come ride angeles crest and angeles forest hwy this saturday.
meet 9am at the shell station, located at intersection of hwy 2 and 210 fwy.
map:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&formtype=address&searchtype=address&cat=&address=4530%20Angeles%20Crest%20Hwy&city=La%20Canada%20Flintridge&state=CA&zipcode=91011%2d3201&searchtab=home
noob friendly. 2 other gs riders already coming out. will be a mixed level group and I will be hanging back to lead a slower paced group...(famous last words)...
oooohhhhhhhh, I wonder if I could get that day off...... I'm supposed to be at work at 7, but I bet I could talk my boss into letting me have it off....
Quote from: TragicImage on May 03, 2006, 10:01:55 PM
oooohhhhhhhh, I wonder if I could get that day off...... I'm supposed to be at work at 7, but I bet I could talk my boss into letting me have it off....
Obviously you need a working lunch at Newcomb's.
A-HA.. Brett's coming, from the other board...recognize the avatar.
Yeah, I forgot that I had a different username over there. This is the only board Brett wasn't taken on. I guess my secret is out now.
My boots came in today, so I'll finally have full leathers and boots now. No more jeans and Doc Martens.
i too am trying to get off work. i have to take off a couple days next week, so i've been making them up on the weekends. But i don't know when another chance for my newbie butt to take a ride like this will be...
i do have one hesitation though. Will there be any extended periods of highway speeds? The last few times my needle hung out above 70 for too long, the bike sputtered and died. (Both times on the 405 in heavy traffic. :mad: ) Stupid fuel starvation! It seems like 60-65, and i'm ok...but when the speeds start getting fun, the bike says "i'm done." Oh, and by the by, i tried running it on prime...still no love. :(
Hello,
I definately fall under the noob category, and would love to join you guys for a ride. I only have around 60 miles under my belt. Would this ride be too advanced for me?
Thanks!
I won't be able to make it, I had this prior weekend off due to sickness/a wedding reception, and so I'll need to be @ work every day.
Just wanted to let the new guys know that you definitely can run whatever pace you feel comfortable with. Obviously the faster guys will have to wait, but they really don't mind as long as you are doing whatever you need to do safely behind them. Ryusan, I think riding the ACH in general might be too much for a new guy to handle if you haven't been riding for a while and can spare the mental power to look away from the road for a bit. I'd wait, personally until your instincts are a bit more fluid/immediate to head up there.
Hey Mk1inCali
Thanks for the advice! I want to keep it safe for myself
and others around me. I will keep on practicing and
hopefully I will be ready for the next one (or the one after
that).
Have fun guys.
Yeah, I would second that. Even at the speed limit, ACH takes a lot of effort your first time up there. I did it with 2k miles under my belt, and the first time I had to focus 100% on my riding and not on enjoying the ride. When you are ready, I would definitely recommend going up on a weekday if you can. There aren't many people on the road, so you can take as easy as you need to without fear of causing problems. If you want a good place to start, I would recommend PCH. It's not "twisties" per se, but it's an easy and fun road with curves. The scenery is absolutely beautiful to boot.
12thmonkey, for ACH we won't be going at or above 70, or at least I know I certainly won't. 45-50 is plenty fast enough to have fun up there. Pablo said AFH is open and faster, but I don't know what speeds exactly as I haven't done it before.
I looked at the schedule vs. work load for this weekend....
yea, so I won't be on this ride...but I'll probably be cruising ACH on sunday
cruising ach at 65 is work on the gs500, even with thousands of miles under your belt-it was for me. AFH is faster as in...well I dont want to say but easily exceeding 70 if you've the skill. longer sweepers with some turns marked 30mph (so they're 50mph roughly)... I've, uh, 'heard' of people running AFH flat out around 120+/-...such lawlessness is *cough* unthinkable to me *cough*... ;)
ryusan-60 miles of experience is a definite no-no up there. too much else going on and on a weekend even worse with bikes probably buzzing you getting past you...better save it for another day. PCH is a good suggestion actually. and once you've got a couple hundred miles on you should hit up malibu-much lower speeds overall and the canyons are only 7-10 miles each, giving you breaks between.
