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Stromtrooper Sighted!

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#1 ·
Are you here?
Turning eastbound onto Stark at 257th. Approx. 5pm Thursday. I think it was a 1K but traffic and all that luggage made it hard to see!
Nice looking ride!:D
 
#2 ·
Hmmm, a thread all to myself. Good thing I like my own company!

Saw a blue Wee today parked in MY spot in the Smart Park garage downtown Portland, corner of 3rd and Morrison.
Was it you? :D
 
#3 ·
I'll keep you company. Don't see stroms very often on the road. Odd, I know there are a lot of them out there.
 
#5 ·
I saw a bunch of them at Glolden Touch today too. And one of them was mine!

I'll join in on this one. I saw one Wednesday afternoon heading south on SW 185th at Baseline. Givi trunk I believe. Kind of saw it out of the corner of my eye so I can't picture all the details.
 
#7 ·
While we were Winging it, Saturday, between Mt. St Helen's and Hwy14, I must have seen 6-8 Stroms. One inparticular was eastbound on 14 around Washugal. Gray, nicely farkled, but no headlights. Another on southbound I-5 just before the Beaverton exit, looked like a fairly new bike. If you're reading, I gave you a thumbs up from the red Goldwing.
Btw, My Strom was at breakfast, too. Will post a couple of pics later.
 
#8 ·
Had my eye out all weekend for Stroms as I towed the family Springdale Trailer to Nehalem Bay for a nice Saturday through Tuesday camp out. Lots of bikes on the road including a nice sporty BMW with a rider in t-shirt and khaki shorts hanging it out between Nahalum and Garibaldi...unreal.
Finally spotted a Strom on I405 at about 2-2:30, bright green jacket.
 
#9 ·
Ok, this morning at about 6:45. Interstection of Sandy Blvd./Fremont/72nd ave. In PDX.
Nice bike! :D
 
#10 ·
I saw a DL1000, blue with a "Longriders" logo in white on the gas tank, and Washington plates, headed south on I-205 this morning about 10:30 AM. Big Givi hard luggage, looked like he was headed on a bit of a trip. I was impressed by the bike but I wasn't impressed by how close he was following cars in fairly heavy traffic. That didn't seem very bright to me.
 
#11 ·
Check out the recent photos on www.killboy.com
there is a dude hanging it out on a strom in athletic shorts!
sheesh. Just cant get the thought of all the potential skin on the road out of my mind.:???:
 
#19 ·
Hello all. Just picked up my new DL650 2 weeks ago from Lamphere's in Beaverton. Love the bike thus far. Got a few farkels in place already. Can't wait to fix the wind problem. Be talkin', postin' and ridin' in the weeks to come.
Two weeks ago I was out front of Bob's after just buying a new helmet. A new Strom owner and his wife (?) was out front with the salesman (Doug). Was that you? You were checking out my Caribou Luggage.

Either way, enjoy your new ride and drop in for Saturday breakfast!
 
#13 ·
I got a wave from what I think was a fellow trooper this afternoon at about 1:30. I say 'think' because they were south bound and I was northbound in the FREAKING TERWILLIGER CURVES! :confused: I like to wave at my fellow two wheelers but am not going to look too hard let alone take a hand off the bars in that section of I5....ever!
Talk about sensory overload. Some cars doing 60, some doing 40 and a mix of semi's, buses and contractors trucks etc...
 
#15 ·
PDXStrom:
Welcome to the horde. Check out the PDX Breakfast Club thread. Next meeting is the 23rd. Hope to see you there.
 
#16 ·
PDXSTROM
Did I meet you there the day you were picking it up?
I remember shaking the hand of someone who was just picking up their new Strom and saying hello the day I was picking up mine from its break in service. :D

Sooner or later some of these sitings are going to 'connect'. This might also be a good spot to leave road reports, news of local traffic hazards to avoid etc...
 
#17 ·
St. Johns, last night sighting. Maybe heading for the St. John Bridge? Wee with full luggage. Black? black helmet, jacket.

On my way to meet Doug of Skamania to check out his GPS he was selling. I bought it.

Nice to meet an Oregon stromtrooper.
 
