Oregon Scooter Club - Come Ride With Us !

River and Mountain Ride - Open Ride

Event Details

Time: June 3, 2012 from 12pm to 4:30pm
Location: Biscuits Cafe
Street: 30020 SW Boone's Ferry Rd., Suite 16
City/Town: Wilsonville, Oregon
Website or Map: http://g.co/maps/k3hkd
Phone: Rick Fletcher, OSC President, 503-539-9148
Event Type: ride, open
Organized By: Rick Fletcher
Latest Activity: Jun 6, 2012

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Event Description

Come Ride With Us... Over Bald Mountain

Most of us have ridden over Bald Peak, but this ride crosses Bald Mountain, Southwest of Carlton. This route has never been featured as a OSC ride. Join us as we follow the country roads out to Carlton and then head up Nestucca River road nearly half way to the coast and turn south on a one lane paved Forest Service road for a run over Bald Mountain and work our way to Wilaimina. Fantastic scenery with almost no traffic. A ride most worthy of an afternoon.

Check this page 24 hours before the ride for any route or weather driven updates.

This ride will be at a touring pace. Check out the Ride Ticket and ride map (in four formats) for all the details.

Ride Ticket

Google Maps/iPhone (iPhone Instructions)

Google Maps (Printable and interactive)

Mapsource (Zumo)

GPS Exchange

The ride is open to all scooters and motorcycles, OSC members and non-members. If you won’t be riding that day, or family/friends want to participate, feel free to join us in a car.

This event has three 10 On The Road points. There are three total points available today's breakfast and ride.

Questions? Call OSC Road CaptainRick Fletcher at 503-539-9148.

OSC Open Ride Preparation

1. Watch the group riding video for tips on an enjoyable ride.

2. Review the hand signal sheet so that we can coordinate our ride.

3. Learn the route by studying the ride map, available in four formats, on the events page for the ride.

4. Do a safety check on your scooter. Here is a suggested check list.

5. Arrive at your meet up location with a full tank of gas. Check the “Ride Ticket” on the events page for the ride for the nearest gas station.

6. Be at your bike with all gear on except your helmet and gloves at noon for ride briefing.

7. Plan on having fun!

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Comment by Gary Kaufman on June 3, 2012 at 7:06pm: best ride to date ! if i could comment on one thing. since joining the group, all the rides except one have taken far longer then the posted end time. although im sure its been brought up before, why do we start our rides so late on a sunday ? i only speak for myself, but i would like to be rolling by 10 and get home at an earlier time

Comment by Melody Anderson on June 3, 2012 at 5:34pm: Just got home, and the ride was as good as they said it would be. What a treasure was discovered when the one lane forest service was found. Lots of good company, as always, and some new faces too. Can't wait to ride this one again!!!

Comment by Ernie Goble on May 17, 2012 at 7:34am: I'm looking forward to it for sure! Thanks guys.

Comment by Rick Fletcher on May 13, 2012 at 10:32am: Yesterday, Steve Castel and I did a pre-ride check out on this route to see if the roads sustained any damage from the winter weather. The road conditions are good and we both heartily endorse this ride as potentially being one of the best rides of 2012.

About a third of the trip is on a one lane paved road over Bald Mountain with great views of the mountains and valleys. A long the way we also passed through several Burch forest. The temperatures were in the upper 70s the day we rode and even with this good weather when we were on the one lane road section we only say four vehicles in and three of the vehicles were involved in a n organized litter pick up. The road was spotless. There was not a can or bottle in sight.

This is a seasonal and mostly unmarked route, so it is not likely a road that you will find on a casual ride. This ride has never before been featured as a OSC ride and we hope you will join us for this scooter adventure.

Rick 503-539-9148