pnwriders.com....bunch of haters

[ryandalling]

I love haters... they are just funny to hang out with... makes for fun stories later.

[Bendy]

You can ride with me as long as you don't mind me following in your shadow 

I'm S-L-O-W  . . . and I don't rider very fast either 

Same here. It's a yellow thing.

[JDucati]

well when i did post on pnwriders. i was looking for other ducati riders because of the simple fact they could help me with my bike since they would know a little more on how to ride this bike, work on it, mods, ect. but i did welcome anyone else to ride with me. and got alot of haters. i didnt think i was special because i got a ducati. but it is the bike i fall in love with and fits me like a glove. each to their own. but some people on that site did not think that way. i will say i have got to talking to some people on there in email and have plans to ride with them, yet still these people ride duc. but they came to me and welcomed me which with nice. i have yet to have a non duc rider ask me to ride with out saying something like " u can ride with me if u dont mind being in the shadows of my bike" what kind of b.s. is that?
im out to ride end of story with or without other ducati or not. [moto]

" u can ride with me if u dont mind being in the shadows of my bike"

Really?

Just a little boost for us "Slow" people.   I went out last weekend with a group of those guys from PNWriders.  All very cool guys.  Enjoyed myself immensely.  No other Ducatis.  Ill tell ya.  

I stayed up with the GSXR750s a Honda 919 and a Triumph Daytona 675 on my little 2003 Monster 800 just fine. In fact my corner entry speeds and exit speeds were a hell of a lot faster than their bikes could handle. All this " u can ride with me if u dont mind being in the shadows of my bike" is a bunch of hooey! Its all about torque on the roads around here.  Our bikes are built for cornering and kickin ass while doing it.

There are  Ducati riders on that forum Midvalleysuperbiker and Jinxx are great examples and I am sure they would love to get together for a ride with ya sometime.  As would I.

Give that site a chance.  Sadly its one of only a couple NW riding forums.

Bottom line.

Take what they say with a grain of salt and just ride your bike within your ability and enjoy yourself.  Dont worry about the haters.

2 wheels is 2 wheels   [moto]


~JD

[danyaducati]

i want to thank every one for the in put on this. i dont hate pnw. some of the people are really cool and i hope when i get out and ride with some of the people from that site they change in my eyes, im hoping i will have just as good of time as u all have had with them

[danyaducati]

and the pnw riders i was talking to are in kitsap wa. so maybe other areas are better. i can only hope lol

[JDucati]

The folks from washington have huge chips on their shoulders on that forum.  I ignore them every chance I get.

Dont ask me why they are like that.

Lets ride Danya!

~JD

[INFIDEL]

Alright . . . so Ryan, Lili, an me on the 27th to Bremerton to meet and ride with Danya.  Anyone else?

Ryan, you look at the route?  See a better way?  Whaddya think of doing 5 either up or back to save an hour or so?

This assuming spring arrives at least.  Not gonna do 12ish hours in the rain - no offense D.

Danya - did you come up with an idea for a route for us to ride when we're up there?

[ryandalling]

I thought we were doing it this weekend... 27th is OMRRA. I is racing.

[INFIDEL]

Oh no!!!

You must have missed the one message where I said something about anyone knowing what the 20th was and needing to change the date to the 27th . . .

Now what do we do Scooby Doo?

[canoncrazy]

sorry, spotty on the topic...was there a reason D couldnt meet at the beginning of the St Helens route? Or somewhere near Rainier?
12 is a loop around Rainier. We could loop up or down.
The 503/nf 90/25/99a hooks up with the 12 as well, it is a loop around the south side of Helens. the 99 is the road up to the south side of spirit lake, not sure how the view would be of the crater.
From Randle(12/131) to Woodland(I-5/503) would be nearly 100 miles, 1 hr 36 minutes, this portion is very much a straight shot. From Woodland through the the south of Helens would be 2 hours 26 minutes and 92.06 miles.
We could meet at a gas station at the 5/12.

For D, the distance to 5/12 is 1 hour 48 minutes and 95.90 miles from Bremerton.

Anyone ride these routes and have experience with road conditions?

For me it sounds like a sweet 200 mile trip, 4 hrs of side to side twisting, and magnificent nature. Sound good?

[INFIDEL]

Sounds like a good compromise to me.

But if we're going to loop Rainier wouldn't we want to do 35?

[canoncrazy]

Where is the 35?
Distance from my place to the 5/12 is an hour and a half. Same for bremerton to 5/12. Anyone know of gas stations along nf-25 or those back-roads?
I could prob do that trip in a couple weeks, time to get adjusted to the new semester. Sun will stay out, dry the streets. And hopefully time to nail a date and time. Sundays or mondays are going to be the only good days for me.
July 11 or 18th, both good.