SF Meet at "FAMILY BILLIARDS"

[Instance]

Ok, as suggested by Bapistro we will be meeting at Family Billiards in San Francisco next wednesday the 29th at about 6:30- 7:00 pm. There is free upper level parking so you dont have to park your bikes on the street, unless ya want to ofcourse....:D

I spoke to Bapistro and this location sounds good.... its indoors, good food, pool, we can bring bike videos, plenty of parking, its pretty central in the city and they are slow on wednesdays so we can take over the joint!!!

If anyone wants to set up a late night cruise around the city after the meet, just speak up and lets do it!!!!

Family Billiards
2807 Geary blvd
(415) 931-1115

And heres a map for your viewing pleasure......:D :D

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[torq-fiend]

Hmmm, what a genious idea.

[ambitiousone]

Hmm. Looks like I can't bring the cue stick if I'm riding. Yeah, complete poseur on billiard also. Nice stick. No game. :D

I think I'm in so far.

[agent66]

I'm in for chillin and night cruise damn I guess I'll have to put the clear visor back on. let's have a pool tourney!!

[ambitiousone]

Originally posted by agent66
let's have a pool tourney!!

so long as I'm in Bap's team. :D

[Baptistro]

Really, I can't play for nothing. 9-ball? what's 9-ball? $50 a game sound good to you? :D:D:D:D:D

BTW, if you guys are serious about having a tourney, I'll set it up one of these weeks.

Oh, and I think we've got the 2000 and 2001 WSB tapes at Family right now. Rossi is the shit. :D

John

[agent66]

I'll try and gather some WSB I taped from this year too. Rossi is the shit!! 2 stroke 4 stroke 4 wheels, he'll ride the pistons out of anything. Speedvision rules!!

[mrtnz]

Family Billiards sounds great! Watch out! I CAN play (if I concentrate hard enough)!

If we're gonna drink beer, I rather drive there.

I am not a city rider. Are car drivers around Geary street crazy?

[Baptistro]

Traffic in the Richmond is fairly easily manageable, you only really have to watch out on Fulton, lots of people will try to make lefts in front of you. Oh, BTW, keep in mind that the posted speed limit on most of Geary is 25MPH, it's not strictly enforced, but you can't rule out cops messing with you.

[COOLER]

50$ tournament, hell ya! im rusty. but a couple beers and ill be all polished up! :sniper

[Max Smiley]

not to mention easy access to two of the tunnels in the city :p I'm going to have to rotate weeks or swing by AFTER class next time though. and believe it or I never learned to shoot pool. hanging around, now that I have down to a science :p

[Nomad]

sounds like a plan. pool, videos, and a ride?
I normally play hoops every weds, but I may have to give it up.
Hope to make it out there. If not just kick max 4 me:old-cool

[Max Smiley]

ah chee just like the old days :twofinger :teeth

amazing Family is still around. what is it like 30+ years now? Tower Records used to be a dinky little store on Geary. 8-tracks were in and all the SF Summers had love.

and yes, there really was a Doggie Diner at Arguello x Geary (now wells fargo parking lot).

here's Sloat by the Zoo. I think the wind blew the head down nose first one April Fools:
http://www.outsidelands.org/images/carousel_diner.jpg

here's an iMPosTer!:
http://www.danheller.com/images/California/SanFrancisco/Misc/street04-big.jpg

[newby1]

i will be there! no tourney for me thanks. I play like crap when money is on the line..... wait a sec, I played like crap all the time.

[E.T.PhoneHome]

I'll be there. Sorry low on money and I play like crap on pool. I'll just watch.

[Instance]

I dont play pool nor drink, but I'll be there!!!!!

[Melissa]

what a great idea but weren't we gonna all meet at
the moderators house? you know, all park on the street and front lawn
and revv our motors and send flames till the
wee hours of the am?

I guess that idea was quickly shot down.

I will be in NYC for a while but I am looking forward to the
Wed. SF BARF Chapter Meetings upon my return.

Melissa:rsrai

[Blank00]

watch out for popos guys. They usually lurk around Clement and Geary.

[E.T.PhoneHome]

Originally posted by Blank00
watch out for popos guys. They usually lurk around Clement and Geary.

