Forever in the area, New to Ducati

[Dirteagle]

 [moto]

Hello everyone,

New to the Ducati scene, but and old hand on bikes. Only had my endorsement for 37 years but was riding dirt long before that. I listed my current rides in the intro section, so I won`t repeat them here. I`ve met a few folks through Moto Corsa, haven`t made any rides yet. Had my new ride for 3 weeks now, luv it! Have 1,775 miles on it, ready to rip. Looking forward to some group rides and meeting more folks. I have the only Ducati in the Tillamook county, that I know of. Maybe someone else is out there and will contact .

Here are the current mods;

de-stickerfication and reflector removal
Full Termignoni System, no baffles(ECU and Open Airbox)
14 tooth sprocket
Carbon Fiber Rear Hugger
Tailchop
SpeedyMoto: 10 Spoke Clutch Cover,Shirobi Pro Pres.Plate(Gold), SS Springs and Red Caps
SpeedyMoto: Billet Spocket cover (Black and Red)
Rizoma Reverse Retro Black Mirrors and Red Bar ends
Billet Oil Filler Plug (Gold)
STM Frame Plugs(Gold)( modified CF side covers for clearance)
Clear Alt. Smoke Turn Signal Kit
SpeedyMoto Frame Slider
Cox Racing Radiator and Oil Cooler Guards( modified splash guard for this)
DP Carbon Fiber Tank Protector
Pazzo Shorty Levers( Gold w/Red adjusters)

That`s all I can think of right now , more to come.

 Insanity knows no bounds for the truely motorcycle addicted.
Someday I should compile a list of all the bikes I`ve owned, oh the memories.

[jdubbs32584]

Welcome!

Watch out for Chuck (neikos). He smells and is creepy. ;-)



Love ya chuck!

[ryandalling]

Welcome to the club. We drink too. 

I think bnbmike is out your way.

[bnbmike]

That's right, I'm in Tillamook County.  Pacific City.  I run a B&B in town, so riding in the Summer is a challenge, I'm free for about 1 hour a day.

PM me if you want to ride.  [moto]

[JohnnyDucati]

Hey Mister-

I think we met at the Shell station in Vernonia over the weekend, didn't we?  Your Tricolore is absolutely a fantastic looking bike.

I really like the geography up in them thar hills.

We will post up next time we ride up that way and we can hopefully meet up.

JohnnyDucati

[duc_fan]

Welcome to the nut house! 

Okay everybody... as if Mike's B&B wasn't enough reason... now we really need to make a group ride out to the coast.  There's a really twisty road I see on the map that goes from Carlton to Hwy 101: http://tinyurl.com/Route-To-Coast

Dunno if it's any good, but it looks like 46 miles of twisties.    Anyone know if the pavement is any good?

[ryandalling]

Welcome to the nut house! 

Okay everybody... as if Mike's B&B wasn't enough reason... now we really need to make a group ride out to the coast.  There's a really twisty road I see on the map that goes from Carlton to Hwy 101: http://tinyurl.com/Route-To-Coast

Dunno if it's any good, but it looks like 46 miles of twisties.    Anyone know if the pavement is any good?

Is it just me... or when you zoom in with the satelite view... doesn't it look gravel to you??? Maybe I am just leary of roads through there since my BMW buddies took my on a crap ass gravel road through there on the Monster and I didn't have enough fuel to turn back... so I had to keep on going....

[jdubbs32584]

Welcome to the nut house! 

Okay everybody... as if Mike's B&B wasn't enough reason... now we really need to make a group ride out to the coast.  There's a really twisty road I see on the map that goes from Carlton to Hwy 101: http://tinyurl.com/Route-To-Coast

Dunno if it's any good, but it looks like 46 miles of twisties.    Anyone know if the pavement is any good?

I know HWY 101 wasn't great where I was last week (Cape Kiwanda Inn), road was real tore up. Not sure what road I was on going out there (I believe it was 6 going into Tillamook), but it was pretty decent.

[NEIKOS]

Welcome!

Watch out for Chuck (neikos). He smells and is creepy. ;-)



Love ya chuck!

One of these days . . . 

[marvellous]

One of these days . . . 

If you start calling him Alice....   

[Dirteagle]

Hi All,

Yes, that was me you met in Vernonia at the shell, nice to put a face to a name JohnnyDucati. I`ll post up next time I head that way. Good to hear from you bnbmike, so i`m not the lone Ducati in Tillamook county. we`ll have to hook up for a spin around the area.

A group ride sounds great BibleBoy. I travelled the Beaver to Carlton road a couple of times each summer on my R1150gs BMW.Although I haven`t hit it this year. Ryandalling spotted the reason why I use my Beemer. About a mile or so of gravel right in the middle. Both ends are great fun for an in and out run. The Carlton side is way smoother road than the Beaver side. But, fun on either end. The middle sucks, not my pick for a through ride on my monster, just my 2-cents from experience.

Hwy 53 and the Miami River Rd are great fun down in this are. They lead me to lots of crooked stuff on Hwy 202 and Hwy 47 (Jewell, Mist ,Vernonia area). Other roads all over between Salem and the Forest Grove/ Hillsboro area also.  Pick a meet location, time and potential path, or let our sticks float where-ever thay go.

Any ride is better than no ride!

[JohnnyDucati]

Is it just me... or when you zoom in with the satelite view... doesn't it look gravel to you??? Maybe I am just leary of roads through there since my BMW buddies took my on a crap ass gravel road through there on the Monster and I didn't have enough fuel to turn back... so I had to keep on going....

Yup.  I can confirm there's quite a few miles of gravel on that route - found it the hard way.  Was headed west from Carlton.  The gravel occurs at about the 1/2 way point, just prior to the road going towards Willemina.  I wimped out and turned back . . .

[NEIKOS]

If you start calling him Alice....   

I can call you Betty and when you call me you can call me Al.

Oh, and that road is a bit dirt - not much.  I had a guy on a Virago take me out there a few years ago in a hard rain so it was slick mud . . . still had fun.  Great road other than that bit.

Oh and Gabriel wants me to tell BB "Mr. Brown is out of town".

[marvellous]

Oh and Gabriel wants me to tell BB "Mr. Brown is out of town".

Woah... Love letters for the two of you is in a separate thread, please keep this one clean...

Back on topic, G and I are over in Bend, if you ever make it over here...

[SR1K_Femme]

Welcome to the nut house! 

Okay everybody... as if Mike's B&B wasn't enough reason... now we really need to make a group ride out to the coast.  There's a really twisty road I see on the map that goes from Carlton to Hwy 101: http://tinyurl.com/Route-To-Coast

Dunno if it's any good, but it looks like 46 miles of twisties.    Anyone know if the pavement is any good?

Oh it's twisty.. and runs along the river a good ways.  Not to mention you may want to take out your Hypermotard for that section.  Packed earth, with gravel (2 miles or so).. followed by pavement for less than a mile, then the rest of the way to Beaver via construction (ie gravel, dug up road)  As JD says it starts about  half way along that route.  But it is passable.. just not at speed.  Was taken down that way on our way to Tillamook Labor Day weekend.  But if you come back, you TOTALLY have to take Miami River Rd (Just north of Tillamook on 101) to Hwy 53 back towards Hwy 26.  You won't be disappointed I promise!