Rydther '23 Photos!!

[budman]

Turned out to be another epic weekend.

Post pics here.

Love you all!!!

 

[ThumperX]

Meandad's and my bikes up on Lucky Boy

RHONDA! so sad we didn't get to have the tank fights...next year

Joseph taken on the unpaved road

 

[NoneMoreBlack]

Friday, Mono Lake

Saturday, Lucky Boy

The beginning of my fateful Lucky Boy - Bodie attempt

Shortly after this the road and the riverbed became indistinguishable from one another.

Back to pavement, eventually.

Walker Lake

Sunday, Monitor and Ebbetts

 

[budman]

Good stuff.

Good weather blessed us for the Friday pics
Bux meeting in the AM.
1. firewatch, mean dad & Planegray
2. mowertim, RT Russ, L8Braker & Dr_SLO
3. Chill and Go Go

4. Getting Gas in Jamestown.
5. Standard BARF stop on 108
6. Me and Planegray love this shit!
7. RT Russ and mowertim appear to enjoy it too!
8. My bike on location.

 

[myblunt]

Friday we had a great ride over the 4, with clean asphalt on Ebbetts and Monitor Pass. There was some Walker BBQ, and then out to Lucky Boy for the crossing

Saturday was spent being chased by the storm. Just a light sprinkle on the way out of town but the roads were dry.

We rode the loop to Benton station only to discover that 120 was closed for the Mammoth bicycle run until 1pm.

I remember this happened last time, so it was the long way down to Bishop and back up to June lake for lunch

 

[budman]

Friday in Hawthorne.

Always feels good to arrive and start the fun of socializing. arty

1. mean dad and Go Go
2. nonemoreblack bzwrthy
3. Planegray & Dr_SLO
4. firewatch & Enchanter
5. RT Russ & Kevin350
6. L8Braker and Mako
7. Me and Mako
8. Mako sporting the 10th anniversary Hawthorne shirt
9. Fun times!
10. My bike tucked into it parking slot - quite a few off roaders in Hawthorne over the weekend!

 

[budman]

Friday night / Saturday.

Only a couple Friday evening.
1. SLO's and Enchanters bikes.
2. Shuttered Joe's

A storm rolled in and many riders returned early. We got booted from the pool due to possible lighting.

3. Bzwrthy, L8Braker, Kevin350, firewatch, Mako & nonemoreblack
4. Enchanter
5. Bzwrthy (aka: Mrs Roper ), Chill and Kevin350.
6. Who's #1...? Mako
7. Me and mowertim
8. Me and ThumperX's bike waiting to load up.
9. SFMCjohn / double rally man.. Stoneybarf to Hawthorne.
10. ThumperX

 

[budman]

Saturday continued.
Forced from the pool due to concerns with wind and lightning

Pics:
1. nonemoreblack chilling after rocking Lucky Boy Pass.
2. firewatch and Chill.
3. Kevin350
4. Me and ThumperX
5. Dr_SLO in majestic weather.
6. Mako rocked Karaoki
7. Country star
8. nonemoreblack, Enchanter and Go Go
9. Dr_SLO, Bzwrthy, ThumperX and Go Go (get off your phone bro! )
10. nonemoreblack, SFMCjohn, ThumperX & N4teTheGreat

 

[RT_Russ]

Friday Pics

Russ

 

[RT_Russ]

Sunday's carnage

Russ

 

[RT_Russ]

No Frills GoPro edit of Friday ride, LibMo to Hawthorne. I may work on Sunday's video files later (after the grand kid excitement wears off a little)

Can't seem to get the Youtube function here to work so just a link......

https://youtu.be/O3D9-4YcAB4?si=-8XYeV_rfP18qhO2

ADMIN EDIT TO ADD VIDEO [YOUTUBE]O3D9-4YcAB4[/YOUTUBE]

Russ

 

[budman]

Just so all know.. Mako is OK. That is him in the black shirt in the back of the truck in the last pic.

I grade the riding days in a simple way.
Perfect = No tickets, no crashes, no mechanicals. (great weather )
Good = No tickets, no mechanicals, no marjor injuries, bike is fixable.
Fair = No major injuries, no ticket, bike is fucked.
Poor = shitty.

Glad it was fair. Some good samartins saved our ass by taking the bike over the hill to Strawberry and then Kevin350 having his truck.

Made for some drama. Shit happens.

*Edited your post to show the vid. Cool stuff Russ.. Congrats on the Gson!

 

[Dr_SLO]

It was another cracking Rydther Rally. I managed a total of 4 photos for the whole weekend; hopeless

First picture is from the fine establishment, Gil's. It was great to meet the locals. Picture two is from lunch midway through Saturday's cock and balls ride, a 370 mile out and back over Monitor, Ebbett's, and Sonora passes. A delicious pulled pork sandwich from Cured Belly in Murphy's. Picture three captures one of several downpours during Saturday. And the last picture sums up Saturday evening, L8braker enjoying the atmosphere at Barley's.

 

[Enchanter]

There wasn't a cloud in the sky anywhere on the ride in. CAVU.

 

[Enchanter]

I sought out this memorial to pay respect to the crew of firefighters.

 

[Enchanter]

A tumbleweed rolling down the street pretty much says it all.

 

[Enchanter]

Spent some time at the Ordnance Museum:

One of the more interesting objects.

Met 94 year old LtCol Robert Swift USAF Ret. B-29 and B-47 Navigator, former Commanding Officer of the Army Depot. He spoke my (military) language, f-this, god damn that, etc. I shook his hand to say goodbye "Thank you Colonel" and he gripped my hand tighter and pulled me towards him "You call me Bob, or I'll put you on the floor." As we walked out the door he yelled "I'll see you bastards next year."

 

[Enchanter]

This one popped up in my phone over the weekend, I don't remember exactly where it came from...I think it was from a placard at the ordnance museum.

 

[SFMCjohn]

Hwy 338 and Lucky Boy Pass Road, Lyon County, Nevada:

average speed: forty miles per hour.

 

[budman]

Sunday

So cool about LtCol Robert Swift USAF Ret.

Not many pics and all are just sad. I am still working out how the seat sub frame ended up being a sissy bar and what must have taken place to see all the damage to the bike and Mako.

As noted he walked away, but with some left overs to remind him he was lucky.

Just glad it worked out and both bike and he made it to L8Brakers house.