Gixersinh knows about them on geary alright. :twofinger

[SIN]

Originally posted by mrtnz
Family Billiards sounds great! Watch out! I CAN play (if I concentrate hard enough)!

If we're gonna drink beer, I rather drive there.

I am not a city rider. Are car drivers around Geary street crazy?

yea, watch out for crazys like me on geary:twofinger
maybe i'll ride my freestyle bike:old-cool

[luisimo]

May 29th sounds good, I ride like a play pool... No wait, I play pool like a ride... Sh!t can I say that I just suck? Count me in.

[FiremanDecko]

Id be on for an evening ride.

btw im going to kick all ur asses in pool, all hail newbie Dek

[jonb]

so are we riding afterwards? what time? :) i dont play pool too well and drinking is out of the question...

so i wanna show up and then hit the city ride. have we planned a route? got a leader and a sweeper? i wanna ride ride ride :D

[Deeter]

Stillart,

I think we're still waiting for someone to take the reigns on that score. I'm out because I don't know the city at all -- I can't seem to venture in without getting lost, which is fine if you're alone, but not good if your with a group.

I don't mind riding sweeper if someone can give me a map of the route before hand.

[ambitiousone]

i'm in for riding and definitely out of drinking. i usually don't cruize the city, but can play sweeper role if someone provides the route.

[Instance]

Like the last few have said, SOMEONE post a route!!!!!!!

[jonb]

well its hard to post a route until we kinda know when we're heading out and for how long we want to be out :)

i mean if we're in the richmond we can blow down geary to the beach, cruise south down the beach passing south where we met last week and then we could bang a left somewhere furthur down before pch 1 really takes over, and hit 19th ave back to oak and down oak til we hit downtown and then we could head down 10th st to potrero and out on potrero and over into the mission and go out until like 28th or 30th and then roll back towards downtown on valencia at which point we'd be right by zeitgeist and we could stop(this would probably take an hour) and have a drink and or people would be right near 101 to go home.

or we could do somehting totally different and cruise eastbay/berkley/telegraph ave and downtoan oakland *shrug*

[Baptistro]

Let's just meet and figure it out there? :D

[FiremanDecko]

Sounds like stillart has a plan, I'll go with that.

[Likely2BAirborn]

Yes Stillart's plan is a good one. Im in, dunno about the ride though depending on what time we leave. Some of us have to work. And someone mentioned a get together at a mods house? No it's a get together at the ADMIN's house. There will be a "write your name in steves lawn using your tire" contest. :twofinger

[Max Smiley]

durnit I have class on wed. if I swing by after it will be too late. so will probably miss this week but try to alternate after that. there's a kazillion ways to go through the city and various neighborhoods / cruising spots so have fun!

[Northduc]

Cool! This is in my neighborhood...I'll be there.:old-cool

Wilson

[wardoggie]

I'm gonna try to make it. Everything depends on when I can leave work in SJ.

Hope to meet all of you,
Wardoggie

[Baptistro]

Hey fellas, and ladies, what time are people planning on showing?

[ambitiousone]

i'll try being on time this time. ~6:30pm. prob rollin' in w/ newby1 also.

i want the VIP parking spot.

[Baptistro]

Aries, make sure you save me my spot, I gotta get there early, pick up my cues and take them home, so I won't be there until closer to 7. :D

[jonb]

me too me too! i'll be there 6ish so my f4i can get soem love this time instead of being left down the block.
and parking on the sidewalk is legit or no? :p

oh and i shaved my head so look for the dorky whiteboy with a military cut ;p

[Baptistro]

Sidewalk is wide there, and we'vwe only gotten hassled once for parking on the sidewalk, but just space them out and make room for aas many as possible. There are actually five MC spots out in front, but if we get as big a turnout as last time, we will need to use the lot upstairs. We have security cams, so all should be well.

John

[Instance]

The meet was fun!!!! I especially liked the ride through the city in the perfect weather. Lets do it again!!!

Pics are up------> http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=35317#post35317

[Atak Kat]

Great pics. What was the riding route afterwards? I definately want to make the next meet.

