been years since I've seen Dean... think it was at a NW Gathering last time I saw him. 2013/2014 ??? .. He had his Italian TE 250 with some sort of rear 1 tire trailer setup.... I hope he is OK.. he's turned into the Howard Hughes of Husqvarna....
I think it was 2015 where he had showed up last at China Hat.... a couple of months AFTER he had already disappeared from here. The only reason I think I remember it in that order is that's the same time-frame that my original account froze-up; I thought maybe coffee had some kinda of server "event" because there were a few people that it happened to. I think it was DD who pointed out a couple of years ago that sometimes folks have a life-changing event that causes a re-examination of the priorities in their life. I'm guessing coffee doesn't wanna be "found", so I'm grateful that this forum is still available. Thanks Dean.
This page is a real tribute to Dean. I am eternally thankful for the resources and help that has been thrown out my way over many years. I am particularly grateful for the general attitude of tolerance and patience displayed by interns to this page.
I'm sitting in the desert right now waiting for the stars to come out and working on a National Hare n Hound course because of Cafe Husky. I might have stumbled in this direction eventually, but not sure. I get to play with dirt bike products and made new friends here. This is a real community.
I don't get here that often now the 310 moved on, but always come back for a glance to see who is around and for some decent forum format motorbike discussion Thank you wherever you are Coffee/Dean.
Hey '68... now that the excitement is over- how did you make out in the fires? Hopefully everything is okay. What's it look like on Dean's side of the hill (or more specifically: what's Dean's place look like)? did that atlas fire start at the cell tower? DD- seems like new members are getting approved fast. I'm assuming you, ruwfo, chod, and LOM have got some kind of system down now. whatever is going on- it's working. Thanks to all you guys for making ch smoother than it's been in years.
This is one of the sites I really enjoy visiting. I'm glad that it's still active. Because of this site, I decided to buy my Husky. I was able to read a lot about my bike and that made me feel comfortable enough to buy one. Thanks to the moderators and admins who make this site enjoyable !
We did ok. The fire got within 2 miles of my house. I drove up towards deans a couple weeks ago and it appears the firefighters were able to keep the fire from jumping the road towards his house. It got close to his place. So far the investigation into the cause hasn’t been announced yet, but it’s looking like pg&e’s lines caused all the fires. Multiple phone calls to 911 had been published about power lines arching on both sides of Napa Valley within minutes of the fires starting. Winds were whipping through here at 40+ that night and even higher on the hilltops. Between Napa and Sonoma County, 8500 structures were destroyed. this last pic was from my house the first night. A little to close for comfort
Google maps has been recently updated. These are from Santa Rosa where the fire came through and decimated entire communities. Kind of hard to comprehend the amount of destruction these fires have caused. zoomed in zoomed in
hey 68- the reason your ph is trying to find you restaurants: it's Coffey Ln (not coffee). That spelling threw me off for 30 years. My buddy's house was on Mocha Ln (*was*- he sold it a couple years ago... and of course it burned. his other place in Wikiup made it, it turns out) where do you live? Yountville or St Helena? did the fire go between you & Napa? IIRC, the large majority of those SR houses had shake roofs from 1980. But I'm not sure it matters, because for every house burned, there's 3 cars burned (and I doubt they had shake roofs). Google earth has the updated images also. in fact I was using it to see how far south the fire went. You can tell where the houses are still standing of course. but it's hard to tell if the fields are burnt. there's smoke and it sorta looks burnt by the old Santa Rosa Air Park south of hywy 12. but??? I lived in Forrestville, near the Wohler bridge- but nowhere near anything that burned. edit: you know, just by looking at Google Earth, I'd guess the fire that wiped out those houses in west Santa Rosa actually started on the TOP of Mount St. Helena. just guessing though. almost 20miles north/south and about a mile or two wide. weird.
I live in Napa, but work for the water department in the city of Saint Helena. Saint Helena became a command center for first responders. The fire started on both sides of napa and in Calistoga. The Calistoga fire spread to Santa Rosa in a couple hours the first night due to the high winds. The winds were a steady 35-40 mph and gusting upwards of 70. The atlas fire in Napa started up by the Silverado country club and then spread up past yountville and all the way to Fairfield. The partrick fire near me spread up to Saint Helena and across to Sonoma and eventually burned the old stornetta dairy down. The partrick fire combined with 4 or 5 other fires and turned into a very large fire. I haven’t traveled over to Santa Rosa since the fire and I can’t even imagine what it must look like in person. The amount of damage is heartbreaking.
