*~~*Hot Hands, Cool Engines, and Cold Pizza Meet (Pics! 56K WARNING!!!)*~~*

[pandy]

Just felt like teasin' y'all before we post pics! 

This will be where we post pics of our Hot Hands, Cool Engines, and Cold Pizza....errr....also known as Northern Cali Spring Carb-Balancing Day for May 20th! 

Thanks to all who attended, and a special thanks to scratch....wait....we didn't get even ONE carb sync'd!!   Well, we would have had it not been for a couple of members whose bikes majorly malfunctioned before they could get here!

BUT...it was absolutely delightful to see GS after GS arriving... We started at 9:00AM. scratch arrived on that purple beauty that I just LOVE so much!! Then we had GeeP pull up in his big white pickup!  We then had ktiger's '04 beauty, 70 cam guy's red beauty, and jbeabers hot, Hot, HOT new 675 *drool*, and of course, my dear SVS would feel left out w/o a mention here, as would my bf's FZ6...and just when I thought we'd seen all the GS's we were going to see, lumpoffire showed up with his teal beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh what a glorious sight to have so many GS's show up! I MUST get ratbike in working order!!! Yeesh...I hope I haven't forgotten anyone!!!!!

scratch did a once-over on ktiger's new baby. She's in VERY fine form....some minor adjustments, and she was back on the road to home. scratch's hard morning of work over  we decided to head for the hills! w0000000t!!! 

The weather that we'd fretted about SO much on Friday turned absolutely GORGEOUS yesterday! The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and 70camguy's YUMMY Yoshi(?) pipe was purring in my ear as we headed out...with scratch as our fearless leader (he's an animal!  ) and GeeP and his trusty Chevy pickup as our sweep!  It was a glorious short ride. jbeaber's Triumph garners a LOT of attention (as you'll see in pics later *tease* *tease* *tease*), and scratch has totally mad skillz, and gave some amazing riding advice that really, REALLY improved my riding almost immediately. I was actually keepin' up with the big boyz on the return trip (attn newbies...I was naturally keeping up....one never TRIES to keep up....everyone (EVERYONE) rides his or her own ride...no one gets left behind...the leaders will wait for the followers until the sweep arrives). That was HELLA fun! 

Once the serious business of the ride was concluded, we returned to homebase, and scratch got busy REALLY working! Oil was changed where needed, and scratch adjusted my chain (which had never been adjusted, but HAD been inspected...er....about 2k miles ago).  Pizza was ordered (thanks Ceekie!!!!  ), but the busy boyz ignored the food and continued to molest their bikes....I kid you not, it sounded like a porn movie was being made when scratch was draining his oil.....he'd put his hands (gloved  ) in the oil, feel its heat, get his hands all hot, and oooooooh...and ahhhhh.... it sounded obscene!   The pizza grew cold, because the boyz were completely focus'd on the task at hot hand. I heard a constant, "this engine's still hot!!!" Well....DUH!? We just took a ride!!  Testosterone was plentiful, but patience was lacking! 

It was a grand day, and the last riders rode off around 7:00PM. It was a FANTASTIC day of fun, fellowship, and funshine!  And after fearing the rain, I'm burnt to a crisp from all the time in the funshine! 

Thanks again to all who attended, brought goodies, and added to the downright FUN of the day. Having that much fun should be illegal. Next time, I think the whole country (heck, the whole WORLD) should plan on attending! 

P.S. I'm sure none of the boyz will disagree....more estrogen is needed!!! We need more GS ladies!!! 

scratch's beauty



jbeaber's beauty



Ceek's beauty:



ktiger's beauty (from left: scratch, ktiger, GeeP)



70 Cam Guy's beauty (she inspired obviously...erm..*warm*...feelings....  )



lumpoffire's beauty (and lumpoffire with cookies!!!  )



pandy's beauty (from left: Ceek, ktiger, scratch..who's wondering just how many times this poor bike has been dropped!  )





More to follow later......

