Who all made it out to that ride? Did it get pretty silly?
Besides us there were about 10 guys or so from I Ride MC. We left Aikahi over to H3 and then off at Kam Hwy to go over to 13 Turns. The IRMC guys wanted to stop at the top of 13 and we were like "Hey we just got started why are we stopping?" So off down 13 we went with the other guys trailing. It was the collectively slowest descent we've ever done. The road was glowing with moss everywhere (did I mention that it had been raining all night and a good bit of the morning before we started the ride?) and not only was there moss there were huge piles of leaves and mud in several places.
Pretty high pucker factor.
Got over to Norfolk where it was slightly better, but not by much, so we made just one pass and turned for Waimanalo and Sandy Beach. We had a few lag and shoot moves up around Koko Crater and that is where I think the IRMC boys figured out the difference in riding styles.
Going back into town I was certain that I was going to have to pull off and run for the shop as I haven't seen such consistently high coolant temps. Couldn't get it out of the 190's even going down the freeway but then again we weren't moving all that fast on the freeway. About 40 mph. I opted to head for Tantalus anyway and actually got the temps back to normal up there.
Off the Pali and snaked up Punchbowl to the Tantalus backdoor. That's where we, ahem, separated a bit. The road was wetter than usual for obvious reasons but still better than the windward roads.
Had a little nice congregation at the Manoa lookout. Guy in a Lambo stopped for a bit too. He gunned it leaving us and it was horrible listening to the traction control cutting in. Sounded like a stuck rev limiter. A crime against nature if you ask me. I'd turn that stuff off and let just let the car do what it wants to do.
Out to the north shore and back. Those new brakes are working real good. In fact on the second leg down Tantalus I dialed them up a couple clicks and they were so fierce that it was throwing me off, super hard to control the bike in the tight downhillers. Had to dial them back off at the gas station.
Almost got a ticket on the Pali going home but I didn't and that's another short story, really short.
All in all, fun. Not like some of our groups last runs up T with Darkwing & Emile but still good.
