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[ESokoloff]

7 hours ago, roadscholar said:

 

Edit: Malibu?

Yes, Malibu Pier.

[longjohn]

On 2/13/2021 at 4:21 PM, ESokoloff said:

Spring has spring in SoCal (a bit late this season). 
 

Hmm. Looks familiar. Mulholland Hwy?

[ESokoloff]

1 hour ago, longjohn said:

Hmm. Looks familiar. Mulholland Hwy?

Yes

Just East of Cornell Rd.

Was by there this afternoon too, my commute SUCKS!!!!

Nowhere near as green this year unfortunately. 
 

[longjohn]

1 minute ago, ESokoloff said:

Yes

Just East of Cornell Rd.

Was by there this afternoon too, my commute SUCKS!!!!

Nowhere near as green this year unfortunately. 
 

Socal is beautiful when everything is green but there may be an upside to less greenery:

Less fuel for the coming fires. I wonder if the snake is closed permanently?  It’s been more than 2yrs since that fire. 

[ESokoloff]

Yeah, the bridge was replaced in 6 months or so not the Snake. 
Officials had been looking at how to slow down the action there & Woosley fire gave them leverage.  
I believe all residences burned (not that but a handful).  
 

[9Mary7]

12 hours ago, ESokoloff said:

Officials had been looking at how to slow down the action there & Woosley fire gave them leverage.

My old partner and I rode up the Snake after the fire, before they closed it. He lives near 101 @ Las Virgenes. SC Edison was replacing power lines. There is no reason for it to remain closed now except to restrict the motorcycles from enjoying it. Very sad that they treat citizens like that.

Glad I'm not under the thumb of that power drunk government anymore............. 

[longjohn]

I’ll call my supervisor next week to see what’s up. 

[ESokoloff]

49 minutes ago, longjohn said:

 

I’ll call my supervisor next week to see what’s up. 

 

Did some Googling & came up with this.

[ESokoloff]

8 hours ago, 9Mary7 said:

My old partner and I rode up the Snake after the fire, before they closed it. He lives near 101 @ Las Virgenes.

I’m a couple of off-ramps to the West. 

[9Mary7]

7 minutes ago, ESokoloff said:

Did some Googling & came up with this.

Thanks for the digging!! I guess it's just down to lack of interest/ poor response by the county..... Residents know they have to reseed after a fire so the slides won't happen or be as severe, but the county doesn't I guess. Good luck with that..... Sad

[longjohn]

I would think la co puts the priority on inhabited areas. Latigo was also closed for a loooong time too but the difference is that Latigo is populated up and down the canyon, whereas the snake on MH has few if any houses. Hence different priorities. 

[ESokoloff]

1 hour ago, longjohn said:

whereas the snake on MH has few if any houses. Hence different priorities. 

None now (tho it’s been awhile since I rode my bicycle up there). 
Before the Woosley fire there were Maybe 1/2 dozen. 

[TEWKS]

[TEWKS]

 

sorry slow day 

[roadscholar]

I might be interested in the takeoffs. 

[TEWKS]

One for Terry. 

 

[TEWKS]

Just now, roadscholar said:

I might be interested in the takeoffs. 

46,000 miles on them. Unfortunately Richard already claimed them. 

[Rougarou]

16 minutes ago, TEWKS said:

46,000 miles on them. Unfortunately Richard already claimed them. 

 

You joke, but if they were 17's and decent tread, i'da took them for the old blue truck,.....I keep perusing craigslist and offerup for some decently used 17's.

[TEWKS]

They are 20’s. I probably could of used them throughout the coming summer months but they were pretty much on the wear bars. (I realize that’s only a suggestion)   
 

[roadscholar]

Ran into my old riding buddy Dave at the county dock testing some new surf rods he’s using in a tournament this weekend. Says he’s going to win it, I wouldn’t doubt it : )

 

 

 

[TEWKS]

First bike crash of the season. Minor injuries. I think what happened is the tractor trailer missed his turn and stopped quickly. The rider rolled up too close for the driver to see him. The truck then backed into the bike. Luckily the rider rolled off the bike before he got pinned under anything.

 

I’ve over stuffed my picture portfolio so you’ll have to imagine a picture here. 

 

A nice red DCT Goldwing down  but like I said, minor injuries. 

[TEWKS]

TY. 
Here’s the ouch. Like I said, not as bad as it appears. 