12thmonkey-you wont be at 70 consistently with the curving road so you should be alright although getting to ACH will put you on the freeway depending on where you're coming from. for me, from santa monica, its about 25 minutes of 80mph freeway riding.
Hey, I really do appreciate you all lookin' out.
I have never been to "ACH" so I have no idea of the skill
level involved. Thank god I didn't just show up blindly.
I'm in this for the long run so I'm in no hurry to carve the
canyons just yet. I still have to master the parking lots.
Just kidding, I'm not that bad.
i was looking on the map, and it looked like my biggest trouble will be getting there - i live in between Santa Monica and Mar Vista. i really wanna go, but i don't want to "break down" a couple times on the way there and back. That would be real killjoy. Hmmmm...i'm gonna have to think on that.
Pablo, i have 2k miles of commuter experience so far. i ride PCH to Malibu every day for work, but have never made it back into the canyons. Do you know, will there be anyone else there that hasn't ridden the twisties? If so, it's a good opportunity to learn with some other people...and i'll probably just leave early to compensate for the fuel starvation issue. If not, i don't want to be noob that slows everyone down. Ya know?
not sure if if there will be anyone present without canyon experience, but overall its a good group in terms of waiting and watching out for noobs, and if you stick to riding within your comfort level you should be fine. I mean, we were all there at one time.
i'll be there if im not hung over. :)
I shall be there!
re-worked my schedule at work.... YAY
We expect lots of pics, you punks!!!!! :kiss3: :kiss3:
you only get pics if we get pics..... of... something.
I'll be on a blue 06, with blue and white jacket/helmet with Pink Lense....
thats right, I rock a pink Lense.... Pink is Punk.
Deal
Freakin awesome ride, didn't get to bring my Camera.... sorry, no pictures.
Pablo... you're awesome for letting me know about this, and thanks for hanging back with all of us.
If Austin is on this board, thanks for making me feel welcome when I first showed up.
Glad you had a good time! There are TONS of great canyons around here but ACH has to be the best. back a few years ago the road would open up allthe way to wrightwood ski area-THAT was an awesome ride but rains 2 yrs ago damaged the road and they still havent fixed it. permaclosed.
I did bring my camera, just for AJ, and wouldnt you know it-batteries died as I tried to take first pic (starting with your bike). SO I'll post up the pictures (and video!?) some of the others took.
Like this one, someone is using as a signature:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/vitsky/IMG_0353_CRP.jpg)
this is most of the 35 or so bikes at the turnaround point ("the tree"). For those that dont know, this is also the northerly entry to the Angeles National Forest, and we start at the southerly entrance.
had a good time but MAN was it hard to actually ride the whole way up to newcombs ranch restaurant at the speed limit. I HAD to open it up on the way back...
yes, one rider came in his car and followed some of the group with video (other riders have onboard video as well). He was at the turnaround point taking random video while we were hanging out:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/vitsky/IMG_0351.jpg)
dont know if this video will work:
A view at the tree
http://vid2.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/vitsky/MVI_0348.flv
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/vitsky/Picture001.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/vitsky/Picture004.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/vitsky/Picture005.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/vitsky/Picture006.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/vitsky/Picture007.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/vitsky/Picture008.jpg)
I only spot you in that last picture, with your back turned.
Sweet pics! I am so bummed I missed this ride! I have a cold and was too much of a wimp to ride from Riverside...
Dig the guy in the yellow anniversary Yamaha leathers. Does he have the matching bike? :bowdown:
Where are the GS's?????
Quote from: jen_ on May 08, 2006, 02:37:13 PM
Dig the guy in the yellow anniversary Yamaha leathers. Does he have the matching bike? :bowdown:
matching R6 AND matching helmet....LOL...squid. actually he's not a bad rider...
