Day ride, October 1

[schlizzag]

I've been talking with a guy over at KatRiders (http://www.katriders.com) and we've decided to go on an out of town ride in a couple weeks.

The plan is to meet up at the QT on Baseline and Rural (northeast corner) at 8am and head out to Wickenburg.

Then Prescott, Sedona, Flag via 89 and back to PHX on the 17.

I've only ridden to Payson, and that was just a couple weeks ago. So I'm looking forward to a longer ride like this one.

Interested? Let me know.

[atf8611]

I might be intrested, it just depends on my schedule as that day nears. that is probably my favorite ride in AZ, but i have only done it a couple times.

[KevinCBR1k]

Count me in. 8)

[Skull-Rid3r]

if i get my tires by then im in. and it depends if my bike is in the shop. i find out later

[KevinCBR1k]

if i get my tires by then im in. and it depends if my bike is in the shop. i find out later

This ride is TWO WEEKS AWAY....get some tires you slacker! Then you can witness me hit the turns like the most ballin'ist shit ever! LOL, J/P.

What do you need to take the bike to a shop for?

[Skull-Rid3r]

cant get my tires till i find out how much my ticket is. not sure if I have enough money right now. plus now my bike got hit by someone at my new job so I have to get that shit fixed. I'm playing detective right now and trying to find the van that hit it. if insurance covers it -im going to get a new paint job, 2 new fairings, full exhaust, new mirrors and brake levers.

[KevinCBR1k]

cant get my tires till i find out how much my ticket is. not sure if I have enough money right now. plus now my bike got hit by someone at my new job so I have to get that shit fixed. I'm playing detective right now and trying to find the van that hit it. if insurance covers it -im going to get a new paint job, 2 new fairings, full exhaust, new mirrors and brake levers.

Did it just get hit today?!? That fucking sucks dude! Sorry to hear. Hope you find the scumbag that hit/ran on you.

[The Champ]

Im down for another prescott ride...

[az 05 r6]

ill see if i can get it off work i would love to go

[asu-vfr]

count me in i got a buddy in prescott whos gonna meet up with us

[Skull-Rid3r]

Did it just get hit today?!? That fucking sucks dude! Sorry to hear. Hope you find the scumbag that hit/ran on you.[/quote]

yeah found out who hit me, haven't found out what the insurance is going to do about it yet. by the way i am hoping to get my tires this week and will deffinitly go on the ride.

[TeamMaico]

How are you guys getting to Wickenburg? The reason I am asking maybe some of us north valley people can kook up with you somewhere along the route????

[KevinCBR1k]

How are you guys wetting to Wickenburg? The reason I am asking maybe some of us north valley people can kook up with you somewhere along the route????

We could probably meet north people at the gas station (Chevron) up on Carfree Hwy and I-17........

[evilbeef54]

great ride, i wish i could make it but mon/tues are my only days off, i usually do this ride every tues

[asu-vfr]

how hard are we gonna push it?

[Blue Devil]

give me some time and ill for sure go. I wont be ready for this one. Bike is still down.

[evilbeef54]

how hard are we gonna push it?

always go your own speed or be prepared to pick rocks out of your skin

[KevinCBR1k]

how hard are we gonna push it?

As hard as you want.....move at your own pace, and if you fall behind we will always slow down and wait up. If you are fast and ditch everyone, then you do the same....

[Skull-Rid3r]

just got my pilot powers put on today and an estimate of how much my bike would cost to fix it. you wouldn' believe how much the estimate was so im not even going to post it. plus they did every little thing that was wrong with the bike.

so since i got the tire i guess i have to go and ride with u guys. i just need to know where we are going to meet...and i might need a wake up call...it's the weekend before my birthday. i'll try to take an easy saturday night but i can't promise, that jungle juice im making is already calling my name.

