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  1. #1
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    I would love to have a ride like this in the Seattle area. I don't think I could take on major organizing responsibility, but I know I'd be happy to help in small ways along the way to organizing this. My hope is that many of us volunteering in small ways can help get the job done. And thanks for offering to start this ride up!
    "My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks

  2. #2
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    I'm working on setting up a time and place so that we can get together and get the ball rolling. Anyone who is interested in helping out, PM me and we'll sort out the details.

    Dan

  3. #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by El Hombre View Post
    I'm working on setting up a time and place so that we can get together and get the ball rolling. Anyone who is interested in helping out, PM me and we'll sort out the details.

    Dan
    Shall I start driving now???
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein

  4. #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by BikeMomma View Post
    Shall I start driving now???
    You drive a hell of a lot slower than I do, so yah, maybe so Come to think of it, everyone except Michael Schumacher drives slower than me. Once you get up around Red Bluff, the CHP comes out in droves. Keep it under 80. Oregon is so-so with lots of troopers going through the bigger towns. Washington is teh sux. State troopers have undercover unmarked cars. I've seen an undercover Volvo Wagon Another fun one is they'll put a trooper on a tractor mowing the median with a radar gun and he radios you in to the coppers up ahead. Cruise control is your friend in WA.

  5. #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by El Hombre View Post
    State troopers have undercover unmarked cars. I've seen an undercover Volvo Wagon Another fun one is they'll put a trooper on a tractor mowing the median with a radar gun and he radios you in to the coppers up ahead. Cruise control is your friend in WA.
    Serious?

    I'm a relocated California driver. I'm forever frustrated by the people in the fast lane up here going well below the speed limit....I guess I'm lucky I haven't been caught. Cruise control just feels so, well, slow

    Sorry, threadjack over. Back to the ride!

  6. #6
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    (MAJOR threadjack)

    Yup, back in the day I used to know most troopers from Seattle to San Diego on a first name basis I grew up in Merced and CHP is VERY laid back compared to up here. From Seattle north, it just gets worse. Lynnwood to Marysville is a cash cow for the State. I've seen the mower several times up that way. +10mph and you will get nailed. I was trying to convince SWMBO that I should get a motorcycle to save money on gas and she correctly pointed out that A) A Ducati is not any way to "Save" money, and B)That the tickets and insurance would bankrupt us forcing the Duc to be sold anyways so why go through all the pain and agony? Why do you ladies have to be so RESONABLE?

  7. #7
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    I'm thinking the Starbucks at Greenlake would be a good place to meet for those who can make it so we can get the ball rolling. Maybe next Saturday ?

  8. #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by El Hombre View Post
    (MAJOR threadjack)

    Yup, back in the day I used to know most troopers from Seattle to San Diego on a first name basis I grew up in Merced and CHP is VERY laid back compared to up here. From Seattle north, it just gets worse. Lynnwood to Marysville is a cash cow for the State. I've seen the mower several times up that way. +10mph and you will get nailed. I was trying to convince SWMBO that I should get a motorcycle to save money on gas and she correctly pointed out that A) A Ducati is not any way to "Save" money, and B)That the tickets and insurance would bankrupt us forcing the Duc to be sold anyways so why go through all the pain and agony? Why do you ladies have to be so RESONABLE?
    Bigger Hijak here...
    the last guy I knew who managed to convince his SO that he needed a Ducati ended up in double arm casts about two weeks later, needless to say the insurace did not buy another one.....

    I just got back from a big stage race, so I haven't had time to contact anyone about this, but I'll be spreading the word around the women's racing community (getting women interested in riding is the first step towards getting them interested in racing!) that you are trying to put this ride together. I'll PM if I get a response from anyone who is interested in helping.
    "Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide

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