Tweet
Here's some pics from the ride I organized this week-end...
Well, we had a great time for the most part...
It was a sweltering 12 degrees in the morning where we were, and 0 at our destination... Was I ever glad to be wearing leather...
The temperature warmed up at our destination by the time we got there, but not by much...
25 bikes showed up. I managed to separate the group into groups of 5-6 varying by ride style (mild to aggressive).
The groups took off at different times, with a meet point further up if we had to re-organize the groups somehow...
We did get to ride all together from the meet point to the start point, which was awesome. 25 bikes riding together on the highway is a sight to be seen...
yes, that is an Aprilia in the middle...
Here I am trying to separate everyone into groups. I'm wearing the blue Shoei helmet. It wasn't easy until I got everyone to line up behind each other...
Here we are at one of the meet points...
It's at this meet point that I decided to change groups. The group I was riding with was a little too aggressive for my skill-level. I know my limits, and decided not to push it.
This is also when we found out that the guy riding the Aprilia with an aggressive group, took a turn too wide, and slid out in some gravel.
The slide was hard enough that he even cracked his visor, and got burned THROUGH the leather 1-piece suit that he was wearing.
Other than that, he was ok, and managed to ride the bike home from there. Estimated $7000 to replace the carbon-fiber fairings, and his Vemar visor won't be cheap or easy to replace either.
I heard later on after getting home that one guy in the group that I had originally been riding with entered a turn too quick, and had a slight slide... and the others following him nearly made the same mistake. I'm wondering if I would've gone down there, and feel glad that I changed groups.
This is my group at the end of the day, parting ways...
Well, we had a great time for the most part...
It was a sweltering 12 degrees in the morning where we were, and 0 at our destination... Was I ever glad to be wearing leather...
The temperature warmed up at our destination by the time we got there, but not by much...25 bikes showed up. I managed to separate the group into groups of 5-6 varying by ride style (mild to aggressive).
The groups took off at different times, with a meet point further up if we had to re-organize the groups somehow...
We did get to ride all together from the meet point to the start point, which was awesome. 25 bikes riding together on the highway is a sight to be seen...
yes, that is an Aprilia in the middle...
Here I am trying to separate everyone into groups. I'm wearing the blue Shoei helmet. It wasn't easy until I got everyone to line up behind each other...
Here we are at one of the meet points...
It's at this meet point that I decided to change groups. The group I was riding with was a little too aggressive for my skill-level. I know my limits, and decided not to push it.
This is also when we found out that the guy riding the Aprilia with an aggressive group, took a turn too wide, and slid out in some gravel.
The slide was hard enough that he even cracked his visor, and got burned THROUGH the leather 1-piece suit that he was wearing.
Other than that, he was ok, and managed to ride the bike home from there. Estimated $7000 to replace the carbon-fiber fairings, and his Vemar visor won't be cheap or easy to replace either.
I heard later on after getting home that one guy in the group that I had originally been riding with entered a turn too quick, and had a slight slide... and the others following him nearly made the same mistake. I'm wondering if I would've gone down there, and feel glad that I changed groups.
This is my group at the end of the day, parting ways...
Comment