7/6/2013 short notice

[daemon]

Gonna take a casual ride this morning.
Sandy's Conoco in Loveland
9 am. KSU whenever i feel like it

[Lomax]

Have a great time, I am going to hit up Guanella pass here in about 1/2 hour so if anyone more southerly want to join give me a call at 303 910 8465

Marc

[texlurch]

Guanella is dirt.. ?

[DriverDave]

Guanella is dirt.. ?

Only a few miles on the 285 side...the new pavement from Georgetown to the top is magnificent!

[texlurch]

good to know, and noted!

[daemon]

Safe and sound.
Unscarred and unscathed...

[Lomax]

daemon, I hope you had a fantastic day. Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this but hey, forgive me please. :-)

Had a great day. The only issue was the new rear hugger I had put on the bike to protect the rear shock was not installed properly and rubbed on the tire. To real damage to the tire and I remounted it when I got home.

I rode up Coal creek canyon and ran into a whole heard of New Yorkers that were on rented bikes and on some kind of a tour at the top of Golden Gate. I think there is a place here in Denver that does than kind of thing. HEY I would lead a tour and get paid every weekend.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/DSC02339_zps741fe704.jpg

I then headed up through Central City and over the raceway to I70 where I ran up the Georgetown. Took a quick break and then headed up over Guanella. The west side of Guanella has been repaved and is a killer sport bike road now.

Sorry these are fuzzy but the handle bar mounted camera did not do such a good job.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/P7050003_zps6bb930e0.jpg

Georgetown just up the pass a ways. Cool little town but becoming way too touristy.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/DSC02344_zpsa72354dd.jpg


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/P7050008_zpsc63fc810.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/P7050019_zps4609b367.jpg

On top were more people than I had ever seen. Must have been a few hundred cars up there. YEA that's right, hundred.

Mt. Evans from the West side.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/DSC02350_zpscb18e19c.jpg

Closer view.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/DSC02352_zps07f1564e.jpg

I sure would hate to fall off that sucker.

And more terrible views of our state.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/DSC02358_zpsd1926472.jpg

After coming back down into Grant I stopped where the Rally is going to be next weekend. I had no idea they set up this little camp ground just up off 285.

Still working on it I guess.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/DSC02363_zps7d7de522.jpg

A little south of Grant there is a building that has had several businesses in it over the years and they all failed. There is a new little restaurant there now so lunch was had. Very decent food and very nice people. And yes 4 more people actually showed up as I was having lunch.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/lomaxcm/Moto%20Guzzi%20Stelvio/Guanella/DSC02365_zpsd35970bb.jpg

Then it was back down 287 and riding in the RAIN. It was really coming down in spots. I stopped at Erico to check out the new Moto Guzzi V7 Racer but after getting home found out there are serious issues with my Eldorado so that is probably not going to happen.

Home in more rain and then remounted the rear hugger so no more tire rub.

All in all a fun day.

Marc

[daemon]

Well Lomax,
Glad you had a good day.
Wish I had a story as fine