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Bite the Weenie! - Dean Tanji calls a Ride to Eat at the famous hot-dog stand Pink's in Hollywood. Eric Vaillancourt's Ride Report
Second gas stop in Woodland, CA. Time to remove the cold weather gear.(PB200171.JPG)
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Eric Vallaincourt pulls up to the pump for our second gas stop.
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This is also Eric's second stop on his first ride with a cell. Our first stop was in Ashland as the first joint on my middle finger was near frozen. Out came the Gerbing gloves. (PB200173.JPG)
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In Los Banos we picked up Mike Magbuhat another FJR rider. We stopped at a rest stop in Buttonwillow as we had ridden under a front and the temps were dropping.
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Eric and the rest of us geared up for the cold and our climb up the grapevine and the Tejon Pass.
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Our little group was represented by all years of the FJR in the US. (PB200176.JPG)
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This is Mike's '03 with a silver anodized Dean Tanji fuel cell. (PB200177.JPG)
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Eric wears his grin proudly at the Motel 6 Hollywood. (PB200178.JPG)
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Eric and Mike hurrying to the bikes as we depart for Pink's at about 10:45pm Saturday night.
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The Motel 6 underground valet parking (Motel 6 valet parking? Only in Hollywood I'm sure!) allowed us to stow our rides close by.
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6 or 7 FJRs were in attendance, here are a couple examples.
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Dean is just a little late arriving, LA traffic ya know. His FJR reflecting beside him.
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The line was long and LDRiders were spaced throughout.
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Dean tries to get a shot of some of us waiting.
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Hey we're moving and spot other riders as the line zig-zags.
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Action is fast and somewhat furious behind the counter at Pink's (PB210191.JPG)
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None of us had eaten since breakfast and we sampled several of the Pink's offerings. I had the 10 inch stretch chili dog myself.
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Gallery: dougc Riding Gallery #2
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