Gathering of the Clans! When and Where?

[dcarver]

Reviewing Candy Butt Association rule book now for pending penalties... :rofl:

 

[jorstin]

Reviewing Candy Butt Association rule book now for pending penalties...

The Sub committee on violations will convene ASAP to consider if charges will be filed in a Grand Jury against those criminal perpetrators

 

[McRide]

Thanks to Richard and all the players!

Friday, finally got to Jalama Beach and the one-way road that gets you there.

Friday night fire pit was full of good banter, good drinks.

Saturday, 1st time on Tepesque and .... WOW!

Good times, thanks again.

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

My question is: Out of the 500 that started, how many actually completed the whole, long version, of the ride? Four of us left Pine Mountain in the first group, how many came in the later groups?

After I left the lunch stop at Pine Mountain, I rode to Lockwood Valley by myself. (Didn't you all love that stretch of road from the lunch stop to Lockwood Valley? (Perfect camber for most of the turns back and forth smooooth road).

I took Lockwood Valley (still that stupid patch of gravel Richard, been that way for years have no idea why??) to the 33 and stopped at the DEER LODGE for a break before OJAI.....went through OJAI to SANTA PAULA and took the 126 to the 5 South and 210 to 57 to 10 to 15 South and home about 7:30 Saturday night.

Total of 665 miles round trip for me in about 13 hours of riding total....Man, should have made it an IRON BUTT.....never did one before.

Those of you who never rode Highway 33 before.......how did you like it??

Thanks Richard for putting this all together.

BTW.......that was one of the nicest MOTEL 6's I've ever stayed at....CLEAN and simple was what I expected from a Motel 6...the Big Screen mounted on the wall was a plus, marble look countertops and raised porcelin sink was more stylish than I expected for a Motel 6. Gal told me it was remodeled in 2009.

 

[Neil San Diego]

Home safe. Thanks again to Richard for organizing this. Lots of good people, lots of good times.

 

[Cibrd0wn]

Home and its 93 degrees. I'm ready to go back! Looking forward to seeing everyone next year or sooner!

Thanks for the great routes Richard.

 

[redtail]

i"m so glad there's no pictures! I don't really want to know what I missed!

 

[ULEWZ]

BTW.......that was one of the nicest MOTEL 6's I've ever stayed at....CLEAN and simple was what I expected from a Motel 6...the Big Screen mounted on the wall was a plus, marble look countertops and raised porcelin sink was more stylish than I expected for a Motel 6. Gal told me it was remodeled in 2009.

Same experience I had, NOT. It was so bad the cockroaches would not stay there. I have a closet that is bigger than those rooms. The towels were thinner than rice paper. The shower/tub was an after thought with a claustrophobic hole cut in the wall to accommodate it. Don't move on the bed or the one step better than a futon bed will shake like a 5.0 earth quake. And don't get me started on the water pressure. It would not cut though a tissue on full blast. But, the company was great and the food was pretty great also.

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

BTW.......that was one of the nicest MOTEL 6's I've ever stayed at....CLEAN and simple was what I expected from a Motel 6...the Big Screen mounted on the wall was a plus, marble look countertops and raised porcelin sink was more stylish than I expected for a Motel 6. Gal told me it was remodeled in 2009.

Same experience I had, NOT. It was so bad the cockroaches would not stay there. I have a closet that is bigger than those rooms. The towels were thinner than rice paper. The shower/tub was an after thought with a claustrophobic hole cut in the wall to accommodate it. Don't move on the bed or the one step better than a futon bed will shake like a 5.0 earth quake. And don't get me started on the water pressure. It would not cut though a tissue on full blast. But, the company was great and the food was pretty great also.

Water pressure in my shower was so strong it almost hurt.

The Roaches wouldn't want to stay there? So your room was filthy? I would have asked to look at another room, mine was spotless.

You have a closet that's bigger than the motel room?? You must live in a mansion why on earth would you even stay at a Motel 6?

I agree towels were thin but I've never stayed at a "budget" motel and had thick towels either.

I don't know, maybe I lucked out and got a newer remodeled room or something?

 

[ULEWZ]

BTW.......that was one of the nicest MOTEL 6's I've ever stayed at....CLEAN and simple was what I expected from a Motel 6...the Big Screen mounted on the wall was a plus, marble look countertops and raised porcelin sink was more stylish than I expected for a Motel 6. Gal told me it was remodeled in 2009.

Same experience I had, NOT. It was so bad the cockroaches would not stay there. I have a closet that is bigger than those rooms. The towels were thinner than rice paper. The shower/tub was an after thought with a claustrophobic hole cut in the wall to accommodate it. Don't move on the bed or the one step better than a futon bed will shake like a 5.0 earth quake. And don't get me started on the water pressure. It would not cut though a tissue on full blast. But, the company was great and the food was pretty great also.

Water pressure in my shower was so strong it almost hurt.

The Roaches wouldn't want to stay there? So your room was filthy? I would have asked to look at another room, mine was spotless.

You have a closet that's bigger than the motel room?? You must live in a mansion why on earth would you even stay at a Motel 6?

I agree towels were thin but I've never stayed at a "budget" motel and had thick towels either.

I don't know, maybe I lucked out and got a newer remodeled room or something?

Glad you enjoyed your stay.

 

[Bugnatr]

Home! 443 grueling miles on the Wing today. Gayle's single day best and after Pasa Robles it was up to 97 degrees.

We had a great time, I need a cold drink!

 

[Tyler]

i"m so glad there's no pictures! I don't really want to know what I missed!

