SCS Iron Butt Ride - Oregon July/August 2012

[ars0n]

How should I begin this tale of epic-ness?!

Hmm... I guess at the beginning! 1030 miles in 23 hours. Some of you might ask, "why did it take so long?". There were a few hiccups along the way; a slight detour outside of Susanville that added a few extra, NEEDED miles to the trip.. and a very, very malnourished and tired Matt. Before riding 1000 miles, I recommend a good nights sleep and good eating. Matt can tell you why!

You wont see any pics of the journey up as we were pretty much hauling ass from Las Vegas to Portland. Uneventful until we stopped in Bend (which was about 20 hours into the ride) to visit some of Derick's friends and to mostly give Matt a break and catch up on some much needed rest. After about an hour or so we got back on it and shortly after Bend we entered the very dark and very empty MT. Hood.

There is no other way to describe this next stretch of road as "scary shit".

Which I then had the opportunity of TRYING to stay up with Tomy, who, after seeing we had about an hour/45 minutes to get to our destination decided to ride the fastest that I, or anyone for that matter has ever seen him ride.

I didnt have a working speedometer, and thankfully. But Tomy tells me there were times where we were over 100+ riding through probably, one of the darkest, scariest, non lit and unmarked sections of road, you didn't know what lane you were in at some points and I guess there were TONS of cliffs on some of these long sweepers we were hitting, that if we did see them, we sure as hell wouldn't of been riding like we were...

Derrick had stayed back with Matt because, well, for the most part, Matt was like "FUCK THIS SHIT". lol. They were only about 5 minutes or so behind us so they weren't pussy footing it too much. By the time we exited the mountain and into Madras we had about 30 min to get to Portland....

WHEW. Here we are. Portland, Oregon with 15 minutes to spare!




Locking the bikes up for the night...



The first day we spent walking around a flee market/art show that they have every weekend in Portland. Tons of awesome food vendors and they were also having a beer festival that weekend and was something they do every year...pretty sweet place!

Waking up...



Central market.



The park...



Water!






Grubbing!





They even had a live band!



Trams n shit..



ART -





THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST DAY!!! We could have spent all day there easily.. and I think next year we should. =D

Shortly after the flee market, Derick took us to meet some of his long time friends, Allah and Justin(pics below)...But, of course, something has to happen...

I take a second to flip my visor to fix my sunglasses for about 3 seconds and abruptly have my head kicked back like I just got hit in the face with a softball.



Giant bug decided to ends its life on my forehead. Fucker. Shit stung for an hour...

But, back to to meeting Dericks friends...

Two of the nicest people I have ever had the honor of meeting. Took 4 strangers into their home, fed us, supplied alcohol and various other party favors. It was awesome to meet more people out there like these two.. and they could ride. It seemed that Justin knew all of the back roads and offered to be our tour guide for the week...It started with Justin taking us out to a road called, "German Town Road".

Holy, crap.

I unfortunately did not have my GOPRO setup this day as I didn't plan on doing any serious riding. But good lord do I ever regret this. This road was absolutely fabulous. It was like a twisty racetrack in a jungle environment. There was a canopy of trees that covered the entire road and every now and then little sunbursts that lit up the road. Just enough to make you feel like you were in another world. Was absolutely gorgeous. Another reason to go again ASAP. This road was only a few miles long, and almost to no places to stop along the way to get pics...very sad =(..

We then continued on what seemed to be, one of THE MOST FUN urban race track/riding sections ever. It was almost like London/Europe type back roads, extremely tight, very bumpy and very very fun. Most of the roads were of cobblestone types so, once we were done, we all stopped to regain feeling in our hands.. lol. It was like riding through a bunch of peoples backyards, with a wall or fence withing 2 feet of you at all times. Very, Very tight.


Shortly after we ended back at Justin and Allah's for some much needed R&R. This was the evening the gang was introduced to Fireball. One of the most glorious alcoholic drinks available. If you have not had the op to try this drink. Go get some now. Epic.

The second day ended up not so fun for some...

Tomy's rectifier/regulator went out as we were heading to Justin and Allahs to start riding for the day. We spent a couple of hours calling places to see if they were open but nothing. We could get the parts shipped and have them by Wed or Thursday. But, we would be leaving Friday. So, this left Tomy a bit uneasy. Luckily, Tomy had some family in Portland that had trailer-ed up and Tomy ended up spending the days with his family and we would go riding. It was a pretty shitty situation. But we made the best of it. And hopefully next year, Tomy can get a chance to see some of the roads we did.