[357Magnum]

just got my pilot powers put on today and an estimate of how much my bike would cost to fix it. you wouldn' believe how much the estimate was so im not even going to post it. plus they did every little thing that was wrong with the bike.

so since i got the tire i guess i have to go and ride with u guys. i just need to know where we are going to meet...and i might need a wake up call...it's the weekend before my birthday. i'll try to take an easy saturday night but i can't promise, that jungle juice im making is already calling my name.

what happened to your bike?

[Blue Devil]

van backed into it...

[357Magnum]

van backed into it...

ghey

[Skull-Rid3r]

yeah tell me about it

[schlizzag]

i posted this, and yet i won't even make it out. i'm thinking a trip of some sort two weeks after, though

sounds like there'll be a good handful of others who will make this one.. have fun, take pictures!

[KevinCBR1k]

Alright....so who is going for sure? Where would you all like to meet?

I'm in for sure. Keith, if you don't go you'll get kicked in the balls....

Anyone else?!?

[asu-vfr]

do we just wanna meet at the same place?same time? it would make it easier by the way im goin for sure

[KevinCBR1k]

do we just wanna meet at the same place?same time? it would make it easier by the way im goin for sure

Sounds like a plan......see you there.

[Skull-Rid3r]

can't wait for tomorrow, u guys better give me a call in the morning. im pretty sure that im going to be drinking tonight. i have a shit load of jungle juice to drink so i think i might get started on that now.

also if anyone wants to take a passenger up i have one that wants to go. i really dont want to have her on my bike the whole time, ill just be way to tired. plus its my first time going up there and i dont know what its going to be like. she really wants to go to

[Skull-Rid3r]

going to bed know and its about 3. wish me luck on waking up

[schlizzag]

can't wait for tomorrow, u guys better give me a call in the morning. im pretty sure that im going to be drinking tonight. i have a shit load of jungle juice to drink so i think i might get started on that now.

also if anyone wants to take a passenger up i have one that wants to go. i really dont want to have her on my bike the whole time, ill just be way to tired. plus its my first time going up there and i dont know what its going to be like. she really wants to go to

this is where we need one of those "this post is worthless without pics" emoticons, haha..

did anybody here make it out yesterday? i wanted to go, but had tickets for the diamondbacks game and i couldn't pass up saying farewell to gonzo/counsell and watching my padres win the west

that, and i slept at a gas station from midnight-4am the night before.. still sore from that :x

[KevinCBR1k]

can't wait for tomorrow, u guys better give me a call in the morning. im pretty sure that im going to be drinking tonight. i have a shit load of jungle juice to drink so i think i might get started on that now.

also if anyone wants to take a passenger up i have one that wants to go. i really dont want to have her on my bike the whole time, ill just be way to tired. plus its my first time going up there and i dont know what its going to be like. she really wants to go to

this is where we need one of those "this post is worthless without pics" emoticons, haha..

did anybody here make it out yesterday? i wanted to go, but had tickets for the diamondbacks game and i couldn't pass up saying farewell to gonzo/counsell and watching my padres win the west

that, and i slept at a gas station from midnight-4am the night before.. still sore from that :x

Five of us showed up for the ride. Myself, Keith(skull-rid3r), Tony (asu-vfr), David (someguy from KatRiders), and Mike who was from AZsportbikes.

All in all it was a terrible day. In the first part of the day, two of the five of us aquired tickets before getting to Prescott. From Prescott we headed up to Jerome without Mike, who split ways back to phx. In Jerome we stopped for lunch of the Jerome Brewery. About a mile after we left the brewery I trashed my bike doing about 30-35 in an easy 20mph corner...a combo of cold tires, and the painted line caused me to lowside so quick I had no time to react...

I'm okay, sore as fuck right now. The bike is non-rideable. The left clipon just snapped off, along with the left footpeg. Everything on the left is trash, along with the windscreen. Oh well, shit happens.

[KevinCBR1k]

Here's some low quality cellphone pics of the aftermath...



http://www.sportbikes.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=100347&d=1159823474

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http://www.sportbikes.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=100349&d=1159823474

http://www.sportbikes.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=100350&d=1159823474

http://www.sportbikes.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=100351&d=1159823474

[Blue Devil]

that isnt nearly as bad as i thought it was.

