A message to the 'fecta riders.

GreenMachine · September 08, 2011, 09:57:05 PM

Sleep well tonight my friends. I know I will. 616 miles not including the ride to the meet up. And yes, I have a infectious laugh and smile that I cannot shake. Oh this was the ride of all time!!

Hope you all made it home safe. Brian and I skipped Yuba Pass and a return on Gold Lake, due to potential meetings with deer. I think the CalTrans and the CHP were cleaning up an encounter outside Sierraville. It was too dark to tell what they were doing. I want to do that ride again. But only if you guys come along. I'll buy lunch next time. How's that?

Nite. Nite.

p.s. pics later.

Tahoebrian5 · September 09, 2011, 06:50:00 AM

I saw that chp cleanup as well. Also deer on the side of the rode in sierraville and a fresh hit ( blood still wet) about halfway to truckee. That was sketchy! Thanks for sticking with me on 89 GM!! Amazing ride! Nice to you meet Trini, you can hang anytime. Highlights are too many to recall.. Yah baby!

Bigcat · September 09, 2011, 08:40:00 AM

Thank TB and GM for putting this together. Sometimes the last minute "oh what the $%$$%^ rides are the best. Had a blast. Note to self. PACK THE DAMN CLEAR SHIELD LOL

. Tinnie, great to ride with you again and a big congrats on the graduation girl.

Till next time

GreenMachine · September 09, 2011, 10:30:21 AM

I'm still tallying how many passes and "rides" we took in, all in one day. Amazing! I've told the story to people at two different offices this morning and people are

-- that's nuts!! How many went? Where'd you go? How long did it take? Who came up with the idea? How many miles again? and on and on. Lots of great laughs coming from this one great adventure.
And..."you do look a little worn out today."

I'm picking my brain, but don't recall hearing of anyone who's completed the Trifecta ride, much less anything like what was attempted yesterday. Maybe someone here has. You guys not only took in the Trifecta ride, you added a season of rides into one, then made a mockery of it all by taking laps on several of them. To put that into perspective, you lay claim to completing a ride that I doubt will ever be duplicated by anyone else. Kind of like being one of the elite few with The Right Stuff.

n10sive · September 09, 2011, 10:30:59 AM

Quote from: Bigcat on September 09, 2011, 08:40:00 AM
Thank TB and GM for putting this together. Sometimes the last minute "oh what the $%$$%^ rides are the best. Had a blast. Note to self. PACK THE DAMN CLEAR SHIELD LOL . Tinnie, great to ride with you again and a big congrats on the graduation girl. Till next time

Wait...you didn't learn about the clear shield from our ride around Tahoe? LOL

And Trini was there? awww man! Missed her!

Tahoebrian5 · September 09, 2011, 01:23:54 PM

Yep, I'm still on a "too many turns" high. We must have done thousands of quality turns!!!

I'm already scheming up a new route

sparkygixxer · September 09, 2011, 01:46:38 PM

Quote from: GreenMachine on September 09, 2011, 10:30:21 AM
And..."you do look a little worn out today."

Ooof...Kudos to you and TahoeBrian on the last 70mile twisties, I was beat and you guys still ran it like we were only on 200 miles.

ps. I still lack internet access so I'm not quite back on the boards yet...but just wait. Muahhahahaha

GreenMachine · September 09, 2011, 02:52:19 PM

Thanks Sparky for deflating my ego. Here I thought I had improved from morning to evening so much, I was dusting your *ss.

Damn it, Jim!!

Brian rides like that. He rides like it's a workout his life depended on and only later does he say, "Oh yeah, I was getting dizzy or I was about to collapse from the heat" or something. Really? It didn't look like it!

Here are the pictures I promised.

1) Dawn meet up. It rained and cleared up just hours earlier
2) 8:00 meet up in SLT
3) Completed WWS, starting on MRR
4, 5, & 6) 2nd to last ride, first lap

GreenMachine · September 09, 2011, 03:56:17 PM

Quote from: Tahoebrian5 on September 09, 2011, 01:23:54 PM
Yep, I'm still on a "too many turns" high. We must have done thousands of quality turns!!!

I'm already scheming up a new route

What! Take yesterday's ride and add the Dragon?

Hmmm. Technically, if you were to start at one end or the other at dawn...on June 21st of any year, and the passes were all open, you probably could swing it.

Tahoebrian5 · September 09, 2011, 04:02:55 PM

yep, then home via hwy 1

GreenMachine · September 09, 2011, 07:13:57 PM

Ooo, I think he likes it! Hey Mikey!

...
I count 11 ride destinations or roads, two performed twice, a minimum of five mountain passes, not to mention all the linking roads.

Technically we could call our "September" 8th 2011 ride either Septfecta or Undicifecta (eleven in Italian). Ironbuttfecta works too.