Soliciting Cruise Ideas for Remainder of Calendar Year

[Vettezuki]

So what are some ideas? You know the old stand bys. I've planted a seed in "Small White Car's" brain to put together an LA canyon run.

The Dates, and current candidates.
September 11 - Something LA like previous Mulholland?
October 9 - Poker Run, Probably starting in Elsinore, through Ortega, ending at Nicks?
November 13 - Night Run (full moon on November 12), Desert would be awesome
December 11 - Mission Inn


NOTE: The night of November 12 (Saturday) is a full moon. We could do a late nighter somewhere under the stars as an option.

[Shaolin Crane]

What about the poker run? Something we should have set up soon if october is going to be possible

[silverscmustang]

We should do a desert run, maybe Mesa Grande?

[silverscmustang]

or for another long drive tehachapi is a lot of fun

[Leedom]

Ben,

What about that cruise that we did with the Vette forum to Palm Springs through Anza a few years ago?

[Small White Car]

Hey do I have to end up at sit down type restaurants or do you all mind paying through the same window you order your food through?

[Shaolin Crane]

Sit down ish

[kdracer73]

QUOTE=Leedom;81334]Ben,

What about that cruise that we did with the Vette forum to Palm Springs through Anza a few years ago?[/QUOTE]



Hangover run from New Years day EDIT: I think we met in the Outlet center in Lake Elsinore..but you get the Idea....


http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=W+Florida+Ave&daddr=33.5720823,-116.594094+to:Temecula+Pkwy&hl=en&ll=33.578015,-116.772308&spn=0.651006,1.668549&sll=33.578587,-116.773338&sspn=0.162752,0.417137&geocode=FdLxAgIdAp8G-Q%3BFfJEAAIdUuoM-SndYITMbajbgDE2PWtfcuIPcw%3BFQDN_gEdDMkE-Q&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=10

[Vettezuki]

Small White Car: Sit down for the hang.

Shaolin: Yes. Thanks for the reminder.

[Redondo Jon]

GMR four times in a row; just to finish out the year on a good note. Just kidding. ;)

[Redondo Jon]

QUOTE=Leedom;81334]Ben,

What about that cruise that we did with the Vette forum to Palm Springs through Anza a few years ago?



Hangover run from New Years day EDIT: I think we met in the Outlet center in Lake Elsinore..but you get the Idea....


http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=W+Florida+Ave&daddr=33.5720823,-116.594094+to:Temecula+Pkwy&hl=en&ll=33.578015,-116.772308&spn=0.651006,1.668549&sll=33.578587,-116.773338&sspn=0.162752,0.417137&geocode=FdLxAgIdAp8G-Q%3BFfJEAAIdUuoM-SndYITMbajbgDE2PWtfcuIPcw%3BFQDN_gEdDMkE-Q&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=10[/QUOTE]

Hey Paul. Have you forgotten? Motorgen - Videos - Hangover Run Part 2@@AMEPARAM@@value="file=/vid/data/500/11-01-01_HangOver_pt2.flv&@@AMEPARAM@@500@@AMEPARAM@@11-01-01_HangOver_pt2.flv

[Vettezuki]

GMR four times in a row; just to finish out the year on a good note. Just kidding. ;)

Don't give Sean any ideas. :smack:

[silverscmustang]

that video looks like a lot of fun

[Redondo Jon]

It would be a great run if the road was cleared of all other vehicles, cops included, but since that’ll never happen… This is the run that kdracer73’s girlfriend Frankie became my hero. She flipped-off the turd that wouldn’t use the turn outs.

[Small White Car]

You guys like Phở?


How about Chinese buffet?

[Vettezuki]

You guys like Phở?


How about Chinese buffet?

Good Pho is great. If by Chinese Buffet you mean golden corral, mmmm.

[Shaolin Crane]

Down for either, pho can be good but oh so bad as well

[Small White Car]

Ima find something close to where we end up, it'll be a crap shoot unless one of you guys has been there before.

Neptune's Net is one but they have a large two wheeled contingent on the weekend. There is a brasserie in Agoura Hills that looks promising. Couple of BBQ places in Woodland Hills, can't find pho up where the white folk roam though. :p

I am seriously a bigger fan of food on wheels and not these foo-foo snooty 'Food Trucks' roaming around, I'm talking 60 cent tacos and $2 burritos made of 'meat'.

Best not to ask sometimes...

But I digress.

[blackax]

ortega highway night run!

[Kozak]

This is the run that kdracer73’s girlfriend Frankie became my hero. She flipped-off the turd that wouldn’t use the turn outs.

Hahaha, I've got a girl like that! I remember you telling this story just last month.:jester:

[Vettezuki]

Could be a girlfriend/chick/wife thing (don't recommend bringing all at the same time), but the Mission Inn in Riverside has killer X-Mas lights, decorations, ice rink, horse cart rides and stuff in December. That "could" be an option for December. :huh:

[Vettezuki]

See OP for evolving candidates.

