I would put in a good word with Anthony to let him ride the BMW. :happy:

So the four of us head out into the Catskill Mountains - Seb in front, then Anthony, myself, and Dino grabbed the tail. I see Sebastian reach the first turn - his knee goes out and the bike goes over - I'm thinking "here we go!" I was fully aware of what was up ahead, I could see it on my GPS, but Sebastian reinforced it to the group anyway - back and forth twisty motion with his hand - "Baby Gap."

It was great. We did a few runs. On one of the uphill runs I dragged the outside toe of my right boot. Never did that before - Loved it. Of course, Sebastian wouldn't let me feel good about myself for one second. He immediately showed me his racing boots which had a hole worn all the way through the outside toe - even his sock underneath was beginning to get a bit rashed.

We ripped around the reservoirs a bit. Stopped and BS'd. Around 1ish we made it to the famous burger place. We all order JUMBO BURGERS and drinks. (Yes, I'm going there) The dumb waitress gives Sebastian the wrong drink. Then, she gives 3 of us these little "baby gap" burgers. Then she places the full fledged behemoth in front of Dino. We are all like WTF!? He had our breakfasts!!! She begins to tell us that she is from New Jersey and what can she be expected to know. So she says she will make it up in other ways (wink) (wink). LOL. So, Anthony BLURTS out "I make cute babies!" She ended up giving the table some cake.

So, we worked our way back to B.G. and did a few more runs. Sebastian went home to start working on the wife for the upcoming Colorado meet next August. Dino, Anthony, and myself slabbed our way home.

Some pics:

Sebastian explains the merits of a bright blue metallic helmet to me as Dino listens in. Meanwhile, Anthony is taking a picture of his BMW and the yellow Lotus.

Hmmm.. What is Sebastian up to? Did he visit his Rivcyko double secret probation CF hugger? Nah, from the smile on his face and the towel in his hand, I think he made a mess and is proudly wiping himself off.

This is Dino's 5th gen just behind Anthony's K. Both bikes have yet to reach the "no guardrail" sign.

Dino waves "hello."

Peto waves "hello."

See you fellas again real soon!