LPDV March 8th to 11th

Ok guys I cant wait any longer, Some of you must be home by now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where are the pictures?

As soon as i have eaten i will post some, in the meantime post away.

Richard

Ok Just a quick note there are now a lot of pics on here so if you havew a slow connection it could take a while to load.

1300+ miles and a list of chores....and you want pictures, already????? :dntknw: :bleh:

Well I guess we'll make this the official spot for this weekends ride to Death Valley.

First I'd like to thank everyone who made the trip, cause it all fell into place perfectly. We had a blast!!

It was great to meet some new riders from SoCal and of course Cygnus, what an awesome dog. :clapping:

I'm going to be keeping a close eye on any upcoming rides down south.

Photo's to follow and it's true that you meet the nicest people on the FJR.

Fairlaner said:

Ok guys I cant wait any longer, Some of you must be home by now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where are the pictures?

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I thought you were the official photographer? Post away.

Here's Turbodave relaxing at Badwater with the ladies, he's one smooth operator. B) And yes one of them was a nice young Italian girl, Stefano's sister I believe.

skyway said:

Well I guess we'll make this the official spot for this weekends ride to Death Valley.
First I'd like to thank everyone who made the trip, cause it all fell into place perfectly. We had a blast!!

It was great to meet some new riders from SoCal and of course Cygnus, what an awesome dog. :clapping:

I'm going to be keeping a close eye on any upcoming rides down south.

Photo's to follow and it's true that you meet the nicest people on the FJR.

Fairlaner said:

Ok guys I cant wait any longer, Some of you must be home by now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where are the pictures?

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I thought you were the official photographer? Post away.

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Ask and you shall recieve.

This was taken in Sylmar where we had met for the ride up to Lone Pine. The riders were Fairlaner, Barabus, TWN,TurbeDave, Kaitsdad and wife Jeanette.



TWN going Speed limit (yeah right if he was it was the only time all weekend)



Barabus



TWN behind me



TWN and Dave relaxing



Group party thursday night on Hotel lawn.



He didn't open any cans of whoopass all weekend



This is a cool picture of Dave



How cold did it get!!!!



Some of this helped



Don back from a beer run



Dave got blinded by the light. Skyways light that is.



The brave girls



Well thats less than half of the pics i took on day one (thursday). more to follow soon.

Richard

Hal can you post the bug picture when you get a chance, or e-mail it too me.

Fairlaner said:

Hal can you post the bug picture when you get a chance, or e-mail it too me.

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Oh, don't worry. I'll post it.

:devil: :devil: :devil:

Edit: Here's a bug picture - Fairlaner's problem

Oh wait ! .....

did you mean this one?

Ok so moving on today two. I would like to say that the best part of the day was the 80 mile run into Stovepipe Wells, wow what a fun/fast road.

Sunrise on Mt Whitney



Group getting ready to leave





I decided to race ahead and take some pictures. I found out that I managed to scare Dcarver's SO as i raced past at 130ish (kph of course). This I managed to accomplish every day of the trip including the run home :yahoo:

The Skyway's (ian and Kristi)



Turbo



Barabus



Kaitsdad (Hal and Jeanette)



Dcarver's (Don and Shauna)



The Bluestreaks (Steve and Cindy)



Madmike (Mike Duh)



The Highlanders (Dave and Diane)



The Stop at Stovepipe Wells







While stopped at Stovepipe Cindy found some wildlife to feed (naughty girl)



The next stop was Scotty's castle and in the interest of sanity TWN, Barabus and myself decided to head out first so as to not get stuck behind the pack.





After messing around at the "castle" for a while the 3 of us headed up to Ubehebe Crater.



We then headed to Beatty for Lunch (no pic of that )

Then it was on to Rhyolite for some strange art work and crumpled buildings.

TWN found a new ride



Spot the wreck















We left Beatty at 4pm and with the stop at Rhyolite, 3-4 picture stops and running into ScooterG and his girlfriend Jane we still made the 120 mile run back in 1 hour 40 minutes.

more to follow tomorrow.

Turbo,

Two thumbs up. When I grow up, I want to be just like you.

Barry

Just checking in .... 1200 mile trip , 9 hour ride home, well worth it !!!

Great meeting some of y'all ... good pics Fairlaner !!

HIGHLANDER said:

Just checking in .... 1200 mile trip , 9 hour ride home, well worth it !!!
Great meeting some of y'all ... good pics Fairlaner !!

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My total miles when i roled in the drive way at home was 1299.0

I dont think i will be riding tomorrow as it will take me all day to get the damn bugs off the bike.

R

Safe n' Sound too. Pix Tuesday. Great time. Good to meet and ride with a bunch of great folks. Will post pix Tues when at high speed connection. What a freakin' good time... Thanks everyone! :clapping:

Yeah, it was a blast !!

Good people, I finally got to ride with a bunch of ya -

And I want to say Thanks to the ladies for helping out Jeannette with her very first ride on Wonky. Her only ride before this trip was about 5 miles last Sunday. She's a trooper - her knee was killing her, and there was the option of a car ride - but she stuck it out. I've already ordered the foot peg extenders, and will be doing a visit to Ojai sometime in May.

Lots of good advice from all of you - MadMike2, the use of the sheepskin pad really helped her out. Thanks.

Stats when I arrived home: 1132.4 miles. Moving avg - 61.4 mph Moving time - 18:26.

Jeannette is complaining that her butt hurts.

What I found really nuts was that the highest temperature we encountered in Death Valley was at Badwater - 90 degrees.

However - as soon as I dropped into the LA basin on highway 14 this afternoon, the temp climbed into the nineties - the highest being 97 in Brea, just 8 miles north of me !! Nothing like visiting Death Valley to take advantage of the cooler temperatures.

Bluestreek at Dante's View:



Group pic at Dante's View -



Me and the Mrs.



Scotty's Castle:

*Yawn*

Well, that was a hoot and a half! Got back to the Nut House at 1530 hr and promptly crashed - as in nappytime.

Thanks to skyway for the set up and to all for a killer ride. I'll post up my photos tomorrow. Sorry the O'vales and RogDebs weren't there - missed you guys.

So Saturday started off with a fast run to Stovepipe Wells (and i mean fast). Once we had regrouped we all headed to Dante's view for an icredible view of Death valley from 5000+ feet.

The carvers



Ian and Kristi



Me and the Nut



Solo Nut



Greg and Jane



Dave and Diane



Here are some pics of the straglers rolling up to Dante's view.











and the arrival









Another group shot



The View



We left Dante's view and headed to Badwater. It sure did feel hot there.















Now it was time for gas and lunch in Beatty. (cheeseburger at a mexican restaurant what can i say)



We stopped at Rhyolite (2nd time for me in 2 days so no pics). then we blasted back to Lone Pine for a good dinner and sots of merryment.

Well thats all my pictures from a fantastic weekend with some great people. It was great to meet you, each and everyone of you and i look forward to WFO. I will remember to bring my own booze to that thing.

Heres to you all :drinks: :drinks: :drinks: :drinks: :drinks:

Anyone hear from skooter? Hmmmm, must still be, erm, sleeping... Yeah, dats it! Sleeping! :grin:

twowheelnut said:

Anyone hear from skooter? Hmmmm, must still be, erm, sleeping... Yeah, dats it! Sleeping! :grin:

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Ouch i have an 8mb connection and this page takes a long time to load.

I bet Scooter is still sleeping in Lone Pine.

R

I can't believe I missed it

Looks like a great trip, thanks for the write-up and pictures. Looking at the pictures reminds me that it has always amazed me how beautiful women marry the ugliest trolls on earth! I keep asking Lorie why and she just smiles and pats me on my hump!