49 Mile Ride, 10/25/20, 8:30am, ksu 9:30am

[SFMCjohn]

think my '73 Tiger is running ... :rolleyes

hope to see folks at Cafe Trieste! :ride:gsxrgrl

 

[1962siia]

Man this should be fun! Going to be riding dirt this weekend so going to miss it but this may motivate me to get the aermacchi exhaust system finished so it’s actually rideable. :thumbup

Edit: just pulled the cover off it and rolled it out. It started right up so that’s good! It does need some love but it will be ready to ride soon!

 

[flipstyledsm22]

I'll aim to go to this! Anyone in the general Santa Rosa area, that wants to meet up and ride south together, let me know!

 

[SFMCjohn]

Man this should be fun! Going to be riding dirt this weekend so going to miss it but this may motivate me to get the aermacchi exhaust system finished so it’s actually rideable. :thumbup

Edit: just pulled the cover off it and rolled it out. It started right up so that’s good! It does need some love but it will be ready to ride soon!

sweet! :thumbup

this is a great ride for the Aermacci (once you get to SF, ha), so maybe next year, hopefully ...

I'll aim to go to this! Anyone in the general Santa Rosa area, that wants to meet up and ride south together, let me know!

Hope to see you there, flipstyledsm22! will you be on the '84 FJ or the '83 KZ? :ride

I should be on either the blue '73 Tiger, or the black '85 H-D that you can see in the pic of Kalle's 1963 Chevy.
Kalle should be there on one of his old Indians ... :afm199

see you on Sunday, 10/25 ... arty

 

[flipstyledsm22]

I haven't gotten the FJ1100 road legal yet, but the KZ750L will be nice and good to go! I am still hoping someone from my area could join me though... but either way, I'm aim to be there that day.

 

[DannoXYZ]

3.5-hrs to go 49-miles???

 

[SFMCjohn]

I haven't gotten the FJ1100 road legal yet, but the KZ750L will be nice and good to go! I am still hoping someone from my area could join me though... but either way, I'm aim to be there that day.

:thumbup

god bless Kawasaki ... :ride

3.5-hrs to go 49-miles???

yes, guess they go to Baker Beach for half and hour and Twin Peaks for 1/2 hour if we can still get up there with all the pedestrian/bicycle street closures. and after that it's probably an average speed of 20 mph in the city over 49 miles, and, since it's a vintage ride, the rest of the time for smoke breaks ... they've been doing this ride every year for maybe 20 years, so they have some experience with how vintage guys ride and blab ... :laughing

 

[Eric B]

I wish I could do this ride, but going to get dirty this weekend. Next year.

 

[GPzPop]

John, I will try to make this, likely on the xsr900 as the airhead is not yet running / registered

see you there !

 

[W800]

I'm in! Tagging.

 

[SFMCjohn]

John, I will try to make this, likely on the xsr900 as the airhead is not yet running / registered

see you there !

Hi GPzPop! :wave
Hopefully Cary and Schnitzel will join us for coffee ... if you can't make it we'll see you soon! :ride

I'm in! Tagging.

Sounds good, looking forward to checking out your bike ... god bless Kawasaki! :cool
Royal Enfield is OK, too ... :laughing

 

[SFMCjohn]

I wish I could do this ride, but going to get dirty this weekend. Next year.

Hey Eric B.,
have fun in the dirt ... next year for sure! :afm199

 

[Titus58]

+1 I plan to be there as well John, thanks for posting this up:thumbup

I rode with the Vintage motorcycle guys on a similar ride years ago that started @ the yacht club...it was a blast, and true to form a few miles later in North beach, we found some of the ancient british bikes by the side of the road with oil issues...

Also if any other barfers are interested, I'm planning on a short ride after lunch out to Pacifica to visit Pedro Point Brewing (barfer Lunchbox's place); they're now back open with limited seating and their delicious beer is available in 4packs as take out--I'm planning to stock up :thumbup :staRang :teeth


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[W800]

Totally fun! TY for invite!

 

[65_ dreamer]

Good to see you, John! Hopefully, it won't be years before I see you again, so I don't get you mixed up with your fellow SFMC member. Doh!

 

[flipstyledsm22]

Some pics :cool

 

[SFMCjohn]

Good to see you, John! Hopefully, it won't be years before I see you again, so I don't get you mixed up with your fellow SFMC member. Doh!

haha, no worries Akiko ... the only way I'm ever mistaken for Clay is when I wear a mask ... :angel really, I just need to be showing up more ... :facepalm

hero of the ride, flipstyledsm22, on his super-clean KZ 750, before it decided to turn into a leaky super-tanker. He rebuilt his carbs on the side of the road, and stayed off the trouble-truck ... :hail

BARFers GPzPop and flipstyledsm22 ...

BARFer Titus58 and his mighty Suzuki V-Strom, showing us how to claim rock-star parking.

BARFer cary, making the scene on her Yamaha FJ-800 and demonstrating that just showing up was the important thing on the 49 Mile Ride.

SFMC members, looking cool ...

SFMC members (on the right), Jason and Ron and friends, looking hip in front of Cafe Trieste ...

Pete Young, gesturing under the sign and sporting his Lee Marvin sweater, conducts the Riders' Meeting. Mr Young has been organizing the 49 Mile Ride for vintage bikes here in San Francisco for maybe 20 years ... arty

my friend Indian Rick, on his cool antler-sporting pre-gen KLR.

our friend Dennis on his Vincent-engined Indian Chief, the Vindian ...

this might be BARFer Rob, on his 1991 BMW GS, who was there with BARFer dsjanssen ... :dunno

GPzPop joining the fray on his 126,000 mile Kawasaki "commuter" ... :afm199

and BARFer Kalle and his flat-mate Adriana, demonstrating how to ride a hand-shift '48 Chief, two-up ... :hail

 

[SFMCjohn]

here's an easter-egg for Eric B:

very clean Yamaha XT500, that I want ... :x

 

[SFMCjohn]

old cars, too!

SFMC member Red Fred's 1951 Mercury ... :ride

 

[SFMCjohn]

Totally fun! TY for invite!

hey W800! :wave

bummed out I missed you, next time! :ride