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So,,, what in the world,,, I thought we left the crazys way back in cali but brother,, I was wrong... than again,, if ya look closely at this place where we camped last night you will notice its acually a make shift motocross track with an old bus in the middle of it! I FELT RIGHT AT HOME! Found gas next morning, good thing too, see pic. We are in idaho with high hopes of seeing glacier in the near future! Last time we got near bonneville speedway I took tweeks out on the speedway salt for a run. You can find vids on it on youtube by searching my name, scott barnhard, if you have any interest in seein an ol beat up 1st gen, loaded down with gear, just tearing it up! Anyway,, before we left wendover (where the speedway is) last year we looked EVERYWHERE for a sticker to give tweeks her just reward,, NO LUCK! As we went thru this year I stopped at a place where I checked last time and they said they would get some,,, GUESS WHAT GANG - THEY KEPT THEIR WORD! TWEEKS NOW HAS HER BONNEVILLE SPEEDWAY STICKER,, YEEEEEEHAWWWWW Got a terrible connection here in pocatello idaho, beatiful country BUT TERRIBLE INTERNET.. HOPE THIS GETS OUT! ride em if ya got em,, ITS SUMMERTIME, Puc

Mountains of idaho = quicker comm flow, took advantage of opportinity and doubled up my prayers! PRAYERS UP!

:rotf::rotf: You are more than welcome vid BUT you really gotta thank easyrider for this one,,, he started the treky stuff in another thread and got me all wound up! Oh,,, we found that luggage someone had dropped off their bike, went back n picked it up, tippy carried it between us,, she is not only pretty BUT turning into a REAL biker chick! NO intent on carrying with us,, havent got the tools to build a bigger rack LOL PLUS, NO BANANA NUT ICE CREAM IN THERE, so nothin for me ANYWAY LOL enjoyed the responses gang! Smile folks,, ITS SUMMER TIME! KIRK N UHURA OUT

HEAR HEAR! Congrats to ALL my friends up there eay! LOVE YA BROTHRS N SISTERS! PUC

We, re gonna rollllll outt da barrel,,,,,, we, ll have a ba

Captians log star date, NO IDEA CAPTAIN HAS NO CLUE OF TIME OR SPACE, LEFT SPACE DOCK RUBBING EYES AS IF LACK OF SLEEP. CREW APPEARED SLEEPIN AS DEPART PROCESSED. WARP DRIVES UNFUNCTIONABLE ON STARSHIP AS INTER STELLAR TRAFFIC SEEMED SEVERE.. AT GALAXY CHANGE INTO NEVADA NEBULOUS TRAFFIC LESSONED, WARP ENGAGED.. NEAR ELKO STAR CLUSTER UNKNOWN OBJECT APPEARED IN VECTOR. FULL REVERSE ENGINES ORDERED, FULL SCAN OF VECTOR SHOWED NO KLINGONS IN VECTOR.. SCIENCE OFFICER TIPPY, ALSO KNOWN TO MANY AS EVERY OTHER CREW POSITION,, INCLUDING CAPTAIN SHE DEEMS NECCESARY, RETRIEVED UNKNOWN PACKAGE FROM SPACETRAFFIC.. UNKNOWN PACKAGE WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN SPEEPING QUARTERS OF ALIEN SPACE CRAFT. PACKAGE DELIVERED AS FOUND AT NEAREST SPACEPORT LOST AND FOUND.. PUC OUT

glad you made it brother! Aint much left of that one!

Aye captn,, that she is,, from the lips of Scottie em self! Well done easyrider,,, yee be speakin to two trekies!

Tip n I were just yakkin about that kat! Great minds travel in the same vicious circle I guess,,, oh,, wait minute,, said that wrong,, that kinda means we are all a little crazy..... anyway,, we left sacramento this morning and are just about in utah.. its a toss upfor us,, maybe rushmore,, glacier, bongobobs, home to cut our kneehigh grass/weeds - nahhhh,, probably end up in some little dirt main road cowtown up in montana watching some young buck-a-roo light bottle rockets.. bout my style.... puc

This will be debated in the truest form at tonites meetngreet.. if you simply must get a burger before the debate results are in I highly suggest you follow CONDORS suggestions as my taste buds have not been normal since eating a burger loaded with jalepeano sauce a few days ago in texas down by the mexican border..

Oh heck no Pete,,, I am still thawing out from last winter in michigan,, soon as thats done I gotta start the process of dryin out some before we actually head home n face winter again.... cant believe I said that... Hmmmmmmmmm,,,, maybe the makins of the first ever VR ICE SKATING PARTY,,, I will mention this to flyingfool and see what his plans are for his weather machine this coming August!

