Man what a night!
We had close to 80 people crammed into Old Strokers on Hewitt in Everett WA. and the place was absolutely electric. Gaurav, Sobby and I took turns with role of MC and made the requisite introductions. The entire face of the block was covered with bikes, two deep in places, there was no doubt that motorcycle folk had shown up to support one of there own. Gaurav and Sobby joined me for a breif ride on the North Cascades Highway earlier in the day joined by their friends Will and Jim. Karen was kind enough to lend her GL1500 to the cause and Jim lent a very nice GS1100 Paris/Dakar BMW, we couldn't let our guests suffer on lesser equipment. Sobby really liked the Goldwing exclaiming that it was far smoother than he had ever though it would be. The boys traded off bikes like kids on Christmas morning each taking a turn on the new rides. I wish we could have spent more time together, but we had to get back to Strokers to record their interview with me (which had a laundry list of technical issues, mostly my fault...) Despite the poor audio quality of the interview I'll be posting it here soon. I may publish it as text or caption the video, I haven't made up my mind yet. Here are some pictures from the day...
Sobby and I riding the GL1800 on I-5.
Sobby with the GL1500 in Granite Falls.
We had close to 80 people crammed into Old Strokers on Hewitt in Everett WA. and the place was absolutely electric. Gaurav, Sobby and I took turns with role of MC and made the requisite introductions. The entire face of the block was covered with bikes, two deep in places, there was no doubt that motorcycle folk had shown up to support one of there own. Gaurav and Sobby joined me for a breif ride on the North Cascades Highway earlier in the day joined by their friends Will and Jim. Karen was kind enough to lend her GL1500 to the cause and Jim lent a very nice GS1100 Paris/Dakar BMW, we couldn't let our guests suffer on lesser equipment. Sobby really liked the Goldwing exclaiming that it was far smoother than he had ever though it would be. The boys traded off bikes like kids on Christmas morning each taking a turn on the new rides. I wish we could have spent more time together, but we had to get back to Strokers to record their interview with me (which had a laundry list of technical issues, mostly my fault...) Despite the poor audio quality of the interview I'll be posting it here soon. I may publish it as text or caption the video, I haven't made up my mind yet. Here are some pictures from the day...
Sobby and I riding the GL1800 on I-5.
Sobby with the GL1500 in Granite Falls.
All of us on the North Cascades Highway.
Gaurav with the BMW GS.
I found an adorable barista to snap this picture for us in Granite Falls.
I found an adorable barista to snap this picture for us in Granite Falls.
All of us together at Strokers after the show!
From top left: William Ruehl, Gaurav Jani, Randy Morris, Sobby (King of All Tribes)
Karen Blue, Sandy Morris, Shannon Blue.
From top left: William Ruehl, Gaurav Jani, Randy Morris, Sobby (King of All Tribes)Karen Blue, Sandy Morris, Shannon Blue.
