This was the kickoff to our Alice's ride. It was chilly. Hence the chaps. That's Chris wondering what Jamie is doing. It was a good ride all in all. We even had a new member ride along with us. Funny, we saw a 250cc Honda Rebel pull into the gas station we met at. We said, "Nope, she can't be with us" -- she was. She, aka Skittles, did a fine job keeping up. She makes an appearance in another photo further on. The ride woulda lasted alot SHORTER had one of our crew not stopped at a Harley dealership in Santa Cruz. Long story short -- 2 people in our group ended up with new bikes that day. (well, technically about 3-5 days later). The weather was nice enough, especially after we pulled out off the coast and began winding up Skyline Rd.
This also happened to be the ride we watched a rider bite it hard coming around a curve to fast. Locked his rear tire, let it go, caught traction, highsided. He was fine. Bike was toast. We were all a bit shaky for having witnessed a rather horrific bike accident. Dude's bike flipped a few times and he slid a good 50 feet. Lucky bugger got up and was just fine.
