2009: New to the Forum? Post up here! Introduce yourself to the PNW Riders family!

[Keef Green]

I joined the forum a few months back and have already enjoyed finding quite a bit of useful [and entertaining] information.

38 yo old living in Spokane. I've got two little ones 5 and 7 that are both shopping for dirt bikes.

I ride an 08 Yamaha FZ1. I had to bust it out and ride it to work Tuesday when it got up to 37 degrees.

heres a shot from my phone parked downtown.

[Primo357]

Just signed on. 2000 Honda Shadow 750 ACE (first bike..1 year now).

[Blueshift]

Hello,

Had a few mini-bikes that I used to terrorize the neigboorhood with and later on I built my first trailbike out of sooo many scraps. It was a YamaHondaSakiDavidson. I was about 14 back then. I am a little older now and the Frankenstein bike is no more but I still ride. It gets in your blood.

[coastiepete]

Originally Posted by Keef Green I joined the forum a few months back and have already enjoyed finding quite a bit of useful [and entertaining] information. 38 yo old living in Spokane. I've got two little ones 5 and 7 that are both shopping for dirt bikes. I ride an 08 Yamaha FZ1. I had to bust it out and ride it to work Tuesday when it got up to 37 degrees. heres a shot from my phone parked downtown.

I hope you got your kids bikes before they get banned from being sold!

[coastiepete]

Originally Posted by Primo357 Just signed on. 2000 Honda Shadow 750 ACE (first bike..1 year now).

Thats a sharp looking bike

[coastiepete]

Originally Posted by FIZGIG Im new to the board. C-yall out there riding. Here is what Im riding. [IMG][/IMG]

that bike is just plain cool! Kick ass!

[Primo357]

Thanks Pete

[JBubble]

I posted this in my local forum, figured I'd post it here too.

Hi, I'm JBubble and I just moved to outside of Portland from Charlotte, NC.

Here's my ride:



Here's the weather at my place:

[amidrider]

Ello'. The names Dima(deema), i am 19 years old. Been on the forum for sometime just never signed up for it. I ride an 07' yamaha r1. Oh no, not another teenager on a liter bike, haha no, im not one of them. The freakin thing scares me. I just love it to much. Its my 2nd bike and i have been riding for a little over a year. I hope to meet some of you guys on bike nights and slash or rides.

[richardlpalmer]

Welcome!

[d0od]

Hello all,
Name is Toby, ride a 2000 Kawi ZX-6R, and when the woman lets me I steal her 04 R1. Typically I ride to work and back, and do the Seattle 100 (used to do more track days but it is too expensive between the day off and the cost of the track day now. I am hoping to do some motorcycle camping this summer and some nice long rides. I also picked up a Nikon D90 not to long ago and have been taking some "light painted" pics the the R1, thought I would share them here.


And the 'lil lady on her R1


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[xccwhitex09]

im a nub,

i have a 07 gsxr600 i live in oly my life in a nutshell

[richardlpalmer]

Welcome, "nub".

[motorcyclemac]

Hey Everybody....

My Name is Mac... I'm 36 and I live in Bellingham. Married with two daughters. I am a Transportation manager for a Petroleum hauling company. I own a machine shop as a side business. I have been riding since I was 14. Rode mostly dirt bikes as a kid. Suffered one serious wipe out when I was 16 that resulted in a trashed right knee. After that I abandoned riding dirt and switched to pavement and never looked back. Over the years I have owned bikes from the Big 4 Japanese makers as well as one....*cough* *cough*....Harley Davidson. Hey what can I say...I had to find out what the fuss was about....right? Currently I have a 2006 Concours and my wife rides an 06 Suzuki C50T. Over the years I have had a GS500, an 1100 Ninja, a GS650GT and 3 Concours....

Generally I ride by myself or with the wife. I work a lot and ride to work most days. AS of late...I am nursing a ruptured disk in my back ....so the ride is on hold....damn it. But....Percocet and bikes ...don't mix.

Cheers
Mac.

[Barbara]

Hi Folks,

I just found this site and signed up. I have been around since the crust of the Earth was cooling, and riding most of that time. My first real bike was a 1949 BSA Bantam, preceded by a couple of Lambretta scooters. I live in rural Skagit County, am retire from the printing business, and have around 9 bikes crowded into my shed; four BSA singles, a Triumph 5-speed 750 twin, a couple of XS650 Yamaha's of late 1970's vintage, one of which has a sidecar, and is my main ride, at least until I finish the Triumph resto.

I've always loved bikes--my Father's fault, really. When I was about five, he took me for rides on a pre-war Harley, and I was hooked. I've had most of the usual Brit bikes, ranging from the Bantam to a Gold Star that I loved and couldn't afford, but mostly Triumphs and Nortons, with a couple of G80 Matchless singles thrown it for fun. I've owned my 1977 Yamaha since February of 1978, and she has 60,000 miles on the original big end. Needless to say, neither of us is in a hurry when we ride, but we get there!

