westgoingzax
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I went to go check out where the bag was and the Pony Express route is over for this year. Fred closed the thread on Sept 4th.
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So cal ride sept 12 (NOW WITH PICS!!!)
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I went to go check out where the bag was and the Pony Express route is over for this year. Fred closed the thread on Sept 4th.
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rsw81
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Sorry for not checking in sooner guys, I've been on the road since you saw me on the ride. I was planning to continue my ride up to Bakersfield on the bike, but my a$$ was killing me, so I traded in for the cage for that trip.
All in all, a great ride with smart-respectful riders. I'd definitely ride with you guys again, which is more than I can say for previous group rides. Kenny, always good to see you. John, Dave, and Jason... poker night soon?
All in all, a great ride with smart-respectful riders. I'd definitely ride with you guys again, which is more than I can say for previous group rides. Kenny, always good to see you. John, Dave, and Jason... poker night soon?
I actually like that music!
I see what you man now about the wide angle... great for the scenery, but not so great to see the riders in front... still great thanks for posting :rockon:Do you have footage of S Grade? or any of the GoPro owners?
It looks that way but we were holding a speed around 60-70 (pretty open sweepers there, contrary to South Grade!), and about the same speed between turns.
yeah, Cliff started the count but no-one thought of making sure we reached 14 lol
I was like, huh, we're missing a Dr I think...
Poker, sure, give me a couple of days to welcome my new baby girl arriving on Monday and I'll be ready in no time
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yeah, Cliff started the count but no-one thought of making sure we reached 14 lol
I was like, huh, we're missing a Dr I think...
Poker, sure, give me a couple of days to welcome my new baby girl arriving on Monday and I'll be ready in no time
Yeah, I learned to do head count early on in life. Our whole family would go camping/traveling and we had 7 kids. TV must have really been bad in those days....Mom was always taking head count......
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I actually like that music!
Do you have footage of S Grade? or any of the GoPro owners?
I have some more to upload but they're doing maintenance at Youtube. Also have to get files to PowellB as soon as I can.
rsw81
Keep it Kosher
yeah, Cliff started the count but no-one thought of making sure we reached 14 lol
I was like, huh, we're missing a Dr I think...
Poker, sure, give me a couple of days to welcome my new baby girl arriving on Monday and I'll be ready in no time
Haha, yeah, having a proper count would help. Let me know how Leah is doing and when I can come see the new baby:cheer:
PowellB
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Take your time... new job will be preventing me from working on stuff for a bit.
That part of the ride was nothing short of phenomenal. South Grade was fun, but a little too squidly at that time on a saturday. Banner grade was a nice flowing stretch, but Montezuma's fast sweepers had me leaning harder than ever and loving every second of it. Wavex set a great pace, and the group rode well. Would ride it again with you all in a heartbeat.
Tailgate
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You all make me sick. All of you. You make me want to get sick. (maybe NorCal will return the favor)
necrotimus
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Thanks for all the pictures guys! Looks like you all had a great time. I experienced the same type of great rides at the Deal's Gap meet with forum members so maybe its universal.
I tried to give rep to everyone for all the great pictures. Thanks!!
I tried to give rep to everyone for all the great pictures. Thanks!!
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Thanks man. A trip like this is so easy with such great people. Every one was a great rider and we managed staying away from some squidly action on South Grade Rd. on Palomar Mountain. When you think about it, it was a phenomenal day given people rode from Vegas, LA, Long Beach areas and local SD areas to be on this get together.
Still have some video to post up but Windows Movie Maker is more bad garbageware from MS and mis-aligns the audio tracks when you do an edit and save....
Thanks again for the rep.
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Okay sorry for the misaligned audio tracks which helps distort your concepts of throttle on/off in turns etc. Just the crummy moviemaker edit feature. Anyway you'll get the idea. I was actually hoping to pick a spot on the grade and lurk and takes picture and video while the rest of the group road up and down the Grade but as usual there were people over riding their ability and we had an Aprilia down at turn one coming up and a real "Stand Up Guy" out of a turn in front of PowellB and I which has already been posted but you will see it at 5:24 in the video. We boogied early off the grade because we thought safety of our group was the primary objective.
Enjoy!
Again, Thank you all for the Epic Fun Day and thank you other forum members for sharing this with us.
Cliff
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JghXt5iYx4]YouTube - South Grade FZ6 ForumRide[/ame]
Enjoy!
Again, Thank you all for the Epic Fun Day and thank you other forum members for sharing this with us.
Cliff
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JghXt5iYx4]YouTube - South Grade FZ6 ForumRide[/ame]
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Does anyone have a problem with the music on this video? Sometime it'll play for me and some times it wont....
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Thanks for the video Cliff! Is it me or the camera makes it look like open sweepers when it fact that's quite a tight road!?
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I had also reposted the video here http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-videos/22754-montezuma-uncle-yeti.html cuz I wanted to start out fresh and share the fixed version with the forum.
I think there are areas that are wider (Montezuma Valley Road) in comparison to other parts (South Grade) that we rode but the camera helps make it look much wider because of that wide 170 degree lens. South Grade is known as,The Tight Side. Some of those turns are famous for the decreasing radius which can bite you real quick.
They finally locked in the audio on this (Montezuma to Uncle Yeti) but it ended up being different music. It took me so long to get this resolved I just let it be. It works! Haha...Actually kinda like the synthy track...
Thanks again for all the fantastic pictures.
Cliff
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Thanks for that guys! Looks like you all had a blast and a little 'wake-up' or 2... yikes!
One day I'll get to Cali - but its a long way from the great white north on 2 wheels. I've made it to northern Montana and Idaho...just gotta push it a leeeiiiittle farther! haha
One day I'll get to Cali - but its a long way from the great white north on 2 wheels. I've made it to northern Montana and Idaho...just gotta push it a leeeiiiittle farther! haha
