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St0nkingByte · 06-05-2006, 11:18 PM

Today I took a 'personal day' from work and went riding with a good friend of mine who has a new K1200S. The bikes:

Leaving from the Seattle suburbs we took the Edmonds->Kingston ferry. Bikes go to the head of the line at the ferry, ah life is good:

From Kingston we headed for the Bremerton ferry, via Hwy 101. We stopped for lunch in quaint little Quilcene during a light rain. I meant to take pictures of lunch and the restaurant but somehow I just end up with more pics of the bikes...

Riding south on Hwy 101 the skies parted and the sun came out. On the Skokomish Reservation we took 106 over to Belfair and then 300 to Tahuya. Up to that point it'd been a great ride but Tahuya->Dewatto->Holly->Seabeck was pretty much motorcycling nirvana. We caught some back roads with no traffic at all and hardly any side roads. The ride was, ahem, spirited and we had a blast. At the end of the run we both noted that we actually had to get on the brakes at a few points and we had one wicked right hand steep downhill decreasing radius turn. The RT just eats that stuff up!

Finally we made our way into Bremerton and caught the ferry back to Seattle...

Our GPS tracks for the day...

blackie1491 · 06-07-2006, 12:19 AM

Good looking bikes.
Thanks for sharing the pics.

stp1971 · 06-07-2006, 03:55 PM

Cool!!!!! Maybe we can do a ride in that part of the country to end up at Blackies house for free wine!!!!

blackie1491 · 06-07-2006, 04:12 PM

Free wine is fine, but if Timmy comes with you I will not have enough on hand.

DragonRider · 08-05-2006, 11:33 AM

I live in Tacoma and I ride over the bridge into that area alot. It is awesome. The Tahuya State forest is a really nice place to ride. Lots of very nice roads and hardly no cars. The whole Kitsap pennisula is a great place to ride. I own land near Lake Cushman and ride around the Hood canal a lot. I am a lucky man to have some of the best roads within 100 miles of my house. I also ride to Mt Rainier National Park alot. Which I did yesterday. 11 am to 8 pm on the M50. I will be out all day today Saturday too. I LOVE this state! Western Washington is freakin' Amazing!

SO many roads and Way too little time left!!!!

hammersfan · 08-09-2006, 03:13 PM

Nice posting.

06-05-2006, 11:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
St0nkingByte Sprocket Pilot Joined: Nov 2004 Bike: 2005 BMW R1200RT Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 891	Hood Canal, WA Today I took a 'personal day' from work and went riding with a good friend of mine who has a new K1200S. The bikes: Leaving from the Seattle suburbs we took the Edmonds->Kingston ferry. Bikes go to the head of the line at the ferry, ah life is good: From Kingston we headed for the Bremerton ferry, via Hwy 101. We stopped for lunch in quaint little Quilcene during a light rain. I meant to take pictures of lunch and the restaurant but somehow I just end up with more pics of the bikes... Riding south on Hwy 101 the skies parted and the sun came out. On the Skokomish Reservation we took 106 over to Belfair and then 300 to Tahuya. Up to that point it'd been a great ride but Tahuya->Dewatto->Holly->Seabeck was pretty much motorcycling nirvana. We caught some back roads with no traffic at all and hardly any side roads. The ride was, ahem, spirited and we had a blast. At the end of the run we both noted that we actually had to get on the brakes at a few points and we had one wicked right hand steep downhill decreasing radius turn. The RT just eats that stuff up! Finally we made our way into Bremerton and caught the ferry back to Seattle... Our GPS tracks for the day... __________________

06-07-2006, 03:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
stp1971 May 2007 Member of the month Joined: Mar 2005 Bike: 2004 Suzuki Intruder 1500LC / 2005 Suzuki DL650 V-Strom Location: Douglasville, Georgia Posts: 7,768	Cool!!!!! Maybe we can do a ride in that part of the country to end up at Blackies house for free wine!!!! __________________ Biketoberfest 2006 flashback courtesy of Intimid8er: "Like you knew damn well you shouldn't eat something like that, but all be damned to hell, you were gonna eat it!" __________________

08-05-2006, 11:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
DragonRider Clutch Cadet Joined: Jul 2006 Bike: 2006 Suzuki M50 Candy Grand Blue with 40,250 miles since May 18th 2006 Location: Tacoma ,Washington Posts: 917	Hood Canal Area I live in Tacoma and I ride over the bridge into that area alot. It is awesome. The Tahuya State forest is a really nice place to ride. Lots of very nice roads and hardly no cars. The whole Kitsap pennisula is a great place to ride. I own land near Lake Cushman and ride around the Hood canal a lot. I am a lucky man to have some of the best roads within 100 miles of my house. I also ride to Mt Rainier National Park alot. Which I did yesterday. 11 am to 8 pm on the M50. I will be out all day today Saturday too. I LOVE this state! Western Washington is freakin' Amazing! SO many roads and Way too little time left!!!! __________________ Twenty years from now,you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do ,than by the things you did. Get out there, go someplace,see something new,try something different! Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.

08-09-2006, 03:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
hammersfan U.B's LoveChild Joined: Jan 2006 Bike: 2008 C90 SE Location: Ajax ,Ontario ,Canada Posts: 1,196	Nice posting. __________________ Ride Safe Hammersfan

06-07-2006, 12:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
blackie1491 I took the All Bran Challenge Joined: Jun 2005 Bike: C50SE Location: Aldergrove, B.C., Canada Posts: 7,190	Good looking bikes. Thanks for sharing the pics.

06-07-2006, 04:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
blackie1491 I took the All Bran Challenge Joined: Jun 2005 Bike: C50SE Location: Aldergrove, B.C., Canada Posts: 7,190	Free wine is fine, but if Timmy comes with you I will not have enough on hand.

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