KZR North American Relay Ride North West Leg

Forrest wrote: Cool Video. Beautiful Ride, wish I was there!

Hey KZCSI, with those flaired jacket sleeves are you sure you're not Evel Knievel or Elvis? :laugh:

I'll bet neither Evil nor Elvis could scoop flying insects into their sleeves as well as I did. Felt him crawling around but got him out before I got stung.

Bill

Here are some pics of Darryl and myself at Mt. Hood.




Motorhead (Darryl) really deserves to be acknowledged for his efforts in the NW leg. He's the one who went East (not sure how far east) to get it. He asked me to carry the flag into Washington. He's the one who continued north to make the hand off to Schuss, near Seattle.

Thanks Darryl!

Bill

KZCSI wrote: Shot this video on the way back from Carson, WA


Remember to ride toward the Light.

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Hope you like it.

Bill

Bill your video turned out great, that Go-Pro takes a real nice footage. Glad your ride back alone from the Gorge went well. Looks like you had some fun, I can see you twisting it pretty good at take off. Good to ride with you again. We'll do some more another time.

I got some photo's of the relay ride I can share with all of you. I just got back, had a shower and am sipping on a cold one.
First we have Bill (KZCSI) meeting up with us at my buddy Daves house at about 6am on Saturday.



Then we get under way and get up along Mt Hood.





Then we get to the Washington side of the Gorge, heading to Carson.

1 more of along the Gorge.




Then of Bill signing the Flag in Carson, as he carried it from my buddy's in Bend to Carson Washington.




Then where we went up behind Mt Rainer on the 410 hwy.






Then we meet with Brian (schuss) in Enumclaw, base of the Mt Rainer area,SE Seattle.





Then a couple of the rides Dave and I did over the Holiday Weekend in Washington St. 1200+ trip over 4 days.






Old Blewit Pass near the 97 in Washington, Dave and his CBX.

KZCSI wrote:

toolmaker wrote: Motorhead and crew should be on the road by now....I'm really bummed about not joining them this weekend as the road they are going on is one of my favorites!

I do want to catch the flag on the way south one way or another.

Motorhead and Dave are probably in Seattle by now. I left them in Carson, WA four hours ago. Their plan was to continue north along the Wind River. I just got back from 354 great miles. My 1300 got 39.97 MPG and purred the whole way. I took some video coming back over Mt. Hood. I'll post it up on youtube later.

Had a great time!

Bill

Actually Dave on his Honda CBX for this trip. That is one nice bike, super smooth power. Easy cruising at high speeds. We matched MPG once, otherwise my KZ sucked up more premium than his. I had to stop every 100 or so, with the farthest being 145.

So, is the flag in Seattle or Canada?

So obviously in Washington State... I think anyways.... :laugh:

I'll keep me eyes on this for when it his California, then ask the 1000 questions of the route.

Craig's in Northen Cal, down to south shouldn't be an issue.
Quite a few members in southern Cal where I can drive over (trip to Rock Store is a must guys).

I can pick up there for back to Az or where....?

No I'm confused.... :laugh:

Old Man Rock wrote: So obviously in Washington State... I think anyways.... :laugh:

I'll keep me eyes on this for when it his California, then ask the 1000 questions of the route.

Craig's in Northen Cal, down to south shouldn't be an issue.
Quite a few members in southern Cal where I can drive over (trip to Rock Store is a must guys).

I can pick up there for back to Az or where....?

No I'm confused.... :laugh:

What about Nevada? Don't we have anyone there?

By the way OMR, I did end up moving to AZ. I'm here for training now will be moving everything thing down in about 90 days. We will have to get together some time.

kaw-a-holic wrote:

Old Man Rock wrote: So obviously in Washington State... I think anyways.... :laugh:

I'll keep me eyes on this for when it his California, then ask the 1000 questions of the route.

Craig's in Northen Cal, down to south shouldn't be an issue.
Quite a few members in southern Cal where I can drive over (trip to Rock Store is a must guys).

I can pick up there for back to Az or where....?

No I'm confused.... :laugh:

What about Nevada? Don't we have anyone there?

There are no riders in Nevada. OMR could do a little jog on the way back from SoCal and throw a couple bucks in the slots in Laughlin, NV. Maybe spend a night or two at one of the little mom and pop hotels there. :evil: :woohoo: :ohmy:

I'll be in New Mexico in a few weeks. Length of my stay is undetermined. I would like to meet with OMR in AZ if weather permits. If the flag is down in SoCal while I'm there, I'll ride along to pick it up.

Old Man Rock wrote: So obviously in Washington State... I think anyways.... :laugh:

I'll keep me eyes on this for when it his California, then ask the 1000 questions of the route.

Craig's in Northen Cal, down to south shouldn't be an issue.
Quite a few members in southern Cal where I can drive over (trip to Rock Store is a must guys).

I can pick up there for back to Az or where....?

No I'm confused.... :laugh:

Dave, you are most likely the anchor man. :woohoo: Consensus has the flag finishing the lower 48 at 4 Corners. I'd like to be with you when you get it there. I lived in Sedona for a while and I know the winters in Flagpole are awful. Can you sneak around the mountains to get to 4 corners and not run into snow and ice? If not we will have to wait for early spring to finish, assuming you can get the flag this season.

How's the Voyager coming along? Haven't seen a post from you on the AVA site in a while.