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| Lynwwood, Marine Drive, Conway, Machias, Snohomish 115 miles Date 02/23/08 Our winter weather brake continues. It was the best Saturday this year. Totally clear skies and warm sunshine. It was just a small impromptu ride set up Friday night. Just a couple of friends enjoying some great Friday night music at the 13th Ave Pub. Paul is still just getting some break in miles on his 08 Hyabusa. Bill is a Harley rider and his wife is a casual passenger. So this will be a short local run with a couple of stops. Saturday morning we meet at the 13th for some breakfast. In my mind I mapped out a pleasant short local route. |
| The ride itself was a somewhat standard simple North Snohomish County loop. Marine Drive north. I then jogged East on Norman Rd. Norman is one of those great little curvy scenic rural country roads. Watch out for cow poop on the road though. Looping back on Pioneer Highway and on to Conway. We stopped at the Conway Tavern. The bikes were starting to roll in. The good weather caught the Tavern of guard as everyone had to move tables and chairs around out of storage in the outside seating area. We continued on east over Highway 534 and Highway 9 to Jordan Rd. Jordan Rd is another of the top local rides in the area. I picked up the pace a little here. |
Some short Snohomish back roads back to Lynnwood. I did have a holy crap moment on Highway 9. As we were entering a short straight stretch of Highway 9 I was going to crank on a hard acceleration to the highway speed. I turn the bike straight and in first gear cranked hard on the throttle. It is here that I got a lesson on the power of the ST1300. The front wheel pulled off the ground immediately and was progressing easily skyward? Frak I have not done a wheelie in 30 plus years. I eased here down as gently as I could. Bill thought it was quite impressive lol. Overall a great little Saturday Cruiser style ride. Its Sunday morning now and we are forecast for some clouds but may have another great day. |