Modern Vespa

If anyone is interested some us will be riding up from Los Angeles on Wednesday and bombing all the way back home on Sunday. I will be riding my kitted LX150 and camping both nights. My friend is riding his ET4.

The Tuesday Night before we ride up to SF we will be hosting a casual and fun ride open to all riders and bikes. Please join us if you are in the area...

TNT (Todd N Tanktop) Presents the 1st Annual
6 Canyons in 60 Minutes
Ride starts with a meet and greet at
SKATELAB 7pm
4226 Valley Fair St., Simi Valley, CA 93063 (805)578-0040
Ride leaves at 7:30

1. Black Canyon Road to
2. Woolsey Canyon to
3. Box Canyon to
4. Santa Susana Pass Road to
5. Tapo Canyon to
6. Lost Canyon to

ELMERS BAR for Great Burgers and Beer @ 8:30pm
1305 E Los Angeles Ave Simi Valley, CA 93065 (805) 583-9931

Anyone one with 2 wheels and gas is welcome.

OK, this is my first camping rally. I'm concerned about what gear to bring. Does everyone carry their camping gear, or are there support trucks to carry some of it? I know that dinner will be provided. Do we all need to pack cooking gear and food, as well as sleeping bags and tents, or will there be community breakfasts and lunches provided? I'd like to hear from those who attended last year.

Hide yer dogs, inter-tubes and tequila cause there might be some blackouts!

I may be up for this. Leave Saturday, borrow a tent, pack some boddingtons and a packet of cheese and onion crisps. Hwy 1 to the Russian River through Bodega Bay, beautiful ride!

Anyone know which campsite?

Dude, the gymkhana is right down the Russian River this year.

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So if you ride something modern will you be shunned like someone with crabs? I noticed on the site that there are no restrictions, but some people harbor hard feelings about things built after 1980.

I'd definitely be up for the ride, maybe not so much the camping.

hey Michael, i wouldn't worry about the haters---it's a really large campsite and the majority of people i think are pretty ok---had a blast last year. i'm not much of a camper, so i'm staying next door http://www.creeksideinn.com/

Where is the campsite anyhow? Since I would be coming from Sac, I'm not sure I want to start out in San Francisco. (If I make it to this rally)

You can follow me as I'm going from Vacaville and will be meeting Rhonda in Peteluma

Okay. I've PMed you.

The campsite is called Parker's Resort. Last year I was pretty naive and thought because it was called the Kings Classic you had to ride a classic scooter so I brought my p200 and strapped on all my camping gear. but it was about 50/50 modern to vintage. when I saw this was the last year for modern I thought I would ride up from LA on my LX wit some of my club mates.
Barry from SF Scooter Center made us feel totally welcome, fed us, provided us great free micro beer, good music and a great ride and spot. Here is a link to my pics from last year...

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=31420513&albumId=965866

Michael,
this year, anything goes, caging up is fine, and that's what I'll be doing as I plan to sleep in the lap of car camping luxury in the back o my truck

looks like Barry updated the website and has posted the meetup times for the group rides up Fri and Sat
http://www.sanfranciscoclassic.com/

My wife broke her foot again last night so I guess it will be just me from our household as I haven't trained the cat to ride yet.

Curt I'm sorry about carol breaking her foot again. there seems to be alot of that going around. must be contagious.

I'm probably riding from Napa on sat morn sometime. may have a new rider along so will take a slow leisurely route.

see you all there!

sue

I will be there. Had a great time last year!
I plan getting down to the campground Friday afternoon and ride down to meet the group halfway.

What's the route up to Guerneville from SF?

Meeting you partway sounds like a nice option as well!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scooterpics/sets/

glasseye is such a sweetheart.

I have not been to this event before. I was thinking about having my wife and daughter(10) come up for this as well. But I am not sure what type of enviroment it will be for my daughter. Where there any kids last year?

Larry

Larry,
There where several kids there last year. several families camped out for the weekend. My friend brought his 8 year old daughter and she had a blast.

There is drinking and having a good time but ( IMO) all within reason.

What type of amenities will they have at the campground? Water, bathrooms? Is anybody else gonna rough it? Such that , do I need to bring my camping stove and gear?

There are toilets and showers. You don't need to bring any cooking stuff unless you really want to cook. The Black Sheep put on a first class event.
All you really need is a tent and a sleeping bag.

Every things ready to go. Food and drinks better than ever.

www.sanfranciscoclassic.com

What's the route? Hwy 1 all the way up? The Sonoma County Scooterists want to hook up with you for part of the ride up.

Eric

I'm in! I'll be heading up on Saturday and returning after an early breakfast on Sunday. I've borrowed a tent and bought some camping gear. Here is a list of things I'm taking, if anyone thinks I'm missing something please let me know!

My GTS or GS160? (hmmm ... one will make it and one may not!)
Tent
Sleeping Bag
Ground mat
Camp chair
Small Pillow?
Flash light + extra batteries
Roll of toilet paper
Bug repelant
Toothbrush & paste
Blanky & Mr Tibbles
Earplugs
Allergy tablets
Towel
Swim shorts & plastic bag to carry wet stuff.
Fleece
Warm all weather jacket & gloves
Beer, Snacks, bottled water & tea bags
Leatherman
Small tool kit
Camera & Ipod
Bit of Cash

That's all I can think of right now.

-Kav

sunblock?

I need my stove so I can make some coffee in the morning. Gonna bring some stuff for breakfast. Seems my tent and sleeping bag take up most of the space in my back pack. Just trying to figure out how to balance it on the back of my scoot with the ability to access my fuel readily.

Mostly up one then we cut in. I got to look at the map to see where.
Main road into town is called river road.
415 558 9854

Plenty of coffee and breakfast served

Thank You Less stuff in my bag now.

Two more days. Has everybody packed their camping gear? I am excited. This is my first camping rally, and the first time my wife will be riding to a rally on a scooter.

P. S. Am I right in assuming that it will be cold on the coast for the ride up, but warmer inland, once we get to the campground? Just trying to bring the right clothes.

I switched over to a smaller tent which also fits better in my back pack. Unless I can get someone to carry up my pack in a support vehicle I am trying out how to carry it on my scooter with easy access to the gas tank. I am so tempted, and probably will buy more accessories to carry camping gear to go "scooter camping!" I was thinking front rack carrier for the tent, saddlebags for fluids and munchies and back pack for other stuff( got that already!)Anyone have suggestions or info on other campsites? The county and state parks are always reserved and can't seem to get in.

Yep, just like that. Or maybe just cooler on the coast.

So are you going through Bodega Bay on 1, cutting in along Hwy 116? Or cutting in before then? I think we're going to ride down 1 until we meet you... just need to know how far up to go.

Okay Conrad (btw it is his bday tomorrow ) and I will be heading out to the campsite tomorrow after work...hope to arrive about 8:00pm while its still light out. Looking forward to seeing & meeting everyone!

Leaving Vacaville 11:30 AM meeting some in Petaluma In-N-Out at 12:29

I'm coming up Sat morning.
I'll be leaving the city too early to go to the meet up and take on gear tho (plus I won't be going back thru the city, but over the San Rafael bridge back to Oaktown)

I'm all set to host a cocktail hour, perhaps early afternoon on Saturday?
Trying to go with the luau/Hawaiian theme and have vanilla vodka, coconut rum, fruit juices, some ginger ale and sparkling water for some fizz, and will have some snacks.

So come find my art truck and have some drinks!!

Hey Jo! I'll definitely come looking for you!! See you there!

haha, check out the mudflap!!!