I know coff, we were gonna just pull up stakes in the a.m. but a couple pranksters here locally have been pulling my chain bout havin ice cream before we leave.. thought I better stick out theinvite to everyone just so no one felt left out.. Already gotta confirmed from condor,, he was one who stirred the pot as we left THE DALLES.. waiting to see if easyrider chimes in here, he is the other troublemaker.. may have to jingle him.. I would have posted this a long time ago but lifes been crazy with the grand kids, my own kids, tweekin tweeks an all.. gotta head east at some point an clear a stall for storing abuddies 84 1st gen! puc

Me n tippy,, we done wore out the pacific west coast of the usa and have been asked to leave.. while I was very impressed with frisco, even though it was considerably smaller than anticpated it was cool.* I looked everywhere for a decent place for an ice cream meet n greet n couldnt find one,, to bad too cause I wanted to make my first ever time of settin up a meetin n greetn really city slickerish with all da bells n whistles to impress people.. if your headed that way, frisco, n lookin for a greetn n meetn place I done scouted it already n can tell ya there aint no ice cream places on either the bay, john knox fresh air or the golden gate bridges..*I also checked highway 1 down from bodega bay, no luc puc! I did find excellent trail grub at a place called blackbear diner in a town known as vacaville on the way home last night, its a ways from highway 1 n frisco bay though.. they , black bear diner, does have ACTUAL corn beef hash! Not the fake stuff from a can but REAL! There may have been some icecream available at john muir national m8nument BUT, THOSE SAN FRANCISCO people had the placebound up tighter than a siezed camshaft on an old 750 honda..*Bottomline,, I have done ran out of time trying to find some super classy high end place and am settling for the best ice cream we have had thus far and nixing the idea of trying to impress anyone! Because I am now known as a guy who shuns creature comforts and lives off raw basics, having the best ice cream is good enough for me,, fine dinin phewy,, good ice cream yaaaaahhooooey! I would like to invite all 12000 plus members on the site to meet us at LEATHERBYS ICE CREAM IN ELK GROVE CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AT 7 PM. the address is 8238 laguna blvd, elk grove ca, 95758.. its fairley easy to find.. coming from our home in michigan, if you get on us31 south bound, follow it to I-94 south to I-80 coming out of indiana, follow I-80 to ca99 and go south on 99. After leaving sacremento you will come to bond/laguna exit. Take exit and turn right and LEATHERBYS will be on your left.. real easy to find! Anyone not coming from michigan will have to find their own directions cause I only know how to get there from where I amfrom... as a side note to this,, so called, colorful interjection into your otherwise normal, stable life I would like to add.. I was fortunate enough to have completed the main purpose to this short, but lively, excurtion across america on an old beat up yamaha venture before getting asked to leave the west coast.. that mission being, FINDING THE BEST DOG GONE BURGER JOINT THIS SIDE OF THE AMERICAN RIVER! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! BUBBLES PLEASE,,,,,,, LADIES N GENTLEMEN,,, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO,,,, THE SQUEEZE BURGER AND ONLY FOUND AT THE, SQUEEZE IN! Take a look at the pic, look carefully at the yellow around the bun.. that, my friend is CHEEZE,, GRILLED CHEEZE! I am a little wierd but when I grill burgers at home I will spend hours scraping the cheeze out from between the grates,, not because I dont want a messy grill - could care less,, but because I LOVE the taste and texture of the burned grill cheeze.. THESE GUYS AT SQUEEZE IN TOOK THE IDEA RIGHT FROM MY TASTE BUDS! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! hmmmmm,, wonder what the burgers on the east side of the american river are like,,,,,, hmmmmmm... thanks AZ, NV, CA, OR, WA,,,, ITS BEEN FUN! Puc PS,, I ONLY HAVE 5 DOLLARS LEFT SO YOU HAVE TO BUY YOUR OWN ICE CREAM,, WATER AND SARCASTIC COMMENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE! Look forward to seeing all 12000 of you tonite!

ABSOLUTLEY! rooster, sorry to hear about the issues your having with diabeties.. guarenteed,, what ever direction you go we are with you! Thoughts and prayers for you, and for you too Randy, as you folks deal with that stuff!

I LOVE the hunt for em almost as much as owning em.. it makes finding just the right one that much sweeter whenya finally do find it coff.. I could spend a whole summer running from state to state, sleeping in a tent, living off wendies chili and lemon water searching for just the right bikefor you.. think of allllll the great folks out there one would get to meet and writing material to be gained..

Absolutley positively PERFECT tech sargent coffey! I really appreciate the effort! That trip across nellis, aka area 51 was unreal! Thank you for having my back on the stickers Chris, both the nellis and the campground! Gotta run,, headed for bodego bay to breath some ocean air....... puc

man coff,, ya gotta start listenin to that small inner voice,, sounds to me like it has good direction for your future! Doors ALWAYS open sonshine,, and NO folks, I did not miss spell sonshine.. dont even go there unless you have met that cup of coffey,, he is a keeper! Sounds to me like ya been rubbin the wrong genie bottle that padna,, check the label on the bottle real quick and I just bet you will find,, yammerdan lives here! If it does, put the lid on it real quick cause I KNOW,, you dont want his, lets get all the 1st gens I can get and then ride a 2nd gen disease LOL! Just pick another genie bottle coff and you will be fine!

