Nine hardy souls made the ride from CR to Fang for the meet-up and lunch. Cool ride in the morning. A stop at Charin Resort warmed us up a bit. From there to the point where we started to jump the mountain on the 109 saw a significant temperature drop and I thought we would really suffer when we got on top but I was wrong. As we climbed, we busted through the fog and clouds and were rewarded with sunshine, blue skies and greatly increased temps. Lovely ride through and over the mountain. I dunno why but I had Steve Miller Band songs playing in my head all morning. A couple of smoke and re-group stops and we arrived at the cafe at 12:13. One of our nine arrived a bit later as he missed the meeting time at CR and made the trip via the 1089 by himself. He was on a one month old Ducati and probably enjoyed stretching the thing out on his own. Pretty slick bike.
The CM gang arrived shortly after and we settled in for a long lunch and visit session. Made a couple of new friends from the CM group and even a new one from the CR group. Also attending were folks from as far away as Phuket.
The lunch spot is a real neat place to check out if you're in Fang. Sunny 555 has lots of room for lots of folks so if you're doing a group ride through Fang, it can be another place to choose from for your lunch stop.
Throughout the day, we all did spend quite a bit of time admiring and kicking tires on a new black Forza and the aforementioned new Ducati.
After an extended lunch break, we acquired two riders from CM and headed to CR via the 1089. A bit of regrouping and smokes, a coffee and fuel stop at the old outlaw's coffee shop and then the last run for CR saw us returning home in plenty of time before dark.
The ride was a good one; exceptional and I'm glad I went along. Thanks to all who braved the morning chill to attend. I sure enjoy the company of you folks and these all to infrequent get-togethers sure do me a lot of good.
David, thanks for arranging the ride and the restaurant and thanks for the invite to the CR group. I appreciate your efforts very much and look forward to another ride like this next Christmas.
Sunny 555 is located at the green arrow marker on this map-
http://goo.gl/maps/DZKML
Approximate grid coordinates are 19.98147 and 99.24794
Google Street View of the front of the place prior to it being finished is here-
http://goo.gl/maps/qFDaJ
In addition to many Thai food selections, they have quite a few western offerings including pizza and lasagna.