Some of the pictures of bikes I've seen here are just beautiful! I don't know if I'll post pics of mine or not....my bikes get washed when it rains, and have lots of miles on them....rather like me, except for that "washed when it rains" part.....

Let's see---I'm a proud Gramma, and my 8 year-old granddaughters love to ride in Gramma's sidecar. Their daddy rode to and from kindergarten in the first sidecar, but next to the same bike!

So that's pretty much me. I hope the avatar worked, but if not, I'll try again.

Barb

[dragracer1951]

Welcome Barb
Lots of good stuff goin on here.
You guys still doing the Norton ride this spring?
I might have mine together by then....

[Barbara]

Hi Dragracer,

Well, we are doing the Third Annual NxNW Ride, but it is in the early Fall, and is open to any sort of bike. Last year we had my XS650 with the chair, a BMW with a chair, a couple of beautiful Triumphs, a Harley, and Terry's Norton from Vancouver. You'd be welcome on whatever you ride. Last year we rode around Mt. St. Helen's and camped two days, and this year we are probably going to ride from Lake Wenatchee to Omak and southeast to the river and back to the Lake---about 250 miles or so. Should be fun!

If you (or anyone) is interested, I'll gladly post details as we work them out...

I'm jealous of those Nortons!

Barb

[Roguemoto]

Hello everybody. My name is Ian and I'm 28. I just found this site, and I think It's pretty cool. I grew up on dirt bikes, but I sold my CR250 a few years back. I've been without a bike since. A couple years ago I kinda got hooked on custom bikes, and decided I wanted one. I've been A fabricator for quite a while, so I decided to apply my talents to building a bike. After building the bike I decided It was too nice to ride, and I should buy another bike that I would actually ride. So I bought a 98 VTR1000. The plan was to leave it stock, but I'm already itching to change everything. I really need to build bikes for a living so I'll keep my hands off my own bikes.



The only pic of the VTR I have.


The custom. It use to be a 1987 CBR1000F


A cheap side project I built. An 82 Yamaha Vision.

[mfrankpdx]

Originally Posted by Roguemoto

Holy crap that is awesome!

Welcome!

[Roguemoto]

Hey, thanks. That's always good to hear.

[Sedalia]

Hello! I'm Sedalia...

Motorcycles have been my daily commuters until I got my first car last fall.

I'll be at WMRRA and hopefully I'll work up the nerve to get my novice racing license this year!



In the garage: Triumph Speed Triple, Aprilia RSV Mille, Triumph TT600, FZR600, Derbi (my race bike<3)

[Fast Eddie 919]

Welcome!! Bitchin customs! Care to Bob my 919?

Awesome Speed triple I love the color!

[ashfoot]

Hi, I'm ashfoot, or as my family calls me, Morgan. I'm 22 and have been riding since August of 07. I'm probably also going to get flamed for this but my first bike and current bike is an '07 suzuki gsxr 600. I live in Lake Oswego and commute on my motorcycle summer and winter basically year round because I don't own a car.

Here's my baby his name is Nacho





I'm also on youtube and make motorcycle vlogs so if you wanted to check those out the link is in my sig.

Glad to be here all! I hope to join some group riding soon!

[SyKoKenDoGg]

**disclaimer, drinking some wine wine, this may be lengthy **
whats up everyone, I'm Ken and pretty new to the forum. I just signed up a couple weeks ago after desperately trying to find local riders at my native forum (R1-Forum) with no luck. I'm 24 and currently ride an '07 R1. I cant figure out how to attach a pic of her, but she's sweet.
I've been riding since before i can really remember, started in the dirt just for fun and a little racing, then at 16 got my first street bike, a '68 Yamaha roadster. after that i rode my 85 500 Honda XR enduro all over the place. My second favorite bike after my R1 was my '91 Suzuki VX800, it was suzuki's only non standard V-twin, at least that i know of, lol.
I got my R1 thinking i was graduating properly to the liter bike, which i am absolutely in love with. But then I started thinking about racing again, but not in the dirt, on the track. I've signed up with NESBA, and am going to my first track day next month, i'm excited because i have a natural talent for racing, but nervous because its a whole new animal, and i'm starting with my liter bike. But i'm secure enough in my abilities to respect my machine, and hungry to learn from those that have already been there, and done that. I'm hoping here i can meet some people that are signed up with nesba, or any other track day programs, as i'm not too familiar with this area yet.
I ride every day, to and from work, shine, rain, hail and even snow if i have to. I'm trying to get a Squad together at the R1 forum, we're trying to make a positive influence all over, along with putting together some kick ass events. All the squads around the US are doing great, except our region. I hope everyone checks out my signature, and encourage you sign up. Its more geared towards Yammi's R1, but we encourage anyone on two wheels to become members! (**edit** apparently my signature isn't showing, but here's the link http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=257616)
Alright, my g/f is giving me funny looks, she knows I'm writing buzzed, so i'm going to wrap this up (if anyone is still even reading I'm glad to be here, and excited to meet ya'll.
Ride safe!
Ken

[Sedalia]

Nacho is cute

[Brady]

Originally Posted by ashfoot Hi, I'm ashfoot, or as my family calls me, Morgan. I'm 22 and have been riding since August of 07. I'm probably also going to get flamed for this but my first bike and current bike is an '07 suzuki gsxr 600. I live in Lake Oswego and commute on my motorcycle summer and winter basically year round because I don't own a car. Here's my baby his name is Nacho I'm also on youtube and make motorcycle vlogs so if you wanted to check those out the link is in my sig. Glad to be here all! I hope to join some group riding soon!

