The muse isn’t moving me to write a real touring report, but we had another great ride, mostly along the same route as last year.
This time, my old friend Kaze joined us from Osaka, and we got some great shots with his helmet cam despite the overcast. Unfortunately, the clouds mean that you can’t see the Pacific Ocean on both sides of the peninsula, but I think it turned out OK.
Club SPLENDOR ２０周年記念 伊豆やまびこ荘ツーリングに行ってきました。
(English version of this post is here.)
Last weekend we made our yearly trip up to the mountains of Gifu Prefecture for the Club SPLENDOR Hirayu Onsen Touring.
We haven’t had any really cold weather yet this fall, so the foliage wasn’t quite as spectacular as in previous years, but we had perfect riding weather and the roads, as always, were exhilirating.
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Last weekend was the annual Splendor rally at Yamabiko-so. This marked the 19th annual run, so next year is sure to be a big event, celebrating two decades of Splendor at Yamabiko-so! I don’t remember how many times this is for me, but I suspect it’s probably about my seventh.
We didn’t have too many people in total this time (only about 30 bikes) and an even lower rate of participation from the local “Takatsu-gumi”. Just me (the Stinger), my wife Yuka, the buxom biker babe Mako, kick-ass Edokko Ara, and (hopefully) soon-to-be Harley owner Hosotchi. Boz also meet us at our rendezvous point at the Ebina service area on the Tomei expressway to see us off and ride with us as far as Atsugi. Big Ben had to give priority to Lin’s kindergarten enrollment ceremony (hey! These things are important too, y’know!) and so was not able to join us. We’ll make it up over Golden Week, though!
I also heard later that Go and Kazu tried to make it on their own, but were dissuaded by roads that were closed due to rock slides. Oh well!
The skies were a bit too threatening and the temperature a bit too cold to feel like stopping to snap lots of pictures, so I don’t have that many, but here’re the highlights of what I did take.
Man! That headwind was a bitch! On the expressway I had to hold on to my handlebars so fiercely that my fingers went numb!
All in all, it was good to get the hog out for the first long run in several months. It was also fun to switch bikes with my wife and test the CB’s maneuverability on the mountain twisties! I’m looking forward to some great riding experiences and more stories this year!
The wind was so strong at times that some of our comrades on lighter bikes had trouble keeping the shiny side up! One such victim was Don-chan and her Zephyr 750
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