Alrighty then. I'm starting this thread to organize a monthly or bi-monthly Saturday or Sunday morning North Bay back road drive. Something off the beaten path that starts early and perhaps meets at a coffee shop or breakfast spot out in the middle of nowhere. Something that leaves us with the rest of the day free to spend quality time with our significant others or whatever else consumes our weekends. Something a little fast. A little twisty. But not dangerous for ourselves or the others that we share the road with. And doesn't upset the neighbors!

Now, I don't know the roads up here that well (since I just moved up here) but I'm willing to spend some quality time pouring over maps and test driving routes.

Bushido, you seem to know things up here pretty well. Maybe I'll bring a couple of maps to the Wine Country meet.

Who's interested?

 

I've got one ready. A great fast "ballz out" loop that you'll love. Bring the maps on Sunday and i'll show you the route.

so of corse count me in

rich

 

I'm in.

Weekends, especially during the day, are a poor idea at best due to the amount of cyclists on the road. At night would be the best to avoid cyclists and the authorities. All things being equal, a ticket is better than running some cyclist(s) over.


srh

 

You can't see the cops at night. or read a corner properly

 

And heaven forbid there's a stalled car or a prancing deer frollicking just around a "short 2 right."

 

or even a 4 left

 

or a 4 straight jump.

 

The only time in my life i hit a animal while driving was at night. It was a deer that was on a ledge 4 feet above the road. At the last second the thing came out of the bushes and jumped infront of my car. The left front just hit the back hip of the deer who ran off into the woods without a trace. But if it had been light outside that poor deer wouldn't have a limp.

 

Okay, back to the topic at hand. Who else is interested?

 

I was waiting for someone to say that

 

sure, why not.

 

Well Huck are you going to Fort Bragg on the 3rd still? He never really said what was happining though. I've also got 2 more drives i mind to talk to you about.

 

That whole Fort Bragg thing fell off the radar. Nothing got organized, did it?

More drives?

 

This whole week i'm on vacation with nothing to do , so i went on that loop run i've been mentioning this morning. Starting from the Cheese Factory on the Petaluma / Nicacio road. The loop as great running just over 52 miles longs with a combonation of fast straights hard breaking corners... the works. I'll show you a map on Sunday then all we have to do is pick the date. If you want to try it out for yourself first i can get you details of roads etc...

 

This thread shouldn't be aloud to fall so far down the board. I found it just about to slip onto the forth page. After this weekend we should have the date and time for the first early morning weekend rally ride. The track is already picked out and trust me it's "sweet". Most of it is out in cow country. Very little traffic and even fewer bikes, except for one stretch apon Hwy1 but that doesn't last too long.
I can't wait.