NW Gathering Round 3 - 2012 - Ride Report!!!

I didn't take a lot of pics, but here are a few.






And the new 'trailer' (which will actually be put to use today)

I had fun thrashing, uh, er testing your trailer. Seemed to work fine.

Hi, Ian! You're missing out if you don't ride your SMR in the snow! You don't really need knobbies, of course, but it helps. I, too, live in California and I ride my SM610 in the dirt all the time

Last winter we got a bunch of snow here...Everyone on the tv and radio and road went insta-stupid...I couldn't understand what everyone was so wound up about

Thanks, much appreciated, it means a lot coming from you.

Though that is clearly not a performance enhancing add-on e.g it does not make the bike go faster. After it gets more use I'll do some kind of report on it.

Those are just plain-Jane Shinko 244's...I was dual-sporting it last winter but commuting on it too. They get "acceptable" marks from me in the on-road handling department, and a "surprising" rating in terms of traction in the red clay slime in the hills around here.

You could always go full knobby, too, Ian! These are Cheng Shin 755's. Excellent in dirt, not bad on pavement but they'll disappear quick.

OK, back to the ride report. I finally got my photos sorted out last night and will be posting some up today when I get home from work. In the meantime...

All you have to do is visit Lake Arrowhead/Twin Peaks area at the right time :-) I lived up there for a couple of years and the snow comes quick and disappears just as quick.

Open invite to come check it out.

(I know y'all have seen some of these photos already, but I'm trying to do a regular ride report and will try to keep my photos in a somewhat chronological order. Thanks for your patience and understanding!)

Loaded and ready for my solo trek to the CafeHusky NW Gathering, 4am comes awful early...


Fall is here...



Or maybe it's winter?


9 hours later I reach my destination. After goofing off at Atomic-Moto, my local source for killer moto gear, it's time to hit the local bar with some friends and see The Rum and The Sea, a local Pirate folk band...




The bar is housed in an old Catholic school. They have a theater and a magnificent soaking pool at 102º...


I'd have rather been soaking instead of locking up my Huskys for the night...

I wake up to 24º temps and some snowy bikes...





Time to go hook up with my Husky brethren, old friends and new...


Great...it just keeps getting colder...


And snowier...



Ahh...my cozy little camping spot...


Time to hit the lovely trails!












Where the hell are we, Jon?






More on the way...

Vid. disclaimer, the vid quality kinda sucks as I shot it all with a 5 year old beat to death point and shoot trail cam.