Rides

Here are riding pics and other pics of Noel.


  HillCountryRiders
That is Chuck, me and Ken before our Texas Hill Country Ride the weekend of November 9.  We barely scratched the surface, but it was enough to whet the appetite of any rider.



  TresAmigos
A closer pic of us without all the gear.  This is at Chuck's house.  He was gracious enough to have us over for dinner.  Home-cooked fajitas - yum!


  RoadLessTraveled

This is the sign from one of the roads in the Hill Country.  You can see the grey sky in the background - unfortunately, it started to rain and all three of us went down in San Marcos as we came up to a stop light that turned red right in front of us.

For the most part, there wasn't any real damage.  No one was injured (to my knowledge) and the damage to the bikes was minimal, for the most part.  Unfortunately, Noel's brake pedal got bent back the wrong way and she has a few scrapes.  You can see pics of Noel's scraped knee below.




  Brake1
These are pics of the brake pedal.  As you can see, it took a lot of the weight of the drop.  The footpeg actually folds back.  While the pedal makes a little contact with the pipe there, it isn't enough to scrape the pipe.  I expect this will have to be fixed by taking it to Al Lamb's to either be bent back into shape or replaced.

  Brake2
Another view of the brake pedal.


  Brake3
Brake4



  Risers
The handlebars got bent out of shape, as well.  That made for an interesting ride back.  As you can see, the only actual damage was that one of the risers is out of place.  This should be an easy fix with some patience and turning of screw to realign the risers.  I will probably have Al Lamb's check my work when I have her in for the brake pedal.
Risers2




  Bags
The saddlebags took some of the imact, and I will admit to being VERY impressed with their durability.  This one was scuffed a bit, but beyond that, no real damage.  And it took the weight of the fall without doing any more damage to the rest of the bike, either.  If you are wondering, they are LeatherLykes, lockable, and come highly recommended from me after this incident.



The windshield also took some impact.  Here it is more visible.  I actually slid for about ten feet.  :-(  

Like the bags, the windshield held up under the pressure, and aside from the brake pedal and the handlebars, it was a relatively uneventful ride back - which is important because it was from San Marcos to Dallas - a good 200+ miles.

It is a Memphis Shades windshield, and is removable.
Windshield