Pictures from Ottawa Area Get-together

[79XS11F]

It doesn't look like it rained last night so I wounder what the weather man has in store for the day.
Rob

[blue giant]

Originally posted by 79XS11F
It doesn't look like it rained last night so I wounder what the weather man has in store for the day.
Rob

The day looks perfect Rob. No rain and the humidity is to clear out. Sunny and a high of 27.

[Axel]

sun predicted

Looks like it might be a nice day .

[79XS11F]

Hey Alex and Paul .. I had a great time yesterday biking with you guys to the bike show. The weather was wonderful for the ride. The show was interesting and I was surprised to see that many 1100s present. It was an interesting day for sure. As you guys saw I decided to take 15 north and it was on OK shape. Only hit about 5 KM of unpaved road and no freshly laid tar stretches. I hit Richmond at 7 and was home at 7:30. It got pretty cool for that last 45 minutes of riding so I was glad I had brought vest.
My butt is however a little sore LOL LOL LOL. I think I will pop my king queen seat on for the next full day outing I do.
Cheers guys
Rob

[blue giant]

Hey Rob,

I too had a great time. The ride up was awesome. Alex and I hit the Timmies in Perth on the way home. We got to C.P around 8. I'm sure Alex had a cold ride the rest of the way. Was good to see so many older bikes and interesting people. Thanks to oldbiker and mother goose for joining us too, sorry I missed saying goodbye. Thanks again for the lock tip Carl!

Happy Trails,

Paul

[Meatloaf]

Sorry I couldn't make it guys. The Mrs. is away and I'm playing Mr. Mom to 4 kids. Must remember to kiss the wife's feet when she gets back.

Anyway, I'm glad you had a great time. BG, it's a shame we didn't get to meet. The season's not over yet though

[blue giant]

Originally posted by Meatloaf
Sorry I couldn't make it guys. The Mrs. is away and I'm playing Mr. Mom to 4 kids. Must remember to kiss the wife's feet when she gets back.

Anyway, I'm glad you had a great time. BG, it's a shame we didn't get to meet. The season's not over yet though

Hey Meatloaf, not by a long shot. Best riding is in the fall anyway. Perhaps a local ride is in order!

Later,

Paul

[Meatloaf]

We should do the Champlain lookout run. It's amazing in the fall.

[Axel]

A Great Day

Hey guys
Great day indeed . I love seeing new roads and countryside . Meeting new people and the rally was a great bonus . It was nice to see a Northern Old Bastard (my chapter) win the Fast Eddie contest . I also got to learn the meaning of patience in the 1 hour wait for a hamburg but in this time I got to meet olebiker and the lovely mothergoose .Only one regret for the day is that I didnt buy a piece of sheepskin as my butt was giving me problems as well . Temps dropped rapidly on the way home but stubbornly I refused to put on my raingear and stopped occasionly for warm-ups . Thanks All

[olebiker]

It was a great day. Mother goose and I throughly enjoyed meeting you all. Sorry we didn't get back to say goodbye to you all but I got asked to help with the judging of the Japanese entries. We had a great ride back but wished it had been a bit longer. I gotta tell you 79 that you would have won best in class had you put your bike in. You have sure done a wonderful job. Man it was cool to have four xj1100's so close. Now if I can find a place to work on my stuff this winter (don't have a garage just now). I will get some pics on here soon lmao........

[79XS11F]

Hey olebiker ... I'm not a member of the club or would have entered my bike even in it's non complete state. I am however very close to having her to factory floor specs. Perhaps I should join the club ... there's always next year...
Rob

[olebiker]

Originally posted by 79XS11F
Hey olebiker ... I'm not a member of the club or would have entered my bike even in it's non complete state. I am however very close to having her to factory floor specs. Perhaps I should join the club ... there's always next year...
Rob

I didn't know you had to be a member of the club I thought it was open to all. As for your bike being non complete it was as good or in my opinion better than the winner. The guy that had the GL and the Honda 305 won with the GL.

[79XS11F]

I did not actually ask anyone i am guessing that one would need to be in the club to enter the contest? I really don't know.
Rob

[blue giant]

Originally posted by Meatloaf
We should do the Champlain lookout run. It's amazing in the fall.

Sounds like a plan!

Pick a date and if I'm not on call we could put a local ride together.

[xsilerating]

Damn... missed another one

Champlain lookout is good... unfortunately Quebec roads are not. Besides, there are better areas to tour in the fall i.e. Lanark Highlands, Foymount, Cormac, the Opeongo Line, Calabogie, etc. etc. etc. Some of these make Champlain look like a mole hill.

At any rate we should do it. The Ottawa Valley wouldn't know what hit it with a handful or two of XS's rolling through.

Ron

P.S. Hey Aaron... thanks for the pic's of the Ottawa gathering. Would have loved to have attended, especially since I ended up wasting my time in my search for an alternate ride.