Anyone in Oregon and Washington (and anyone that wants to travel further is welcome) want to meet up for a big Terra (TR650) ride. I have a bunch of cool big loops we could do. Thinking Late August or September. How cool would it be for a gang of Terras to do a big loop with some stops for sights and food and conversation? Please post on the poll if there is a good chance you would be into this and maybe we can make it happen. Thinking a loosely organized ride. We meet for the start and I'll hand out maps and we meet for some stops at cool places, lunch, dinner etc. Thoughts? Right now I am thinking about 200 or so miles, some amount of gravel. Maybe a few loops for those more adventurous and those that want to stick to the main roads more. If people are interested I'll start more polls for what we might be interested in doing.
Got a bunch of routes we could do depending on where people are coming from and want to do. Gifford area, Gorge, hood, etc. Kinda central to Or and Wa.
The ultimate would be to have a support truck to haul stuff and BBQ etc and meet us as lunch, dinner and camping so we don't have to carry stuff. We will see.
Working on getting this thread amended to have a third poll question as to if you "would want to camp and make this a 2 day event? " For now if you vote yes you want to do this add a post about your skill level and if you want to camp etc.
BTW not looking to exclude people but really want to make this an all Terra group. Just think that would be cool. People would see us and be like WTF? Straddas would be fine too.
Good to hear! Because I'll have my Strada fully Terra-fied by then...other than red plastic. Hope it works out on date and will keep an eye open.
So with 5 possibly 6 in this looks like a go already. Tossing a date out, what about the Aug 24/25th weekend? (keep in mind no weekend will work for everyone)
That weekend is a no-go for me:-( If the date changes and I'm able to go I wouldn't mind camping. Oh, and I'm a total beginner :-)
I can ask for the time off. I'd probably be flying solo. Is this going to be in WA or OR? Obviously the further south the better for me
I can pretty much do any dates if we get it figured out a bit in advance. One downside to 8/31 is it's labor day weekend. Lots of folks in the woods that aren't normally there. On the other hand the three day weekend may help folks get here. I'm up for an overnighter. I'm on the beginner side too. I think that translates into slow, mostly. I've done a lot of gravel, dirt, ruts, rocks, but all two track forest road stuff. Zero mud/sand. For locals, the most challenging stuff I've done is all in Mt. Hood. Kinzel Lake, Abbott Road, and Oregon Skyline south of Breitenbush lake.
Wow I wish I could make it but the 3,400 mile round trip might be a little too much. Maybe I can make the next one. Waiting for the pictures...
