Livermore pics

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toonbobo · #16 Post by **toonbobo** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:41 am

Here are some pics I can contribute.. most from the Livermore area as well! All taken in the past year or so.

Similar to kpke's picture.. on the way to Del Valle. Livermore valley and Mt. Diablo fill the background.

This is on Flynn Rd. in the middle of all the energy generating wind mills. The hills between Livermore and Tracy are full of wind mills.

Same road just a mile or so behind, near the freeway. This is actually my other two stroke, 1982 Honda MB5

Here is the RZ on Mines Rd. There is no vista view here but I'd say this might be the highest point of the road until you start heading up Mt. Hamilton.

Small ride out to the defunct Nike Silo testing area in San Ramon.

Two stroke group ride (Bay Area Two Strokes) out in Big Basin in the Santa Cruz mountains.

One last picture of my MB5.. this is at the top of Tesla Rd. which leads to Carnegie dirt bike park where kpke visited!

Now these last two are not very scenic pictures, but they were taken at the Junction (store between Livermore and San Jose) just a few days ago. Got my bike dyno tests during the City Bike event they held. 54hp at redline, woohoo!

Hope everyone enjoyed the pics!

vmxwinn · #17 Post by **vmxwinn** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:40 am

Hey Toonbobo met you out at Juction last sunday. Got my RZ dyno'd too and it made 54.09 hp, so i guess you have bragging rights.

kpke · #18 Post by **kpke** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:57 am

Nice pictures toonbobo. (copycat)

I wish I would've known about that city bike meet up at the junction. I was out riding Sunday morning and was wondering why there were so many bikes going up Mines Road. Damn it

kpke · #19 Post by **kpke** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:02 am

10/20/12 more Livermore pics.

It was very cold today but I braved it and went for a ride to take more pics.

It had to be just barely over 70 degrees. Burrrr...freezing cold darn weather

Started out going to frame makers (shop) house. I needed a bracket welded for the 500. Thanks frame maker

You are a nice fellow indeed

He is building an air cooled 400 for the annual Dirt Bag Challenge. You Tube it.

He made sure to let me know the front end will be changed "stay tuned" he said with a

I was going to take pretty fall color pics of the vineyards but the colors aren't quite there yet. Next time. So further out to the country I go...

Overlooking the city of Tracy (it's out there somewhere) on Patterson Pass Road.

I think this is Midway Road but not sure.

Maybe I will make that tanker truck my next "restore" project

Amazingly the fan blade on the engine was spinning away from the wind

A power distribution plant out in the middle of nowhere land

Up close. Got to distribute all the f'in green energy them windmills produce

Coming back on PP Rd. Some of you might remember this same pic with the y/b bike I posted a couple years ago.

Found the y/b pic just for fun

Enjoy your weekend gents

silverstrom · #20 Post by **silverstrom** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:19 am

Great pics. The PP road shots are awesome. Looks like a fun ride.

z1 zonly · #21 Post by **z1 zonly** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:39 am

That's absolutely beautiful. Thanks for posting.

Evans Ward · #22 Post by **Evans Ward** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:25 am

Beautiful country that I've never traveled or seen. Thanks for putting up the pics for all to see. Wish I could ride those roads!

kpke · #23 Post by **kpke** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:18 pm

toonbobo

I sent you a message to see if you want to ride RZ's to the Dirt Bag Challenge.

Let me know if you are out there and it you want to do this!!!

kpke · #24 Post by **kpke** » Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:24 am

11/3/12

Took a few more pics today trying to get some fall colors of the vineyards.

I think I have found that I am not a photographer. Or maybe I can just blame it on the crummy camera.

The colors just don't look as good in these pics as being there.

Oh well, I'll just post em up cuz we all like photos.

Here is 1 horsepower. There was 2 but one walked away.

This is the VA hospital here in Livermore. It's up on a hill by the beautiful Wente Vineyard golf course.

This is the view some friends of ours have on their spectacular 5 acre ranch. The vineyards are not on their property but borders it. Very nice place. Wish it was mine.

It was about 75 degrees here today...

So I rode for about 100 miles

77 degrees tomorrow

so more smoking about.

Have a great weekend

aaronmvrider · #25 Post by **aaronmvrider** » Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:20 am

no belly pan ??? whats going on

kpke · #26 Post by **kpke** » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:34 am

aaronmvrider wrote:no belly pan ??? whats going on

The spec2 pipes gave it a bit of a wavy treatment.

steveloomis · #27 Post by **steveloomis** » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:50 am

Funny the mention of a 5 acre ranch in California. A real ranch is 10,000 acres in Texas. I do understand that 5 acres in California is probably as expensive as 10k in Texas...

Yes, beautiful area and roads. My experience in driving in California is even on a good curvy road, too much traffic in front to really get to test it out. There are exceptions and these pics prove it....

2moto · #28 Post by **2moto** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:03 pm

Great pics, kpke!!

Make me home sick! Used to hoon around the "other side" of Mt Diablo.

kpke · #29 Post by **kpke** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:28 pm

Tomorrow is the Dirt Bag Challenge.

vmxwinn and I will be riding rz's up there. Maybe one more.

Here is framemakers RD400 finished (sort of) as of Saturday, 11/10/12. This guy is really something

I will post up some DB pics after the event.

#30 Post by **rztom** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:19 pm

kpke wrote:Here is framemakers RD400 finished (sort of) as of Saturday, 11/10/12. This guy is really something

Definiety more pics from the event, pleeze