[Shaolin Crane]

Could be a girlfriend/chick/wife thing (don't recommend bringing all at the same time), but the Mission Inn in Riverside has killer X-Mas lights, decorations, ice rink, horse cart rides and stuff in December. That "could" be an option for December. :huh:

Vanessa would pretty much make that a mandatory trip for us

[blackax]

Could be a girlfriend/chick/wife thing (don't recommend bringing all at the same time), but the Mission Inn in Riverside has killer X-Mas lights, decorations, ice rink, horse cart rides and stuff in December. That "could" be an option for December. :huh:

Meh I Guess it's because I live down the street, But I've never found the lights very interesting.

[blackax]

How about a 4x4 trip to? :inout:

[Shaolin Crane]

Meh I Guess it's because I live down the street, But I've never found the lights very interesting.

Women go crazy for shit like that, at least my lady does. All year long i hear how she cant wait for christmas again.

[jedhead]

Hangover run from New Years day EDIT: I think we met in the Outlet center in Lake Elsinore..but you get the Idea....


http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=W+Florida+Ave&daddr=33.5720823,-116.594094+to:Temecula+Pkwy&hl=en&ll=33.578015,-116.772308&spn=0.651006,1.668549&sll=33.578587,-116.773338&sspn=0.162752,0.417137&geocode=FdLxAgIdAp8G-Q%3BFfJEAAIdUuoM-SndYITMbajbgDE2PWtfcuIPcw%3BFQDN_gEdDMkE-Q&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=10

Hey Paul. Have you forgotten? Motorgen - Videos - Hangover Run Part 2 (http://www.motorgen.com/vid/showphoto.php/photo/1268/ppuser/1901)

The hangover run was a lot of fun. Blind corners with a little ice made things interesting. One downside for me was I got some rock chips on my hood. There were a lot of gravel that was spread to help get traction on the ice that was on the road before.

Bob

[Kozak]

We got one of those on the ROTW run, a harley who wouldn't GTFO, 3 guys on superbikes pull up behind me and only one had the balls to pass me and my friend in the Charger. When he passed, I could see the anger in his eyes as he glared at the Harley, but to no avail, we finally forced our way around and I almost died from oncoming traffic. He was literally doing 25 and still slowing in the corners:bang:

[Vettezuki]

We got one of those on the ROTW run, a harley who wouldn't GTFO, 3 guys on superbikes pull up behind me and only one had the balls to pass me and my friend in the Charger. When he passed, I could see the anger in his eyes as he glared at the Harley, but to no avail, we finally forced our way around and I almost died from oncoming traffic. He was literally doing 25 and still slowing in the corners:bang:

The worst one of those I ever experienced was coming down GMR. It was a couple old ladies in a Prius. At first I was really pissed, then just turned it into a game of "how many miles can I coast in neutral without touching the gas".

[kdracer73]

The hangover run was a lot of fun. Blind corners with a little ice made things interesting. One downside for me was I got some rock chips on my hood. There were a lot of gravel that was spread to help get traction on the ice that was on the road before.

Bob

If we go before it snows, it would be better. I took damage on the April ACH run from some big rock. Bent my traction bar , which later rubbed a groove on the inside sidewall of my 100 mile old tire, and destroyed it.

[DarkestSpade]

I get Married Oct 8. I really was looking forward to a pokerrun! darnit.

[sinaSRT-4]

Could be a girlfriend/chick/wife thing (don't recommend bringing all at the same time), but the Mission Inn in Riverside has killer X-Mas lights, decorations, ice rink, horse cart rides and stuff in December. That "could" be an option for December. :huh:

WIN.

:D

[sinaSRT-4]

Mulholland sounds great for September's cruise.

[Small White Car]

We should do a desert run, maybe Mesa Grande?


Over Mesa Grande?


I don't think I'll ever get over Mesa Grande...






Sorry Leslie.

:p

[Small White Car]

Mulholland sounds great for September's cruise.


Whatcha wanna do?


I'm in a Go Kart, even smaller than you and a lot of the roads I know reflect that. I know a lot of the bigger guys won't like things like Tuna Canyon but guys like you and I can probably do without Kanan Road and Malibu Canyon Road.

So then, if you'd like killer twisties where I usually catch bikes lemme know, if you'd like a little less sawing of the wheel, by all means speak up. I know several over looks and turn outs for some nice photo ops, however we can usually get about ten cars in the space you guys fit five.

:p

[Vettezuki]

I get Married Oct 8. I really was looking forward to a pokerrun! darnit.

It's not settled. I'm thinking November to be honest for a little more time to plan.

[Vettezuki]

Whatcha wanna do?


I'm in a Go Kart, even smaller than you and a lot of the roads I know reflect that. I know a lot of the bigger guys won't like things like Tuna Canyon but guys like you and I can probably do without Kanan Road and Malibu Canyon Road.