Doubt youll get flamed...Now if your first bike was a busa or zx14 thennnn you can fear it

nice bike though and welcome!

if you have Tuesdays free come on out to our Coffee nights.

Every Tuesday year round at 7pm in Beaverton

http://pnwriders.com/portland-region...ht-coffee.html <--clicky

Hall blvd / 2nd ave.

[ashfoot]

I'll have to try. Tomorrow I have to work till 9pm though :/ Maybe next week!

[Brady]

Originally Posted by ashfoot I'll have to try. Tomorrow I have to work till 9pm though :/ Maybe next week!

feel free to shoot me PM if you plan on coming out or just show up randomly lol

[illernoise]

Well hello. I'm new to the forums, motorcycle riding, and Washington. I just got my license a couple of weeks ago and bought my 2000 R6 in Januaryish. I'm definately looking forward to riding more then one day a week and getting out there to meet some more riders. The couple of times I've gone out riding it has been by myself as I'm new to the area. Where is this bike nights that Ken is speaking of? I'll have to check it out next time you guys do one!

[richardlpalmer]

Welcome!

[SyKoKenDoGg]

welcome to the forum, there's lots of things going on.
We just did a day at the drag strip, and also got together and went to sykart (a go kart racing track).
I've only been a member of the forum for a few weeks and have already met some cool peoples.

[Jayda]

Hello there, just really started lovin ridein here (when its not rainin)
When can I ride again seems to be mind my mind alot. No wonder so many here ride in the rain. Man are there a lot of cops here. I guesss its the roads but hey, didnt stop me hittin the 120 several times when I was on a good one, and to the Honda prelude driver on 18 the other day. Hell ya, what ya got in that thing!!! Markt down so that meens lots of riden this summer(Yey!for me) I hope to ride along side-soon. Look for the green one 12

[illernoise]

Originally Posted by SyKoKenDoGg welcome to the forum, there's lots of things going on. We just did a day at the drag strip, and also got together and went to sykart (a go kart racing track). I've only been a member of the forum for a few weeks and have already met some cool peoples.

Thanks! It might be a little while until I am able to attend a track day and ride due to not having any riding pants. I'm slowly putting all of my gear together.


It's supposed to be nice from FRI - MON !!! I'm definately going to ride on Friday and will be going from I-5 to Silverdale in the afternoon sometime to deliver some papers to the Brig at the Naval Base. Damn badass soldiers, haha. Wouldn't mind meeting up with some people on Saturday as it's going to be an awesome riding day. I had a nice experience last Sunday for my first time on the Interstate on my bike. As soon as I came on the highway there was a 3 car accident about 3 cars in front of me, haha. Welcome to the Interstate I suppose!

[Marc Davis]

Hello everyone,

I am a student from holland and I have studied at OU, Oklahoma. I really love the USA!! I ride a Yamaha R6, very nice bike!

[triumph]

Hello,

New rider here from Woodinville, Wa. And I'm riding a bike exactly like this one:

[SyKoKenDoGg]

welcome new guys!

[Debi]

HI everyone,

I'm Debi. I have been riding for awhile and I ride a DRZ400SM and have a blast on it. I also have and ride a GasGas EC250 2smoke for dirt but is also plated.
I am married, new to the state as of Oct. 08 and new to the site as well.

I live in Renton and still trying to find some real fun twisty roads to shred

Hope to meet and ride with some of you soon

Here is my bike I like to have fun on

[richardlpalmer]

[ddonacazx12]

Hey all newbies!!!

Welcome to the madhouse...

FIZ - sweet N-Hawk man, brings back memories (I remember when those were new)

PRIMO - we need to have a windshield trimming party man, you could stand on the pegs and not get any wind on that. Good lookin machine though.

JBUB - there are a couple other ladies on here with ducs, you'll feel right at home.

AMID - go easy bro' you'll be fine. They are one sexy beast...

DOOD - now that's the mark of a good woman, one who loves bike as much as you do. She's a keeper.

ROGUE - sweet lookin customs!!!

Welcome everybody else too

[BigDave]

Originally Posted by FIZGIG Im new to the board. C-yall out there riding. Here is what Im riding. [IMG][/IMG]

Nice old Honda!