[KevinCBR1k]

that isnt nearly as bad as i thought it was.

Yeah, I guess not......I just though it was worse at first....looking at it now, I believe I can get it streetable with just a peg and a clipon....hopefull nothing major is bent/tweaked/cracked.

[az 05 r6]

dude that sounds like a shitty day, glad u r ok, looks like u be back up again w/ a clip on, time for some after market resets any wayz, and a black sharpie

[Rajas]

Thanks for the ride fellas. Sucks to hear about the crash Kevin. That bike of yours is well ridden. Hopefully there isn't much wrong with it and you get it rideable shortly.

[KevinCBR1k]

Thanks for the ride fellas. Sucks to hear about the crash Kevin. That bike of yours is well ridden. Hopefully there isn't much wrong with it and you get it rideable shortly.

Yeah it deffinately sucks but I don't think it'll take too much to get it rideable....it may never get fixed cosmetically just because of it's age and my financial situation. As soon as I'm rolling on 2wheels again you can count on me posting up a Sunday ride.

Instead of new plastics and paint I may just look into another bike...As you may have seen on our ride, I already out ride that bike in the corners and could stand to move up to something a little more geared toward my style of riding.

[Blue Devil]

Get an R6... i now have a few extra fairings and tank for mine :lol:

[asu-vfr]

did that cop email you those pics yet?

[KevinCBR1k]

did that cop email you those pics yet?

Nope.....totally thought he would too..... :roll:

[Skull-Rid3r]

you can prolly get the money from that ticket he gave you.

anyways the ride was awesome. would love to do it again maybe next week. you think ur up for a sunday ride jerry. ill come over and wake u up if i have to again! my leg is waiting to do that again, it gets these urges sometime. Anyways i learned alot on this ride, especially since i put those pilot powers on, glad i got them!!! also the turn are much more amazing than the TF, especially the beggining.

[Blue Devil]

Anyways i learned alot on this ride, especially since i put those pilot powers on

You may have learned a lot but dont get too cocky... when you get to comfortable you will realize just how much you dont know, and unfortunatly people really dont realize it until they go down.

I have seen this already twice this year. Confidence is good, but too much confidence makes you ignore fear.

It will be a week or two for me to get used to my bike again before i hit up the twisties...

[Skull-Rid3r]

Anyways i learned alot on this ride, especially since i put those pilot powers on

You may have learned a lot but dont get too cocky... when you get to comfortable you will realize just how much you dont know, and unfortunatly people really dont realize it until they go down.

I have seen this already twice this year. Confidence is good, but too much confidence makes you ignore fear.

It will be a week or two for me to get used to my bike again before i hit up the twisties...

well there will always be alittle bit of fear in the back of my head, or maybe that fell out when my parent dropped me on the head. who knows.

[asu-vfr]

it was an awsome ride until the lowside. i would totally be up for a shorter ride(my ass was so sore) one of these weekends

[Skull-Rid3r]

mine was fine, just suck it up man. if you want a shorter ride you can go to tortilla flats, it takes about 2 hours there in back. it also depends on how long you go up and down the road. its about 10-30 min. from tempe (it depends on how fast u ride down) its a really fun road to go on to.

[Blue Devil]

it was an awsome ride until the lowside. i would totally be up for a shorter ride(my ass was so sore) one of these weekends

ass was sore? damn you wont want to make a vegas run then... jon and i did vegas and back without any sleep and my ass was fine

[KevinCBR1k]

it was an awsome ride until the lowside. i would totally be up for a shorter ride(my ass was so sore) one of these weekends

ass was sore? damn you wont want to make a vegas run then... jon and i did vegas and back without any sleep and my ass was fine

I don't know how you guys do it.....This was my first "sport" bike, even though it's actually a sport tourer and the seat was harder/less comfortable than I'm used to(100% cruiser background).....Then I got to ride several other bikes including: '06 R1, '04 FZ6, '05 SV650, '06 GSXR 600, '01 GSXR 600......and the seats all feel like FUCKING LOGS!!! It may just be my boney ass coupled with a bad back, but HOW DO YOU GUYS RIDE LONG DISTANCE ON THEESE THINGS!!!!! Some crazy mofo's ya'll are! LOL.

