Bay area bike Night??
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Dark Angel
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We need BARF stickers to identify ourselves. I was there and only saw magyarbetyar.
jkd
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Liquid-R1,
Were you there at the Milpitas In N Out? Didn't see any other '02 R1s besides mine....
Dark Angel,
how tall are you? Were you with one other guy in a leather jacket? I think I might've saw you there....
I think there were more like 50 or so bikes there. The cops told everyone to leave around 9:15 or so. I had just bought food, and they told me I had to leave. I told em 'no' and sat down to eat my food. :finger
Were you there at the Milpitas In N Out? Didn't see any other '02 R1s besides mine....
Dark Angel,
how tall are you? Were you with one other guy in a leather jacket? I think I might've saw you there....
I think there were more like 50 or so bikes there. The cops told everyone to leave around 9:15 or so. I had just bought food, and they told me I had to leave. I told em 'no' and sat down to eat my food. :finger
Dark Angel
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jkd said:
I'm only 5'4" but had on my platform shoes!
So I probably looked more like 5'8". Yeah, I showed up with a friend of mine.Where were you?
BTW, I'd guess there were closer to 100 bikes there. I was there pretty early and at one point heard a guy counting over 70 bikes and that was before I saw about another 25+ bikes show up.
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ba sportbikes
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Wolf,
Sorry about not being able to get back to you earlier. I worked a double shift to get the night off and had no email access.
The bike night was a success and also not a success.
We had a hug turnout, more than expected. When MPD showed up there were about 150 bikes. And believe it or not, groups of riders 5 and 10 deep were still coming.
This is what we had hoped for, a large group of riders who could hang out, talk bikes and look at bikes.
Unfortunately, as many people familiar with the street race scene know, MPD has a job to do. The In N Out alerted the police and requested that those not eating leave. There were a lot of people who were grubbing and that was great. But because some people were not or had not yet, the MPD had to ask them to leave. A large amount of riders (50+) moved to the In N Out by Eastridge. Several groups of riders got lost along the way and a few of us tried to guided everyone there, but with over 100 riders things are tough.
RR cycles were there promoting their BBQ which is a great plan and we hope that just as many if not more attend that function.
As for the Bay Area Bike Nights: We will find another location that will suit the get-together better. This bike night was a trial one, where we could gauge the attendance and riders views. What we heard many times was that the Bike Night was a great thing to let people get together and just hang out. People liked the large parking lot, and that there was no crowded bar or entrance fees. And what was most important, people had fun. Although it would have been great if it could have lasted longer, to have over 100 riders together for a few hours was nice. People were arriving as early as 7:00 PM to hang out. We will find another convenient location and one where we can stay longer without being forced to leave by the PD. The MPD was VERY courteous and was polite to all the riders. We also were very pleased to see that no riders did anything to get us in trouble and that is great.
Bike night will be back..untill then THANKS to all the riders that came and hung out. That is what the Bike Night is all about.
Ride Safe!
Joe
Sorry about not being able to get back to you earlier. I worked a double shift to get the night off and had no email access.
The bike night was a success and also not a success.
We had a hug turnout, more than expected. When MPD showed up there were about 150 bikes. And believe it or not, groups of riders 5 and 10 deep were still coming.
This is what we had hoped for, a large group of riders who could hang out, talk bikes and look at bikes.
Unfortunately, as many people familiar with the street race scene know, MPD has a job to do. The In N Out alerted the police and requested that those not eating leave. There were a lot of people who were grubbing and that was great. But because some people were not or had not yet, the MPD had to ask them to leave. A large amount of riders (50+) moved to the In N Out by Eastridge. Several groups of riders got lost along the way and a few of us tried to guided everyone there, but with over 100 riders things are tough.
RR cycles were there promoting their BBQ which is a great plan and we hope that just as many if not more attend that function.
As for the Bay Area Bike Nights: We will find another location that will suit the get-together better. This bike night was a trial one, where we could gauge the attendance and riders views. What we heard many times was that the Bike Night was a great thing to let people get together and just hang out. People liked the large parking lot, and that there was no crowded bar or entrance fees. And what was most important, people had fun. Although it would have been great if it could have lasted longer, to have over 100 riders together for a few hours was nice. People were arriving as early as 7:00 PM to hang out. We will find another convenient location and one where we can stay longer without being forced to leave by the PD. The MPD was VERY courteous and was polite to all the riders. We also were very pleased to see that no riders did anything to get us in trouble and that is great.
Bike night will be back..untill then THANKS to all the riders that came and hung out. That is what the Bike Night is all about.
Ride Safe!
Joe
jkd
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Dark Angel said:
I'm only 5'4" but had on my platform shoes!
Where were you?
BTW, I'd guess there were closer to 100 bikes there. I was there pretty early and at one point heard a guy counting over 70 bikes and that was before I saw about another 25+ bikes show up.
I was near the far corner of the parking lot. I have a silver '02 R1. I guess the bikes in that area were mostly redline riders'? If I had known it was you, I would've said 'hi'. :darkangel
Max Smiley
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great! glad it was fun, I won't miss the next bike night!
can't wait for the pics
can't wait for the pics