The next few days would consist of Matt,Derick and Myself along with Justin and Allah.. waking up at 7 or 8am. And riding, till about 5-6pm. We would eat, drink, sleep, and be merry. Wake up the next day, repeat. I am at a loss of words how great this entire trip was. It was great to bond with the guys and see sites that I might never have seen before.

We visited MT ST Helens, some waterfalls, the coast, various awesome roads..to much to say, but I can show in pictures instead..

Pics of riding around Oregon...





MT Helens..










Our Tour Guides, Justin and Allah kicking back...




Waterfalls..











The Coast










During the coast trip, we took a ride to this tower. It was about 20 stories tall and derick and I met about half way to take a break...







The cool part about this tower is they sell little airplanes for you to throw from the top of the tower... some went on and on and on ... and on.....lol..


The Mountains..






The Beach...








There was two food places that we visited that were def some remembrance points...One being that I decided to take on the challenge of a local restaurant but trying the "El Jefe" Challenge. This challenge was to eat 15 ghost pepper enfused hot wings in 5 minutes or less. This, was, painful. But, to a point where the pain turned euphoric. My only complaint was not the heat of the ghost peppers, but the temperature of the wings when the plop them down infront of me still steaming and say, GO.. The video speaks for itself..

The challenge..





You may notice that Santa Clause looking character. That is because, he is one. And plays one on TV. HAHA That was Justin's father in law I believe. He was an absolute trip. He called me a pussy for only being able to eat 4 wings. He only ate half of one. But he does play as Santa during the holidays and is a world known Santa impersonator..

Video of my struggle...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGMI4CQc_-M

We also had the rare opportunity to see Tomy, riding bitch, on Matts bike...click for video..



Giant fucking cones for 3 bucks..



Voodoo Donuts. The magic is in the hole.





We ended the trip by heading to Eugene and visiting some old school SCS members. Chad and Paige. They have an awesome house in the middle of no where with backyards like racetracks that we could only dream about. And giant snails.










Oh and not to mention, halfway through the day, Chad says, wanna see a giant playground? Of course we said..



Adult sized....



Heading back home...Beatty.. last stop..




Hope you guys enjoy the pics!! We ended up riding some 2600 miles the entire time from Las Vegas to Portland and back in a weeks time...It was epic.

And here is a fucking flower.

[ars0n]

Second post for videos to come...

[The Doctor]

GOD DAMNIT! I missed out on the giant playground >_<

Totally worth it though... You forgot to chronicle my night exploits... and for once I don't mean Tom's mom...

[TreadHead]

Great job with the post arson! I am ready to go back next summer!!!!

[TreadHead]

(09-14-2012 11:49 AM)The Doctor Wrote:  GOD DAMNIT! I missed out on the giant playground >_<

Totally worth it though... You forgot to chronicle my night exploits... and for once I don't mean Tom's mom...

Nobody caires about your night exploits ballroom danceing!

[Dougk35]

Very nice write up.

[tomy]

(09-14-2012 01:10 PM)TreadHead Wrote:  

(09-14-2012 11:49 AM)The Doctor Wrote:  GOD DAMNIT! I missed out on the giant playground >_<

Totally worth it though... You forgot to chronicle my night exploits... and for once I don't mean Tom's mom...

Nobody caires about your night exploits ballroom danceing!

[green_dragon]

Very nice write up! Great pics! And a great story to tell. Congratulations on making it ON SPORTBIKES!!! Make sure y'all post up your Saddle Sore Certificates once you get them!

I told you Oregon had some wicked roads... #evilgrin

And to say he was a "Santa impersonator", wouldn't that imply that there is a Santa to impersonate? (sorry Matt)

[The Doctor]

(09-14-2012 08:29 PM)green_dragon Wrote:  And to say he was a "Santa impersonator", wouldn't that imply that there is a Santa to impersonate? (sorry Matt)

Also it wasn't ballroom dancing, it was swing dancing...

[VEGASRIDER]

Finally somebody posts up a trip report besides myself! This is one of the greatest things you can do on a motorcycle. With over 100k miles on the clock on my riding resume, I have yet to ride 1000 miles in 24 hours, probably becuase I have not found a real good reason to do so. Kudos to all four of you and doing it on your sportbikes, and Matt on his 250. You guys are true riders.

I was in Portland (only 435 miles from Boise) last month and road Germantown Rd. as well, the canopy of trees was a great description

By the way, when you do those 1000 miles IB's, most people make their last 100 miles the easiest part of the ride, not the most challenging! Dark road full of twisties and you can add wildlife to the equation too. Good grief.