[Hosstage]

Any motorcycle accident one can walk away from, is a good accident. I'll bet that got pretty scary for a few moments.

[wbw6cos]

I am always leary of truck drivers, so when I get behind one I try to be visible in the mirror.   That type of scenario is always in the back of my mind.   I just never thought I would see it happen to someone else.   Glad to see no personal injury to either driver.  

[TEWKS]

2 hours ago, wbw6cos said:

 

I am always leary of truck drivers

 

I know, them truck drivers!   

[mickeym3]

Got her all set for another spin to Alaska, awaiting border determination (coin flip?). MOA Rally, CO, MT, ID being my consolation prize....

 

[wbw6cos]

BMW Zentrum for my factory tour in Greer, SC.  Slight chance of precip today.  

[wbw6cos]

A little GS action at the BMW Performance Center.

 

 

[RandyShields]

1 hour ago, wbw6cos said:

A little GS action at the BMW Performance Center.

Pretty nimble eh?  Do we see a new set of ADV wheels in William's garage??

[wbw6cos]

We shall see.   I handled it very well, which surprised me.   The off-road portion of the training session was fun and got me leaning toward the dirty side of sport touring, too. 

[TEWKS]

Both are awesome rides (GS/RT) and both have strengths and weaknesses. 

 

[wbw6cos]

Hey, that looks too clean!   Nice job; it looks new.

[Whip]

[roadscholar]

Sunday drive, again.

 

 

 

BMW kind of day, a new Z4 cruises by when we got here, and an old airhead when leaving.

 

 

[wbw6cos]

I guess you did not see any horsies.  Aww.

[roadscholar]

Nope didn’t make it to horse country (or see any at the crossing), went thru Tomoka then back up the coast.

 

 

 

 

[roadscholar]

Yesterday, scouting a Trans Fla route. I’ve used four different Gulf locations multiple times and there’s only so many dirt roads across the peninsula so trying something new. Monticello, there is some surprisingly nice stuff between here and there, always knew it just hadn’t had a .reason till now, necessity being the mother of invention and all..  it's where Florida meets the Old South.

 

 

 

 

[roadscholar]

Wouldnt let me fit them into one post.

 

 

 

[roadscholar]

Had a couple outliers at the CADS meeting tonight.

 

 

 

[roadscholar]

Dr Chris, his other bikes are a 701 and a ‘61 R60.

 

 

This thing is sick, in the running for best looking motorcycle ever.

 

 

 

 

 

[Rougarou]

Finished repainting the barn and put up her barn quilt that she made. 

[TEWKS]

16 hours ago, Rougarou said:

Finished repainting the barn and put up her barn quilt that she made. 

 

That looks historically cool! 

[ESokoloff]

22 hours ago, Rougarou said:

barn quilt

I never realized that’s a thing

[Ken S]

Very popular in some parts of the country -- especially farming country in western states.

 

[Rougarou]

1 hour ago, ESokoloff said:

I never realized that’s a thing

 

1 hour ago, Ken S said:

Very popular in some parts of the country -- especially farming country in western states.

 

They’re all over the place ‘round here. 

[Rougarou]

Wife said thanks for all the likes. That barn quilt is 84x84 and took her a wee but of time to make 

 

the wood, we salvaged from one of the stables we removed, authentic barn wood

[Rougarou]

Oh and really right now, the purple martins have returned and commenced to public displays of procreation.  Little fella hopped on her plenty of times, I woulda posted pictures, but, well, you know

 

I think this is my third or forth year and the little 12 apartment house is half+ full with the returning young uns.   
 

I may have to build a bigger house over next winter to replace this store bought one
 

 

[Ken S]

 Winter's hanging on here in AK, and I'm still hauling firewood at the lake house.  Roads were almost clear a couple days ago, and I saw the first rolling moto of the year.  -5º predicted for Big Lake AK tonight, then 40s in a few days.  

 

 

A little help from the creatures.

 

 

 

[Bill_Walker]

On 4/9/2021 at 2:57 PM, Rougarou said:

Oh and really right now, the purple martins have returned and commenced to public displays of procreation. 

Whoa.  The first time I scanned that sentence, I read "martinis" instead of "martins", then got to the procreation part and went "wait, what?"

[Rougarou]

Glad this is a dead nest.  Tearing out a former tack room in the barn, joy-joy