ShayneJack

Honestly it's going to take a bit for me to be ready to start organizing again. Bike needs some work, been sitting patiently for the past 6 years while I was off skydiving and learning photography (both very expensive hobbies!) Always missed those rides though. Averaged 10-15 riders with a max of 33 that one time at ACH. Good times. I'll check in about late July probably...

Yawn.... <looks left, looks right, looks left again>. Back in the day I used to organize ACH-BigBear, Palomar-borrego springs, hesperia-crestline-idlywild and I think GMR twice. Oh those were the days. Tracking up 350+ miles on low-traffic back country roads... Yawn... <looks left again, sneezes, then starts washing the bike> Give me a little bit and I'll throw something together.

Thanks broshi! It's actually a 4 car I put up in the backyard. I took the first picture with my GoPro HD Camera. Didn't realize the picture would turn out like that. Here's one his mom took... most of my tools are on a 12' x 4' peg board just to the right of the little roll-away. Just can't help but smile when you see a kid all happy to climb aboard...

This is Matt, he's 5. While he and his parents were over for a pool party today I caught him eyeballing my 6th gen a couple times. Just before they left I asked him if he wanted to sit on it, his eyes got bigger than the national debt! I had him sitting on it and he was ear to ear grinning! Then... I asked him if he wanted me to fire it up. You'd swear this kid had just been told he'd won a gazillion pounds of candy! I started it up, had him lean forward and grab the controls, then let him rev it a bit. He was scared to even move the throttle at first, but then he cautiously opened it up. Bike reved up to about 2,000 and the whole time he was giggling and laughing like a little kid should! Made his day, and he made mine. Figured I'd post up the picture and story and see if anyone else had any little people stories to share as well!

funny this subject would come up, I've been reading up on radar detectors but my dilemna is I want one that I can use on the bike AND on my truck. I had contemplated the TPX detectors, but in a side to side comparision I found a better one but not exactly motorcycle friendly (ie. will have to mount it just like a normal radar detector, probably on the front windscreen). It's the Whistler PRO 78SE, and from what I've seen so far it's the latest greatest to get. I'll let y'all know how it works, and better yet, where I'm gonna mount the rascal.

It's the Micron Stainless. There's a couple of us on here. I might be the only 25th anniversary with one though...

NICE JOB TODD! :cheerleader: :fing02:

Picture courtesy of michaelf3 Well, the first ride of the year is under our belts! The road conditions were not quite up to par yet, but still, we all had a great time and even had one member wear off his chicken strips! RIDE ROSTER: shaynej HighSpeedWobble toddulu shakey654 Spike redneck7769 michaelf3 BMW GS - BMW GS - Full Size We took off as planned and headed up the mountain into low 50 degree temperatures. Clean road on the way up, not so clean on the way down the backside! The pace down the dirty side was very cautious needless to say, as gravel, pinecones, and an occasional squirrel kept the pack pretty tight. Once we got down, the roads cleared up, the sun was shining and we moved on to the river... on the road... We ended up stopping for a spell (smokers suck) in Lucerne Valley before gathering up and heading to Big Bear. The road was much nicer and Toddulu and I managed some pretty good footage off the GoPros. I'll leave that for Toddulu to post up later. After Big Bear it was off to the Artic Circle. BLECK! Gravel, water, rocks, po-po. The first officer I saw startled me and I quickly looked down at the speedo. 40. Um... Ok, not a problem. Continued a couple miles and the 2nd officer appears. Quick glance. 42. Trying to recall the speedlimit. Either 50 or 55. Yeah. Lunch was decent, unfortunately our beloved eating establishment has changed the food vendors it seems, as my double bacon cheeseburger was half the size as before. But I was still lucky enough to get my picture while trying to cram it into my thick cranium! After lunch Michaelf3 volunteered to take some action shots. Had to take him up on it, how often do you have a amateur photographer along for the ride with a 2-week old $5000 professional camera? With a lens that was as big as my exhaust can! So we played around, got some 'action' shots. Finally we headed back down the mountain to our origin point. This is where the fun began. I went from leader to leaded. I saw a red blur to my right, a red blur to my left, a red blur somewhere off in the distance... Then luckily for us we ran into some company! Nothing says sport riding than cruising with some guy on a green bike wearing a leather jacket... and shorts. Only in So Cal... I'm going to leave the rest of the story to the other riders, as Todd, Michael, Brian, and Kelly all ended up taking pictures/video. And since a picture tells a 1,000 words, with the 2 GoPros and a uber expensive camera, I think we'll end up near the million word mark!

As I usually do, closing this topic tonight at 7:30pm. So if you check it after 7:30, it won't change. No need to recheck in the morning. RIDE IS A GO See y'all in the morning... Make sure: 1- AIR PRESSURE 2- OIL LEVEL 3- GAS FIRST THING AT THE MEETUP 4- CASH FOR LUNCH ($10-15) 5- WASH YOUR BIKE. (we've got 2 GoPro's and an amateur photographer in our midst, your smiling mug and bike will end up on the internet...) :cheerleader: :woohoo: :bliss: :tour: :wheel:

I'm still out experimenting with camera angles. The butt-cam just isn't working out too well. Even with the wide-angle feature...

been eyeballing the weather for our ride, looks good! from The Weather Channel website, SAN BERNARDINO P CLOUDY 76F / 53F Precip: 20% BIG BEAR P CLOUDY 61F / 33F Precip: 20% may be a bit chilly when we head up top, recommend maybe a long sleeve tshirt under jacket. SEE YOU ALL ON SUNDAY!

for those of us from the High Desert, figured on meeting up at TNT Cafe for a lite breakfast before heading down. Say 6:15-6:30. Leave by 7:00-7:15. If not aware, it's across the street from John's Incredible Pizza on Bear Valley just East of I-15.

??? what's this "OUR" you mention? WEATHER UPDATE: As of Sat 4/10 the forecast for our ride is PARTLY CLOUDY 42f/67f precip: 20% Looks good.

I ran up to Crestline today to check the route. It had snowed this past wednesday at the upper elevations so i was concerned about ice/gravel. The 18 is good, but the 138 has a bit of gravel on it. Given that our ride isn't for another 2 weeks I figure it will be cleared by then... Here's a couple videos of some of my ride today... Down from Crestline via 18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHmp2hMzXlI Crestline to Silverwood down the 138 (note the gravel on the sides of the lane) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp41wClb_4Q this GoPRO is fun!

um... just for the record, after we leave Big Bear Lake, we will NOT be going off-road to Running Springs. Google maps did it that way :warranty: and I couldn't get it to straighten out. So, no need for knobbies, we're staying on the 18.