Pinks RTE, 2009 dash n' dine

Yamaha FJR Motorcycle Forum

Help Support Yamaha FJR Motorcycle Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

dcarver

Well-known member
Joined
Sep 5, 2005
Messages
13,824
Reaction score
3,482
Location
Creston, CA
Hunter S. Thompson would have loved this ride.

True Gonzo, hooligan riding in the land of Lost Angels following King Richard and his Merry Men on powerful road rockets in a splendid display of darkness, bright lights, traffic and cars, of splitting lanes, parking in red zones, of the wonderment and silliness that only La-La Land at night can provide. Serious fun with high speed antics, sweat, new friends just met, of excessive food consumption, wanting to bail out yet to thrilled not too. Of buildings reaching to the sky at midnight, of burping forever trying to digest the big Outlaw burger, then piling it on even higher with Chili Cheese Dawgs at Pinks. Of neon lights etched to memory cells twitching the morning eternal.

Yes, Gonzo would have loved this ride.

It started simply enough, Dean 'Crooked Man' Tanji posts up about a RTE to Pinks, in HollyWeird. I've never been there. Lived in LaLa land for 23 years in a prior life, never been to most of the boni listed. Then Jerry "I'm so White" creates a low stress 12 hour rally around the Bite the Weenie and calls it Yanking the Weenie..

Oh Lordie, here we go. Rider number 16 is on the boil.

So I open up Mapquest, Google Maps, Mapsource, and try to figure a route. How the hell do these guyz do it? I over-engineer, over-stink the whole process, get completely fed up and bail out at the earliest Candy Butt Association opportunity, e.g. FairyLaner offers up 'Ride to my house, we'll catch a couple of boni, have dinner in-between, then head to Pinks!'

Purrfect, I'm in!

So, the day of the event, I follow James Buerliegh's event schedule, wake up bright and early and 0900, get on the bike and down the road at a god-awful 0915.

DSC03475.jpg


Hmmm, Breakfast!

DSC03478.jpg


Gotta learn the problems of the world early if to solve them by Pinks, eh?

DSC03476.jpg


I love the flag of our country, I salute each time I ride by one..

DSC03483.jpg


Called Duff from here, my Zumo/BlueTooth/Microphone thingie wasn't so I had to use the cellie naked, <gasp>

DSC03484.jpg


Duff said 'go up the road a bit, I'll see you in 45', sure 'nuff, but before I go...

I love doggies

DSC03485.jpg


While waiting for Duff, I attempt to fix the errant cell phone / zumo / starcomm problem. End up blowing a fuse, yanking cables instead of weeinies, and having a miserable time.

Duff comes to the rescue, mentions something about ghetto.. little did the white boy know... :lol:

DSC03486.jpg


On the road, fearless Duff leading the way..

DSC03488.jpg


Santa Bab town, TWN's old haunt..

DSC03490.jpg


Duff in action

DSC03491.jpg


Skooter arrives at King Richard's, aka FairLaners, after first stopping 2 houses up.... Uhh, Skooter, see the other FJR's 2 houses down? :****:

DSC03492.jpg


Leaving out, FairLaner sez "Let's get the Watts Tower bonus." Me thinks that ain't such a grand idea..

Being that we be but 6 white boyz and all. But Johnny80's, all 6'19" and all sez, 'what the hell, they can't take all of us down!'

I quickly eval the situation and realize that FairLaner would be the goat in this potential sandwich and feel instantly better, the food chain, pecking order and all in place is favorable for my survival. Go Gonzo, GO!

[sorry, photo erased, it showed address and house and I don't show such info unless ok'd by the owner, it's a privacy thing and al]

Anybody you know?

DSC03496.jpg


So off to Watt's Towers we go, 6 white boyz in the dead of night, and I'm so happy I went. The hood was less tough than the area I lived in Inglewood during the 80's. No problems, except for the possible encounter with a couple of gang bangha's in the cross walk, but even that was mellow, hell, no one got shot, no fireams were drawn, no cuss words spoken

'Tell Richard to keep his fucking mouth shut when in Watts' was a direct quote from my loverly! :lol:

The towers..