#21 ·
Getting back on my '07 650 outside "Q's Cafe" in Brookings when I hear a "beep beep". Glance up as I'm putting on my helmet to see a guy ride by on a blue V-Strom 650. I finish gearing up (ATGATT!) and boogie down the road. Caught up with him a few stop lights down the road, but the light changed before we had a chance to say anything. We rode down 101 into California and had to stop at some construction just as we're starting to get into the Redwoods.

We chat a bit, his name's Ken and he lives in the area. Asked if I wanted to take a side road most people don't know about. I said, "Sure!" After we _zoomed_ through a curvy stretch of 101 (think "Return of the Jedi" for a visual of that experience!) we pulled off to the right and headed up a mixed gravel/paved road. After a few miles we came to a wide spot on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific. Took a photo:


Moved on a few more miles, then went into the "Cal-Barrel" grove. It felt like I was in a cathedral:


Ken had to head home so I thanked him for the side trip, hung out for a few more minutes of awe, then motored on as well.

Ken, I didn't get any contact info from you and don't even know if you surf this board or not. But just in case you do, thanks again. On my six-day tour down into northern California and back, that was my favorite experience (with highway 36 from Eureka to Redding a very close second place)
 
#22 ·
Monday evening. Jillians. Blue Wee. Top Box. Guards etc......
 
#24 ·
Blue Wee, parked next to Rose City Golf Course 6pm Saturday.
:D
 
#25 ·
Sweet! My own personal thread to myself! :D

Two sightings of Litre-Vees today.
This morning at approx. noon turning east onto Old Columbia River Hwy. in Troutdale.
The other was two up turning east onto Stark at 257th.
Ride On! :D
 
#26 ·
Saw several this weekend.
Saturday, about 11:00am, I was caging it and had just come over Bald Peak and was on the flats coming into Newburg, when I saw a full dress blue Strom heading north, then I looked in by rearview and saw those distinctive headlights in back of the cruiser that was following me.

Sunday the Wing group did a 475mi loop out 84 to Biggs, then south and lunch in Fossil. Then south to 26, west to 22, through Sisters to I5, then north to home. Left at 7:00am, back at 9;30pm. That's a long-ASS day even on a Wing. Saw 5 Stroms in various spots along the way.

My wife gets frustrated with me because even when I'm riding the Wing, I'm thinking Strom. When we get into some twisties and I start getting into the groove, I start to lean forward, like on the Strom. She knows to poke me in the ribs to bring me back to the, "Oh yea, that's right, I'm driving the minivan" and I back off.
 
#27 ·
Rolling towards Timberline Lodge this morning I spot a familiar looking set of headlights in my mirror...Sure enough, a fellow Strommer on my '6'!
He passes me and I now follow him up to Government Camp. It's Stevewz and he joins me for the ride up to the lodge for lunch.
Epic day up at lodge level with unlimited visibility and a nice road clear of gravel (this time :D )
Remarkable number of skiers for July.
Here is a tip when dining at the lodge...
If you dont want mayo on your burger then be sure to not tell them that when ordering.
Also, the code word for 'sourdough' when ordering your deli turkey sandwich apparently is... 'whole wheat please'.

Great to meet you Steve!
:D
 
#28 ·
Fatstrat ... yeah, it was great catching up with you on the road up the mountain. The view up at Timberline was incredible. The mountain was crawling with teen skiers, reminding me of sugar ants the day after a spilled Coke. Several walking past us in the parking lot gearing up for the trip home commented, "Cool bike, dude!" Their remarks were even more meaningful considering the BMW '650 parked next to us -- going completely ignored.

Seeing all those kids walking through the lodge with their ski helmets and goggles on ("Dude, you're inside now, it's okay to take your goggles off, okay?") made us feel like we fit in with _our_ gear and helmets. I bet some probably looked at us and thought, "Now THOSE are some hard-core downhillers!"

Fatstrat, sorry you had to head back home. The ride on to Wamic was incredible.
 
#29 ·
Sorry I missed the Wamic trip. Next time I'll get my honey-do's out of the way on my first day off!
Spent the rest of the day working a shovel. :(
 
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