Veefer800Canuck Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I opened a photobucket account for everyone to deposit their pictures in a central place and help to avoid VFRd bandwidth overload. You are welcome to log in and create a NEW SUB-ALBUM, please name it your VFRd username and post your pictures only in YOUR album. I created my own album, which is currently empty, will upload after I get home. Go here: http://s607.photobucket.com/albums/tt151/V...summit_meet_09/ Username: VFRD_summer_summit_meet_09 (copy exactly with underscores)password is (of course): vfrdiscussion Remember to logout after your session, and don't change any of the account settings, like setting it to PRIVATE or something like that. PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE, DON'T POST ANYTHING LEWD OR OTHERWISE ILLEGAL/IMPROPER IN THERE, AS IT IS LINKED TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDY AND I DON'T WANT THE INTERWEBS POLICE AFTER ME! Thank you, that is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer REDDOG Posted August 22, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted August 22, 2009 Thanks Veefer. I put a few up in my blog and they are remotely hosted so it should not chew up VFRD bandwidth. I will upload them to photo bucket as well. Great time! http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.p...;blogid=54& Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baileyrock Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Thanks Bill, glad someone was able to upload some pics of this great event. Don't think I'll get mine uploaded til I get back to Nashville next week. :cool: BR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Rode with Baileyrock, veefer800canuck, and jfviffer on Thursday of the meet. Here's a short flyby video of the three (very good riders) on Gore Pass... VFR Flyby - Streaming Video Here's a descent of Gore Pass shortly after the above recording... Gore Pass Descent - Streaming Video (Small 800x600 images) Pausing at the top of Gore... Following Gore Pass, Twentymile Road... Following Twentymile, lunch outdoors at Lupina's Cantina in Oak Creek, as we pondered how to get Miguel's keyless bike, ignition in the "On" position, < 1/2 tank of fuel left, unopenable fuel cap, 93 miles back to Dillon. :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlecreek Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 as always, the v4's sure sound nice echoing in the valley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 The vids were awesome!!! Of course the flyby rocked...just don't know if i would have parked my bike where you had yours, lol!! Thanks for taking me out of my work space into the great outdoors!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfr_steve Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Loved the flyby, can't wait for the rest of the pics!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vanion2 Posted August 23, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted August 23, 2009 I cut it down from 162 to 27 pics and still took up 6% of your quota. :laugh: Let me know if you need me to delete a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfr_steve Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 looking at the flyby again, Bailey: how come you are not on your bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddulu Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Nice vids sfarson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vanion2 Posted August 23, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted August 23, 2009 looking at the flyby again, Bailey: how come you are not on your bike? Because he flew up to Colorado it his VFR was too big for carry on. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer VF1000R Posted August 24, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted August 24, 2009 Love that fly-by video, Steve. Music to my ears. :excl: You should post that up on the CSC site. I wish I could have joined you guys, but mid-week was impossible with the start of football season... Dirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer YoshiHNS Posted August 24, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted August 24, 2009 hehe. Hope that account doesn't get it's view bandwidth chewed up too quickly. I'll be getting the first bits of video up in a week or two. Somewhat pleased to announce that most of it will not induce nausea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer800Canuck Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Oh well, it's free anyhow...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfr_steve Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 looking at the flyby again, Bailey: how come you are not on your bike? Because he flew up to Colorado it his VFR was too big for carry on. :offtopic: ahh thanks I did wonder! Maybe I'll fly up from the UK next year :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 nice vids.... 1 - need to make the last 15 seconds my ringtone 2 - hypnotized by the brake rotors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum CEO HispanicSlammer Posted August 25, 2009 Forum CEO Share Posted August 25, 2009 Well talking with Didit and Radar, it just is not feasible to do it every year. We are thinking in 2 or 3 years having another summit in Montrose next time. Of course its just talk but every year would just not work, next year there is the Texasmac and another big Pacwest meet in Oregon. Tony was saying its like an olympic thing every other year perhaps? I dont know but there probably wont be one next year. I am looking at possibly Cody WY too. Who knows its a while away yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Axel_7 Posted August 25, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted August 25, 2009 2012 sounds great so i can break in my new 7th GEN VFR... I guess its time to start organizing all 12 GIGS of pics Tam took of the trip. GOPRO camera's are good just need to get a smarter pilot that knows how to run the Darn thing a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum CEO HispanicSlammer Posted August 25, 2009 Forum CEO Share Posted August 25, 2009 VFRD Video -> Full View • Download • Upload A little video of Didit, Radar and I going up the Million Dollar Highway 550 to Red Mountain Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vfrcapn Posted August 26, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted August 26, 2009 A little video of Didit, Radar and I going up the Million Dollar Highway 550 to Red Mountain Pass. Nice vid. What was the music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum CEO HispanicSlammer Posted August 26, 2009 Forum CEO Share Posted August 26, 2009 A little video of Didit, Radar and I going up the Million Dollar Highway 550 to Red Mountain Pass. Nice vid. What was the music? Pat Metheny Group - First Circle, Denver news channels used to put the PMG music on its commercials and they would fly over the mountains with thier helicopters with a wide angle lens, it was cool and I always associated the Rockies with the music ever since. 