Heyyyy hi easyrider! I get the hint brother! Jack mentioned gettin together with you folks, tippy and I before we headed back out too, sounds like fun.. think I will start a new thread or try and call you folks to try an set something up.. by the way, condor suggested gettin together an spliting a can of cold progresso,, sound alright LOL?

Dag nabbit skid,, ya beat me to it! sooooo,, anyway,,,,, are we gonna have a party for yamamama and her great fortune or arent we? And dont bevsayin no cause she didnt actually win something,, we can still celebrate her outsmarting some low life scammer scum cant we? You go girl!

So my grandson and I are cruising along on tweeks,, just having some great guy time when all of a sudden a lady in a car that was stopped at a stopped at a stopped decides she couldnt wait any longer.. as she pulled out, mi caught her wheel movement and stopped and allowed her to proceed.. later my grandson, not old enough to drive yet, asked about what happened.. sitting with my daughter and him, I took some toys cars and a mptorcycle and recreated the scene.. demoing for him how to wheel watch and watch for shadow movement under cars.. he got to see the results first hand of the additional reaction time a driver gets by catching wheel movement and taking immediate evasive action.. one of the things I was having trouble getting across clearly is how a driver can check both ways and still not see a motorcycle approaching.. I was telling him about the computer generated circle deal that someone posted on here a while back and expainitory it was for understanding what we were talking about.. does anyone remember that thread or know where that site is? Thanks in advance for helpin this ol grandpa out! Puc

Prayers Up, blessings down! Nite neverland!

Wayyyy cool az, THANKS FOR THE INFO! By the way, I LOVE arizona!! puc PS.... I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU,, I REALLY LOVE ARIZONA,,,,, I REALLY DO! if I ever get back there, I WILL visit jerome again and sadona too.. and if they have that canyon ride leadind to flag,, I think its 89,,, opened back up I will ride that again too.. matter of fact,,, I could live in jerome and be a very happy person.... man I love arizona puc

Wow jim,, thank you for the kind words and encouragement! They are always appreciated.. I gotta say here brother, having a best friend like tippy to share life with COMBINED with a world full of great people like yourself that are waiting to be befriended is like a pot of gold to me! An endless endeavor of loving life.. I am very excited for what is coming at you and your bride and wish you nothing but the best as you folks pursue your dreams.. We had a remarkable thing happen on our recent trip up to mt st helens with a now, best friend for life, cmcoffey shortly after leaving the campsite at mamaloose, which I called mamath moose, campground. As we rode toward st helens in the cold and rain a complete rainbow appeared over the columbia river with one end precisely placed on the highway in front of us, it was breathtaking to say the least! As tech sargent coffey passed thru the rainbow it occurred to me that there really is a pot of gold there.. we later joked about the gold not being there but to me, it was.. remember when your chasing those dreams that its really not about what bike ya ride or how cool it looks to others but about what makes for great memories for the two of you! On a more guy to guy bike lovers note.. something I would like to share with you.. seems how it sounds like we haveva very simular childhood history.. had a piece of steel destroy a new tire on a highway south of johnson city tennessee 3 years ago. Had tippy, fully loaded and tweeks was a handful to ride down.. guy behind us watched it all, stopped to offer help, to us to jims, cycleshop in johnson city. He told the head guy there about watching us, the guy asked about us, told him some of the same stuff you just wrote.. he invited me upstairs to see something i would really appreciate.. the upstairs was thebsame size as the downstairs showroom and shop combined.. after veiwing, and seeing the excitement in my eyes hebtossed me a free jims shirt and thanks for sharing the passion. I wont tell you what i saw up there causebi dont ruin the show for brothers BUT, i will say this. Being as close to johnson city as you are, it would be a great primer for your future endeavors! another one is the curtis museum in new york. A hands on place that kids like you and me can now go and actually touch and play with the machines that started it all.. after getting primed, your wife gets retired and cha hit the highway,, sing the THEN CAME BRONSON THEME and KNOW ol pucs singing right along with ya brother.. Goin down that long lonesome highway,, bound for da mountains n da plains,,,,,,,,,,, puc

Yea,,,, just gotta learn to make that cool bionic noise when ya start to take off walking,, its the noise that makes the knee work correctly.. best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery gary! Puc

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE JOHN! Was hoping all was good! Thanks again for sharing your campsite with tip and I. It was perfect! What a blast camping camping and riding with you. And of course, thanks for rescueing us a few days ago in texas, your a true hero! Ditto on that lone eagle, condor, venturfar, luvdaleathers and others who donated time, surprises and effort in making that rally happen, thank you to each of them.. THAT WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE TIME! Lots and lots of great material for ride report writing this winter! Welcome home John! puc