DSC03501.jpg


DSC03503.jpg


DSC03500.jpg


DSC03498.jpg


SkooterG

DSC03505.jpg


Richard

DSC03508.jpg


From there it was total blur of speed, splitting lanes, bike jogging and positioning in LA Traffic. Johhny80's did a great job of running sweep, and I let the other riders cling to mamma RickTard as if the lead duck would somehow leave them stranded in ghetto town, alone, in the dark, and lost. LOL, I had GPS and each bonus way pointed, so I cared less. Besides, I'm big, I'm tough, hey, the radio is playing 'La Woman' and 'driving down your freeways, cops in cars, the ghetto bars, never saw a woman so alone, so aloone!' and on through the night the 6 intrepid FJR warriors rode outta Watts to Play Del Rey, white boyz town, where we feasted at Outlaws, good burgers n' booze.

DSC03514.jpg


Tres amigos leave the burger joint..

DSC03515.jpg


From here on out it's all a blur. La Brea Tar Pits, something about Caldwell's Mobiles, deep into the belly of the beast we road.

DSC03519.jpg


DSC03520.jpg


DSC03523.jpg


At this point, like a bad acid trip, I'm just along for the ride. Each green light is an 1/8th mile sprint splitting, not sharing, but SPLITTING cagers, parking in red zones (hey, King Richard said I could), off the bikes, take a foto, on the bike, race another 1/8th, off the bike, hey, why am I sweating like an August pig in Creston, oh jeesh it's 75F here in the belly of the beast, and I have all my gear on and me n' Johhny80's are living sweating proof at how good CyclePort liners are at keeping one warm,just sayin'..

The neon lights were eclectic, electric, the mood charged. I really wanted a true street fighter ride about now, it was soo much fun blasting yellows and even reds, shredding across cross walks, I felt like 6 middle aged ruffians Ruffianizing LA and tearing this beasts soft fat poly-saturerated underbelly out from groin and using it for bacon fat.

Yeah, we bad.

DSC03532.jpg


DSC03533.jpg


DSC03534.jpg


DSC03537.jpg


The only thing missing was a hit of acid and some good whiskey, ahh, the younger days that never were.. :lol:

DSC03538.jpg


And on to Grauman's Chinese, what with weirdo peeps everywhere. RenoJohn would have felt right at homo on the range, pole gazer that he is..

DSC03539.jpg


DSC03540.jpg


DSC03543.jpg


Old Michael was on scent..

DSC03549.jpg


Kalediscope scenes, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds playing on Sirius radio..

DSC03550.jpg


DSC03552.jpg


Hollywood, dah dah dee dah, Hollywood!

Where the freaks are the riding is fine,

Hollywood, dah dah dee dah, Hollywood!

DSC03556.jpg


And off to Tommy's, some kind of burger stand that's been in LA forever. Some of our finer riders were so eXcited to be at Tommy's that they rear-ended Fairlaner, of course, that's not the first buggering' he's been through, just sayin'..

DSC03562.jpg


The damage done.. see anything?

DSC03564.jpg


Johhny80's was fascinated by the archetecutre, as was I, this house right next to Tommy's

DSC03565.jpg


and of course, merge left, eh?

DSC03567.jpg


Leaving Tommies,the mad dash around deep downtown LA, the tall buildings bigger than what we have in Creston, seemingly touching the sky and beyond. Wow, take it all in, break out the camera, oh damn, green light, time for the 800 yard mad dash, shit, the light, yellow/red, intersection clear, run it! WTF? Where's the camera? Oh, good, hanging by the tether, oh lookie at the building! Repeat, go Gonzo, neon lights and belly of the beast, hey, I'm actually enjoying this debauchery of lawlessness, this city shit of who cares, who knows, and what goes; it's all quite surreal, then next thing I know, we're at Pinks, biting weenies, laughing and enjoying stories by the the true LD riders, not CBA members like me, lol.

Pink scenes..

DSC03587.jpg


DSC03588.jpg


DSC03590.jpg


Mr. Tanji to you..

DSC03591.jpg


DSC03594.jpg


TurboDave, my Hero, seriously, no joke.

DSC03595.jpg


DSC03597.jpg


..to be continued

 
LOL, the menu

DSC03604.jpg


DSC03605.jpg


DSC03606.jpg


DSC03607.jpg


DSC03608.jpg


DSC03609.jpg


DSC03611.jpg


DSC03612.jpg


DSC03613.jpg


Famous stars eat here too..

