speeddemon32

Just wanted to let you all know that myself and a few rotary people get together about once a month to talk rotary.


EDIT:
We now meet on the second Saturday of every month. at the same place every time to make it easyer.
The meeting place is Pirate City Tattoo parking lot accross from Pep Boys on E street in San Bernardino.
We meet at 9:00 A.M. and we usually head out for a drive around 9:30 or 10:00
we Then try to go to lunch together all as a group.
if you need anything feel free to ask on this thread, or PM myself.

if you go to http://www.piratecitytattoo.com/ there is a map and the address at the bottom.

oh yeah, and i am no longer the only RX-8. there have been 4-5 other 8's there with me. :D
Read the post below, as we usually post pictures after every run.

NEW... NEW.... NEW..... click the link behind the date to go to the page that the pictures are on for that meet..

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Nov 2004 pictures https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...1&postcount=15

there was no meet in Dec, this was due to christmas season.

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EDIT: 12-4-05
Schedule for 2005

Jan 8th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...6&page=2&pp=40

Feb 12th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...6&page=3&pp=40

March 12th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...6&page=4&pp=40

April 9th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...6&page=7&pp=40

May 14th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...6&page=7&pp=40

June 11th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=15&pp=40

July 9th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=18&pp=40

Aug 13th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=22&pp=40 (starts at the bottom)

Sept 10th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=27&pp=40 &Sept 11th SOLO2 event https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...6&page=28&pp=40

Oct 8th (seven stock) https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=37&pp=40

Nov 12th https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=47&pp=40 (starts at the bottom)

Dec 3rd https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=60&pp=40 YES THIS IS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.... this is do to Christmas season.

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EDIT: 12-1-06
2006 Schedule

Jan 14 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=83&pp=40 This meet was at the Auto Cross in Fontana

Feb 11 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=95&pp=40 Regular monthly meetings return

Mar 11 This meet was rained out. went bowling with the Die hards that showed up.

Apr 8 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...page=110&pp=40 at the bottom. lots of pics so make sure you check next few pages.

May 13 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...page=121&pp=40 at the bottom of the page, make sure you check the next few pages.

Jun 10 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...page=132&pp=40 at bottom of page

Jul 8 https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...postcount=5614
more can be found here https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...=1#post1461344

Aug 5 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...page=147&pp=40 Lots of pics, make sure you check the page after also (Due to my wedding this meet was Aug 5th not the 12th and it was a Malibu meet just to mix it up.)

Sep 9 Regular monthly meets return on second saturday.

Oct 14 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...page=174&pp=40 this was a very small meet due to the rain.

Nov 11 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...page=190&pp=40 decent turn out... something like 14 cars

Dec Yes There is no meet this month due to the Christmas season. (yes I said Christmas not Holiday season) SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH!
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EDIT: 12-2-06
2007 Schedule

Jan 13 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...page=208&pp=40

Feb 10 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...page=217&pp=40
This meet was also the Guitar Junkie 28 memorial drive. not many pictures here, but there are a lot in other threads.

Mar 10 https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...page=228&pp=40

Apr 14

May 12

Jun 9

Jul 14

Aug 11

Sep 8

OCT 13

Nov 10

Dec

TyrellCorpNexus8

You spelled the place different! Do you mean Yucaipa?

TyrellCorpNexus8

How many people usually go and what is the age range?

speeddemon32

well this is only the second one, and so far only myself will be in an 8, the rest are in 7's. and age range is 15-90.

TyrellCorpNexus8

Darn it, we just miss the age range. I have one friend who is 14 and another who is 91.

speeddemon32

you know.... i think we can make an exception for you :D might even let you go down to something like 7-100. :D

Just washed and waxed my 8 for saturdays meet. so she should be all pretty!

Sylan

Ha I thought no-one around San Berdoo liked RX-8's or even mazda's for that matter. I just moved to Tucson from Berdoo a month and a half ago.

Riccio

Had a great time - some great pics are posted over at the West Forum at RX7Club.com.

Inland Empire 8's need to watch for the next meet and join the fun!

speeddemon32

thanks ricco! yeah, it was fun! thanks for coming, you really made the day funner. I can personally vouch for Ricco, Ricco is a great driver. never got stupid, but had no problems keeping up (the few times i got to really open it up)
anyways, thanks again for coming Ricco hope to see you next time. (time, date, location pending) :D

Riccio

I think the suggestion was to give Glendora Mountain Road (GMR) a try. This is a very technical and challenging road. I am going to invite Robert Baltazar (from Glendora, in his Black 2nd Gen) to lead this (with your permission) as he knows this road very well.

This route, like our drive last Saturday, can be weather dependent. Will make a point of keeping up to date on the status of GMR and let you know.

The 3rd Saturday in January (the 15th) works really well for me.

