~Pics - Barf Rally on my touring beast. 9/5-9/7/08

[Mortifer]

Huge thanks to Tom and Dennis for setting this up, you guys are awesome!!!!!

Great job Mark on the 's on the way there too!

Thank you Michael (TripleThreat) for leading our group to and fro, and most important, thank you for hooking me up with my lil Beastie!!!
I loves it so very much, perfect for the track, touring and all around.

The southbay group had great time, we kinda rolled separate from the main group, had a blast, good times all!!!

Here are some pan's......

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[Mortifer]

 

[Mortifer]

Welcome to Hawthorne.....

wow, amazing what the new day brings.......(front yard of random house while walking to breakfast)

and....breakfast was interesting, dishwasher took care of us til the waitress they called in got there.

I woke up to this lil gem on the beast.

 

[Mortifer]

"we" decided to take the more exciting way into Bodie off of 167 instead of wrapping around 395. It was 3 miles of "pavement" and 7 miles of fun washboard rocky loose dirt.
arty

my touring beast. lol

Rickey

action shot. lol

Marrianne

Rickey

told ya it was bumpy....

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[Mortifer]

our road into Bodie, on the left....with Wee and the rest coming in.
(the main road is on the right)

notice the brown and white tin, bottom right/center.....

 

[Mortifer]

Bodie-

the easy road out of Bodie.

John

Staci

Wee on his rental!

 

[Mortifer]

it was lonely out there.....

really....really....lonely.

 

[Mortifer]

after the long, straight, boring road to Hawthorne from 395......we relaxed a bit in the hotel......

only to peek out the window and see Bud kickin it with some rally folk....so we joined them.

someone didnt do a very good pre-ride check.

 

[Mortifer]

one of those whirl wind money things inside the casino, there's a 100 in there too!

after our last trip on 167 from Hawthonrne to Lee Vining to breakfast, a quick de-bugging was in order.
I held the beastie WOT the whole way, for 55+ miles, sadly I didn't reach my top speed from the previous day of......100.:| Those dang hills just slow me right down...and the high elevation sure doesn't help.

Sonora pass......

is so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The End arty

 

[atoyf]

i want more!!!

feeling bad for missing this one out !

 

[YanaBanana]

Nice pics, wish I went. (ok, no, not really - I don't do mornings nor 300+ mi/day rides. )

Still nice pics!!

And a great tribute to our own RydTher - Bill - for whom this Rally was named...

Yana

 

[Karbon]

I missed out, big time.

 

[Cycle61]

Sweeeeet.....

You're a badass touring on the twofiddy, and it's nice to see Staci isn't scared of a little dirt

I'm so fkn bummed I've got no bike and missed this

Pretty sure I've seen that truck before!

And I freakin' love sonora pass

Thanks Mike!

 

[ex911]

Wee is over-geared for the Harley

 

[Knight R1d3r]

I'm going to hijack your picture thread. Here are my pictures. Enjoy!
Andrew imitating BBM

Ohhh la la! What just happened here?

Olmsted Vista Point

Dinner at the El Capitan

Rick showing us break dancing skills

HAHAHA! Dong giving himself a titty twister.

 

[Knight R1d3r]

They seem to love Chicken\Country fried steak in Nevada. Ricky and I just happens to love Chicken\Country fried steak.
Chicken Fried Steak for breakfast

Country Friend Steak for lunch

Chicken Fried Steak for Dinner

Work Shop in the Ghost Town of Bodie

Convenience store in Bodie

Shell Gas Station in Bodie

Peeping Tom and Jane

 

[HiggyB]

Looks like good times! While I wish I woulda been there I was busy on another ride with two friends, maybe next time.

Was Bodie worth the visit? I've passed near enough but never made it out there myself.

 

[flying_hun]

Rather than add another thread for mods to merge, I'm going to hitchhike on this one. A few shots at the start.

Many more bikes arrived over the next 30 minutes.

Wazzufreddo and Unkeldunkel at Crane Flat.

Tenaya shoreline.

HypermoTour

Obligatory Mono shot.

Mark coming down 120 towards Benton Junction.

Fred's a blur in pursuit. (crappy photographer....)

Some folks on 120, starting with Christian, before he took one for the team.

Here's Gladerunner (or was that SandGlade?) before he took one of a different sort for the team.

To be continued....

 

[flying_hun]

More....

There's our legendary ride organizer.

I think this is Wheelmuse (Brian).

Hanging out in the shade on 120.

A couple of shots of a break spot on one of Tom's diversions (Benton Crossing)

Benton Junction seemed like our home away from home on the first two days of the rally. I think I bought gas there three times. A few shots of the area.

The group taking a break in the shade.

Tom's steed in downtown Benton Junction.

A competing gas station across the highway was clearly a shady operation.

To be continued...

 

[flying_hun]

More....

The results of boredom on 95 northbound.

Dennis, Sunseerie, Jeffrey & others kicking back in the parking lot in Hawthorne - where's it's so boring, even the birds can't figure out what to do for excitement.

A couple of shots of the South Bay group on Sonora Pass (many of these shots didn't turn out at all).

Jessi also on Sonora.

That's it.