[Blue Devil]

i didnt have a problem with vegas and back... my back was fine the next day. You have to use your lower back to support yourself.. not your wrists

[KevinCBR1k]

i didnt have a problem with vegas and back... my back was fine the next day. You have to use your lower back to support yourself.. not your wrists

Like "bikerchik"(I believe that's her S/N) I have a bad back (lower back pain 24/7.......so I hurt no matter what. My wrist never hurt thought because I do support myselft with my back and abs....I just don't know how your ASS can handle those seats....brutal!

[357Magnum]

ya mine is really brutal and like you i have a bad back(working for my dad as a kid). longest ride I have done was tonight for about 2-3 hours and my back feels alright but my butt is a little sore lol.

[KevinCBR1k]

Anyways i learned alot on this ride, especially since i put those pilot powers on

You may have learned a lot but dont get too cocky... when you get to comfortable you will realize just how much you dont know, and unfortunatly people really dont realize it until they go down.

I have seen this already twice this year. Confidence is good, but too much confidence makes you ignore fear.

It will be a week or two for me to get used to my bike again before i hit up the twisties...

Keith is deffinately a cocky SOB but I'm sure he knows his limits, which is good. He does excellent for someone with such little experience on 2 wheel. I'm impressed. All though he does ride like a jackass from time to time.... :roll:

I agree that many people go down due to the fact that they think they are more skilled than they are...but at the same rate, many riders that are actually good riders still go down due to unforseen(sp?) circumstances... Shit, I'm a fairly good rider(6 years street) and I went down due to the fact that I didn't realize my tires weren't warm enough, or I hit the paint/gravel/tar snake....whatever, I don't even know....but shit happens, skilled or not.

[TeamMaico]

Glad to hear you are OK. Sorry about the bike. You can probably afford a 04 - 05 R6 even maybe an 06. You would be finacing less than $8,000. Did you get a ticket for the accident? I don't know about insurance for an R6, is it in the same class as an R1?

Anyway glad to hear you are OK.

[schlizzag]

or maybe that fell out when my parent dropped me on the head. who knows.

it was over before it even began :lol:

[Blue Devil]

I don't know about insurance for an R6, is it in the same class as an R1?



Thank god, no it isnt in the same class. Insurance on a liter bike isnt cheap

[Skull-Rid3r]

Anyways i learned alot on this ride, especially since i put those pilot powers on

You may have learned a lot but dont get too cocky... when you get to comfortable you will realize just how much you dont know, and unfortunatly people really dont realize it until they go down.

I have seen this already twice this year. Confidence is good, but too much confidence makes you ignore fear.

It will be a week or two for me to get used to my bike again before i hit up the twisties...

Keith is deffinately a cocky SOB but I'm sure he knows his limits, which is good. He does excellent for someone with such little experience on 2 wheel. I'm impressed. All though he does ride like a jackass from time to time.... :roll:

I agree that many people go down due to the fact that they think they are more skilled than they are...but at the same rate, many riders that are actually good riders still go down due to unforseen(sp?) circumstances... Shit, I'm a fairly good rider(6 years street) and I went down due to the fact that I didn't realize my tires weren't warm enough, or I hit the paint/gravel/tar snake....whatever, I don't even know....but shit happens, skilled or not.

yeah, i guess i do ride like a jackass from time to time. atleast thats what those harley guys thought. that shit was halarious!!! i think this is what his face looked like when he was yelling at us :evil: anyways i still have alot to learn about riding my bike. im just going slow right now. ill kick it into gear in a few months