curtis97322
05-20-2007, 11:28 AM
First off - other than the seat - I LOVE this bike! I might be getting a mustang seat from a member of the Y! group - certainly hope to replace the too thin travelcade that's currently on the bike.
It's been nice all week, forecast for the weekend was rain in the evening. It rained Friday night and was looking kinda gloomy this (Saturday) morning. Did some stuff around the house, then realized how nice it'd gotten outside at 1pm. The rhododendron festival (known for drawing lots of bikes - usually 100+) is going on in philomath (a town on the way to the coast), so we figured we'd ride over there and check it out, then think about going out to the coast. Major road construction is going on in philomath, so we had a hard time finding the Rhody fest - decided to forget about it and just head out to the coast.
Last weekend I rode part way out highway 34, one of the roads to the coast, but had to turn around due to my wife's car troubles a couple hours (and a cage drive) away. This weekend she was with me, so there was no danger of needing to turn back ;-)). It was a very different experience doing the 25mph back to back turns with a passenger, more challenging - a little more unnerving - but still lots of fun! The whole road was full of tight turns and sweepers - as one road review said "it's as if it was built to every contour of the earth - as cheap as possible" the money saved on construction must have been spent on engineering - the roads are well built and well maintained.
We took a couple stops along the way, there was no hurry and my wife isn't used to being on the bike for too long. A couple hours later we got to the coast (70 miles). Walked down to the bay, my wife found a little crab (dead but intact) and he became our "guide" - pictures in different places with the crab and all... there's a reason she married me <g>. Then we walked around and looked at a couple antique shops (we're 22 and 26, yet love antique shops) - picked up a cool dog door knocker (dorky I know - but we're both dog people and had never seen something like that) then hopped back on the bike and rode to a favorite spot on the beach.
By the time we were done, we decided we'd take a more familiar and less twisty road back - plus we wanted to stop at the 2 casinos along a particular route (to spend $5 at each). Stopped at casino #1 - put in a buck, won $12. Lost another 3, kept one, considered myself $8 richer and went on our way. Had dinner at casino #2, wife convinced me to go play "one more slot" (I was going to only spend the $1 I had by that time on slots) and I won $30 - paid for almost the entire trip with the 2 casino stops <g>.
Saw a lot of bikes (both motorized and not) on the road today, my butt's sore from a long ride but a smile's on my face.
The general route we took: http://tinyurl.com/ypd5jt
Curtis
Some pictures taken by my darling wife in no particular order...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip030.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip030.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_MoonPlanet.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/MoonPlanet.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip186.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip186.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip148.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip148.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip141.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip141.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip114.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip114.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip105.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip105.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip091.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip091.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip085.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip085.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip074.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip074.jpg)
It's been nice all week, forecast for the weekend was rain in the evening. It rained Friday night and was looking kinda gloomy this (Saturday) morning. Did some stuff around the house, then realized how nice it'd gotten outside at 1pm. The rhododendron festival (known for drawing lots of bikes - usually 100+) is going on in philomath (a town on the way to the coast), so we figured we'd ride over there and check it out, then think about going out to the coast. Major road construction is going on in philomath, so we had a hard time finding the Rhody fest - decided to forget about it and just head out to the coast.
Last weekend I rode part way out highway 34, one of the roads to the coast, but had to turn around due to my wife's car troubles a couple hours (and a cage drive) away. This weekend she was with me, so there was no danger of needing to turn back ;-)). It was a very different experience doing the 25mph back to back turns with a passenger, more challenging - a little more unnerving - but still lots of fun! The whole road was full of tight turns and sweepers - as one road review said "it's as if it was built to every contour of the earth - as cheap as possible" the money saved on construction must have been spent on engineering - the roads are well built and well maintained.
We took a couple stops along the way, there was no hurry and my wife isn't used to being on the bike for too long. A couple hours later we got to the coast (70 miles). Walked down to the bay, my wife found a little crab (dead but intact) and he became our "guide" - pictures in different places with the crab and all... there's a reason she married me <g>. Then we walked around and looked at a couple antique shops (we're 22 and 26, yet love antique shops) - picked up a cool dog door knocker (dorky I know - but we're both dog people and had never seen something like that) then hopped back on the bike and rode to a favorite spot on the beach.
By the time we were done, we decided we'd take a more familiar and less twisty road back - plus we wanted to stop at the 2 casinos along a particular route (to spend $5 at each). Stopped at casino #1 - put in a buck, won $12. Lost another 3, kept one, considered myself $8 richer and went on our way. Had dinner at casino #2, wife convinced me to go play "one more slot" (I was going to only spend the $1 I had by that time on slots) and I won $30 - paid for almost the entire trip with the 2 casino stops <g>.
Saw a lot of bikes (both motorized and not) on the road today, my butt's sore from a long ride but a smile's on my face.
The general route we took: http://tinyurl.com/ypd5jt
Curtis
Some pictures taken by my darling wife in no particular order...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip030.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip030.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_MoonPlanet.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/MoonPlanet.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip186.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip186.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip148.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip148.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip141.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip141.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip114.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip114.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip105.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip105.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip091.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip091.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip085.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip085.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/th_May19Beachtrip074.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/eagleseye_rats/BeachbiketripMay19/May19Beachtrip074.jpg)