Willow City Loop & Enchanted Rock

[Dave.TX]

Met up with a bunch of guys to ride out to Willow City Loop and Enchanted Rock, both in the Hill Country of central Texas. Though there aren't any pics of WCL there were a couple of Enchanted Rock. Maybe next time we'll actually stop so's we can get pictures.

Willow City Loop is off of FM 1323, one of the more fun FM's (Farm to Market road) in Texas. FM 962 was a really good ride too, it's also known as Hamilton Pool Road. Too bad there isn't video of the ride. Eventually I'll get a Contour camera to get some of that.

Here's the meet up at the gas station on Hamilton Pool Road and RR 12 (Ranch Road). Yes, that's one of the brand new Yamaha R1's:

This is a 2007 Aprilia Tuono Factory. Jim is a good rider and this is a gorgeous bike.

That "dome" in the background is a gigantic outcropping of granite. It's the Enchanted Rock.

That black bike to the right of the Aprilia is a Yamaha FZ8. Only one today but there's another guy that has one who rides with us on occasion. There was an FZ1 today but no FZ6's.

It was a beautiful central Texas day, creeping up to 90 degrees but with the later cloud cover it made for a very pleasant ride, not hot. We come together through meetup.com and the Austin Sportbike Riders group on there. Loads of fun!

 

[mxgolf]

Thanks for the pictures and looks like a good ride that day! Need some FZ6es on the next ride. :spank:

 

[Motogiro]

Nice pictures Dave!

 

[Dave.TX]

There's a couple of riders with FZ6's that sometimes come out. With about 100 riders in the group not everyone can ride every time. It's usually about 8-12 bikes. I used to have an FZ6 but sold it. When one shows up on a ride I'll be sure to snap a few pics and post 'em.

I just bought a Sony DSLR camera that my Minolta Maxxum lenses fit on. it's 14MP and pretty nice. I'll be taking more pics on rides. I used to be big on photography but when DSLR's came out they were way out of my price range. Riding out to Alabama and the Barber Motorsports park in a couple of weeks. I'll be sure to take a few hundred pics of the museum and the AMA Superbike races.

 

[Sawblade]

I go bouldering there with a friend of mine pretty much every time I go home on leave.