Thanks again for a great time last Saturday!

P.S. For lunch, I highly recommend "Legends" in Upland (hamburgers, etc) or if the group wants Mexican Food again, Casa Jiminez in Upland is good, too!

Sylan

Hey do we have to drive an 8 to attent? I'm moving back to berdoo tomorrow and I'd love to see some of them up close, but all I have is my gay pony

speeddemon32

no you dont have to have an 8, but a rotary is highly recomended..... (whats a pony?)

also we (friends) like to try and do other runs in between the "rotary" meets. if you are interested in hanging out more then once a month, feel free to let me know.

Thanks ricco for the advise. considering it is a LONG weather dependant run, mabe we should make it kinda of a tenative thing untill that day. kinda like we did last time. mabe have a shorter not so weather dependant rout as plan B.

:D

just a suggestion, talk to you all later!

P.S. i guess i should post all of this on the RX-7 site also.

P.S.S. below are a few pics from the last run we were talking about. (look how pretty the silver and yellow8's are!!!)

KrazieKave

I would of loved to be there... it's just so far away

Glad you all had fun

speeddemon32

where are you from?

KrazieKave

Rancho Cucamonga

Riccio

Hi Speeddemon!

Yes, I've met Krazie Kave at a Rancho Cucamonga Quakes game this year. He's a good guy!

Sylan

I wish I could've made it to the last run, unfortunatly difficulties in getting back to San Berdoo arose, so hopefully I'll be around for the next one.

KrazieKave

I didnt go to the Quakes meet ^_^ but thanks for the compliment! :P

Speeddemon, user HottRodder is out our way too...
Lemme know if you want me to give you some nice meet locations

speeddemon32

feel free to suguest.... always looking for good places. try to shoot for a place easy to find, as most people willn ot know the area.

also will you let HottRodder know about this meet up we do. (seems like you know him)

Thanks!

speeddemon32

RRRRIIIIIICCCCCIIIIIOOOOO!!!!!!!......... cant wait to hear your new intake!

Riccio

I made the ride on Glendora Mountain Road from Upland to Glendora on Saturday, to refresh my memory of the road -

Well, it's an awesome drive - but not one that should be done FAST in a group. I took it in my RX8 and I don't think I was going faster than 40 MPH at any point, and it was still a highly entertaining drive.

Lots of the road is two lane (barely) without a center stripe, and NO shoulder. Lots and lots of "S" turns, many of them blind, so long following distances and "reasonable" speed is indicated.

Also, there was a pretty strong presence of the Sheriff's Dept. at a couple of key spots, complete with radar guns and binoculars.

Even so, it was a highly entertaining drive - I still say the earlier the better, to minimize the presence of other traffic.

Jill

Sylan

Ya know if you guys are having another meet anytime soon I have 2 weeks of freetime starting tomorrow. I'd love to hang out with everyone.

KrazieKave

a good place to eat in Rancho Cucamogna is Legends Burgers It's 4 minutes away from the 210 freeway. maybe we can meet there for lunch and then go on a local drive.


http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp...%20Restaurants

Riccio and I were thinking of doing a photo shoot at the star in Upland (dont know if you know about it) but it's a huge star on the local mountains. if you guys wanna join... let me know. (preferably rx-8's for the photoshoots.)

speeddemon32

what ever you think Riccio, we will be in your teritory this time, so we are pretty much going to trust your better judgment. god thing is we still have plenty of time, as it is almost a month away.
Just let us know on both RX-8, and RX-7 club web sites.
:D

KrazieKave

I dont know if you all have heard of "Donut Man" (a donut store in Glendora off of lone hill ave)

they serve very tasty donuts that are oversized.

we can possible meet there if wanted... then drive through GMR.

(Just a suggestion)

Sylan

Does that mean I can't come?

Riccio

Hey Krazie!

What happened to the pics you took???? :p

Anyway - 8 AM is so we can drive some of our favorite roads before they get crowded - then, there is still time to eat afterward -

You're young - if I can get up and be there at 8 AM, belive me, YOU CAN! :D

KrazieKave

hahaha I guess 8am is fine.
and about the pics. I'm preparing them atm.

Sylan

Ha I'd love to bring my own rotory, but sadly I've only drivn the 8, I won't be able to get my own till March or after. You could always loan me one though

speeddemon32

Wishfull thinking!

:D

yeah, the last two were at 9:00 and it seemed like an extra hour would have been perfect, but everyone had plans areound 12:00 or 1:00 so we all decided the extra hour would be in the morning instead.

i kinda figured 8:00 once a month would be ok

as for the first sat of every month.... sounds like a good idea, we should seriously consider that, but as for Jan lets stick to Jan 15th since everyone on this site and the RX-7 club site have all made plans for the 15th.

mabe we could start the in feb??? gives us somehting to talk about over lunch on the 15th!

anyways, talk to you all later!

