Good ride to Datona and back with group members

[Relsek]

Diesel and his wife, Gypsy Joker and his wife met me and a bunch of folks from Lakeland this morning at 7:00, here are some pics.

First stop, as the sun was rising in Groveland. The temp at the time was cool, I would guess in the high 60's

 

[Relsek]

Next stop was Umatilla, just before entering the Ocala Nat'l forest.

 

[Relsek]

After a great ride on great roads through the forest, we stopped on the other side, not far from Ormond Beach.

On the left is Gypsy Joker, his is the blue busa, Diesel and his wife are on the right in front of the red one.

 

[Relsek]

flynjay met us at the restaurant, the Ocean Deck in Daytona beach. He had the parking lot clear for us. What a good man.

 

[Relsek]

Here is a pic of the view from the restaurant.

 

[Relsek]

It didn't take long to become tired of the freak show on Main street Daytona Beach so we rode to Daytona Speedway.

somewhere on the way we lost two bikes. the R1 and the cruiser. We don't know what happened to them. I'm sure they'll make it home though.

 

[Relsek]

This young lady was very happy with her new purchase.

 

[Relsek]

Here is the only decent pic I got of all four of our bikes. From left to right the Busas are mine (kevin), diesel's, gypsyjoker's and flynjay's. the katana in the back belongs to GJ's wife, she is "the kat's meow"

 

[Relsek]

Jay left us there (just above the ONF) and the three of us drove back south alone. We also lost all the 600's they said they wanted to take the interstate and stop in Orlando. I think they just didn't like the busas leaving them behind.

Anyway, we headed south and stopped in the town of Tavares for some ice cream.

 

[Relsek]

Last picture from me. Our last stop was in the town of Tarrytown. We split up there, the four of them went west and I went south. I had a nice 22 mile strech of good highway with no intersections. That was nice.

 

[ChronosWS]

Ah, to have weather like that. Looks like you guys had fun. I can't wait for summer again!

 

[sageronin]

I'm also green with envy ... I'm still riding, but its in the 40s here ... I'd love some 60 degree weather !!
Thanks for the pics.

 

[GJoker]

It was a great day and a good ride with some awesome peeps~ Thanks, Kevin, for leading the way~ Big thanks to FlyinJ for setting us up with good parking and a great lunch! It was good to meet you all... finally~ We've got some pics on our camera, but will have to get them off, edit them, and post them on my host site~ Then I'll get them posted~ More then likely it will be tomorrow... I'm too damn tired to deal with it all right now~ Think we'll just do dinner and hit the sack for some good sleep!

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[Relsek]

I'm also green with envy ... I'm still riding, but its in the 40s here ... I'd love some 60 degree weather !!
Thanks for the pics.

You're going to hate me but, the 60's was before the sun came up. Actual temp today was around 84 degrees. The breeze of the coast was strong so the weather was nice.

 

[WWJD]

Looked like a ball Kevin. Wish I was there!

 

[LadyHawk]

Very nice ride. Thanks Kevin for leading. The Ocalla forest was awesome, The sun blinking throught the trees and all.. wish we could have got some action shots. Gotta invest in a camera mount.

But that was the best 400 some miles I've put on that bike.

Daytona was very crowded downtown. We walked about 2 blocks, and said that's enough of that and walked back. But some nice bikes, and some freaks to look at. Thanks FlynJay for meeting us for lunch. That view was awesome!!

Now dinner and a movie and I'm passin out!

 

[Revlis]

So Uh Who's riding tomorrow?

I'm going to check and see what Raider is doing...

 

[Relsek]

Looked like a ball Kevin.  Wish I was there!

If you come to Fla, we schedule a ride just for you.

Not on sunday though, I'm busy. Actually, you probably wouldn't mind joining me there.

 

[flynjay]

Just got back in from another ride.......We had a group of 500 or so sport bikes just roll down Main Street. Wow, what a sight. Really you should have seen the looks from all the HD guys. Forgot my camera...darnit. There were enough bikes to stretch across one of the highrise bridges...to put it into a perspective.

Had a great time today we you guys.....good to finally put some names to faces. Sounds like you had a good ride home.

We will have to do this again during bike week this spring, hopefully we will get more people.

Jay

 

[flyboy]

Looks like tons of fun. Thanks for the pics.