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my first crash nklr
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:38 pm
by Larry M
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Doane"
wrote:
>
> I used to ride that road a ton when I lived in the Bay Area...it's
> definitely beautiful, but also strewn with bike debris; lots of
good
> riders go down up there...in fact, I'm not sure I ever went up
there
> and didn't see some wreck or low-side or another. I started
exploring
> other areas and found that the road up to Lick Observatory was
pretty
> fun; very twisty, not quite as popular as the Skyline area (read:
less
> crazy-ass sportbike clusters passing you at 140mph), and usually in
> usually good condition overall (not sure if any of this is still
true,
> I left the Bay Area in late 2000). There's a tiny restaurant on
the
> back side of it (anyone know what that place is called?) that is a
> great spot to recharge too.
>
> Good luck on the healing!
>
>
> Neil Doane
> Longmont, CO
>
-snip
Hey Neil,
The place you mentioned is Alice's Restaurant, where you can get
anything you want -- as long as it is on the menu
It is located
at the intersection of Skyline and Hwy 84 which goes out to the
coast to San Gregorio Beach, nice!
Nowadays, I only ride Skyline during the week, weekends are reserved
for the Kamakazis and their sport bikes. Cops use aircraft and
cruisers to patrol it now, crossing the double line to pass will get
you a ticket or inpact a car headon and take out the driver.
My thoughts are they are just trying to save a few lives.
Larry Mazur
San Francisco Bay Area -- South Bay
my first crash nklr
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:58 pm
by Neil Doane
No, not Alice's. I mean the little restaurant on the other side of
the Lick Observatory (Mt. Hamilton Road, I think). It's a tiny little
greasy spoon joint out in the middle of nowhere.
Neil
On 11/6/06, Larry M wrote:
> --- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Doane"
> wrote:
> >
> > I used to ride that road a ton when I lived in the Bay Area...it's
> > definitely beautiful, but also strewn with bike debris; lots of
> good
> > riders go down up there...in fact, I'm not sure I ever went up
> there
> > and didn't see some wreck or low-side or another. I started
> exploring
> > other areas and found that the road up to Lick Observatory was
> pretty
> > fun; very twisty, not quite as popular as the Skyline area (read:
> less
> > crazy-ass sportbike clusters passing you at 140mph), and usually in
> > usually good condition overall (not sure if any of this is still
> true,
> > I left the Bay Area in late 2000). There's a tiny restaurant on
> the
> > back side of it (anyone know what that place is called?) that is a
> > great spot to recharge too.
> >
> > Good luck on the healing!
> >
> >
> > Neil Doane
> > Longmont, CO
> >
> -snip
>
> Hey Neil,
>
> The place you mentioned is Alice's Restaurant, where you can get
> anything you want -- as long as it is on the menu
It is located
> at the intersection of Skyline and Hwy 84 which goes out to the
> coast to San Gregorio Beach, nice!
>
> Nowadays, I only ride Skyline during the week, weekends are reserved
> for the Kamakazis and their sport bikes. Cops use aircraft and
> cruisers to patrol it now, crossing the double line to pass will get
> you a ticket or inpact a car headon and take out the driver.
>
> My thoughts are they are just trying to save a few lives.
>
> Larry Mazur
>
> San Francisco Bay Area -- South Bay
>
>
>
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my first crash nklr
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:40 pm
by Mike Sturgill
Is it "The Junction" on Mines Rd.? When I ride the Devil Mountain Double
century on my bicycle, we stop at this place for lunch. Then we get to
climb up Mt. Hamilton. Oh, what fun!
-Mike
Sunny Phoenix
Neil Doane wrote:
> No, not Alice's. I mean the little restaurant on the other side of
> the Lick Observatory (Mt. Hamilton Road, I think). It's a tiny little
> greasy spoon joint out in the middle of nowhere.
>
> Neil
>
>
>
>
my first crash nklr
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:18 pm
by Larry M
Yes, my apologies, we made a pitstop there yesterday. It is The
Junction Cafe, I had a Gatorade. There are no others 'til you get
to Livermore which is now home to 36 wineries. -- Larry
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Matt Knowles wrote:
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Neil Doane wrote:
>
> > There's a tiny restaurant on the
> > back side of it (anyone know what that place is called?) that is
a
> > great spot to recharge too.
> >
>
> The Junction
>
> Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA -
>
http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles
> '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA)
> '01 KLR650 (A15) - for exploring the North Coast backroads
> '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt
> '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned
>
my first crash nklr
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:54 pm
by clutz003
> -snip
>
> Hey Neil,
>
> The place you mentioned is Alice's Restaurant, where you can get
> anything you want -- as long as it is on the menu
It is
located
> at the intersection of Skyline and Hwy 84 which goes out to the
> coast to San Gregorio Beach, nice!
>
> Nowadays, I only ride Skyline during the week, weekends are
reserved
> for the Kamakazis and their sport bikes. Cops use aircraft and
> cruisers to patrol it now, crossing the double line to pass will
get
> you a ticket or inpact a car headon and take out the driver.
>
> My thoughts are they are just trying to save a few lives.
>
> Larry Mazur
>
> San Francisco Bay Area -- South Bay
I ride it often on the weekends - as long as you get up there early
the sport bikes, cars etc. are not out yet. It can be a bit chilly
but sometimes when there is an inversion layer it is 10 degrees
warmer on top than it is down the hill. I get to Alices around 8 or
so and then head back down to the valley or if clear on the coast
down to the coast and back via hwy 17 (not my favorite but by then
all of the sport bikes are out on the small twisty forest roads).
Craig
A18
San Jose CA
>
super motard klr 650
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:03 am
by Rodney Copeland
Those are rear 18 inch rims on the front of both bikes I got from
the salvage yard, I relaced on our front hubs.
That's about a 4.80(120-90) rear 606 Dunlop on the front of the KLR
and a rear 4.60 Cheng Shin 858 on the front of the wife's Sherpa.
Rod
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Hedrek wrote:
>
> Where did you get the wheels from? I like the look,
> reminds me of my sisters old Kawasaki 100, with dual
> range gear selection. I had a lot of fun on that
> bike. My brother and I thrashed it and it kept on
> going.
>
> --- Rodney Copeland wrote:
>
> > There's alot involved if you're thinkin serious
> > Motard.
> > I like the front wheel transplants I've done on The
> > Hoss KLR and my
> > wife's Sherpa, but I did it for the soft stuff.
> > I've been runnin the KLR this way for near 20,000
> > miles and the wife
> > just had to have one too!
> > Rod
> >
> >
>
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/zrod/luggage003.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "hofsassw"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone super motard a KLR 650? What is this
> > and what is
> > involved?
> > >
> > > Bill H
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Robert Hedrick
> Albuquerque, NM
>
> P.S.
> What's with all you gay/child molesting Republicans? Dudes, not
so macho to the rest of us.
>
>
>
>
>
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