2026 Sweeping Winger ride report

[motocatfish]

Thanks for taking us along. Glad to hear Prince is riding again. Nice Duc!

 

[Das MotorRad]

We only made it 3 miles before we got stopped at a one way and @planegray pissed off the woman with the stop sign.

She made mistakes with her communication that had him starting to launch and then she got ticked. Sort of a what the fuck look. I gave her a back…. But my visor was down.

She was signaling a truck that was part of the crew behind us to move up. I guess wearing a helmet blocks the view for the eyes in back of our heads.

After a long wait mostly watching her put her legs up on the door and playing with her hair we got the move on old people look and signal.

OMG. I also had a run in with crazy traffic sign person. I was behind a truck and SUV and we passed the sign saying one lane road ahead, prepare to stop. Then we pass a guy holding SLOW sign. Then we get up to a couple stopped dump trucks, can't see anything else besides that; figure, the SLOW meant we could go, SLOW, right? The truck kept going and went left, taking an exit to some property or something. The SUV and I continued on...

WRONG

Turns out there was ANOTHER person and sign, hiding right in front of the dump trucks. Yup. Said STOP. I caught them in my peripheral and heard them screaming "YOU'RE GOING TO KILL YOURSELF!!!"

WTF?!

Both the SUV and myself stop, turn around, and go line up behind the dump trucks. This is with a very small amount of room to maneuver. If the five dump trucks coming the other direction were two minutes quicker, it would have been an....interesting...morning.

 

[2legs2wheels]

Nice ride report Budman! It was good to see planegray again (in pictures). What happened to his BMW that I was so accustomed to seeing back in the day?

Avenue of giants was one of my first big motorcycle trips in early 2000s!

 

[budman]

I don’t recall when he jumped ship.

 

[kimbell007]

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That is him. I swear.
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Of course I took a turn.
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Did I mention it had gotten hot?? 95.. only up 37 degrees from the coast. I told him I would like to do a quick stop at the market and get my cooling vest prepped before we hit Avenue of the Giants.

Turned out the Piney’s cooling vest had never been used because he is a tough stubborn SOB and today it was just him and me the weather Nancy boy and I was putting my shit on!! So he did too.

Feeling the heat before we leave.
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The woman store attendant was super cool and let us use her pee tree across the street. Gave me some ice too. Thanks young lady.

Then off to Ave of the G!!

Then the moto Gods intervention. Plane man’s bike was running very hot and he was a bit worried so we bailed in search of cooler weather. It was now 98. I snapped a pic of where we were going to go.
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We started to feel the cool and when I saw the outside temp hit 71 nearing Fortuna I pulled over for a vent closing moment. Paid off. Dropped to 59 rolling into Eureka.

Only a couple bikes were there.

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Recognized most of the bikes but this one was all alone and looked interesting. View attachment 599623

After some BS’ng we walked to dinner. We going to Fush and Chips but the woman freaked out when we showed up with seven people and pissed off mean dad. He almost immediately turned around and left and we followed.

Settled on Mexican across the street. They were happy to see us and I was happy to see a Cadillac Margarita hit my table.

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khl/bikewanker/SFMCjohn/plangray

And red other 1/2 of the table
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mean dad/Lonster/ me

Food was standard good Mexican and service great. Recommended. Chapala.
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Tight fit! Your helmets are practically touching the top of the drive-through tree cut out. Looks like a fun trip.

 

[planegray]

Nice ride report Budman! It was good to see planegray again (in pictures). What happened to his BMW that I was so accustomed to seeing back in the day?

Avenue of giants was one of my first big motorcycle trips in early 2000s!

I wore it out ! 99k and the motor developed problems

The ktm is a hoot !