Yeah, it was hot alright, a perfect day to test my newest silver mesh jacket. Actually, it was pretty comfortable as long as I was rolling down the road.

Only about a dozen of us decided to brave the hot weather. One group from the south side of town started out early with a large group that dwindled down to 3 by the time they made it to Holt for lunch.

We had a good group meet at MotorcycleCloseouts to ride together to Holt via my new "one-light" backroads route. The group include a brand spanking new Triumph 675 out for a break-in ride and a new KLR 650. We kept our speed down on the straight sections to avoid confrontations with law enforcement but sped up for the corners. :)

As usual, we had a pretty diverse group of bikes and riders which just makes it that much more fun. I hope to see you next time. -Rusty

We had a wide variety of bikes show up at MotorcycleCloseouts.com for our group ride to Holt on July 8th.

Rusty took a slightly different route this time which eliminated all but one stoplight from the entire trip to Holt!

On group rides two of the most important things to remember:
1) NEVER run into the guy in front of you, and
2) NEVER loose the guy behind you. (Wait for them when you turn)

If you keep these two things in mind, everyone can ride at their own pace and enjoy a fun and safe ride.

The weather looked questionable. Only 5 of us showed up at MotorcycleCloseouts for a group ride to Holt. The wind was kicking up and we felt some rain drops, but decided to Head 2 Holt anyway. We kept waiting for the clouds to dump on us, but it didn't happen. We just kept on going, until we stopped in Paradise on the north side of Smithville Lake for gas. There, they told us we were crazy to be out with all the tornado and storm warnings which were headed our way from the southwest. Uh oh, that was the direction we had to go to get back home! Well we chickened out on Holt and headed for home just in case. The funny thing was that the further southwest we went, the nicer the weather was. Our group split up and the three of us on sport bikes picked up the pace for a little fun in the twisties on the way back.

Even though we didn't actually make it to Holt, we did in fact "Head" 2 Holt and had a great time in the process.

For some reason there was an unusually large number of dual sport bikes on this weekend. So much so, that the sport bikes and cruisers almost looked out of place. Now that's a switch.

Around a dozen riders showed up at Motorcycle Closeouts around 10:30 to ride to Holt as a group. After waiting on a few stragglers we headed for some twisties on the way around Smithville Lake and on to Holt.

As usual quite a few riders just met us in Holt for lunch. Dolly wasn't really expecting us this weekend, but they were still glad to see us and cooked up some great food.

After lunch quite a few of the dual sport riders went on a group gravel road ride led by Dean on his XR650L, which interestingly enough fomerly belonged to my departed friend Randy Staples, who helped me start Motorcycle Closeouts. Following Dean on my friend's old bike brought back lots of great memories. :) -Rusty

March 25th was a beautiful day, but very windy.

17 riders met at Motorcycle Closeouts around 10:30 and took the scenic route to Holt together. The ride took us across the dam of Smithville Lake and down some fun country roads on our way to Holt. At Dolly's Diner we met up with about another 15 riders for lunch. Everyone marvelled at the size of the tenderloin sandwiches. Not only are they huge, they are darn good too.

After lunch and hanging out in the parking lot awhile, a group of us went for a ride through Lawson, Excelsior Springs and then O Highway to 210 and back to KC.

In the fall of 2005 Rusty and some of his riding buddies set out find a destination location for a lunch ride. They were in search of some place all kinds of riders riding all kinds of bikes could meet up, have lunch, and then go for a ride in the country. They wanted some place sort of close to KC, but far enough to call it a ride.

The area had to include scenic cruises, some twisties for the sportbikers and some good gravel and dirt roads for the dualsport gang. It had to be a biker-friendly town with good atmosphere and plenty of parking for bikes, and of course, good food for hungry riders.

Holt, Missouri had it all: lots of great places to ride nearby, an historic uncrowded downtown with great parking; home to Charlie’s famous Holt Hill Climb; and a police chief that rides. But, no place to eat – Bummer! Since then, Dolly opened up her diner in the middle of Main Street, so now all we need is to show up on our bikes, eat great food and have fun.

Here's a shot from our first event on April 23rd. more photos.

Head 2 Holt is for all types of bikes and riders.

Variety makes it that much better. I'll be there on my KTM Adventure, Hawk GT or Laverda if it will run!

This ride has included everything from an awesome REPSOL Honda CBR to a pristine Fat Boy to a 70's Laverda triple.

Cruisers, Dual Sporters, Sportbikers, Tourers... come one, come all!