I may have a photo or two (hundred)... :lol:

Home! 443 grueling miles on the Wing today. Gayle's single day best and after Pasa Robles it was up to 97 degrees.
We had a great time, I need a cold drink!

I made it home about 4:30... decided to hug the coast back up Hwy 1 and really glad I did... 68 degrees, clear skies, fantastic views, and shockingly not a lot of traffic... between the one-lane stoplight at the new bridge they're building all the way to Big Sur, I pretty much had the entire road to myself!! :yahoo:

Thanks again, Richard, for putting together a great shindig... loved the roads, the comraderie, and the Asian ****. :lol:

 

[Silver Penguin]

Wow! What a weekend. We made a serious miscalculation on how long it would take to get there, with traffic. Thus we arrived at Jalama Beach as the FJR party was leaving. Thank goodness they still had a couple of Jalama burgers left. It was a great road heading to the beach and back. My first twisties on this bike. In fact, this was a maiden voyage for the F700GS. I've put a few miles on it locally but pretty much all commuting.

To the hotel where the parking lot welcoming committee was in full force. Lots of tire kicking and story telling going on. After dinner, we gathered around the fire pit by the outdoor bar and drank the adult beverages we had brought with us. Do they really think guest will buy more than one drink when a SoCo and coke goes for $18?

Saturday morning saw a huge group leaving the hotel. Did someone say 26 bikes? Several of them were two up. Richard led us on a thrilling ride. At least I'm assuming it was Richard. I stayed near the back so I had no idea what the big boys in front were up to. The first road we found was breath taking in all senses of the word. It started off with tight, slow speed turns then got steeper and tighter. The road center line disappeared and it felt to me as though the road was about four feet wide in places. Of course it must have been much wider than that. This was the first time I've ever seen posted 5mph turns. As I said, breathtaking, but that might have also been hyperventilating. I was very pleased to have made it to the top in one piece, on my own side of the road all the way. The more skilled and confident riders will tell you about the scenery. I'm guessing there was some?

Richard did a great job leading the ride, stopping at each turn to collect us stragglers. When we got to Tepusquet(?) Road, I found myself long behind the rider in front but with riders behind me. Oh dear, please pass me, I need to be in the back but they didn't. Credit to ULEWS for giving me plenty of room to figure things out. It was an awesome road. When we got to the end, I had the pleasure of meeting Lewis and Anne who were thankfully ok with the slow pace.

After that the big boys turned right and the CBA contingent turned left. The temperature was already in the mid nineties. I was wearing a Roadcrafter which is out of its comfort range in that kind of heat. We headed for the beach via some very pretty roads. Andy's GPS had been dropped on its head that morning and punished us with the promise of a gas station which ended up involving a lot of u-turns. We found one eventually then Ray and his reliable GPS took over the lead. We literally smelled the roses along some beautiful roads down to the beach and back.

Showered and refreshed, we were entertained by about thirty Korean teenagers filming a movie in and around their hotel room. We were told that there was a Korean stud in there, so of course we will knew instantly what kind of movie it was. (It wasn't, but we were amused to think it was). Later the film crew invaded 'our' fire pit and bar. They periodically asked for silence. Really? A group this size, in a public place, with alcohol on board and fish stories to tell? If you ever see the movie, you'll know why it has extra fart noises in the script.

The party scattered early this morning. We made it home in just over two hours which included a gas stop. The posted speed limit may not have been strictly observed all the way. At one point it was 60.8 degrees and thick fog then it got all the way to 98 and bright sunshine.

So, a good weekend out with some great people. I'm delighted with the new bike's performance. Definitely a keeper. Many thanks to Richard for all the work he out into this event. I'm already looking forward to the next one. Healdsburg 2014.

 

[Silver Penguin]

Where did my paragraphs go? I didn't mean for this novel to be read all in one breath.

 

[dcarver]

<gasp> :rofl:

 

[Fairlaner]

And Just for you Jill here is THAT road (San Marcus Road), taken with 2 different GoPro's Helmet cam is the Hero3 Black and the Cage mounted one is the Hero HD...........

FYI it looks MUCH better if you watch it on the Vimeo site. Just click on "Vimeo" in the video window.

https://vimeo.com/66031407

R

 

[MCML]

Thanks to all for a great weekend. Sorry to have missed saying goodbyes to the group departing 09:00h this morning from the Holiday Inn. We were across the street visiting with some of the Motel 6 crowd and when we got back you had already gone. Hope to have some pix posted soon.

 

[Silver Penguin]

Thanks for the video, Richard. The road doesn't look anywhere near as intimidating as I thought it did. Guess I need to ride it over and over again until I get brave enough to do it with my eyes open.

 

[Silver Penguin]

Thanks to all for a great weekend. Sorry to have missed saying goodbyes to the group departing 09:00h this morning from the Holiday Inn. We were across the street visiting with some of the Motel 6 crowd and when we got back you had already gone. Hope to have some pix posted soon.

So good to see you and Valerie again. Hope we can do this again soon. So many good peeps to talk to..... So little time.....

 

[ULEWZ]

Wow! What a
Richard did a great job leading the ride, stopping at each turn to collect us stragglers. When we got to Tepusquet(?) Road, I found myself long behind the rider in front but with riders behind me. Oh dear, please pass me, I need to be in the back but they didn't. Credit to ULEWS for giving me plenty of room to figure things out. It was an awesome road. When we got to the end, I had the pleasure of meeting Lewis and Anne who were thankfully ok with the slow Definitely a keeper. .

I was on the radio with Ann and asked if she wanted to pass, and Ann said no, she is going just fine. It was a pleasure meeting you also. Till next time.