So who lost how much at the pool tables? :D

-ak-

[SIN]

Sorry, just read group rides FAQ.
Should have planned the ride alittle better( hard to keep a big group together at night)
It was a fun ride though
I'll try to post a route next time and see what people think
Shawn hope you make it home ok
Aries hope you had fun ( you are a good sweeper:) )
Vicky glad you came on the ride
thanks to instance and newby1 for taking pics
and to all the riders that show up

[mrtnz]

I had an awesome time with you folks! The night time riding was fun! Thank you for looking out for me. I hope I wasn't riding too slow. Looking forward to riding with you folks again soon!

Sorry if I can't remember most of the names of the people who were there. I am really bad with names especially now that I have to remember 2 names per person! Please excuse me! I will have to ask your name(s) maybe 10 more times before I can remember!

Thanks again for the great evening!

[ambitiousone]

Originally posted by Atak Kat
So who lost how much at the pool tables? :D

so humbled right now. lost so much pride. damn contacts for drying up. had to use the local light sabers cuz i didn't bring mine (starts listing the excuses now). :D

Originally posted by gixersinh
Shawn hope you make it home ok

Shawn made it home ok. i see in the crystal ball a mod coming up on the tiller (plus some maintenance :D) Shawn is currently on a mission right now and completion date is Sat.

Originally posted by mrtnz
I hope I wasn't riding too slow.

don't worry about that. so long as you had fun also and everyone else had fun, that's what matters most in these rides. this was a leisure cruise in the city as intended. just a nice stroll along the park.

Originally posted by gixersinh
Aries hope you had fun ( you are a good sweeper )

keep on using the thingee below and i'll guarantee you you'll be a good sweeper also. :D hope y'all had fun and stayed safe there. heard from John that you guys wanted more (ya crazies). John, sorry had to cut conversation short when you called (my apologies for cutting you short there). was trying to help torq unload the bike from truck bed. but ty for checking. it's greatly appreciated :D

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[newby1]

Thanks to everyone who made it to the social. Barf riders are the coolest riders. The meet/social was great, had fun riding through the city. Look forward to many more socials. Now if I could just get my work schedule to be more open, I could make it to more.
Oh well, I guess you appreciate something more if you don't get to do it everyday. :D .

Pics are up!

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=35411#post35411

[jonb]

sorry i didnt make it :rolleyes
i ran into a mod that ended up being the wrong part then i returned it and got the right part, it was wrong too and finally went to the source itself and got the right part.

all i can say is 3 hours later i finally had the correct carbo-tech front fender on my f4i :D :D :D

[Deeter]

Great meet . . . or at least, great ride after the meet. :D I'm bummed that I didn't get out of my post-work coma quick enough to make the social part of the evening. Next time!

Sinh, you did an admirable job running the ride and keeping everyone together! I didn't get your bro's name, but he can thrash the hell out of that Helix pretty well!

Hwy 9 . . . youuuuuuu bastard! :twofinger :D I'm glad you were able to bathe yourself thoroughly after your Golden Shower experience :D and were able to make it out to share your new toy with everyone. Very nice!

Bap, although I didn't have enough time to come in and hang out, I defenitely think holding the meet there is a great idea. I hope we continue to do so.

Mrntz, I hear you on the name thing . . . it's going to take me FOR EVER to remeber all the names, faces, and screen names around here.

Everyone else, great to see familiar faces again and meet the not-so-familiar ones. Let's do it again next week!

[Baptistro]

Wooo hoooo!!!! I'm glad evryone had a great time, and that the ride was satisfying, I nkow Luisimo and bad bad are going to be joining us next time, and we'll be better able to plan the route through the city, and hit up a couple of other spots as well, maybe do Sharp Park as well? Looking forward to seeing you guys next week, I'll try to win my tourney this weekend for the BARF crew.

Bap

[COOLER]

I'll try to win my tourney this weekend for the BARF crew.

WHAT KINDA TOURNEY YOU TALKING ABOUT?

:troy

[Baptistro]

USPPA Reno 9-ball tournament, held twice a year at the Sands Regency. I think I might have a real shot this year, been busting my ass trying to get my average down, and my game up. :D

[COOLER]

SO YOUR THAT GOOD HUH, WELL SHIT YOU GOTTA GIVE ME A CHANCE TO BEAT A PRO. IM THE SAME WAY WITH GOLF. GOT A TOURNEY THIS WEEKEND, ILL HIT IT UP FOR THE BARF CREW AS WELL!

