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http://www.thethreelionspub.com/thethreelionspub.htm If you can get away,meet us for lunch..we will save a pint for you! This is the destination..leaving Snohomish at noon with group ride to the Pub!!!

Not much chance I'll make it Bob I'm 2500 miles away. I'm not leaving Kentucky till the 5th of May hoping to be in Portland on the 9th maybe the 10th at the latest.. It'd be cool to meet some folks from the site and get a guided tour of the prime riding spots when I get there though.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=143571149041525 If here in washington on the 14th,you can join us for this poker run..200+ bikes(some Harleys..some not)Keep in touch,have an extra room with Bed and breakfast..you are welcome to accept the invitation(references are available!)

Have fun guys!!

Looking forward to seeing everyone that can make it tomorrow. It will be 65 degrees.. Great day for a ride.

Fish, are you still meeting me at Winco's at about 9:15 AM? I want to allow enough time to get to Snohomish on my back roads jaunt. I'd hate to get to the Buzz Inn and find out everyone left 10 minutes earlier.

Steve

OK Fish, no worries. See you at the Buzz, if I don't get lost !! LOL

Jeez, where are the pictures already? It's almost 7:00 there...

Only four of us showed up at the Buzz Inn. On the way, i discovered the Redmond Roundabout madness. Even with a late start, a more backroads route, stop for gas and a quick bite at a McD's, I still got there on time.

Z, Karen & Bob greeted me at the Buzz Inn where we reminisced a bit. After getting some much needed sun, we decided to head out on Z's itinerary.
As usual, Z picked a great route with some beautiful scenery, nice twisties and places where we could twist the throttle a little. We set out with Z in front, followed by karen, myself and Rocket Bob keeping an eye on us all. Z bought his GoPro camera (damn that thing is tiny!!) and shot video with the camera facing forwards and backwards. He ran out of memory but hopefully he got some good stuff.

Along the way, I tangled with some big wasp, or something, that landed right on my lid's visor, as we went through some S curves. This made that set of turns "interesting" for me and I'm sure Bob was thinking, "damn not again!". Fortunately, nothing serious happened and we head on to a beautiful scenic stop in Carnation. Z, however, encountered another bug on the way. I doubt it was a wasp, it was greenish-yellow and left a big ol'splat right in his line of site on his visor.

After some picture taking at the stop and Z cleaning his visor, we headed on to Redmond the pub. Turns out Gordie and Andy were waiting for us there. I haven't seen Gordie or his bike since before my accident 3 years ago. It looks like he took down a big ol'yak or wooly mammoth and it's hide now covers the seat of his bike. However, I'm a little worried about Z riding around with part of the penis bone of a sting ray pushing on his ass. I hope this is NOT the reason why he likes to ride...

Fish and his buddy showed up a little later.
We all enjoyed some good food, a few tales and more laughs. It was good to get to see the gang again.

Bob, Z and Karen took pics. I didn't bring my camera.

Temps were in the low 70's. Blue sky, no clouds and lots of bikes everywhere. It was a great day and an excellent ride. I'm hoping the weather next weekend is just as good.

Looks like a good time was had by all! When you were doing that, I thought of you while riding the Kaslo/New Denver loop.

Good Times! Always a pleasure to catch up with Z and Karen and admire their bikes; really glad Gord could make it, and meet some new BA members and friends, and see the latest on Bob's rocket. Hope to cut the time loose to make the ride to Chehalis this weekend; the Speedie is going to be the mount for that trip. It'll definitely be a bonus if the weather cooperates. Patty'll probably be shopping for a bike so she might not make it.

Awesome day for riding and meeting up with some mates and i end up in an English pub with you lot instead heh heh. it was good to catch up with all you guys again, including a coupla new faces in Fish and Charlie (Oh and that French lady who thought you were all English with your funny accents ) . ride back up was terrible ,stop n go so hit a few back roads, made for a looong day, didnt get home till after 8pm but as AndyM says Good Times ride safe all .

Not my best work but it works.... heres a little video of the NW Meet n Greet IV VIDEO

Cool video Z. I'm really impressed by that little GoPro camera!
Any chance of uploading raw video with no music so we can hear our pipes?? I know you ran out of memory, but I'm hoping you can hear all of us when rolling up to some of the stoplights.

No...it ran out of video shortly after we got on 202 so those stops where we finally grouped up were not caught.

Very nice, but it was to short. AmyLee and I picked up the go pro Hero this winter, used it a little on a ski trip with good results. So where did you mount the camera? We have yet to try it on our Triumphs. We plan on having it mountable for either a helmet or bike at Dwights SWTF in June.

I dig the video, Z... even if it is too short. Very nice!

It was great to meet everyone and I look forward to future rides/get-togethers!

cool vid Z . so Z with all them gigs in the memory (16 gig i think u said)how much actual time can you record .

Bob,
Yeah, the video is shorter than I wanted too but when your the lead rider AND you tend to ride faster than the rest all the footage is rolling roads.

I have tried a few locations for the camera. I have a sticky mount on the rear fender, one mount on my engine guard (I need to arrange it so it doesn't shoot sideways, those shots kinda sucked), one on handlebars and I have a roll bar mount that will fit on the front fork tube.

Ill have mine with me as well. If you have someplace we can load video to we can team up for a SWTF video. Ill have my laptop with me.

Gordie,
This is from the GoPro FAQs:
Recording time will vary according to the resolution setting used and the card capacity.
Here are the average recording storage times for a 32GB SD card:
1080p (30 fps): 4h 21m
960p (30 fps): 5h 26m
720p (60 fps): 4h 21
720p (30 fps): 8h 09m
WVGA (60 fps): 8h 09m

More info here: Gopro FAQs

I had it set to 720/60fps (this is better for slow mo, less digitizing).

I also have a USB cable run to it for power. I run the little video pack so that eats up battery life. If I remove it I can record for about 2.5 hours but I get significantly less (again, I run the video pack on it).

Fish, Thanks for making it out. Always good to meet a new face. How did prom night go?

Gordie, Thank you once again for making the long trek down to hang out with that drunk lady. Im glad we found you

Bob, Thank you for making it out again!

Steve, Really glad you could make it again.

Andy, Good to see you again. Looking forward to seeing the Speedy for Chehalis. Heck, let the wife ride the Speedy and you can come on the Harley.

Karen, oh, never mind, your sitting next to me, Ill just tell you

That's a pretty cool video, Z... looks like that camera's working up to expectations!

I'm impressed by how really small that camera is, yet the video quality is outstanding. I'm thinking I might get me one. It's too bad the memory card was full. I was hoping y'all could see/hear us rumbling through Redmond. I was trying to get my bike up close and playing with the throttle at the stop lights.

A little after the fact, but I have some pics to add to the mix...

Mine and BFCG's bikes having a rest on the way to Bellingham that morning. (Btw, BFCG joined the forum as "Flat_Penny")


Me taking a pic of Bob taking a pic of Z's and Karen's bikes.


Gord, his America, and what's left of some poor sheep covering his seat.


Quite a motley crew hanging around Bob's Rocket 3, mine and Steve's Americas, and BFCG's Sporster.


Similar pic, different angle...


And one more shot to be sure I get Andy's bike included.


It was a might fine day!

Fish...nice pics! Wish I had those for the video.