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Pacific Northwest Riders is a community designated to the great people of the Pacific Northwest! From Blaine to Medford, Boise to Portland, all PNW riders are welcome!

Pacific Northwest Riders is a community designated to the great people of the Pacific Northwest! It encompasses riders from British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Some say Idaho and Northern California.

Setting up a meetup

It's easy to setup a PNWRiders meetup! Figure out what you want to do at least a week in advance and people will show up.

  • Pick a date/time
  • Pick a starting point, food/gas suggested
  • Pick a route (setup your own or check the route wiki)
  • Post with the date/location in the title
  • Message us to stick/flair your post!

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Message the mods if you have a good resource (no ads).

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HELP! WA DOL didn't transfer my motorcycle license when I was transferring my WI license over here

Like title mentioned, I today have just realized that DOL didn't transfer my motorcycle endorsement from Wisconsin about 2 months ago. Is there anyway I can get it fixed? It would be extremely terrible having to pay substantial amount of money and go to take the course again.

Anything would help thanks.

11 Comments
2025/01/30
08:54 UTC

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WA riders: are police chasing these days?

Obviously they are allowed to again now, but I hear conflicting reports about whether or not they actually do. Primarily wondering about King County/surrounding areas.

19 Comments
2025/01/30
01:47 UTC

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Looking for information on routes to Winnemuca

I'm thinking either via Lakeview or Burns. Lakeview is a bit shorter at about ~210 miles. Burns comes out to ~230. Both of those would be pushing it a bit outside the comfort zone of my range. Last time I went through, which was a long time ago, Denio no longer had fuel.

Any insights, advice, thoughts?

8 Comments
2025/01/29
20:57 UTC

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Vancouver CA to Glacier National Park: how early can it be done in spring?

Hello! I am interested in riding from Vancouver, Canada to Glacier National Park in Montana in this upcoming spring. Google Maps is showing 2 routes:

  • I-5 south to seattle; then I-90 east to St. Regis, MT; Mount Hwy 28 E and US-93 N to the park

  • Trans-Canada Highway east and BC-3 east to Elko, BC; BC-93 south to the park

I could make this trip any time in april, but I would prefer to do it earlier rather than later. My primary concern is the cold weather, and particularly ice/snow conditions on the road. When would be the earliest time when one would not need to worry about such things? Does it make a big difference which route I take?

My other option is to do this trip in the fall, when I assume I would not have to worry so much about these things, since ice and snow would not yet have built up. I'm not against this at all, just exploring my options for now.

Thank you in advance for any advice!

7 Comments
2025/01/29
08:04 UTC

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Looking for fellow rides close to Puyallup

7 Comments
2025/01/24
23:48 UTC

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Places to practice stunting around Tacoma?

Just like the title says. I’m getting into stunting and need a place to practice where I won’t be harassed too much by police or whatever. Any recommendations?

5 Comments
2025/01/15
21:39 UTC

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Any Port Angeles Riders?

Hey all,

Just got my first bike and permit a few weeks back. Been riding around town a lot, wondering if there’s any riders around town!

I usually end up at Ediz Hook and take some pics. Plan on going around town finding more spots for pics.

Let me know if you’re in the PA area and want to meet up!

6 Comments
2025/01/12
06:53 UTC

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Considering buying a bike

I’m looking at bikes and finding some great deals. Been in Seattle a few years and feel ready to get back in the bike.

One question I had while I search is where people store or park their bikes if you don’t have immediate access to a garage.

Bike theft is always possible, but what do you recommend when parking over night on the street. I rarely see bikes visible on the street around town, covered or uncovered

19 Comments
2025/01/10
00:22 UTC

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Used rear tires? Need about 10 of them.

I'm new to the area around Lacey, WA, and was wondering where I can get used motorcycle rear tires I need for a project I'm doing at home. i thought about hitting up a track day and seeing if the guy doing tire changes would have some he'd give away at the end of the day. any other resources I can hit up?

edit: i appreciate all the offers but it would take me forever to pick them up individually. i called Yamaha Motorsports of Olympia and they have 200+ tires lying around, so i'll stop by there to pick up what i need.

8 Comments
2024/12/31
19:37 UTC

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Selling a bike

Hi guys, I'm looking to sell my 2021 KX450, at I'm not sure where exactly would be the best place to market it? I've got it posted on FB Marketplace but it isn't getting much traction. Anyone know a better place to list it?

22 Comments
2024/12/20
22:56 UTC

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Anyone near Florence, OR willing to ship used gear to Bellingham, WA?

Or you could just ride it up here, haha!

I found some rad used gear (a FirstGear ThermoSuit) I want to buy on the Facebook Marketplace but it is in Florence, Oregon and the seller is unwilling to ship, even if I pay a higher price for the item as well as the shipping charges. They want local pickup only.

Is anyone interested in helping a fellow PNW Rider out as well as make a few bucks for your time? I could pay the seller directly, then pay you for the shipping charges and your time.

