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Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - pdedse - 07-18-2024

Had the full day to take a ride. After completing a 2 week trip on a loaned BMW1200, it was great to get back on the CB1100 for a good outing.

I live on the east side of the Portland area. I explore east, south and north of me into WA, but I don't explore enough the southwest region beyond Portland...mainly due to traffic returning home if it gets late in the day.

Got going a bit before 10am, and my only real goal was to explore the Nestucca River Road that begins west of Carlton, OR:
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I could take this road all the way to the coast, or I could take Bald Mt. Road and meander south and back east to do a shorter loop. It was soooo nice out that I ended up doing the longer coastal route.
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The Nestucca River Road was closed about 15 miles in, but the detour road introduced me to Bald Mt. Road, which was another road I've wanted to ride for a long time.

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The area is ripe for Off Hiway Vehicles (OHV) and now I'll have to return on my DR650 to explore...
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Wonderful one lane, paved road
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Got to the point where I had to decide between beach and shorter route home
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The mishap...as I'm texting a friend from the spot where I took the above photo, 3 riders ride towards me. The lead rider motions with a "thumbs-up" to see if I'm ok, and I give him a nod and a return the gesture indicating I'm fine. I look back to my text and I hear a KA-THUNK!!! The guy wiped out! He was riding a KLR650 and I think he lost control as he was giving me the thumb-up. His two riding buddies and I quickly checked on him...his left leg was kinda pinned under the bike, but the crash bars did their thing and he was ok. A sore wrist and a broken turn signal.

I felt bad for him..."no good deed goes unpunished" type of thing. I offered a $20 to pay half of the turn signal, or to buy himself dinner to lessen the pain a bit, but he wouldn't have it, saying it wasn't my fault. True, but dang, hate to see a hishap for a guy checking on a another rider. His bike started fine and they took off.
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And I slowed down as I headed for the coast. Nothing says "Oregon" like mossy trees (at least the wet side of OR)...
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Had it been warmer, I would have jumped in
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I think the decision to go coastal was a good one...
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At Oceanside, kicked the boots off and went for 1/2 hour walk
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Cape Meares
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It was nearing 5:30pm and time to return home...by the time I would get to Portland, traffic wouldn't be terrible (it turned out to be slow, but moved ok).

I feel bad for the good Samaritan, but it was a beautiful ride, about 250 miles.
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RE: Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - Cormanus - 07-18-2024

Looks like a beautiful day, pdedse. Pity about your Good Samaritan; hope he's OK.

RE: Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - noroomtomove - 07-18-2024

When the opportunity presents I'll advocate for a quick swim in a river.

Nice gesture from the fella, all good in the end.

Am sure his mates will never let him forget that ride and that's not a bad thing as in the end memories is all we truly have hey.

Regards

NRTM

RE: Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - Gone in 60 - 07-18-2024

Man, what a nice ride. Really looking forward to getting back up there, hopefully in fall.

Funny, years back, coming around a bend on Mulholland in Malibu, I came upon a lady running up the road chasing her dog. I was in a position to intercept the dog so I quickly stopped and in my haste, didn’t notice that my side stand was going into sand and my BMW tipped over.

Caught the dog and never even got a thank you let alone an offer to fix my bike.

RE: Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - Whoops - 07-25-2024

Beautiful scenery. If I can't end up selling my bike, next time we go see the family in Eugene, I might drag it up there with me to go doodle around the coast a bit. I might even follow some of your posted routes.

Thanks

RE: Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - the Ferret - 07-26-2024

Gorgeous pics pdedse. Too bad about the KLR rider.

RE: Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - Jonz_imp - 07-26-2024

If you’re ever headed near Astoria I’d love to join in a ride with you, or anyone else who gets close.

RE: Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - the Ferret - 07-26-2024

Dang, Jon Z is back. Where were ya for 2 years? Lol

RE: Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - pdedse - 07-26-2024

(07-26-2024, 05:42 AM)Jonz_imp Wrote: If you’re ever headed near Astoria I’d love to join in a ride with you, or anyone else who gets close.

Ok! Next time. I'll be riding out to the coast sometime in August, could be on the cb1100 or the w800; either way we could make it a gun outing.

RE: Bald Mountain...and a mishap! - Frulk_imp - 07-27-2024

One reason I almost never wave back at a rider. I usually get the wave at an inopportune time….. riding through intersection…surrounded by cars etc. I like my hands covering the control, not in the air.