Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
I hooked up with Ken and Denise from WCS in El Cajon CA and after breakfast we headed to Temecula to meet with a group form Riverside.
It was a little windy but not too bad. Ken lead the way and Denise followed behind me to see how the trailer tracked behind the RT. He has one on order for his RT and I guess he was pretty impressed how well it handled at 70mph+. I drove a lot of the way with one hand on the bars and was very relaxed and that's what Denise wanted to see. I think he's really going to like his new trailer.
Pulling into our meeting place.
We got there a little early so we fueled up and parked. It wasn't too long after folks started coming up asking questions about the RT. It was well received as always. Denise and I did a good cleaning on our RT's while we were waiting. I guess Ken is not big on cleaning every stop, I wish I was more like that but I'm not.
So now the whole gang is here and we're just about ready to head to Anza Borrego.
They have a very active group of riders and that's really cool.
The ride out to the desert was great, unfortunately we didn't didn't get to stop along the way and take pics. My stupid camera was having issues and I couldn't shoot while we were rolling either. SoCal has had a lot of rain so it was really green in the hills. I love my home in TN but SoCal has some beautiful riding too.
After dropping down into the desert we pulled into a little Mall for lunch. I no sooner got off of the RT when I hear "uncle Lamont", it was my niece Magan. It just so happens she works in that mall cutting hair. I had no idea and the chances of pulling into the parking lot at the same time was pretty slim. She call my nephew Ryan and had him bring over Adeiaide. I had never seen her in person so this was great.
Here's a pic they took a few days before I got there.
Here she is at the restaurant we were waiting to get in at.
We had a great lunch and fellowship and talked about the Spyder and the rides we had been on. It was great to hear why the Spyder has opened so many doors for us as far as long distance riding and riding in all weather conditions. That third wheel really increases the safety factor and confidence.
We lost about half the group after lunch. Some of the folks had a long ride home and we were heading toward home. This was a pic just before we all split off.
If you've never been to the Borrago desert there are some really cool sculptures in the middle of the desert. Here's a good link to some of what's out there. http://www.desertusa.com/borrego/bs-art.html
Here's the one we stopped at.
We had a pretty spirited ride up Banner Grade into Julian but there really wasn't any place to park in Julian so we headed down to San Isabel for some pie. We fueled up at the station there and I put right at 4 gal. for 104 miles and the other two RT's put in 3.5 gal. So towing a trailer in the wind, uphill and full throttle most of the time I only used a 1/2 a gal more than the guys on the RT's without a trailer in a 100+ miles. That wasn't too bad.
All and all it was a great ride and it was good to hookup with the WCS guys and gals. This was my old stomping grounds so I knew the area well but not having been here in over a year it was nice to ride those roads again.
All done with the pie and ice cream, ready to head home.
It was a little windy but not too bad. Ken lead the way and Denise followed behind me to see how the trailer tracked behind the RT. He has one on order for his RT and I guess he was pretty impressed how well it handled at 70mph+. I drove a lot of the way with one hand on the bars and was very relaxed and that's what Denise wanted to see. I think he's really going to like his new trailer.
Pulling into our meeting place.
We got there a little early so we fueled up and parked. It wasn't too long after folks started coming up asking questions about the RT. It was well received as always. Denise and I did a good cleaning on our RT's while we were waiting. I guess Ken is not big on cleaning every stop, I wish I was more like that but I'm not.
So now the whole gang is here and we're just about ready to head to Anza Borrego.
They have a very active group of riders and that's really cool.
The ride out to the desert was great, unfortunately we didn't didn't get to stop along the way and take pics. My stupid camera was having issues and I couldn't shoot while we were rolling either. SoCal has had a lot of rain so it was really green in the hills. I love my home in TN but SoCal has some beautiful riding too.
After dropping down into the desert we pulled into a little Mall for lunch. I no sooner got off of the RT when I hear "uncle Lamont", it was my niece Magan. It just so happens she works in that mall cutting hair. I had no idea and the chances of pulling into the parking lot at the same time was pretty slim. She call my nephew Ryan and had him bring over Adeiaide. I had never seen her in person so this was great.
Here's a pic they took a few days before I got there.
Here she is at the restaurant we were waiting to get in at.
We had a great lunch and fellowship and talked about the Spyder and the rides we had been on. It was great to hear why the Spyder has opened so many doors for us as far as long distance riding and riding in all weather conditions. That third wheel really increases the safety factor and confidence.
We lost about half the group after lunch. Some of the folks had a long ride home and we were heading toward home. This was a pic just before we all split off.
If you've never been to the Borrago desert there are some really cool sculptures in the middle of the desert. Here's a good link to some of what's out there. http://www.desertusa.com/borrego/bs-art.html
Here's the one we stopped at.
We had a pretty spirited ride up Banner Grade into Julian but there really wasn't any place to park in Julian so we headed down to San Isabel for some pie. We fueled up at the station there and I put right at 4 gal. for 104 miles and the other two RT's put in 3.5 gal. So towing a trailer in the wind, uphill and full throttle most of the time I only used a 1/2 a gal more than the guys on the RT's without a trailer in a 100+ miles. That wasn't too bad.
All and all it was a great ride and it was good to hookup with the WCS guys and gals. This was my old stomping grounds so I knew the area well but not having been here in over a year it was nice to ride those roads again.
All done with the pie and ice cream, ready to head home.
