See America Ride ~ Overview

A few months ago, Richard L, came up with the idea that he would take a ride based on an article he found in the GWRRA Wingworld Magazine. This article described a loop through Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. Well, needless to say he sat down at his trusty computer and started laying it out. He brought to the attention of a few of us. Lesley and I asked if we could join in with him on this ride. He continued with the planning and by the time he got it pretty much hammered out, there were four parties going with five bikes.

"Back to the Pen" ~ Montana District Rally 2020

GWRRA Montana District Rally
By Chuck & Lesley Grimm

Well, this whole thing started on the morning of the 23rd of July.  Lesley and I met up with our good friends, the Schmidt’s from Chapter N in Spokane.  We showed up in chaps and riding jackets while they showed up in Frogg Toggs.  When asked why, Gary advised that it looked like rain later that day about the same time as we were arriving in Deer Lodge.  Well, I had to disagree with him on that point and after fueling, we were on our way to Deer Lodge Montana for the Montana GWRRA District Rally.  The weather was clear and sunny.  I was thinking that Gary was off his rocker.  Well, time would tell.

Region "I" Rally, Tillamook Oregon

August 16, 2017 ~ Lesley & I left Spokane and were bound for Tillamook to the Region "I" Rally and were fortunate enough to score an Aspen Tent camper for this trip.  If memory serves, it was a pretty day.  Everything was going well until we got to around the Tri-Cities when I realized that we had a little problem.  I stepped on the foot brake and it went all the way to the bottom.  The words that I uttered in the Intercom system would make a sailor blush.  If pumped the brake, I could get rear brake action.  The problem came when I had to make a quick stop.  Not sure if I would have enough time to pump up the brakes so, I decided to keep the distance between us and the vehicle in front of me larger than normal.  The front brake was just fine and it actually did a very good job at stopping the bike.  Even in a panic stop.  This did surprise me and I was thankful that these actions were few and far between.  We stopped for the night at "The Dalles" at the Motel 6. Got checked in and got some things out for the night. I still wasn't sure what the cause of the brake failure.  I looked under the back of the bike and I couldn't see any brake fluid on the ground, even after pumping the breaks several times.  I checked the master cylender and found it was low on fluid.  Well, there was nothing to be done since it was to late to see the service folks at the Honda shop.