Another fun trip to Mt. Hamilton - Sunday, August 14th (Alex is out)

Alex · August 8th, 2011, 12:32 PM

EDIT: Sorry folks. Something has come up. Wifey is on bedrest on doc's orders for the next few weeks (due next month), and I can't leave her alone with the little monster this long on Sunday. Please consider going without me anyway, it should be great weather and a fun ride!

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Hi all! We had a fun one last weekend, but that's no reason not to have another fun one this weekend. Heck, we might even remember some of the turns!

To make this a little different, we can do it from North to South this time.

We can meet at the Starbucks on South Vasco Road in Livermore at 10 AM: (same place last weekend's finished up at)

Starbucks at Las Positas & Vasco - Livermore
223 South Vasco Road
Livermore, California 94550
925-371-0539
google maplink

and we will ride out of the parking lot at 10:30 AM. There is gas right in front of the *$, so make sure to come with a full tank. The route will take us all the way down Mines to the Junction, and we should be there by 11:30 - 11:45 at the latest for lunch. After lunch at the Junction we have 3 options, all of which are on the table.

Option 1: Those who want a bunch more miles can head east on Del Puerto out to Patterson. Del Puerto is a terrifically fun road! From there we can just double back west to the Junction, or some can head back via I-5 in Patterson if they are short of time.

Option 2: We can continue south on Mines from the Junction to head up Mt. Hamilton Road, which will take us down into San Jose on the other side. From there people can get right to 680 to head home.

Option 3: Folks always have the option to just turn back and head north on Mines, heading right back to Livermore.

There's no need to decide now, or even that morning; we can all decide what works for each of us while we're eating at the Junction. I hope a bunch of us can make it, I always enjoy these Mines group rides and it's a simply perfect road for our ninjettes. This weekend the weather looks to be in the high 70's low 80's and sunny, so it should be just about perfect all around.

Jiggles · August 8th, 2011, 01:10 PM

August 14th is going to be my last Sunday off for a very long time.

So of course I will be going

setasai · August 8th, 2011, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

August 14th is going to be my last Sunday off for a very long time.

So of course I will be going

You'll love it. Bring water. I drank my whole 3L camelbak last trip.

Bah Alex Alex Alex... I'm not even off the high from last weekend and you wanna do it again?!!?? If I can finish laying down my tile flooring by then, I'll join you.

Alex · August 8th, 2011, 05:04 PM

Hope you can make it, Brian!

Jiggles · August 8th, 2011, 09:21 PM

My manager threw a hissy fit when I told him I needed the 14th off. It was supposed to be my first day at work

I told him that my bike had scheduled maintenance that day and there was nothing I could do to change the date. I didn't tell him that the scheduled maintenance was going to be 150 miles of tearin up asphault

Alex · August 8th, 2011, 09:22 PM

Of course! It's *preventative* maintenance, making sure that the poor thing doesn't sit that long.

rusninja · August 8th, 2011, 10:05 PM

someone needs to record :P

Jiggles · August 8th, 2011, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rusninja

someone needs to record :P

Crap I have a Kodak HD vid cam with a 32gb SD and no mount

rusninja · August 8th, 2011, 10:32 PM

^find a way by then >.< take pit or somthing XD

setasai · August 8th, 2011, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Crap I have a Kodak HD vid cam with a 32gb SD and no mount

I have a ram mount if you want to borrow it. It'll either attach to your bars or to your mirror bolt on either side of your dash.

Jiggles · August 9th, 2011, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by setasai

I have a ram mount if you want to borrow it. It'll either attach to your bars or to your mirror bolt on either side of your dash.

sweet lets do it. Ive got 2 batteries and 2 portable chargers. Not sure what the battery life is but we'll find out

rusninja · August 9th, 2011, 01:20 AM

yay x]

Sushilover · August 9th, 2011, 09:07 AM

I might be up for this, I will have a better idea towards the end of the week. I'm waiting on a phone call to see if I will be hired to teach middle school kids in a few weeks. If i am hired, I might have to spend the coming 2 weeks prepping for school.

Alex · August 9th, 2011, 09:21 AM

Heck, if I were spending *any* time with middle schoolers at some point in the future, I'd make sure to get in as much riding in as possible to clear my head prior.

Sushilover · August 9th, 2011, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

Heck, if I were spending *any* time with middle schoolers at some point in the future, I'd make sure to get in as much riding in as possible to clear my head prior.

Alex, you make a very good point haha! I will try to make my way out to there this weekend!

setasai · August 9th, 2011, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

sweet lets do it. Ive got 2 batteries and 2 portable chargers. Not sure what the battery life is but we'll find out

Alright. Let me know when you'd like to meet up and try it out. It's best to get it mounted before the day of so you can figure out the best angle/position.

423yjl · August 9th, 2011, 05:41 PM

I wish I could go, but Sundays are not good for me.

250Solace, good videos, thank you.

R

Jiggles · August 9th, 2011, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by setasai

Alright. Let me know when you'd like to meet up and try it out. It's best to get it mounted before the day of so you can figure out the best angle/position.

I'm free all day tomorrow

Alex · August 12th, 2011, 11:09 PM

EDIT: Sorry folks. Something has come up. Wifey is on bedrest on doc's orders for the next few weeks (we're due next month), and I can't leave her alone with the little monster this long on Sunday. Please consider going without me anyway, it should be great weather and a fun ride!

setasai · August 13th, 2011, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

EDIT: Sorry folks. Something has come up. Wifey is on bedrest on doc's orders for the next few weeks (we're due next month), and I can't leave her alone with the little monster this long on Sunday. Please consider going without me anyway, it should be great weather and a fun ride!

What!! Bring him along. He's old enough to know when to hang on.

Oh wells, I'm still down to go. You will be missed. Cant wait for that root beer.

Jiggles · August 13th, 2011, 08:18 PM

Ok so who is going? It seems that only three of us have responded and said we are going?

Jiggles · August 13th, 2011, 10:11 PM

Link to original page on YouTube.

Angle #1 for camera mounting for tomorrow. Dont mind the dirt windscreen ill clean it.

Jiggles · August 13th, 2011, 10:18 PM

Link to original page on YouTube.

Angle #2 I kinda like this one better

setasai · August 13th, 2011, 10:20 PM

Go for angle 2!

Sushilover · August 13th, 2011, 10:50 PM

(BTW: This is 250Solace/Andre, i switched back to my original screenname)

I won't be able to make it tomorrow, my video card and/or motherboard is fried on my desktop PC. I will have to go to Fry's tomorrow morning and try to get a new video card to figure out where the problem is. Luckily it wasn't my hard drive on the desktop... i would have lost a lot of data since i don't back up my desktop regularly :X

Will catch the next ride! (I'm never up past 10pm... been taking the computer apart and trying to isolate the problem since 7pm...) going to bed!

Jiggles · August 13th, 2011, 10:53 PM

Are there 2 Andre's from El Cerrito, CA that ride 2010 Ninja 250's or am I crazy?

Sushilover · August 13th, 2011, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Are there 2 Andre's from El Cerrito, CA that ride 2010 Ninja 250's or am I crazy?

It's me! (Both) I just decided that i liked my old screen name more haha. Sushilover is the same name i use on BARF so i thought i would be more consistent.

Alex · August 13th, 2011, 10:57 PM

Clearly a split personality.

Andre - I merged your accounts into the Sushilover one; if you prefer the other username, let me know and I can change it to anything you want.

Sushilover · August 13th, 2011, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

Clearly a split personality.

Andre - I merged your accounts into the Sushilover one; if you prefer the other username, let me know and I can change it to anything you want.

Thank you Alex!

setasai · August 13th, 2011, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sushilover

(BTW: This is 250Solace/Andre, i switched back to my original screenname)

I won't be able to make it tomorrow, my video card and/or motherboard is fried on my desktop PC. I will have to go to Fry's tomorrow morning and try to get a new video card to figure out where the problem is. Luckily it wasn't my hard drive on the desktop... i would have lost a lot of data since i don't back up my desktop regularly :X

Will catch the next ride! (I'm never up past 10pm... been taking the computer apart and trying to isolate the problem since 7pm...) going to bed!

Lame. Fix the computer later. =)

setasai · August 14th, 2011, 04:50 PM

Just got back about 25mins ago from the ride. It was awesome if not a little on the warmer side. I think I enjoy the loop from quimby to livermore instead because by the time you get to livermore and need to go home, I feel like the freeway is a nice relaxing cruise home whereas quimby is a hell of a lot of work if you're worn out.

Sean recorded some video. Lets hope it comes out.

Jiggles · August 14th, 2011, 07:14 PM

Link to original page on YouTube.

Here's a half assed video put together. I was just trying to see how windows movie maker would process speeded up views

setasai · August 14th, 2011, 08:13 PM

Definitely needs to be higher up.

Alex · August 15th, 2011, 12:01 AM

/moved to ride reports

rusninja · August 15th, 2011, 07:13 AM

August 8th, 2011, 05:04 PM	#4
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Hope you can make it, Brian! __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

August 8th, 2011, 09:21 PM	#5
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	My manager threw a hissy fit when I told him I needed the 14th off. It was supposed to be my first day at work I told him that my bike had scheduled maintenance that day and there was nothing I could do to change the date. I didn't tell him that the scheduled maintenance was going to be 150 miles of tearin up asphault __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 8th, 2011, 09:22 PM	#6
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Of course! It's preventative maintenance, making sure that the poor thing doesn't sit that long. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

August 8th, 2011, 10:05 PM	#7
rusninja Ninjette wanabe :D Name: Ruslan Location: San Jose Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): white 300 :D Posts: A lot.	someone needs to record :P __________________________________________________ VROOOM vrooom >.>

August 8th, 2011, 10:32 PM	#9
rusninja Ninjette wanabe :D Name: Ruslan Location: San Jose Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): white 300 :D Posts: A lot.	^find a way by then >.< take pit or somthing XD __________________________________________________ VROOOM vrooom >.>

August 8th, 2011, 12:32 PM	#1
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Another fun trip to Mt. Hamilton - Sunday, August 14th (Alex is out) EDIT: Sorry folks. Something has come up. Wifey is on bedrest on doc's orders for the next few weeks (due next month), and I can't leave her alone with the little monster this long on Sunday. Please consider going without me anyway, it should be great weather and a fun ride! -------------------------------------------------------- Hi all! We had a fun one last weekend, but that's no reason not to have another fun one this weekend. Heck, we might even remember some of the turns! To make this a little different, we can do it from North to South this time. We can meet at the Starbucks on South Vasco Road in Livermore at 10 AM: (same place last weekend's finished up at) Starbucks at Las Positas & Vasco - Livermore 223 South Vasco Road Livermore, California 94550 925-371-0539 google maplink and we will ride out of the parking lot at 10:30 AM. There is gas right in front of the $, so make sure to come with a full tank. The route will take us all the way down Mines to the Junction, and we should be there by 11:30 - 11:45 at the latest for lunch. After lunch at the Junction we have 3 options, all of which are on the table. Option 1:* Those who want a bunch more miles can head east on Del Puerto out to Patterson. Del Puerto is a terrifically fun road! From there we can just double back west to the Junction, or some can head back via I-5 in Patterson if they are short of time. Option 2: We can continue south on Mines from the Junction to head up Mt. Hamilton Road, which will take us down into San Jose on the other side. From there people can get right to 680 to head home. Option 3: Folks always have the option to just turn back and head north on Mines, heading right back to Livermore. There's no need to decide now, or even that morning; we can all decide what works for each of us while we're eating at the Junction. I hope a bunch of us can make it, I always enjoy these Mines group rides and it's a simply perfect road for our ninjettes. This weekend the weather looks to be in the high 70's low 80's and sunny, so it should be just about perfect all around. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

August 8th, 2011, 01:10 PM	#2
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	August 14th is going to be my last Sunday off for a very long time. So of course I will be going __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 9th, 2011, 01:20 AM	#12
rusninja Ninjette wanabe :D Name: Ruslan Location: San Jose Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): white 300 :D Posts: A lot.	yay x] __________________________________________________ VROOOM vrooom >.>

August 9th, 2011, 09:07 AM	#13
Sushilover Forever Newbie Name: Andre Location: Bay Area, CA Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): 10' Ninja 250 Posts: 108	I might be up for this, I will have a better idea towards the end of the week. I'm waiting on a phone call to see if I will be hired to teach middle school kids in a few weeks. If i am hired, I might have to spend the coming 2 weeks prepping for school. __________________________________________________ My Riding Videos

August 9th, 2011, 09:21 AM	#14
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Heck, if I were spending any time with middle schoolers at some point in the future, I'd make sure to get in as much riding in as possible to clear my head prior. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

August 9th, 2011, 05:41 PM	#17
423yjl forever a newb Name: Richard Location: Richmond, California Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 07 ninja 250 Posts: 33	I wish I could go, but Sundays are not good for me. 250Solace, good videos, thank you. R

August 12th, 2011, 11:09 PM	#19
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	EDIT: Sorry folks. Something has come up. Wifey is on bedrest on doc's orders for the next few weeks (we're due next month), and I can't leave her alone with the little monster this long on Sunday. Please consider going without me anyway, it should be great weather and a fun ride! __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

August 13th, 2011, 08:18 PM	#21
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Ok so who is going? It seems that only three of us have responded and said we are going? __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 13th, 2011, 10:11 PM	#22
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Link to original page on YouTube. Angle #1 for camera mounting for tomorrow. Dont mind the dirt windscreen ill clean it. __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 13th, 2011, 10:18 PM	#23
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Link to original page on YouTube. Angle #2 I kinda like this one better __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 13th, 2011, 10:20 PM	#24
setasai ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Brian Location: Detroit, MI Join Date: Jun 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R Green Posts: A lot.	Go for angle 2!

August 13th, 2011, 10:50 PM	#25
Sushilover Forever Newbie Name: Andre Location: Bay Area, CA Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): 10' Ninja 250 Posts: 108	(BTW: This is 250Solace/Andre, i switched back to my original screenname) I won't be able to make it tomorrow, my video card and/or motherboard is fried on my desktop PC. I will have to go to Fry's tomorrow morning and try to get a new video card to figure out where the problem is. Luckily it wasn't my hard drive on the desktop... i would have lost a lot of data since i don't back up my desktop regularly :X Will catch the next ride! (I'm never up past 10pm... been taking the computer apart and trying to isolate the problem since 7pm...) going to bed! __________________________________________________ My Riding Videos

August 13th, 2011, 10:53 PM	#26
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Are there 2 Andre's from El Cerrito, CA that ride 2010 Ninja 250's or am I crazy? __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 13th, 2011, 10:57 PM	#28
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Clearly a split personality. Andre - I merged your accounts into the Sushilover one; if you prefer the other username, let me know and I can change it to anything you want. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

August 14th, 2011, 04:50 PM	#31
setasai ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Brian Location: Detroit, MI Join Date: Jun 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R Green Posts: A lot.	Just got back about 25mins ago from the ride. It was awesome if not a little on the warmer side. I think I enjoy the loop from quimby to livermore instead because by the time you get to livermore and need to go home, I feel like the freeway is a nice relaxing cruise home whereas quimby is a hell of a lot of work if you're worn out. Sean recorded some video. Lets hope it comes out.

August 14th, 2011, 07:14 PM	#32
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Link to original page on YouTube. Here's a half assed video put together. I was just trying to see how windows movie maker would process speeded up views __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 14th, 2011, 08:13 PM	#33
setasai ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Brian Location: Detroit, MI Join Date: Jun 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R Green Posts: A lot.	Definitely needs to be higher up.

August 15th, 2011, 12:01 AM	#34
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	/moved to ride reports __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

August 15th, 2011, 07:13 AM	#35
rusninja Ninjette wanabe :D Name: Ruslan Location: San Jose Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): white 300 :D Posts: A lot.	__________________________________________________ VROOOM vrooom >.>

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