Quote from: TragicImage on May 08, 2006, 01:27:08 PM
I only spot you in that last picture, with your back turned.
yep, thats me and my bike. should get more pics as they're posted up. I have to rely on them since my batteries in my camera were dead...
Quote from: ajgs500 on May 08, 2006, 02:58:00 PM
Where are the GS's?????
first picture, upper left-my red bike is farthest right of the group of gs's and ex's. second and third overall pictures, they're in the back of the line...
(http://www.socalsportbikes.info/xmb/attachments/32419.jpg)
tragicimage is gs on far right.
again, far right:
(http://www.socalsportbikes.info/xmb/attachments/32415.jpg)
he's hiding Bretts bike:
(http://www.socalsportbikes.info/xmb/attachments/32416.jpg)
(http://www.socalsportbikes.info/xmb/attachments/32417.jpg)
you can make out tragicimage's bike again:
(http://www.socalsportbikes.info/xmb/attachments/32418.jpg)
(http://www.socalsportbikes.info/xmb/attachments/32419.jpg)
Saturday was a fun ride, tons of folks there. That's the first time I did tujunga or AFH. I had a great time even though we kinda got lost from the main group later on. Even though leo couldn't make it on Saturday, I met him Sunday at the skillzday. Great weekend for riding all around.
I'm going to head up to ACH again tomorrow (and probably most of the rest of the week). If anyone wants to join me, I'll be at the Shell around 9:30 am.
yeah, I didnt tell you the "tree" is where the Angeles Crest national park sign is because I expected you to stay with the group. Instead you went ahead. When I told you there would be lots of bikes there I meant our group...LOL...
thats alright, you made it back...it was a good day fo rus, not so much for another rider. Didi you hear about the other large group that left newcombs shortly after us? they were hit head on by an SUV only 150-200 yards down from newcombs. lots of bikes on the ground-one fatality. Mostly older riders in that group on bmw's and ducati's. RIP fellow rider...gotta keep that in perspective.
there ya go.Bretts naked gs in the foreground and tragicimage in the middle ground.
(again I'm in it with my back turned?!?)
(http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4613/img23703dl.jpg)
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1292/img23710si.jpg)
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9677/img23747jm.jpg)
(http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8118/img23804vt.jpg)
yes, he has the full 1-pc leather suit to match too...
Quote from: pantablo on May 08, 2006, 09:37:44 PM
yeah, I didnt tell you the "tree" is where the Angeles Crest national park sign is because I expected you to stay with the group. Instead you went ahead. When I told you there would be lots of bikes there I meant our group...LOL...
thats alright, you made it back...it was a good day fo rus, not so much for another rider. Didi you hear about the other large group that left newcombs shortly after us? they were hit head on by an SUV only 150-200 yards down from newcombs. lots of bikes on the ground-one fatality. Mostly older riders in that group on bmw's and ducati's. RIP fellow rider...gotta keep that in perspective.
Yeah, we accidentally passed you when the dude dropped his bike at big T. The only people I really could recognize were you and Eric, but I didn't see either. (How the hell I missed Eric, I'll never know.) It worked out fine in the end, but we were definitely questioning our sanity when we passed you at the tree on our way back.
I read about the other rider on SCS. A big black mark on an otherwise great day. Just makes you remember how crazy the streets can be even if you are focusing on it.
Pablo- I think you have the RG disease.
Quote from: ajgs500 on May 08, 2006, 11:06:02 PM
Pablo- I think you have the RG disease.
anonymity?
too many bikes?
what is that exactly?
LOL...
Only pics of your backside :laugh: :laugh:
WAIT! you can see a side shot in pic 2, just in frame on the right...hahaha. backside....
wow, thanks for the pics.
I'm totally in alot of them or my bike is.
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b342/NBlewett/untitled.jpg)
Quote from: ajgs500 on May 08, 2006, 11:18:37 PM
Only pics of your backside :laugh: :laugh:
How did I miss this!? :laugh: