Photos of your bike on location

[Gary856]

Lick Observatory.

It was pretty windy. The clouds came alive and put on a show.

Mines Rd

Morgan Territory Rd

Vasco Rd

 

[bikeama]

I led a group up Del Porto Canyon and then up to Mt Hamilton.

Where is everyone? Only ones there at 11:00 AM and yes it was windy.

 

[ScottRNelson]

The temperature got above 45 today, gotta put more miles on the new bike. I had been wondering about a mountain north of here that doesn't seem to be part of the other mountains a bit further to the east. Looked it up on Google Earth and decided to see if I could go up it.

This is on Big Flat Road about 15 miles east of Emmett. The mud started to look worse, it was getting close to 3:00 (gotta get back home before dark), so this is where I turned around. This road did NOT go up the mountain.

Coming back down I see that THOSE are the hills I wanted to go up. Turns out that the road I wanted, Butte Rd, was sort of hidden by a fire station right where the pavement turns to dirt and two other roads split off, so I missed it.

This is Butte Rd at the point I decided the mud was getting worse and I didn't want to take a chance of dumping the new bike in it. Looking back toward Emmett.

I'll go back there in about four months and ride up to the top, once the snow melts and the whole road isn't slick mud.

 

[GB500guy]

Lake Hennessey with my friend on his just revived 1979 CBX six.

-Bill

 

[Johndicezx9]

Wow, that CBX is HAWT! He did a damn good job on it!

 

[berth]

Wow, that CBX is HAWT! He did a damn good job on it!

The similarity of the tanks between the CBX and GB500 is striking.

 

[Gary856]

Moffet Field.

It's huge, a self-contained mini-city. I was surprised by the network of roads inside, with old barracks, apartments, motels, a new-style residential section (looks kind of fake and out of place amidst all the other 1950s style buildings), play grounds, sports fields, etc.

The 50's building style reminds me of my high school.

P3 Orion sub-hunter

Used to be a gas station

Used to be a McDonald's

 

[budman]

Good stuff guys.

Gary.. the pic of the bike in the hanger is cool as hell. I want one!

Good eye on the tanks of the two old skool cool Honda's.

 

[CDONA]

Why did they pull the skin off the blimp hanger?
There were two right?

 

[Gary856]

Candlestick Point. The torn down and trash strewn Candlestick Park behind is a sad sight.

Hunters Point Shipyard. I got inside and was excited about getting some cool shots of the abandoned buildings up close, but got chased out by a private security guard.

 

[budman]

Why did they pull the skin off the blimp hanger?
There were two right?

From what I recall it was because of hazardous materials contained in it.
Google agreed to restore it I believe.

 

[GB500guy]

Wow, that CBX is HAWT! He did a damn good job on it!

Thanks John, actually the CBX only has ~14K miles on it and has always been garaged & never hit the ground. So cosmetically it needed almost nothing. But cleaning those six carbs was another story...

-Bill

 

[Gary856]

Why did they pull the skin off the blimp hanger?
There were two right?

From what I recall it was because of hazardous materials contained in it.
Google agreed to restore it I believe.

Yup, I was wondering the same. This Wiki link tells the whole story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangar_One_(Mountain_View,_California)


These military/government site cleanups are always a huge undertaking. The Huters Point Naval Shipyard cleanup (with radioactive materials) and development plan is another huge debacle.


India Basin and Central Waterfront in SF

 

[Maddevill]

Candlestick Point. The torn down and trash strewn Candlestick Park behind is a sad sight.

Hunters Point Shipyard. I got inside and was excited about getting some cool shots of the abandoned buildings up close, but got chased out by a private security guard.

Looks like a great place for a race track. Minis and SM...

Mad

 

[ScottRNelson]

Blacks Creek Road. Another day with the temperature over 45, so I "had" to put some more miles on the bike. Can't go very far up most dirt roads before encountering snow and ice. This was my turn around spot.

 

[Johndicezx9]

^^ Brrrrrrrrrrrrr...……..

It was cold here, too... 60 degrees.

Here's a cross pollination from a silly thread in the sink.

Here you go HH, I had to run an errand over in PG today, this is the building they used as the police station in "Turner & Hooch"...

 

[gixxerjeff]

With just enough moto in it to qualify.
Nice.

 

[Johndicezx9]

With just enough moto in it to qualify.
Nice.

I try... I really try.

 

[thePUNISHER]

Chilly ride today but still a great time, aside from the frozen finger tips

 

[GB500guy]

Chilly ride today but still a great time, aside from the frozen finger tips

I love this composition, the line of buoys on the right extending off into the water, the bike profile, and the light on the rock on the left suggesting a heat blast from the exhaust. Nice! Too bad the Danger signs are there, but in a way they fit in too.

-Bill