So then, if you'd like killer twisties where I usually catch bikes lemme know, if you'd like a little less sawing of the wheel, by all means speak up. I know several over looks and turn outs for some nice photo ops, however we can usually get about ten cars in the space you guys fit five.

:p


Compare to GRR which is 1.5 lanes at times and pretty much constant steering input.

[Shaolin Crane]

It's not settled. I'm thinking November to be honest for a little more time to plan.

Either way we need to nail down a route asap

[mikey-b5stg3s4]

u know which meet i really enjoyd was the meeting up at irvine spectrum and cruise down pch that was alot of fun thats what we shpuld do before the year ends??

[Small White Car]

Compare to GRR which is 1.5 lanes at times and pretty much constant steering input.



Tuna Canyon makes GRR look like the 5 freeway through Irvine.

Tuna Canyon Road Malibu, CA - YouTube

It's a four mile long driveway that starts off as a two way 1.5 lane residential street in the hills and ends up a one way, down hill alley to the ocean with a sheer cliff face on your right and a rather steep drop off to the left with almost no guard rails.

Now you can't really get going faster that say 35 or maybe 40 but the roller skate I drive doesn't really ever have to break speed, you guys in American steel and non-AWD Japadans might not like the action.


:huh:

Maybe I can patch up a dual route, one for the confident, one for the sane. All roads lead to Ro... I mean Malibu after all.

:smack:



:p

[silverscmustang]

i dont need high speed to have fun lol technical is still fun even in a big car. we will just be in the back

[sinaSRT-4]

Whatcha wanna do?


I'm in a Go Kart, even smaller than you and a lot of the roads I know reflect that. I know a lot of the bigger guys won't like things like Tuna Canyon but guys like you and I can probably do without Kanan Road and Malibu Canyon Road.

So then, if you'd like killer twisties where I usually catch bikes lemme know, if you'd like a little less sawing of the wheel, by all means speak up. I know several over looks and turn outs for some nice photo ops, however we can usually get about ten cars in the space you guys fit five.

:p

If those twisties are anything like running Turnbull canyon at night for the first time then...



:leaving:

[AARP]

If those twisties are anything like running Turnbull canyon at night for the first time then...



:leaving:

Ha! Turnbull canyon is a cake walk :smack:

[Small White Car]

If those twisties are anything like running Turnbull canyon at night for the first time then...



:leaving:



Really?


I hope you mean because of the crowd and not the road...

:huh:


'Red Barchetta' is a hair over six minutes long, from Vallecito to Beverly Hills Drive is around four miles.


Full moon is the best, you can really see the road without all the glare of the headlights...


:drive:

[Vettezuki]

Really?


I hope you mean because of the crowd and not the road...

:huh:


'Red Barchetta' is a hair over six minutes long, from Vallecito to Beverly Hills Drive is around four miles.


Full moon is the best, you can really see the road without all the glare of the headlights...


:drive:


Throw out an option or two here. Your choice. Just put up a link to the route. When it's a little more baked I'll start a new thread.

[Vettezuki]

Really?


I hope you mean because of the crowd and not the road...

:huh:


'Red Barchetta' is a hair over six minutes long, from Vallecito to Beverly Hills Drive is around four miles.


Full moon is the best, you can really see the road without all the glare of the headlights...


:drive:

BTW, you got my reply to your PM question right? Just checking as it went to radio silence.

[Small White Car]

Si si, busy with somethin' just now...


;)

[kdracer73]

So what are some ideas? You know the old stand bys. I've planted a seed in "Small White Car's" brain to put together an LA canyon run.

The Dates, and current candidates.
September 11 - Something LA like previous Mulholland?
October 9 - Poker Run, Probably starting in Elsinore, through Ortega, ending at Nicks?
November 13 - Night Run (full moon on November 12), Desert would be awesome
December 11 - Mission Inn


NOTE: The night of November 12 (Saturday) is a full moon. We could do a late nighter somewhere under the stars as an option.

Frankie and I are out for Sept 11. Doing a 9-11 show in Bellmont Shores.

[sinaSRT-4]

Really?


I hope you mean because of the crowd and not the road...

:huh:


:

Thus is back when the neon was on stock suspension, no lsd, and crappy 225/40/18 tires. ;)

[sinaSRT-4]

And I don't know if 2900 lbs qualifies for a "small" car. Lol

[Vettezuki]

SWC,

I was experiencing some site weirdness (much going on behind the scense now) and while attempting to move a block of posts, they went into a black hole . . and I ain't chasing them.

Here's the thread of the September LA Run. I would say forget 1 (from your previous now absent suggestions) and start with 2, plus your additional thoughs and let's lock this down.

http://motorgen.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31408

[Vettezuki]

This thread is closed. Please see the respective threads for:

September 11
October 9
November 12
December 11