Traveling MAY -JUNE for Maintance

[Seaking]

Hi guys.. A buddy and I are taking 2 to 3 weeks off to hit the road and tour the lower part of the USA, prolly down the eastern seaboard, across to Texas and / or all points in between.. We may take in Rolling Thunder at the end of May in Washington DC, then across to see Sky Doc for a proper visit this time (and some ribs).. from there the road is open..

 

I keep catching glimpse of mentioning of "Maintenance Days" and such but can't seem to figure out the who what where when.. I'm interested in hooking up with the learned people and enthusiasts in order to learn how to do more of the advanced maintenance on my bike..

 

Can anyone point to the info as to what where and when some of these events are taking place, or people available to teach how to do some of the maintenance on our bikes.. ? We plan to put a lot of miles on the bike and see a lot of places.. so drop me a line..

 

Thanks in advance.

[mini-muffin]

Here's the link to the Maintenance day info. Have fun and be safe on your trip. Oh and Skydoc may just be going to MD so you might get to go along with him. Plus they'll be plenty of other folks heading that way.

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=41934

Margaret

[StarFan]

Hi there.

Freebirds Annual Maintenance Day is to be held 19th. of June 2010 and it is a must going there at least once in a lifetime (I intend to come every other year). I live in Iceland and have a 1998 Royal Star Tour Classic II in Woodstock, NY and I travelled to the States last summer to attend this great event and meet all the people that I had been chatting with on the forum for a year.I travelled first from Woodstock to Alden,NY and spent a night there with my good buddy BigTom and his wife Vicky (Taters) along with some other members and then we rode together down to Ohio to Dons place the morning after. Staying with Tom and Vicky was beyond everything imaginable and Tom even let me pee in his garden. After that he said that now he was sure I felt like home.

I can not explain how great this was meeting all these nice people and how welcome everybody made me feel. I had the time of my life and would not have missed it for the world. Simply great. Don and Eileen are the warmest people ever and I have to say that their house and surroundings is like from a fairy tale. Actually Don and Eileen are also like from a fairy tale - they are so warm and nice. You can sign up for the event by going to the calender section on the home page and you can also send Freebird/Don an PM/email and get all the info you need. You will not regret this - Believe me - I talk from experience. And of cause if you guys show up then I can put more pressure on Don renaming the event to: Freebirds "International" Annual Maintenance Day.

After the weekend at Freebirds I rode with Earl "Skydoc_1" to his home and spent two days there fixing the bike a little and enjoying the company of Earl and his lovely wife Jean. Spending time with them at their place is not a time wasted. It was just great and so relaxing. And now Earl is going to tune up the engine in my bike from 64 hp to 96 so we never know - Maybe I will be forced to drop by in June!

So - sign up and meet all the great members.

 

Friendly regards from Iceland (Norway at the moment).

Jonas aka StarFan

Edited February 5, 2010 by StarFan

[Riderduke]

Seaking,

Give me a shout I'll be more then happy to ride with you for rolling thunder. its just in my back yard (50miles). If you need a place to stay while in Virginia we have plenty of room. Take a look at Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge parkway. If you have enough time that is a excellent way to get through Virginia and North Carolina on a bike.

[Seaking]

Seaking,

Give me a shout I'll be more then happy to ride with you for rolling thunder. its just in my back yard (50miles). If you need a place to stay while in Virginia we have plenty of room. Take a look at Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge parkway. If you have enough time that is a excellent way to get through Virginia and North Carolina on a bike.

 

Many thanks Stud Muffin.. I'll chat you up about that later this month or the next.. My MC sometimes goes down in a group, picking up Chapters along the way.. so if my buddy and I end up doing the solo thing we would kindly appreciate your offer..

 

I'll chat you up about it shortly..

 

Many thanks!

[Seaking]

Hi there.

 

After the weekend at Freebirds I rode with Earl "Skydoc_1" to his home and spent two days there fixing the bike a little and enjoying the company of Earl and his lovely wife Jean. Spending time with them at their place is not a time wasted. It was just great and so relaxing. And now Earl is going to tune up the engine in my bike from 64 hp to 96 so we never know - Maybe I will be forced to drop by in June!

So - sign up and meet all the great members.

 

Friendly regards from Iceland (Norway at the moment).

Jonas aka StarFan

 

Thanks Jonas, I don't know if you followed the threads from last year but I had the misfortune of my bike breaking down as we arrived at Earl's place but had the best of times enjoying their hospitality while waiting for the bike to be repaired.. My buddy and I owe SkyDoc and the missus another rib supper at the very least =)

 

My buddy and I spent a lot of time on the road together last year, we're kind of hoping to get a long haul done this time instead of breaking it up in little outings .. Should be more fun hehe... too much fun..

 

Norway eh? I've been up to Bodo and Vestfjord (sp) in Oct a few years in a row playing silly bugger games with the Ruskies.. beautiful country..

 

Cheers M8