KrazieKave

the 15th at 8am sounds like a date.

I suggest: Donut Man for breakfast in Glendora.

speeddemon32

isnt glendora kinda far? (coming from San Bernardino) ???

i am not saying it is, i dont really even know ware it is, but it sounds far :D
how far from Rancho? i can do rancho.


and thank you for being one of the only ones to suggest some place to meet. i think Riccio also recomended a place.,,,,, mabe that was for lunch... ????
:D

Riccio

Well, the reason he is saying the Donut Place in Glendora, is that is where Glendora Mountain Road (GMR) starts - at it's Western origin.

If the road is open, you can then drive East and you end up at Baldy Village, where you then drive down the hill to Upland. Once in Upland, I suggested either Legends Burgers for lunch, or if you guys want Mexican again, going to Casa Jiminez, also in Upland.

The problem is the weather - once there is really severe weather, the "powers that be" usually shut down GMR until sometime in the spring. It is likely IMO that the rainstorm (monsoon) we are now having will be sufficient to close it down. I drove it last Friday in my FD, and there was a fair amount of sliding rock debris on the road then.

It is, without a doubt, the most technical and challenging and enjoyable road I have ever driven. That said, the last portion of it before you get to Baldy Village does not have a center line painted on - probably because at several points it is definitely (again IMO) not two lanes wide.

I was pretty nervous last Friday when I was avoiding rocks (big, fist size and larger) on the road, and was driving over on the left side of this narrow road. There are several blind twisty corners - I had the radio OFF and the window OPEN listening for any approaching motor sound as I drove. Luckily, during that 15 minute (or more - was driving pretty slow) portion of the drive, only one motorcycle was going West - and he passed me where we could both see each other clearly in plenty of time/distance.

I am writing here publicly, what I have told Speeddemon privately, I am thinking that we need to wait until spring for this run. The weather the past few days may have sealed it for us in any case. - GMR is probably closed.

You guys had a great time going up Oak Canyon - maybe we could meet in San Bernardino and caravan there, and have lunch at the end. I don't know that run - is it affected by weather?

Anyway - I'm sure we can collectively think of something. I have the 15th reserved for whatever we decide to do.

speeddemon32

ohhhhh man!!!!!!

dont you hate it when you type up a big long message, and then your boss walks in on you and you THOUGHT you hit copy before closing the window, just to find out later that you in fact did NOT copy your previouse LONG message.

anyways, i will make this one WAY shorter, and WAY more to the point, as i dont feel like typing it all again. (it was long)

anyways, it said something like Thanks Riccio for your input, how about we all wait to drive such a technical road for a day that we can accually enjoy it. lets count on it being closed, or full of rocks.

also said something like the reason i wanted to meet in Rancho area is because i wanted to give the Rancho are people to be closer to home. but if everyone is cool with a San Bernardino meet the that is cool with me as i live here.

also said something like i dont htink we have to have a run set in stone as between all of us, at the last minute if we all want to go for a drive i am sure we can think of someplace to go.

the reason i say this is because we have no idea what weather will be like. if its raining, we might all just want to go to a place we can just hang out at, and not even go on a drive. but if its clear then we all might want to go to forest falls or something.

anyways, i had also given a time and place. this is not set in stone its just an idea


When
Jan 15th 8:00 A.M.
Location
Pirate City Tattoo Parking lot accross from Pep Boys on E street In San Bernardino
Who
all rotary and rotary curiouse people and cars
Why
cause its fun




the reason for piching Pirate City Tattoo Parking lot, is because this is ware my best friend (Vipers on RX-7 club) works. its a nice nutral easy to find place. decent sized parking lot.

znyways, if any one has any comment please post them. I will also be posting this on RX-7 club for them to see.

I had also said Welcome Tr1gger, hope to see you there!

Riccio

Ok - sounds good, I'll be there....

Do you have the address on E Street - I don't know S'Bdino very well. I mapquest everywhere I go, and then hope it's right. (Sometimes it's not, and then it gets interesting.)

Anyway - HAPPY NEW YEAR to the San Bernardino Group - looking forward to seeing everybody on the 15th!

speeddemon32

168 S. E street
Sanbernardino 92401

I put a map at the bottom of the web page
http://www.piratecitytattoo.com/door/

Sylan

I went by that place yesterday.

If you guys are lookin for a good twisty place to run(as it looks from me skimming the newer threads) we could always make the run up to Crestline and get lunch up by Lake Gregory. Doesn't take that long to go up and I think it's a lot of fun.

Oh and Speedmon, my hotmail got hacked, so I added you on my other one.

speeddemon32

Cool dude!
see you on the 15th!