ATTN: DMF'ers! West Coast DIMBY!! *Attendance list & Ride Routes in 1st post!*

[silentbob]

I'm kind of an outsider here and probably should keep quiet, but...bringing bikes in a truck?  Really bad form.  Just sayin...

But you must be joking because that old thing could never make it from IB to Hollister.

I'm furiously editing this post trying to get out of trouble.....................................

Well some of us have bikes that would require a tire change after that many freeway miles (especially IZ).  Plus we need tents, sleeping bags, clothes, beer, etc.  This is a bike transport and tent in one.  The freeway ride is boring and tiresome on a sport bike.  These aren't Harleys.  Riding the twisties is what we want to do.

[almazing]

This is getting really close.     Where all the San Diego peeps at?  Am I the only one doing this? [moto]

This looks like an interesting event. I'm definitely down to join, but I don't know how I can fit a sleeping bag and clothes on my Monster. The foreseen drunken debauchery sounds badass though!

[Duck-Stew]

This looks like an interesting event. I'm definitely down to join, but I don't know how I can fit a sleeping bag and clothes on my Monster. The foreseen drunken debauchery sounds badass though!

Get some bags?!? 

Get some bungee cords?!?

Or...UPS/FedEx the stuff here before you leave!  (You *will* be responsible for the shipment back to your own address though...)

[herm]

backpack...

[jakem696]

Almazing, You can ride up with us. We might have 5 or 6 going from San Diego.

Jake.

[r_ciao]

Just found out that my kid has a double header on that Saturday, so now I am unable to join in.   

Have fun and take lots of pictures.

PM sent to River.

[The Bacon Junkie]

This looks like an interesting event. I'm definitely down to join, but I don't know how I can fit a sleeping bag and clothes on my Monster. The foreseen drunken debauchery sounds badass though!

This is how I got to Monterey and back...


..plus a backpack..



The backpack rested on the sleeping bag, so my chst was resting on the tank bag.  It was actually quite comfortable, despite what it sounds like.  No weight from the backpack, and more forward weight got me through to corners quicker...  I was actually able to ride pretty aggressively.   

[DuciD03]

This is how I got to Monterey and back...

..plus a backpack..



The backpack rested on the sleeping bag, so my chest was resting on the tank bag.  It was actually quite comfortable, despite what it sounds like.  No weight from the backpack, and more forward weight got me through to corners quicker...  I was actually able to ride pretty aggressively.   

 ... difficult to mount saddle bags with the high mounts ... like on a bicycle; you really want to get the weight as low as possible; a heavily weighted backpack is not good; A)- its tiring; I try to avoid a backpack at all costs B) it makes you top heavy C) it restricts your shoulder movements; not saying I have an answer here; with you pipe setup your limited as to how you can load; I have a tailbag that would work with your setup and you might be able to get rid of the backpack ... or use FedEx; it would be worth it ...

[DuciD03]

, but...bringing bikes in a truck?  Really bad form.  Just sayin...

.... I'm furiously editing this post trying to get out of trouble ......

safer to drive a cage home when your hung over .... 

.... and the reality is that after an all day ride on a duc I'm tiered and sore .... so to ride down on a super slab; ride the next day and ride home very tiered and hug  .... hummm ... I've done some weekend trips and the second day is always .... "intresting" .... to sit on the seat ...

[The Bacon Junkie]

... difficult to mount saddle bags with the high mounts ... like on a bicycle; you really want to get the weight as low as possible; a heavily weighted backpack is not good; A)- its tiring; I try to avoid a backpack at all costs B) it makes you top heavy C) it restricts your shoulder movements; not saying I have an answer here; with you pipe setup your limited as to how you can load; I have a tailbag that would work with your setup and you might be able to get rid of the backpack ... or use FedEx; it would be worth it ...

Yeah, that's why I went the backpack route... Damn high mounts!   
   I actually didn't have much weight in the pack, just an ultralight tent and a change of clothes.  This was my first ever overnight trip, and my longest time spent on the bike at that point.  (i had been riding for just under a year at that point.)  Still, for a n0ob like me, I didn't find it too constricting.  Then again, I didn't know any better!   

  The pack is a Lowe Alpine Mountain Attack ND40.  It's designed for freedom of movement through the shoulders.  It's meant to be worn while climbing vertical - near vertical rock or ice.  REALLY Comfortable, but I wouldn't be wearing it for a spirited day trip through the twisties. 

What tail bag do you have? I'm interested!

[Bick]

I am down to two cans of pea soup, so it is time for another trip out to Buellton.

A side trip to Moonpark would work.

(oh, and Bump)

[DuciD03]

The pack is a Lowe Alpine Mountain Attack ND40.  It's designed for freedom of movement through the shoulders.  It's meant to be worn while climbing vertical - near vertical rock or ice.  REALLY Comfortable, but I wouldn't be wearing it for a spirited day trip through the twisties. 

What tail bag do you have? I'm interested!

Lowen pack sounds good; I'v worn packs on my bike and perfer to go nude so to speak.

Tail bag is an inexpensive Crotec; not the best quality but its expandable and the right price; I use it with a cargo net overtop; the zippers are knowen to open and arnt the best quality; its compatable with there sport saddlebags that work with an 03 800 DSS; you might be able to get some saddle bag frames made for your highmounts.  The whole setup was about 160 and works for a weekends worth of camping stuff.  I'll see if I can find more detailed info; wish I had a pic to share.  When rolling you wouldnt know the bags were there.  Cheers Dave

[Langanobob]

safer to drive a cage home when your hung over ....  Wink

It turns out that I only have a couple of absolute rules I go by and one of them is to never post anything on the internet when my BAC is over 0.000000001%.  The night I made that post about it being bad form to be trailering or trucking bikes I'd been on the road all day in a car, was tired and got into the Demon Rum .  It's really none of my business whether any one trailers their bike.

[Duck-Stew]

OK!  We're about a month away and we're in need of a head count.  Nothing terribly exact but something to base our purchases on. 
(read as: we don't want to underpurchase beer & bacon.)

Also, if you haven't heard about the Bacon-Olympics, check it out here:
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=21230.0

Post up if you're planning on attending and if you'll need room to pitch a tent here (yeah, yeah, yeah....no jokes about tent-pitching, K?). 

[DuciD03]

The night I made that post about it being bad form to be trailering or trucking bikes I'd been on the road all day in a car, was tired and got into the Demon Rum .  It's really none of my business whether any one trailers their bike.

no offence taken dude!