9 news I think it was when I was growing up was famous for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer jfviffer Posted August 26, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted August 26, 2009 Rode with Baileyrock, veefer800canuck, and jfviffer on Thursday of the meet.Here's a short flyby video of the three (very good riders) on Gore Pass... VFR Flyby - Streaming Video Here's a descent of Gore Pass shortly after the above recording... Gore Pass Descent - Streaming Video (Small 800x600 images) Pausing at the top of Gore... Following Gore Pass, Twentymile Road... Following Twentymile, lunch outdoors at Lupina's Cantina in Oak Creek, as we pondered how to get Miguel's keyless bike, ignition in the "On" position, < 1/2 tank of fuel left, unopenable fuel cap, 93 miles back to Dillon. :biggrin: Great pictures Steve! it was great riding with you veefer,and Bailyrock if any of you guys get out my way let me know!! we will have to do a rip in my back yard for sure!!! thanks again for leading Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee 2002 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 panamawing came to my place on Monday night in anticipation of our Tuesday departure... Somehow, Iowa ended up being between Nebraska and Kansas and his few hour trip was an all day event.... This guy likes to ride. On Tuesday morning, hondalover and motorman & his co-pilot showed up and we headed west. Our first stop was the big ball of Twine in Cawker City, KS. Then we had to make a pit stop in Hill City, KS.... aka Nowhere Then, all the officials found out that we were trying to make a break for it. They threw up road blocks and tried to turn us around. They didn't want us leaving the flat land and getting to the beautiful mountains. But we made a break for it and got to the border. It was here that my battery-tendered power supply gave up the ghost. Luckily my partners are a smart lot and knew how to bump-start me. Away we went again. Between Kit Carson and Colorado Springs we rode through some of the nastiest weather I have ever encountered, and I commute daily all year round. We had snow, rain, hail and big wind. The hail piled up an inch deep on the road and we were stuck in tire tracks. All this happened about 25 miles past a sign that said... "NO SERVICES NEXT 70 MILES" Forget the services... there wasn't even a tree for the next 70 miles. We were stuck out in it. One of my greatest memories will be watching a truck pull to the side to let hondalover through... A four wheel drive pickup was driving slower than Mike in an inch of hail....CRAZY. We made it to Colorado Springs and each of us put over 5 gallons in our tanks. After settling in to our hotel we walked 1.8 miles to H.S. favorite resturaunt "La Uniqua". Good food, Great Margaritas. hondalover, panamawing, motorman (co-pilot was back at the hotel warming up after the rain, snow and hail) We met RedDog, ColSprsVfr, Hispanic Slammer LDSRIDER and his wife (who gave us a lift back to our hotel... Thank you!) Another local rider, hondalover, motorman and panamawing enjoy the Margarita... they were as good as Craig claimed. The elevation (and strong mix) helped get a really good buzz going in a short time. Good muscle relaxation after a long ride. The next day, after I replaced my battery, H.S. and RedDog guided us to the top of Pikes Peak. We were joined by YoshiHNS and his Dad. We had to wait a little for the road to open about 3/4 of the way up. They were striping the road. But we made it! Then H.S. led us to Dillon via his "super secret" personal backroads. I don't know where we were. But we ate lunch at a place called "Rita's Cafe" (excellent, tuna sandwiches and zuchinni soup) and passed a gold mine. Roads were curvy and H.S. was fast. Great fun. We crossed Hoosier Pass! Have I ever mentioned that I have photos of quite a few USGS markers? I added to my collection on this trip. We arrived at the Dillon Inn and I saw more VFRs than I have ever seen in one place in my life. I know for some of you this is nothing... but for me it was cool. On Thursday, I was in RedDogs group. He took us all over the place. We went to Loveland Pass. And Mt. Evans. That's 14,127 feet... yeah, that's higher than Pike's Peak. It is also $7.00 cheaper and paved all the way. Oh, and you're taking your life in your hands. 'Cause there ain't-no-stinkin'-guardrails and it is ~1,000 foot straight down at the edge of the road. Watch the road, not the scenery. But great fun. On Friday... hondalover Guided us flatlanders (Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas) On a loop to Steamboat Springs... the higlight of which was Berthoud Pass... awesome I want to thank everone who made this happen.... as I wrote on your shirts..."Above & Beyond". You really did a wonderful thing. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4 Rosso Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Nice report Lee and great pictures :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vanion2 Posted August 26, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted August 26, 2009 ZiaVFR showed me the RMNP and we took the Berthoud Pass on our way back to Dillion....I 100% agree with your assessment of that being a fun ride. Let's just say that the posted speed limit there on the downward side is too slow (at least for VFR's). :fing02: It's a shame I didn't have my helmet cam setup for that run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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