09-03-2025, 06:21 PM
Cooldrum305 and I met up this morning for the "21st Annual West Coast CB1100 Rally" (we skipped about the first 19) at the Good Coffee shop in Troutdale, Oregon.
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We got to know each other a little more, discussing retirement issues, previous bikes owned, our children, what brought us to Oregon, and generally had good conversation while enjoying a late summer morning.
Not only do we both have CB1100s, but we also own Kawasaki Ws...mine the 800 and his an original 650 (is it a 2000 or 2001? I forget). We've also had Sportsters and we wear HJC helmets.
![[Image: S76KGZ7.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/S76KGZ7.jpg)
![[Image: yinHxD8.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/yinHxD8.jpg)
Around noon we took off to ride together in the rural areas southeast of Gresham, generally making our way west towards Cooldrum305's side of the town.
We ended our ride at a park where we had met 3-4 years ago to begin a ride on the Ws.
![[Image: 16uRVzJ.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/16uRVzJ.jpg)
Cooldrum305 and I first met about 9 years ago when we did a small group ride around the area of Mt. Hood, an outing led by Guth and attended by 6-7 riders.
![[Image: 4fz6jH8.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/4fz6jH8.jpg)
We got to know each other a little more, discussing retirement issues, previous bikes owned, our children, what brought us to Oregon, and generally had good conversation while enjoying a late summer morning.
Not only do we both have CB1100s, but we also own Kawasaki Ws...mine the 800 and his an original 650 (is it a 2000 or 2001? I forget). We've also had Sportsters and we wear HJC helmets.
![[Image: S76KGZ7.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/S76KGZ7.jpg)
![[Image: yinHxD8.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/yinHxD8.jpg)
Around noon we took off to ride together in the rural areas southeast of Gresham, generally making our way west towards Cooldrum305's side of the town.
We ended our ride at a park where we had met 3-4 years ago to begin a ride on the Ws.
![[Image: 16uRVzJ.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/16uRVzJ.jpg)
Cooldrum305 and I first met about 9 years ago when we did a small group ride around the area of Mt. Hood, an outing led by Guth and attended by 6-7 riders.

