Sun 10/21 short The Neglected ride

[golden chicken]

I would like to re-re-rename this ride the 'Does this trellis bridge count?' ride.

[Trajiks9]

Mike,
Thank you for putting together an awesome ride today Those are some wicked nice roads, with plenty of awesome panoramic views of the colorful fall foliage. I want to say that "The Neglected" had good company join us today. NHbubba, Golden Chicken hope you had fun. Post up some of your pics when you get a chance.
Al, Gumby, Mike and Ray always seems to be a good time with plenty of laughs when riding with you guys. Looking forward to the next one.

Ray, I hope you sorted out the smoking issue with the bike. Do you think it might be attributed to the petrol? Being that is now "winter" blend. It was weird it only happened that one time after we crossed that green steel uncovered bridge. .........

[nhbubba]

Got home about 30-40 min ago. Trip showed 175 miles as I pulled into the driveway after I reset it fueling up at the Irving this AM. Plus the 50 from the house puts me at about 225 for the day. After a shower and a couple pulls on my first beer, I feel like a million bucks. Funny how a day in the saddle does that.

Great road, great pace, no incidents, and rural New England showing her finest fall colors. Happy rider here.

Thanks for letting me elbow my way up front for a bit there fellas.

[golden chicken]

You looked good from way in the back.

Now to compile 14 gigs worth of pictures....

[Dragginazz]

Absolutely a great ride today! Perfect temps, not much traffic, decent pace,...nice job Mike! I did however have thee occasional leaf slapped across my shield at times, which made things interesting!
I just can't believe how nice the roads are out in that neck of the woods. So nice not to have to travel very far to have a good ride. Good seeing and talking to everyone.
NHBubba, glad you took the initiative!! You can definitely hold your own on that thing.

Trajiks...yeah the smoke issue seemed to dissapear soon as I started rolling. Like I said, it's only done that a couple times on me. I would imagine the next and final time it will happen will be Friday, weather permitting.
See you Guys next time and I'll send/post pics as soon as I figure out how!!

[Dragginazz]

You looked good from way in the back.

Now to compile 14 gigs worth of pictures....

Dude, you should have come up to visit!

14 Gigs huh? Good Lord, have fun Bro!

[nhbubba]

See if this link works: album

Some highlights:




Had to find some dirt roads on the way home:

[nhbubba]

You can definitely hold your own on that thing.

She ain't bad for such a gangly thing, eh? I keep telling people, all it is is an SV650 with a bigger windscreen. Honest.

[gumby]

Not Sure... thanks for another great ride. Nice twisties, spectacular views, and simply some beautiful country!
nhbubba and golden chicken... thanks for joining us, even with the considerable distance you had to travel!
As always, great to see all of the Neglected brothers.

[nhbubba]

Meh. A quick 50 mile shot down 101 is no big deal for a group ride. I do 60 miles on even less interesting roads just to get to work most mornings.

That said, I was thinking the same thing as above; there really are some cherry roads out there in western NH. And way less traffic. Not a bad place to live. Not bad at all.

[Trajiks9]

[Trajiks9]

As always, great to see all of the Neglected brothers.

Gumby,
We are glad that your were able to make it happen. kudos for pulling a double header this weekend!

[Arcee-51]

Another job well done leading Mike, gotta say I lost count on how many "uncovered bridge's" we went over, guess we have to do another ride and recount'em. Ray, Gumby, Mark, and Mike was great riding with you guys. NHbubba and Golden Chicken, was a pleasure riding and meeting you two, hope you enjoyed what the Neglected had to offer.

I would like to thank the people in Greenfield that were having the domestic dispute and the attention of the local LEO. The old man that wished he could've been riding with the group and threw us the thumbs up for a job well done. Good times boys, can't wait until the next one! Cheers

[nhbubba]

Fer serious, a double-header. Dats aaaawesome.

[gumby]

Gumby,
We are glad that your were able to make it happen. kudos for pulling a double header this weekend!

once again, the power of the Neglected suggestion... thanks Al!

Well said nh bubba... with little to no traffic, I was beginning to wonder if Not Sure had closed the road for our riding enjoyment!

[nhbubba]

I would like to thank the people in Greenfield that were having the domestic dispute and the attention of the local LEO.

[golden chicken]

Dude, you should have come up to visit!

14 Gigs huh? Good Lord, have fun Bro!

I actually prefer to sweep. There were a couple of places where everyone was evenly spaced ahead of me tipping into a curve...it was beautiful.

[nhbubba]

Eeeeeexcellent!

Did you have that thing firing stills all day instead of video?

[Not Sure]

I enjoyed that route guys, good riding with this group. It was good to see Matt and Colin again as I've ridden with them before. Plus one on the kudos to Gumby for making the ride. A couple of those roads I've just recently found and had not ridden them while with anyone else. From my view we had a pretty good snake going through a few of them.

I counted 14 uncovered bridges......... Okay I didn't really count them but I think we went over a few. We actually went across a covered one too, and passed another. Nice picture of the old timer in Greenfield giving us a prolonged thumbs up. At first I thought he was coming to the end of his driveway to yell at us. That guy made my day. Hope to get one more ride in with the group before the the season comes to an end.

[golden chicken]

Eeeeeexcellent!

Did you have that thing firing stills all day instead of video?

Yep. Face it, no one wants to watch an hour and a half of us riding around...but if you compress it in a time lapse....maybe.

[nhbubba]

You'd be amazed at what I would willingly watch.

Nice picture of the old timer in Greenfield giving us a prolonged thumbs up. At first I thought he was coming to the end of his driveway to yell at us. That guy made my day. Hope to get one more ride in with the group before the the season comes to an end.

Agreed. I had to do a double take as I was sure he was giving us the bird on first look.

[Trajiks9]

I as well couldn't help but notice all the well wishers waving and giving us the thumbs up. Surprisingly we even had some courtesy go aheads from a few bike friendly cagers. It is great to see the waves and the smiles as the bike train rolls through town.

[SwiftTone]

Looks like I missed a good one...

[gumby]

Looks like I missed a good one...

Yes, unfortunately you did.

I missed the ride you did earlier this year. Hopefully, we can meet on a future Neglected ride.

[Trajiks9]

Looks like I missed a good one...

David,
Yes, we had a good time, and a great group yesterday. Hope you can make the next one.