Ran into Rolls on a group ride!

[PowderToastMan_imp]

There was a Bay Area Riders Forum (BARF) group ride this morning, starting at the south end of San Jose, out to Watsonville and back.

Beautiful ride. Great roads in good condition (especially Highway 152 a.k.a. Hecker Pass Highway), nice scenery, not too much traffic, and the pace was perfect; very mellow and safe riding the whole way.

I was wondering if Rolls might show up for this one, and sure enough he was there!

We got a little photo op in at the stopping point for the end of the group ride, which was near the intersection of Summit Rd and Highway 17:


PTM on the left, Rolls on the right, but our bikes are in the reverse of that order.

Rolls and I continued up Summit Rd to Skyline Blvd. There were some real tight and steep corners and narrow roads there along with some very nice view of the hills. I had never been up that way but I'm glad that we went.
We continued up Skyline all the way to Alice's Restaurant where we checked out a great classic Ferrari (maybe Rolls will post up a pic of that?), the prettiest looking FZ-1 I've ever seen, and whatever other bikes and cars were there. Rolls almost got hit by a lady pulling off of the stop sign at the junction of 84 and Skyline; there is no stop sign for the traffic on Skyline. Nice avoidance move, Rolls!
We watched another car almost hit a car in the exact same way right before parting ways. I think they need to make the "CROSS TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP" signs a bit bigger and put some wild flashing lights on it, or something to catch people's attention.

Anyway, it was a very great day with a great group of riders!

[the Ferret]

Very cool...

[Randy B]

Sorry I didn't make it, but I'm more than a bit under the weather right now. Looks like it was a good ride.

[PowderToastMan_imp]

All good, Randy. Hope you feel better soon, and we'll catch you next time!

[Rolls_imp]

The Ferrari was magnificent and museum perfect. The sharp-eyed will notice not one, but two CB1100s reflected in the fender.


If you look far down the line in this shot taken during the pie stop of our group ride, a fellow is tending to his Ducati Diavel, which our CB11s are flanking. A little nearer is a new red CBR500R, with only 100 miles. First one I've seen out and about. Very nice.

[PowderToastMan_imp]

The Carbon Diavel was really awesome looking too. I hadn't seen one in person before, but I was impressed. And the sucker sounded really mean.
I still have a smile on my face from what an awesome outing that was!

[HikerToo_imp]

Looks like a fun day.
I notice you guys hang your full face helmets on your mirrors, is the trick to open the shield and place mirror through face opening?