2015 ride season begins - Markleeville 05/03/15

Sub-Sonic · May 03, 2015, 06:39:34 PM

Nice ride, good group of ten riders. Only 290 miles for my bike.

It was like a new bike 'smackdown' of sorts with those 3 new liter bikes and 2 new 'middleweights', they were nice.

wills · May 03, 2015, 07:08:35 PM

Monitor rules!! How was Ebbits? Time for a new tire

Tahoebrian5 · May 03, 2015, 08:52:35 PM

Great ride and good to see everybody. It's going to be a great riding season

GreenMachine · May 04, 2015, 12:20:55 AM

Quote from: wills on May 03, 2015, 07:08:35 PM
Monitor rules!! How was Ebbits? Time for a new tire

Dusty, dirty and a few potholes, mostly on the Markleeville sde, but clear of snow all the way over.

Monitor is a fine tool for shaping the tire properly!

RichVee4 · May 04, 2015, 06:47:11 AM

Enjoyed the ride and helping kick off the 2015 season. Took a few pics..

dub · May 04, 2015, 11:07:14 AM

Holy cow, SSA really impressing with all that new hardware. GM, time to upgrade, you are dragging down the average. Who's new R1?

GreenMachine · May 04, 2015, 02:46:50 PM

I've heard something similar from others too.

My question would be, given what you know about how I like to ride and my riding limitations, which 2015 model out there would be an upgrade for what I have?

dub · May 04, 2015, 04:14:17 PM

Quote from: GreenMachine on May 04, 2015, 02:46:50 PM
I've heard something similar from others too.

lol, I'm sure. Don't worry, I'll bring my SV out this year and we can slum it together.

288RR · May 04, 2015, 04:48:15 PM

I'll still be out there on my Lil ol' 600

Tahoebrian5 · May 05, 2015, 06:40:45 AM

Quote from: GreenMachine on May 04, 2015, 02:46:50 PM
I've heard something similar from others too.

My question would be, given what you know about how I like to ride and my riding limitations, which 2015 model out there would be an upgrade for what I have?

Any of them! J/k, I know we would have to pry your old bike out of your cold dead hands before you would give it up.

GreenMachine · May 05, 2015, 05:28:33 PM

I prefer venerable when discussing the ol' girl. She's going to make dragging elbow this year a real possibility. If I had one of the fandango 2015 models, with my weight, I'd have to take turns at twice the advised limit

just to experience the same awesome on-the-side vantage point.

So not for me. But I like how you guys looked on your new bikes. Nothing wrong there.

dub · May 05, 2015, 06:50:41 PM

Quote from: GreenMachine on May 05, 2015, 05:28:33 PMShe's going to make dragging elbow this year a real possibility. If I had one of the fandango 2015 models, with my weight, I'd have to take turns at twice the advised limit just to experience the same awesome on-the-side vantage point.

I don't even understand what you are trying to say? You wouldn't be able to hang off the bike like a monkey and drag your knee at 20 mph if you had a new bike? Do the laws of physics apply differently to 2015 model year motorcycles?

GreenMachine · May 05, 2015, 07:39:41 PM

Quote from: dub on May 05, 2015, 06:50:41 PM
...You wouldn't be able to hang off the bike like a monkey and drag your knee at 20 mph if you had a new bike?...

Exactly my point. The laws of physics would apply equally. It's an obvious statement of fact. I'd need more inertia on the featherlight 2015 models than on my far heavier 15 y.o. model in any turn at any speed. Does not a heavier bike with a longer wheelbase require more effort to turn?

Sub-Sonic · May 07, 2015, 07:07:05 PM

Good thing this ride was last weekend. It's snowing up on Monitor right now.

GreenMachine · May 07, 2015, 08:22:19 PM

Makes me worry about what they've done or what may be happening up on Yuba (drainage, fallen rocks, etc...,) . May have to scale back our enthusiasm a tad from last weekend.