Day ride into Oregon..

[mjn]

I took a little day ride with a few buddies Tuesday...  We took the long way down to Sumpter, Oregon.

About 100 miles into the day, we take a short rest in Ukiah, Or.

Next thing you know...some dude rides up on an Aprilla Tuano.  It is obvious he has been on the road awhile...  Turns out he left the Bay area several days previous.  He was headed to Glacier Park in MT.  We looked at his route..and decided it stunk.  So we helped him adjust it a bit.  Then we invited him to join us for lunch in Sumpter, another 100 or so miles down the road.  

Unable to resist riding with such a great group of dudes...he came along.

His (Joe's) bike;

Joe had all the cool stuff... he is an I.T. guy, so he had all the cool gadgets.  Including the new Daniese bluetooth helmet.   He said it worked very well.

The locals in Starkey, Or.  wanted our picture....so we obliged.   Don't think the camera broke.....

Here we are in Sumpter eating lunch (he insisted on picking up the tab....very cool).   Ok...no smartazz comments about my lack of hair or reading glasses ok???

Time for Joe to continue east, and for us to head north...  It was great to meet him..

Those of you that have not had the pleasure of riding in North east Oregon need to.  It is fantastic.  Even where previous forest fires have ravaged the land, it is still beautifull.    (and you can see thru all the corners!!!!)  While at home it was at the century mark, we were enjoying high 70's and low 80's in the Blue Mountains.
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[mjn]

Then we decided to have a little fun.   There is a stretch of road about 10 or 15 miles long,  that is back to back 35 mph marked curves...pavement is smooth, corners banked just right....nirvana!

So we played for awhile...down then back, then down again....etc.

We even took a few shots of our fun;

To give these pics some perspective, we were doing about 75-80 in most of these pics...

Cecil on his 1K
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Edgar on his 1K
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And me...proving again, that a fat bike with a fat rider still can turn!
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Dang Oregon backroads sure are tough on tires tho....here's my PP mid trip.  In this pic it has about 1280 miles on it.   Checked it again when I got home...3/32nds to all three wearbars.  ie;  half done.

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The last stop before home...still 100 or so miles out.
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All in all...one fantastic day.  No tickets, no get-offs, met a cool dude from Cali...and my speedohealer says I never exceeded 110 mph.  Shoot...that's only double the limit!
What a day.

 

[big coop]

Nice pics, sounds like you all had a great time and helped a fellow rider, nothing could be better than that. Stay safe & keep the rubber side down.

 

[proud dad]

looks like a great place to ride

 

[mjn]

(big coop @ Aug. 02 2007,05:03) Nice pics, sounds like you all had a great time and helped a fellow rider, nothing could be better than that. Stay safe & keep the rubber side down.

That was the coolest part of the day for me....we saved him from some real boring roads!!