CB1100 Fourm - Chicagoland Chapter: Meeting Miniutes

[emptysea]

The first, as far as I know, meeting of CB1100 owners from Chicagoland was held Saturday, August 9, 2014 at Apple Villa Restaurant in Hoffman Estates, IL.

Attendees: Tim (Short Timer), Todd (Todd_K), and Matt (yours truly)

Discussion topics included: General agreement that corned beef hash is better if crispy, although there seemed to be mild differences on the degree of crispness. Also, suitable admiration was poured onto Todd for being able to carve out time to ride at all with two little ones at home and one on the way. We then set out to make sure our bodies were properly fueled with eggs, various pork products, and coffee--Sorry, Mickey, the Chicagoland Chapter feels that tea is too refined for CB riders and may be better suited for the highfalutin Gold Wing set. (It's also entirely possible that we never discussed tea or Gold Wings)

L to R: Matt, Todd, Tim, Goofy waiter with too much time on his hands.


Formal meeting adjourned and we headed out for a short tour of the northwest and west suburbs of one of the truly great cities in the world.

A pretty good selection of CB versions were present: Todd's 2014 Std in black, Tim's DLX, and my 2013 Non-ABS


I thought about killing Todd for his cool Vanson jacket, but he's got kids at home and besides it's probably two sizes too small and then there'd be blood and stuff, so...


I lead the short leg of our trip which would take us west through a very affluent area on a very pretty road so we could see how the other 1% lives. Unfortunately, my camera malfunctioned and I was only able to get a few pics from this section...








Todd would lead the rest our ride together, which would take us south on Hwy31 in the general homeward direction for Tim and Todd. I would have to "suffer" the "inconvenience" of riding a longer return trip alone....oh, the sacrifice of having to spend more time on my bike

One last passing thought of stealing that jacket...

Todd looking stealthy


Tim looking...ummm distinctly UN-stealthy


31 is not a particularly inspiring road, but it runs roughly along the Fox River through the City of Elgin which was pretty in its own (Todd's description) "post-industrial river town" kind of way. After Elgin, though, 31 opens up nicely and Todd took us off of it onto some very scenic roads, moving us from urban, to suburban, to rural areas in the space of an hour or so; something fairly hard to do in our area in such a short time span.









Our ride ended quicker than I think any of us wanted it to, but we had a wonderful morning and agreed that another meeting/ride should happen soon with less time on the meeting part and lots more time on the ride part.

"Good Byes" and "Safe Rides" were exchanged and another great ride was logged

[the Ferret]

Cool report, and great pics Sea! I have been laughing hysterically at the narration. That IS an awesome looking leather jacket. i might have harbored the same thoughts. We don't let Gold Wing riders drink tea... To strong for them.

[emptysea]

LOL. Plus the tea doesn't taste good with the Metamucil.

[the Ferret]

LOL. Plus the tea doesn't taste good with the Metamucil.

Exactly!

[Randy B]

I know that area all too well as I lived there for a long time and drove all over the place with my cb in the car. The last place I lived was in Wauconda and I worked at tollgate rd and 31. Talk about seeing how the other half lives...

[Short Timer_imp]

Awesome report! As much fun reading about it as it was taking part in it! Thanks again to Todd for that last leg of the ride. Very nice roads if ya know where to go.

And a thank you to Matt for pulling it together and the photo journal. Never had pics of me riding before.

And the best part of that Jacket was how it makes ya look so darn trim . I want one like that

[emptysea]

Tim, you and I have the same Olympia jacket. Clearly, there's a design flaw in them that makes us look bigger than we actually are. The really weird thing is that they also make us look like we are older and have less hair, too. I don't how they managed to accomplish that.

[Short Timer_imp]

LOL that has to be it!

[Todd_K_imp]

Matt - you could start writing for a travel magazine if the insurance gig ever goes flat. Excellent summation, with enough intrigue to keep the reader hooked (would there be blood? Wait and see...). Thanks for the laughs

It was great meeting you guys - lookin forward to the next time!

Edited to add a photo of the terrible fate that awaited me at home...

[Randy B]