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So five of us met for coffee this morning at Cafe Bernardo. Raffy, John, Jim, Roger and myself. After a half hour of good conversation Jim, Roger and I left for Napa via Winters and the usual Berryessa loop (John and Raffy had family duties)
1st stop was the RV camp ground on the river just out side of Winters. None of us had stopped there before and it seemed like a scenic spot to enjoy a soda -
There were river otters splashing around and a few large trout ready to be caught...
Another brief stop at the corners for a Bloody Mary then off to Napa to the Bistro Don Giovanni. Met up with another friend there so we had four for lunch. The food was EXCELLENT, especially the salmon chowder
In case any of you were wondering, the infamous Red Rockster has a new happy home in Napa
Jim valet parks the Rockster...
Scott had been unable to ride with us to lunch so we figured out our return route, 29 to 20 to 16(Capay Valley) and he was going to ride in that direction and meet us along the way.
We had a pleasant and uneventful ride through the valley and over the hill to Middletown. We had been taking our time and stopped twice for pictures and gas so by the time we turned south onto Hwy 16 it had been two hours since I had spoken to Scott and we hadn't run into him yet. Well.............8 miles down 16 there he is sitting on a rock by the side of the road. The Ducati another 100 feet further down and as I passed noticed a quite flat front tire.
No problem I'm thinking as I walk back up the road, I have my Stop and GO tire repair kit.
Well as it turns out the kit wasn't designed to fix this -
Scott had come around the last corner and found two HUGE rocks in the road, one of which he hit dead center but still managed to keep the bike up -
BIG ASS ROCKS!!
We figured that getting a tow out in the middle of BFE wasn't going to be easy so Roger and Jim stayed with Scott and I rode home and hooked up the Kendon that I've more or less permanantly borrowed from Larry M (thanks Larry) Three hours later I returned and we muscled the bike on to the trailer because the wheel is bent so badly that it won't rotate all the way round.
Everybody is home safe and sound, just a few hours later than planned
Scott I'm really glad you're OK. Good job keeping that bike rubber side down!!!
All of today's photos can be seen here - http://www.sealec.com/ted/album10?page=1
1st stop was the RV camp ground on the river just out side of Winters. None of us had stopped there before and it seemed like a scenic spot to enjoy a soda -


There were river otters splashing around and a few large trout ready to be caught...

Another brief stop at the corners for a Bloody Mary then off to Napa to the Bistro Don Giovanni. Met up with another friend there so we had four for lunch. The food was EXCELLENT, especially the salmon chowder
Jim valet parks the Rockster...


Scott had been unable to ride with us to lunch so we figured out our return route, 29 to 20 to 16(Capay Valley) and he was going to ride in that direction and meet us along the way.

We had a pleasant and uneventful ride through the valley and over the hill to Middletown. We had been taking our time and stopped twice for pictures and gas so by the time we turned south onto Hwy 16 it had been two hours since I had spoken to Scott and we hadn't run into him yet. Well.............8 miles down 16 there he is sitting on a rock by the side of the road. The Ducati another 100 feet further down and as I passed noticed a quite flat front tire.
No problem I'm thinking as I walk back up the road, I have my Stop and GO tire repair kit.
Well as it turns out the kit wasn't designed to fix this -

Scott had come around the last corner and found two HUGE rocks in the road, one of which he hit dead center but still managed to keep the bike up -
BIG ASS ROCKS!!

We figured that getting a tow out in the middle of BFE wasn't going to be easy so Roger and Jim stayed with Scott and I rode home and hooked up the Kendon that I've more or less permanantly borrowed from Larry M (thanks Larry) Three hours later I returned and we muscled the bike on to the trailer because the wheel is bent so badly that it won't rotate all the way round.

Everybody is home safe and sound, just a few hours later than planned
Scott I'm really glad you're OK. Good job keeping that bike rubber side down!!!
All of today's photos can be seen here - http://www.sealec.com/ted/album10?page=1