[Ducati] Texas Hill Country Ride

[Staton Shed]

Peter,
 
Funny you should mention a ride.   I have been busy with my transfer to Houston and in desperate need of some nice Hill Country scenery.  A few of us are meeting for a ride this weekend.   Whiting will be a no show this time around, but we have a group of about 5-6 committed.  We are staying here:
 
http://www.leakeyspringscabins.com/
 
I will be arriving late as I can't leave Houston until after a meeting ends at 3:00 Friday afternnoon.  We should be riding all day Saturday on the 33X roads and maybe a little Sunday AM.  Anyone is welcome to join us.  Email me at tojo92 at msn.com or call me at 956-497-4044 on my cell.  Most of us have similiar riding styles.  Not too crazy on the top speed thing in the straights, but wicked up a bit in the twisties.  Staggered, ride at your own pace type stuff with an eye on a safe, fun, ride.
 
Hope a few others can make it.  I won't be bringing a motard this time though.  Hopefully we can plan another trip to hit you roads on the way to Luckenbach.  Lots of fun for sure.  I'll be on the SS/SP this trip.
 
Staton
 
 
> Message: 5> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:38:01 -0500> From: "Peter Bonner" <dsi at swcp.com>> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Boerni...Italian style? and Hill Country ride> To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>> Message-ID: <003e01c803b2$8ed75d80$ba00a8c0 at gvtc.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > Boerne may be neat, but little is applying less and less :-( As you say,> GROWING!!!!> > Starting back in very early 60s, rode pretty much all limey bikes until 64> when I bought my first Ducati. Still have some limey stuff left including> some Rickman frames with running gear, no motor. For compleat bikes, I> really have just two, and they need work to get back to order. One is the> fabled Griumph (altho I guess it could have been a Treeves), which consists> of a 64 Greeves Challenger frame, compleat with rubber bushing torsion> earles front forks with the first year of the 500cc unit motor, a T100A no> less. I built that bike around 1968-70. The other bike is a BSA 500MX, the> John Banks replica thing. Had a 58 Catalina Goldie but sold it off about 15> years ago. Had a string of triumph and beezers, singles and twins, but one> of my favourites was my 49 AJS, altho it was pretty much 56 matchless and> later for motor parts.> > Hill country riding, for sure. And if we work it right, we can get Staton> Shed, John Whiting, and some of the usual suspects to come along too. Kind> of surprised old Staton hasn't gotten restless and itching for a weekend up> here, but maybe just waiting on the good weather, well its about here. Maybe> we ought to start agitating a bit and see if anybody bites. The ride you> mention, part of which is what folks call the 100 mile loop is sure lots of> fun. And John and Staton can vouch for some supermotard kinda roads that I> like to do as well. And of course there is always a visit to Luckenbach TX,> where everybody is somebody.> > Have been so cooped up with work (joys of the self employed) I have about> forgotten what a motorcycle is, but now is a good time for a> reintroduction.....> > > Peter> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "HOPPER ELDRIDGE" <hoppereldridge at sbcglobal.net>> To: <ducati at ducati.net>> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:18 PM> Subject: [Ducati] Boerni...Italian style?> > > > Boerne is a neat l'il town but like everything else in west> Texas...GROWING! Use to stay at an inn there that was an old "town house"> for some rancher. Neat historic palce.> >> > What Brit bikes do you have? Me..mostly Commandos, Bonnies and TriBSA> triples. I do have Ray Pickerrel's Rob North BSA Rocket III and my Norman> White prepped Norton 750 Commando did some good in the early BOTT races in> England. Tony Rutter (of Duc fame and the several times Formula II Champion> back then) want to race the bike at the IOM in '84 when it was supposed to> have a Classic pre-'72 production race. That was cancelled but he was still> interested. Oh well...so close yet so far! Depending on the race, we had> three exhaust systems, two carb set-ups, two fairings and it had the Norris> quick change cam set up with three different cams. Norm and I were doing the> mental aspect of an even hotter set up (well Norm was the brains and the> majic fingers!) but the oil patch went way south and I came back to a very> depressed economy. Again...so close yet so far!> >> > We do need to do some Hill Country riding> Medina-Vanderpool-Leakey-right at Camp Wood-right at the Barksdale? split> then follow the river road (at least the olde river crossing is improved> now. Used to be slicker than sn*t on a door knob!) up onto the platueau,> turn around and repeat!> > Later! Hopper