14 Comments
2024/12/19
01:38 UTC

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Meetups

Hey all I hope you're doing well. I've recently been really getting into bikes and bike photography and wanted to ask if any of you know of any meetups or anything of the sort? I'd love to see more bikes and take photos but can never seem to actually find any groups

3 Comments
2024/12/18
08:55 UTC

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High Steel Bridge

Hello fellow pnw riders!

I'm putting a list of places together that I want to take the bike to next year in Washington and Oregon. One of the places I want to go is high steel bridge near Shelton. I can't find any information on riding up there, outside of off roading. Has anyway taken their street bikes up there? I'm on a MT-03. Thanks in advance!

Other plaves on my list: Completely riding around Rainier Mt St Helens Cape flattery Astoria-megler bridge North Cascades

10 Comments
2024/12/12
17:23 UTC

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Fun beginner routes near Seattle downtown?

Hey y’all! I’m buying a new bike soon and am wondering if- are there any fun/scenic routes near Seattle downtown that I can hit after work on a weekday?

I’m aware of most of the ones further away from downtown (High Bridge, Hwy 20, etc.) but I’m looking for ones that I can get to quickly on a Monday evening for example.

Nothing too high speed necessary! I’m new so anything with some curves and with good visibility will work lol

21 Comments
2024/12/10
01:38 UTC

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Deer souvenir...

4 Comments
2024/12/07
02:52 UTC

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Used KLR 650 or BMW g650gs? Will be my first ADV motorcycle, spending $4kish. Please share your thoughts.

16 Comments
2024/11/16
00:12 UTC

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Anyone looking for a backpack? 😏

18 Female in Kirkland/ Bellevue area. I’m down to backpack any bikers. ❤️🫶 😜😏

15 Comments
2024/11/14
21:00 UTC

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Probably Last Ride of the Season

Putting her away till spring. Enjoyed my first year with the Tuono even if it had 100% of the known common faults.

8 Comments
2024/10/30
04:58 UTC

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PNW resident here, sharing an update to my recumbent motorcycle prototype build.

6 Comments
2024/10/30
03:01 UTC

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Late fall whee moment :)

Hey folks, t'was a sunny day, and the YT short was born https://youtube.com/shorts/wAJ623ytmeE?si=n__rvOg7CG1ff8Zo Hope you enjoy, ride safe!

0 Comments
2024/10/27
05:59 UTC

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My project. Yes also my roommate.

2005 zx6r

8 Comments
2024/10/24
02:43 UTC

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New tires?

Hey you relatively local riders (pnw)! I’ve been riding adventure bikes for some years now with some pretty versatile 50/50 treads. I just got a new bike that I plan to only roll on road, and I want to ride all year as I always do. What style and brand would you recommend? I plan to put a lot of miles on em. My main concern is the amount of rain we get. Seeing as I’ve ridden on sub optimal blocky tread tires pretty much exclusively, on and a lot off road, I have no idea where to start for road going, long distance, and wet rides.

5 Comments
2024/10/19
02:23 UTC

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I am doing market research for a business idea. How much would you be willing to pay to safely learn how to wheelie?

Hi everyone, for the past two weeks I have been practicing wheelies every day. This has been a dream of mine for years and my goal is to ride the balance point by the end of the year. But because I'm in my forties and a coward it has been a slow and some times painful process. I'm fortunate that I have multiple bikes that allow me to progress with less risk than some other people. I started practicing manuals and wheelies on my mountain bike, then my son's ttr110 pit bike, next is my wr250r dual sport, and my final stage will be on my Streetfighter V2.

I am able to practice because this is the first time since I started riding that I have this much free time. I recently lost my job and finding a new one has been rough. Instead of working for someone else again, I would like to own my own business. There are several wheelie training machines that are very expensive that have given me the idea of opening a wheelie school. Assuming you could learn to wheelie in a single day with one of these machines, what would you be reasonably willing to pay for the opportunity? How much would you pay to use your bike on the machine? How much would you pay to use someone else's bike?

Tl;dr: How much would you pay to learn how to wheelie your motorcycle without risk of injury or damage to your bike on a wheelie training machine in a single day? How much would you pay to learn how to wheelie safely on someone else’s motorcycle?

21 Comments
2024/10/15
02:08 UTC

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Lineup for the season ended

@laidback.juice on instagram

9 Comments
2024/10/13
23:11 UTC

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Check your people nw wa

Rider down black sports bike in lacey near rich road

0 Comments
2024/10/11
02:30 UTC

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The Anticipation is Killing Me (Olympic Loop Trip)

My best friend is riding up from PDX on Saturday to meet me in Winlock, WA. We are then heading west over to the beach on Hwy 6. Staying at a friends house at Lk Quinault Saturday night and riding around 101, back south along the Hood Canal into Tacoma for the second night. Took Monday off so we could ride up over Hwy 410 and enjoy some mountain roads before ending our weekend together. I want to leave RIGHT NOW, the wait is killing me and the weather is going to be perfect. He has never been out that way so let me know if there is anything on your must see list that is off of the 101 we should stop for.

17 Comments
2024/10/09
20:01 UTC

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