DSC03614.jpg


DSC03616.jpg


DSC03617.jpg


KaitsDad and Kait! :lol: Two very nice folks, this was her first 'long ride' of about 40 miles.

DSC03618.jpg


03SilverBullet, Steve, and ?? Oh I'm soo sorry I don't remember..

DSC03621.jpg


Dean Tanji and Tom Melchild,

DSC03622.jpg


Say goodnight to Pinks, my first ever, and what a fun ride, full of, as RenoJohn would say 'silliness' and good times.

DSC03623.jpg


Thanks to FairLaner for the fun ride, and to KaitsDad and family for putting me up overnight; truly a fun ride, one I'll remember until at least next week :lol:

:****:

Hugs n Kisses

 
Thanks for the report dcarver! Looked like fun. This was one I was going to try to make but time did not allow. Hopefully next year!!!

I cant figure out if Richard was pissed or pleased about getting rear ended!!! B)

 
Don't like to swear on the forum, but must break rule here.

Completely fucking cosmic, Carver!!

I gotta go back and review all the colors and textures and shapes, ....and words.

Excellent, AMEEGO!!

...and this picture. Holy crap.

DSC03520.jpg


 
Last edited by a moderator:
Great ride report, dcarver! I rode 1300 plus miles to see you and you didn't even say hi :dntknw:

 
Checking out the news of the day over your breakfast...



Born Today
headline
That Girl - Marlo Thomas is 72,

and
Goldie Hawn
is 64.



DSC03478.jpg

[SIZE=12pt]Damn![/SIZE] We're getting old gentlemen.

And I'm STILL 39!


Don

Thanks for the ride report. My bike is still laid up, and I wanted to go.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Grooooovy, man! What a magnifico ride report! I don't know what kind of shit you were on when you wrote that RR, but I WANT SOME. Outstanding that you got our KISS buddy in the photo. He was 'da man'!

Most excellent day with a bunch of good peeps. We need to do this more than once a year.

Anywho, here are some of my photos................

The boys at Watts Towers. In the DARK.

Pinks091.jpg


Pinks092.jpg


Pinks097.jpg


Ahhhhhh................Sunset Blvd.

Pinks0912.jpg


And the Chinese Theatre. What an energetic place filled with all kinds of whackos, weirdos, and nutjubs! We fit right in!

Pinks0914.jpg


Tommy's...............

Pinks0916.jpg


Pinks0915.jpg


And Pink's...............

The long line out front.

Pinks0926.jpg


And around the side.

Pinks0925.jpg


Almost there..........

Pinks0927.jpg


And, the payoff! Lovin that 3 Dog Night!!!!

Pinks0929.jpg


The rest of the Merry Men.

Pinks0928.jpg


Parking lot filled to the gill with LD bikes.

Pinks0922.jpg


TurboDave!

Pinks0930.jpg


Our guide.

Pinks0932.jpg


Our token Hippy.

Pinks0931.jpg


Heidi Still's pimped out F800GS.

Pinks0918.jpg


Nice LIMO?

Pinks0935.jpg


 
I'm still smiling in delight after enjoying one of the best ride reports ever posted on the forum. That's a HUGE compliment to DC, given the talent that he's competing with here.

Looks as though a grand time was had by all. Now, I'm going to go find the bottle of Tums because looking at those hot dogs and reading the descriptions........

 
I'm still smiling in delight after enjoying one of the best ride reports ever posted on the forum. That's a HUGE compliment to DC, given the talent that he's competing with here.
Looks as though a grand time was had by all. Now, I'm going to go find the bottle of Tums because looking at those hot dogs and reading the descriptions........
+1 DC most excellent report.

Tums?????????????? Ha! want to join me in knocking back a quart of malox? :lol:

 
Friggin awesum ride report you guys. That egg and porkchop breakfast photo is perfect...what a great ride you had.

Mick

 
You guys seem like a bunch of fun. I'm making plans to head you're way this summer just to hangout. Well of course the freaking warm weather and roads will be a bonus. :)

Dave

 
Wow, Don! What a great ride report. :clapping: Really enjoyed it. If it were an oil painting it would be called impressionistic, or maybe abstract expressionist.

Anyhow,now I'm feeling better about my retirement, 'cause you've stepped up your game to a level against which all other RRs pale, with the notable exception of course of O.M.s'.

Jb

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Top