K11 Owners Group

owrstrich · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:40 am Post subject: Mt. St. Helens 06-14-08

the plan was to ride windy ridge at mt st helens... then mt adams...

many feet of snow fell last week so i called the ranger stations to find out how the roads were today... they said the road to windy ridge was washed out and may never open again... they said the road that runs the east side of mt st helens was under 5 feet of snow... they said there were no open routes to mt adams either...

so we head out of longview wa on interstate 5... we take wa 503 to ape cave... its open but its a nightmare... must have been a thousand breeders there... so we keep going on fr 90 and then fr 25...

then we back tracked up interstate 5 to castle rock and wa 504 to johnston ridge...

here you go...

lotts o this up there...

then we found this blocking our way...

and these folks could not speak english... it took a while... but i figured out they had google directions to rainier... so i showed them my map and wrote down how to get there from here...

the rivers were flowing like a mo... the rivers are my favorite... but that crazy wench micki was asleep more than she was awake today... so not any fantastic river photos...

stopped for blueberry cheesecake... got it to go... was gonna stop at a picnic table... here it is after 4 hours in the side bag... lucky it was cold up there...

mt st helens from silver lake...

blast devostation...

mt adams peaking out over the hills...

waterfalls everywhere... we didnt get too many good shots of anything today... 4 in this photo alone...

scenery...

the bug eye brick...

there you are...

johnny
_________________
yeeeeeehaaaaaaa...

hirschhs · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:36 am Post subject:

Brilliant pics johnny, thanks for sharing.

and...
What are using to attach the lids?
_________________
Cheers, Steve H _______________________________________
K-less in Bucks
2001 ST1100A

1994 Yamaha 600 Diversion 'Hers'
2006 Kawasaki Z750s 'Hers'

Flying Duck · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: Re: Mt. St. Helens 06-14-08

Off the grid · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:24 am Post subject:

I noticed some Bagster hole faux pa, but given the bike was on it's side stand and the weight of the tank bag cannot be determined I will let it go.

For now.
_________________
Bane of your existence since July 2006
2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"

owrstrich · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:14 pm Post subject:

hirschhs...

once upon a time i has disposable income... that was before i got the bug eye brick... it all dried up within about 8 months of having the bug eye brick... one reason is this...

http://www.ztechnik.com/products/index.html

i bought it local to support my local bmw dealer... the only one who did me right...

otg...

the first time i put on the cover the plastic clip for the strap broke... so its all rigged up... then my sling caught on the the front round latching gizmos for the bag and broke it clean off when lifting it off the truck... thats why the bag hangs to the left when on the side stand... everything on the bug eye brick is rigged up in some way... seems that way anyway...

airborne man fowl...

the lady at the visitor center told me the road damage would be 2 million to repair at minimum... the ranger told me the road is washed out in 2 places and the repair was cost prohibitive and may never be open to the public again... he was bummed because its his favorite place on earth...

going to the washington coast today... i know its not as good as ogegon... but we gotts to go see for ourselves...

johnny
_________________
yeeeeeehaaaaaaa...

Flying Duck · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject:

The Oregon side of the Columbia is more fun. The WA is faster.

That really sucks about Windy ridge - one of my favorite day rides out of Seattle.
_________________
93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE

owrstrich · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

well... it looks like the windy ridge may just be memorizes... wish would have got to see it... the photos posted here dont do the area justice... need a pro photog to capture it all... our little digi cam cant do it...

our planned route today is wa 4 to wa 401 in naselle... wa 401 to long beach... after long beach us 101 to wa 6 in raymond... wa 6 to wa 506 back to longview... its about 280 miles of flat road on wa 4 and us 101 and some mountain road on the 6...

saw lotts o deer and elk yesterday... one big dead elk that was by a car along the way... we will be keeping our heads in the ride...

bye...

johnny
_________________
yeeeeeehaaaaaaa...

hirschhs · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

understood johnny!
I remember disposable income.. that was about 1976 I think. Confused

You guys talking about 'the oregon side of the columbia' - somehow it sounds much more interesting than 'the winslow side of buckingham' which is where we went today!! Shocked

I guess it's just a matter of perception Cool

_________________
Cheers, Steve H _______________________________________
K-less in Bucks
2001 ST1100A

1994 Yamaha 600 Diversion 'Hers'
2006 Kawasaki Z750s 'Hers'