St. Louis Riders?

[Heffe]

Any riders in/around the St. Louis area?

Name's Jeff, ride a '93 GS500, and I'm finally a member of this awesome site.  Seriously everything I'd need to know is here. 
Just got my bike last summer and it's my first bike, and god I'm lovin it.
Proud to be a part of this huge GS community.

Later

[GeeP]

I'm about 60 miles east of STL. 

Not too many GS riders out in these parts.

[Atkins]

I'm also in the St. Louis area. I just got my GS500 this month.

[GeeP]

Welcome to the circus!   

Have fun with the GS, watch out for cagers.   

[JohnPGS]

Stl here.

[Atkins]

Let's set something up. My next couple of weekends are booked but what about April 14th or after?

Any favorite routes you like to ride in the STL area? I know there's some great letter roads around, Hwy T is a good one, etc.

So how about it?

[GeeP]

Sounds interesting.  I'm up for sometime in mid April.

Routes?  No idea around STL, most of my routes are to the far south.

[genEricStL]

I'm in StL here too (Arnold specifically - a little bit further down 55 from South County at 141) ... if you're talking the next couple weeks let me know , i'd be up for a ride 

As far as roads , there's a LOT of great twisties (cheesy term , but no better word for it lol) out here between me and Pevely ... there's also the Covered Bridge park , which is a pretty cool place to stop , and the roads to it are awesome .

If this sounds ok , PM me with your number , or just reply here and i'll PM you

-Eric

[GeeP]

How about the weekend of the 17th?

Anybody near STL have route suggestions?  I'm in IL so I don't have anything to offer in that regard.  Maybe a ride around 100-150 miles?  Stop for lunch or dinner along the way? 

[Atkins]

If this sounds ok , PM me with your number , or just reply here and i'll PM you

Sounds good to me. Can we do it next Saturday the 14th?

[genEricStL]

Looks like 3 of us ... hows the 14th for you GeeP ? Atkins is in Maryland Heights , GeeP's in Illinois ... what about maybe taking the back way up through St Charles , then the ferry over to Grafton ? There's a few hours worth of back-roads around me here in Arnold ... it really depends on if you guys prefer more highway of more turns . Thoughts ?

[Atkins]

I'm not going to be picky about it. I'll be happy to go anywhere. Just say when and where to meet up.

[genEricStL]

Since we'll all be on GS's , lets do the twisties  Maybe it'd be easier to meet you guys like at South county mall or somewhere .... GeeP , where are you coming from ?

[GeeP]

I'll be coming from central IL.  If I were to meet you in Arnold I would take 255 over.

I hope to be able to make it, but don't count me in 100%.  Over the weekend I had to cut a hole in my tank to remove a bad Kreem job that caved in last week.  I hope to have it patched/sealed/painted this coming weekend, but you know what happens to best laid plans.  I've already had to cancel a track day so I hope I don't have to cancel this too.   

Definately prefer the twisties, but a ferry ride is always fun.  I'll let you local guys figure that out.   

[genEricStL]

I'm trying to find an extended forecast ... if it's chilly , then the backroads definately would be the way to go , if it's hot (gotta love the weather here lol) then the more open ride to Grafton would be cool too . I'm just trying to make it easiest going home for everyone ... I personally can leave my house and be on my fave backroads within 5 minutes , but it's a lot more riding for you guys just getting here . Atkins gave me his number ... i'll ring ya up tomorrow day and see what you think . I know you said you don't care , but neither do I hehe . Being in Illinois , you DO have a helmet  , right GeeP ? As far as the metting up , if we do go north , I could meet GeeP at SoCo Mall and then we could keep goiing up 255 to get in Atkin's area
Barring rain , are we looking at an all-day ride ?

[GeeP]

I'm trying to find an extended forecast ... if it's chilly , then the backroads definately would be the way to go , if it's hot (gotta love the weather here lol) then the more open ride to Grafton would be cool too . I'm just trying to make it easiest going home for everyone ... I personally can leave my house and be on my fave backroads within 5 minutes , but it's a lot more riding for you guys just getting here . Atkins gave me his number ... i'll ring ya up tomorrow day and see what you think . I know you said you don't care , but neither do I hehe . Being in Illinois , you DO have a helmet  , right GeeP ? As far as the metting up , if we do go north , I could meet GeeP at SoCo Mall and then we could keep goiing up 255 to get in Atkin's area
Barring rain , are we looking at an all-day ride ?

I can be reached on AIM in the evenings.  Otherwise, PM me and I'll send you my telephone number.  All-day is fine by me. 

Helmet?  Not a problem. 

[genEricStL]

Ughhh ... just saw the forecast and it's gonna be a high of 45 with a "rain mixture" (snow??? it was 80 degrees a few days ago lol) . Let's play it by ear and see what the next weekend will be like , cool ?
- Eric

[GeeP]

45?  You must be watching Dave Murray...   

Cindy sez 53 with a chance for showers:

http://www.ksdk.com/weather/conditions/five_day.aspx
Maybe we should aim for Sunday instead, 58 and mostly sunny.  Makes no difference to me.   

[genEricStL]

Yeah , it was Dave lol . If that's correct for sunday , that's fine by me ... i'll just make sure to wear my liner 

[GeeP]

We still on for tomorrow?

You have PM.