"the road that shall not be named" ride june 14-15 - you missed it!!

[derby]

Probably the *only* shop in the area open on Sunday and with tire and mounting available. 

Time to buy a Lotto or three.

it is the only one... that's exactly why i suggested he try to make it to ojai and call 'em. worst case would've been deploying the recovery vehicle (jen in my truck).

[topangster]

Hey guys,

That was an AWESOME ride, even though I only got to do one day with ya'll.   Phenomenal roads (I'm still seeing Cerro Noroeste every time I close my eyes to go to sleep), and a great group to ride with.  It was a big plus to do those roads with folks who knew them well (especially Lockwood.)

My buddy Knud (the Danish guy on the Sportster), Janak and I took the boring part of 33 south from Cerro and then had a nice blast through the twisties back into Ojai.  Passed a train of about 12 Harleys on the way down.  I don't think they knew what to make of Knud...

Wasn't as fun as doing Cerro and Lockwood again, but we got back in pretty good time (and found a pretty good pizza joint in Ojai -- Giorgio's.)  Sounds like we missed a great trip up north though.

I would DEFINITELY like to ride with you guys again, so please organize another outing!  Thanks to Derby for putting this one together.  And if any of you are going to be up Topanga-way or doing some Malibu canyon carving, drop me a line -- sjlist@verizon.net. 

[Smokescreen]

In the summer, that pizza place has about the best strawberry shortcake on earth

[Gus Duc]

Good times indeed......... Great turnout & glad everbody enjoyed the weekend as much as I did!

A few highlights.......... Lunch in Taft......... man did we make that guys Father's Day & yes that Burrito was "Damn Good!"

As mentioned, Derby is an excellent point man, slow where you need to be & fast thru the good stuff, not to mention keeping everybody together & updates on each road as we reached them

Luca, you made the weekend Pussycat.............. bring me a Michelin.... pronto pussycat   Your waitress with the nice "box" & the 6 brothers......... sushi anyone   Bike shorts in Ross with Sidi boots.......... priceless!!!!!!  What does "momentarily" mean ............ you made me laugh so hard my stomach still hurts

Tom, thanks for driving the Grand Vitara....... I know it was hard to handle all that power

BP....... big thumbs up for letting me ride your pride & joy on the outbound 58 & bummed about your off road adventure on the return trip but glad you got up & rolled away   Nothing Red Baron can't fix

To everyone else, a big Thank You for riding so wisely & truly enjoying the weekend & the time away

As Ivan mentioned, let's do this again soon

[lucazuma]

pix finally:

fors of all the theme of the ride...

one potato


two potato


three potato


FOUR!!


 

meet up with el ducio bago on the 101 and then stopped on our way at the Shell station to see if any lost souls were to be rescued...found nick and binky



the tree mosquteers + dartagnan



...base of the 33



some guy showin off his scars



away we go



half way up



classic 33



" i swear it was THIS big!"



fire camp



 



family picture













dude...is that what you needed?



huh?



dont worrie folks, it going to be OK...



...kinda

[Speeddog]

Excellent pics! 

[supafly]

Sorry about that. I thought you were right behind us but figured you got caught behind the big white truck with the trailer on the last little bit. We get to the intersection at the end of Lockwood and Luca is nice enough to be sitting there waiting to point us to Frazier Park to to the right for gas.

We pull into the station and somebody says "Hey what happened to the Mini?" Luca replies "To tell you the truth I forgot about him." I guess he dropped in behind Courtney and me after we made the right and forgot that he needed to waive you in too. The whole Frazier Park thing was definitely a bit of a change. From there on out you were in the lead 

I figured something like that happened. All Luca's fault

The funny part is that I was halfway up the grapevine before I realized I stll had the siphon in my car. Glad you had that extra .1 gallons

Nice pics Luca. I think I need a tan

[joekarati]

Excellent pics! 

Ditto, good stuff Lukie!   

[lucazuma]

here is link to all pics

PICTURES

[gm2]

so that tire was "fine" when you left home huh?

 


great pics.. looks like a fun day(s)

[SDR_John]

Thanks for all the pics Luca! 

[lucazuma]

Thanks for all the pics Luca! 

...well, thats the pic we took in Pismo...check out eh first one a where we met with Nick and Binx...there is CLEARLY thread

[madmatt]

Good pics, Amy. was a fun ride.

[Speeddog]

...well, thats the pic we took in Pismo...check out eh first one a where we met with Nick and Binx...there is CLEARLY thread

Fixed it for ya. 

[Ciao Fun]

Wow. I've been out of it. 

Is that Tom?

Binky looking good as ever.

Nick sporting a new 'do!!!

Gus is NOT in the Santa suit???

I miss you guys.

Lester