Cline and I went on a 500 mile motorcycle ride. He is a part of the Rose City motorcycle club here in Portland. We started out in Biggs (Columbia Gorge). Then went through very rural central Oregon. Lots of twisty roads and gorgeous scenery. It was a blast. Cline has been doing this for many years. We got this new bike earlier this year. It's a Yamaha FJR1300. Very comfortable. This way we can do these rides together. We are going on a 1000 mile ride in June. It's an overnighter of course. Eight hours in the saddle is long enough for me in a day. That's with stops for ice cream and food. We both love riding motorcycles and this is something we can enjoy together.
Starting out in Biggs
Making a pit stop for ice cream in a one horse town called Shaniko
Stopped for gas and a rest on the grass in Maupin
At the end of it all they have an awards ceremony for a variety of things. Like youngest rider/oldest rider. That sort of thing. Cline and I got awards for having come closest in the estimated mileage of the ride. Him for being the rider and me for being his passenger. Silly. But we got these nice wood plaques. These are two of his buddies. Rich and Doug. They both got awards for coming in closest to the estimated time frame of the ride. He has another couple of friends Darren and Kiwi (his name is Jason, he is from New Zealand) who they all ride together with. We are all doing the 1000 ride together. Good times.
3 comments:
I didn't know that you are guys are motorcycle enthusiasts! Totally cool! :)
Heck yeah. Cline has rode since he was 15yrs old and I got a motorcycle 4yrs ago. Kawasaki Ninja 500. It's fun.
Glad you guys have fun on those bikes, I go for the four sided trucks myself.
Thanks for the blog invite -- you are doing a great job!
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