That sounds like just the ticket for a great ride. Sign us up!
Bob, you and Brenda would be at the top of my list for riding partners, so absolutely: let's do it. Nice to have a trusted wing man who is familiar with the territory and can swap lead and sweep with me.
To answer a couple of the other questions, at that time of year sunrise is sometime around 6 am and sunset is probably between 8:30 and 9 pm (WFO's about 5 weeks after the summer solstice). I'd think that leaving the Hilton about 7:30 am would allow us plenty of time to actually arrive back at the Hilton in Reno before sunset, even with a lunch stop, gas stops and photo op stops.
IMO, Warchild has pretty well layed out most of the main parts of these routes. Those of us who know the area are just sweetening the pot with some add-ons, combinations and less well known connectors.
My intention would be to come to the meet with photocopies of maps of the rides I envision taking, sized on my copy machine to fit my tank bag (and hopefully also yours?). Now that it's been mentioned, maybe I should bring a dozen or two for each such ride and I'll highlight the route I plan to ride on a handful of them. Either copy those or highlight your own preferred route on them.
I'd expect to make arrangements for the next morning's ride the evening before in the bar or over dinner or in the big conference center where it looks like WC has made arrangements for the bikes to be housed. I'll have a highlighter with me, and anyone is welcome to grab a map and highlight routes in yellow, whether you're going to ride with me or not. I'll be happy to help you plan a ride, as I'm certain others will also.
Another point to be made about dress. It should be pleasant in Reno when we leave in the morning (but considerably cooler 30 minutes later at the top of Mt. Rose) and reasonably temperate for most of the ride through the mountains. However, that time of year, it CAN get pretty warm even on the passes, esp. in the afternoon, and it WILL get hot when we descend below 4000 feet into the western foothills of the Sierras. Expect it to be in the low 90s to low 100s for that part of the ride. Same thing in Gardnerville/Minden, Carson City and Reno after about 11 am. My preference is a mesh jacket and an evaporative vest is also a good idea, even though it is not absolutely necessary. It is possible to run into thunder showers in the afternoon at the summit, so it is possible to need rain gear or a liner for the mesh jacket. However, you can probably take your chances and not see a thunder shower, and if you do get wet, you probably won't freeze your monkey-butt off. If it were June, I'd play like a weatherman and leave lots of variability, but the end of July is considerably more predictable.
Hey -- it IS the mountains: Sonora Pass is 9624 at the summit, Monitor is 8314, Ebbetts is 8730, Carson is 8573, Luther is 7740 and Mount Rose is 8900 (these are the posted elevations on the roadway at the summits). Reno is around 5000 and we will get as low as maybe 1200 on the western slope. That should give you some idea of the variability in elevation and climate, as well as an idea of why some of the scenery is so spectacular. One thing I left out: it is VERY DRY here.
Hey, I'm jonesing here after blowing and shoveling snow today. But the skiing should be really good the next 3 days -- I'll get in at least one, probably two days. But you guys get me thinking about riding these passes when they open up again, and I start drooling here.
Those are for the girly-men. 
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