[scratch]

Thanks to both Pandy and Ceek for hosting!  Without a place this would definitely have not happened!  I would have had to see everybody individually, as needed (valve adjustments, or when it's actually time to have something done).

We need more GS ladies!

Here, here!  Oh wait, I'm married...here, here, anyway!

[70 Cam Guy]

yes more ladies are always welcome   

I'm glad you enjoyed the beautiful song of my WileyCo pipe
Its song is quite addictive

lots of fun meeting everyone and riding.  I'm glad you all were entertained by me and scratch's conversation 

and omg I am sooo sunburned today 


edit - I believe it was lumpoffire's excellent example of an '89 that had the Yosh 

[pandy]

Arrrrrggghhh....I knew yours was the WileyCo!! I'm a dorkette!  Not only was I listening to it purr, but I was looking at it, too, and drooling!!! What can I say....I'm senile. 

And....I match my bike...lobster time!   

[pandy]

And the work begins....

scratch doing a once-over on ktigers new '04...here they're....uh....scratch can fill in the details! 





Wow! We don't need to sync the carbs on this young beauty! Let's put the seat back on and check the rest of the bike over!

jbeaber far left, scratch working on bike, ktiger wants revenge, 70 Cam Guy standing behind ktiger, and Geep at far right:







GeeP stand behind gate, ktiger kicking back on left, scratch working on right:

[pandy]

The GS Gawdesses really smiled upon us yesterday. Friday, it rained like an SOB. Today, it's raining again...yesterday, we all got sunburns! 

And...just when I thought all of the GS's that were going to show up had, lumpoffire arrives with his beauty! 

[pandy]

scratch: "Hmmm...what the heck is THAT right there!?"



Either he's making bunny shadows against the bike, or scratch's hands are talking to each other here  :

[70 Cam Guy]

scratch's beauty

You cut off our heads!!!

[pandy]

You cut off our heads!!!

Sorry...I was focusing on scratch's bike.... 

But there are many more pics to come...ones where heads aren't cut off.... 

[70 Cam Guy]

You cut off our heads!!!

Sorry...I was focusing on scratch's bike.... 

we believe you 

[pandy]

we believe you 

Ok...here's a pic of 70 Cam Guy where I managed to not cut off his head 



P.S. I never claimed to be a good photog! 

[GeeP]

and omg I am sooo sunburned today 

 Yeah, I noticed that this morning.  If I hadn't kept my hat on I'd probably be peeling by now.  

Pandy:  It ain't no FORD!  The BOWTIE!  See the BOWTIE!?!  You've insulted my POS now, so if it doesn't start in the morning I know who to call.  I even have your number.    

[pandy]

Pandy:  It ain't no FORD!  The BOWTIE!  See the BOWTIE!?!  You've insulted my POS now, so if it doesn't start in the morning I know who to call.  I even have your number.     

What!? Where!? It's a Chevy, right!?

[pandy]

From left: jbeaber, 70 Cam Guy, GeeP


scratch:


scratch & ktiger:


scratch & ktiger:

[pandy]

scratch & GeeP looking at ktiger's bike:

[yamahonkawazuki]

Pandy:  It ain't no FORD!  The BOWTIE!  See the BOWTIE!?!  You've insulted my POS now, so if it doesn't start in the morning I know who to call.  I even have your number.     

What!? Where!? It's a Chevy, right!?

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[pandy]

From left: GeeP, ktiger, scratch:


Cute keychain!!! 


From left: lumpoffire, scratch, Geep, ktiger, jbeaber:

[Alphamazing]

scratch - You look like a pornstar. Awesome. Skinny SOB. 

lumpoffire - you did a damn nice job cleaning up that Yoshimura! I'm really impressed! I trust it's working out alright?

[ajgs500]

Im glad you all had such a good time.  I wish that I had a GS group out here.  And everyone looks so pretty. 

[pandy]