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**UPDATE:  MODIFIED ROUTE... http://tinyurl.com/ot6ryt (http://tinyurl.com/ot6ryt) .  We will be combining this with a few other Ducs from our nice friends at BARF....http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4994395#post4994395 (http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4994395#post4994395)**


Thanks again to sick50ford for organizing the last Duc ride. Unfortunately, the weather Gods weren’t with us to accommodate the original route of 9-35-SantaCruz-152-etc and we ended at Mt Hamilton (great ride nonetheless). A few people have shown interest in hitting up a similar route to the original plan this time around. 

Revised info:
Date: Saturday May 30
Time: Leaving STP (across the street from Alice’s) at 9:45
Route:http://tinyurl.com/ot6ryt (http://tinyurl.com/ot6ryt)

Meet at STP at 9:30, kickstands up at 9:45. Two south bay meeting options: Woodside Chevron at 9:00, or 76 in Saratoga at 8:30.  I will be at the Saratoga 76 at 8:30.  Other sf/east bay options can be organized depending on who else may be interested.

The total ride time should be around 4 hours with the actual ride taking closer to 5 1/2 hours with stops and lunch. 

Note: if the weather is crummy like last Sunday morning…as in you need to use your palm to clean your visor every 10 seconds and can’t see beyond 100’, there will be a Plan B (tbd) route.

Any takers?  [moto] Post up here or on the Biz-ARF thread.

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05.29 - Update: MOB ROSTER

b. - meeting at STP (?)
sick50ford - Saratoga 76
Princess - Saratoga 76
w7ck7d - Saratoga 76 (?)
sidm - Saratoga 76

Have fun guys. I'll be at WSBK.

Lucky bastid!  Have fun and come back with stories.

Hey, what happens in Utah stays in...oh wait. Wrong state.

Sidm ,
That 's nice route you are drawing , I will be at WSBK, Saturday is always my riding day , hope  one of these  days  ride in those roads .
Have fun . [thumbsup]

First thread updated



for sure...we need to ride again.

 
just ask the corner workers to show you their knees.   :o :o :o  those skanks!

unless i catch the action on my flip minoHD camcorder, and post it up here ...  [evil]

Gerbils gone wild...

Can't make it.  The steaming pile of shit I call a motorcycle is going back to the dealer yet again on Saturday. 

Anybody want to buy an 848? 

deep breaths...have you seen the June cover of Cycle World?!   [evil]

oh, you're bringing your gerbils?

sid,

This sounds fun...I've been out of the office for a week so it all depends on how well I play catch up today and tomorrow.

b.

b,

start catching up.  we need more monster representation out there.  i'm also staying away from stage raod ;D

sid

 [laugh]  yeah...we don't need to be dealing with dead fuses again!

 I can't wait to go, see you there

I haven't.  Anything good? 

Are you actually gonna be there at 8:30 a.m. in Saratoga? I hope this isn't one of those superbike jock rides where I get all lost on the route. I haven't been in a ride group in a long long... long long (insert Harrison Ford quote here from the movie Six Days and Seven Nights) long time. I'll go if someone from this ride shows up at Saratoga at 8:30 a.m. Gee that means I have to get up at around 5:00 a.m.... (sounds just like work!)

I see a 1098 Streetfighter in your future.


Not sure where you're riding in from that it takes 2-3 hours to get to the meeting point, but yes, at least 2 of us will be there.  Also, if you're unfamiliar with the route, I recommend reviewing the link posted in the 'Route'.  The pre-ride to the actual meeting spot is not too complicated...up Hwy 9 for 7 miles, then north on 35 for 14 miles.

Yes. Price?

I might be in saratoga at 830am.

This is a BARF ride too?   :-\  Belle's poor crash ticker.   :'(

it's turned into a combined dealio...a few people from here - few from across the street.

don't jinx it man...don't jinx it.  :-X :-X

it worked out a-okay last weekend with the 12 of us.

Not a squid friendly ride  [thumbsup]

oh, and DTM's antics anywhere near the dirt, don't impact (pun intended) the crash ticker?

spidey ... lighten up on the elitist position ... not everyone on BARF is a twat or a squid.  we gotta stop the hating against others on two wheels ... save the hate for the cagers, right?  [thumbsup]

It's elitist to talk smack about BARF because they're not all twats or squids?

 [popcorn]

Drove within a few miles of one of the meeting areas on my way into work today...it's foggy and overcast but not wet.  Woo Hoo!  No worries though - the $h!t's burning off pretty quickly and hopefully isn't sogged in like last weekend.

layer up kids, it's going to be cold in the morning.

whatever.  [coffee]  [moto]

I managed (barely) without my heated liner yesterday and this morning, you'll be ok. ;)

good deal - go time.

(http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr143/sick50ford/avatar15576_2.gif)

I was looking at them today and you might be right. 

7 hours, 3 gas breaks, and many miles later...good times!

Though I've never seen this many LEO in the mountains, I'm glad we (all 16 of us...or was it 17?) were able to make it without any incidents, tickets, drops, or wrecks.

Sick50ford, thanks again for organizing the ride.  The repaved section of 152 might have been my favorite.  Best part of it is I live 20 miles away from it!

Till next time... [beer]

'Belle, Your ticker is safe.

That is an epic section of highway. i could ride over it 10 times and then do over it again.-what are you doing tomorrow? jk.  Thanks to the monsters for doubling the turnout two weeks in a row. good ride good people. thanks for a nice day. see u soon

Thanks for the ride today guys! Ummm... the uninvited officers were out in droves... I counted about 10 (6 on motor scooters). However I think the funnest part was the bumpy ride through Big Basin. Anyone have ride photos? BTW thanks for not doing the route at Warp 10.

Thanks for joining us today Princess, i enjoy big basin as well, it has a nice rhythm and a slow yet fun pace
some photos here
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=295946&page=3 (http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=295946&page=3)
and here
http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78278 (http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78278)

heres some
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i46/w7ck7d/my%20696/IMG_0204-5.jpg)
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i46/w7ck7d/my%20696/IMG_0202-4.jpg)
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i46/w7ck7d/my%20696/IMG_0201-4.jpg)
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i46/w7ck7d/my%20696/DSC02272.jpg)
great ride guys...im down to ride tom.chris let me know hahahha..
oh by the way thanks for the gift the reflector.

Thanks for posting the pictures and the links to the pictures.... yes... I was up at 2:15 a.m. Sunday morning. I was at the Crow's Nest in Santa Cruz... I got invited to watch the live band by a friend and just got home around 1:45 a.m.