[Baptistro]

Good luck to you too Cooler, hope you take it home :D

Bad Bad: hmmm, I will have to let the owners know what's goign on with the donuts, generally we discourage that type of behavior on four wheels, on two on the other hand....:D :D :D

Hope to see ya again next week

[ambitiousone]

Originally posted by COOLER
SO YOUR THAT GOOD HUH, WELL SHIT YOU GOTTA GIVE ME A CHANCE TO BEAT A PRO. IM THE SAME WAY WITH GOLF. GOT A TOURNEY THIS WEEKEND, ILL HIT IT UP FOR THE BARF CREW AS WELL!

Yeah, but John was spotting us the 9 ball. NOT!!! just kidding John.

Ahhh. A fellow rider who golfs also. We gotta play sometime. Newby1 and I are hitting Crystal Springs this afternoon.

You a NCGA member Cooler? Maybe we can do Poppy Ridge or even better, Poppy Hills sometime. Weather's fawkin awesome right now for tee times. Heck, I'll even wake up in the wee ungodly hours to play since I've not played for quite a while now. But my game sux big time though. Just as my bike and billiards, nice equip, game is always absent. :(

[SIN]

Here is a route I thought up
Its in 3 parts (A B C)

Part A
Starting from family billards to (right on) masonic all the way to (right on)waller for 2 blocks then (left on) clayton follow that till (right on) twins peak blvd follow that up to twin peaks and rest and regroup

Go down twin peaks blvd towards (right on) portola then (left on) o'shaughnessy wait for traffic to go bye and then we jam down to the bottom and (make a u-turn) comeback up o'shaughnessy to (go straight ) woodside follow that down to (right on) laguna honda then to (right on) claredon follow that up then down the hill to (right on) clayton then to (right on) upper market let traffic go bye and jam up till (right on) woodside then to (right on) laguna honda (go straight) it becomes 7th ave then to (left on) lawton for 2 blocks then to (right on) 9th ave to judah to (donut shop on the corner) rest and regroup end of part A

Part B
Go down 9th ave towards GGpark now we are on martin luther king dr follow that to (right on) cross over dr (19thave) follow that to park presideo dr then to (right on) fulton down to (right on)10th ave entering GGpark then to (right on JFK dr follow that all the way down to (right on) great highway up to cliff house then to (left on) el camino del mar then to (right on) seal rock dr which becomes clement then to (left on) legion of honor dr to (right on) el camino del mar which becomes lincoln blvd in the presidio follow that for a big loop then to (left on) patten dr then to (left on) mc dowell ave to (go straight) park blvd then to (left on) washington blvd then to (left on) arguello blvd then to (right on) moraga ave then to (left on) funston ave to halleck st to crissy field to rest and regroup end of Part B

Part C
from crissy field to marina blvd then to (left on) bay then to (right on) van ness then to (left on) broadway then to (right on) embarcadero to bryant to rest and regroup and go home (freeways nearby)end of Part C

let me know what you riders think

[Baptistro]

that's a sweet route sinh, I give it a thumbs up :twofinger

oops, I meant :finger

Oh never mind :D :D :D

[Zen]

Great ride guys...nice leisurely pace keeps you wanting more :devil

I had forgotten completely about the social, what with long weekends throwing everything off. Man am I glad I called Bap and caught up w/ you guys! Sorry about the wait.

Family was cool - nice relaxed atmosphere, healthy fried food... I wouldn't mind rotating either though - just happy hanging and riding :P

[Nomad]

AAAAAAAAAgghhhhhh,

I wanted to be there but was detained at my son's baseball game. I couldn't leave because I'm the coach. Glad to see everyone had a good time and will definetly make the next one. The pics are great as usual. Thanks, Instance!

Any idea's where's the next one going to be?

[Max Smiley]

looks like a fun route indeed! how about a tunnel run for the next one :teeth

[SIN]

Originally posted by Max Smiley
looks like a fun route indeed! how about a tunnel run for the next one :teeth

Part C
From broadway we could make a right on stockton then a left on market then a left on drumm then a right on washington then a right on embarcadero to bryant

[mrtnz]

Can we make the Family Billiards map and directions a sticky? Every week somebody asks where it is.

Thanks!

[Igor]

I agree, put it back as a sticky for the people who don't know about the meet and others who want to get location and directions.