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Thanks for your efforts T. J.! Without your initiative, Gabriel probably would never have even considered this. gunk:shock3:
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Hey Kregerdoodle and Gunboat! Great to see you guys as well. Not too sure about the m/e 's in Texas....will have to see what kind of deals our travel agent can get us See y'all soon! gunk
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Wow Gary, that sucks! Hope you're feeling better soon! gunk:shock3:
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I'm back to work on midnites starting tonite Gary. Perhaps one night this week.....we'll see what the weather does. Speaking of which, if it's nice on Thursday we'll be heading over to the Rock in Essex as soon as Beth gets home from work. I might have the bike washed by then gunk:shock3:
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Well, we're home. Covered a lot of ground, experienced some great sites, survived "shebad", also known as Hermean....Hermine.....that storm! General Patton's museum, Graceland, Beale Street, the Alamo, Riverwalk, Tower of the Americas, Savannah, and the list goes on and on. So, officially, the Flat @ss Tour of 2010 is over! Just over 4,000 miles, 15 great days, and really only about 24 hours of rain. No complaints about that! Experienced a Texas cold spell, it was only in the 90's...... Thanks to those that joined us on the tour for awhile, we appreciated the company big time! gunk and beth:big-grin-emoticon:
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We're in Bristol, Tennessee now. Just beat the big time rain, even though it's cleared up now. Rode some real, big time twisties today....421 to Shady Valley between Boone and Bristol has been one of my favorites since last year. We rode some other roads today that Beth found on the Madmap and I'll tell you, I was sweating from working so hard. Gonna miss these rides when we get home and complete the flat @ss tour 2010. Geez, Charlotte, Bristol.....Nascar shops all over the place! Neat. Tomorrow, we'll take a run through Cumberland Pass on our way north......hole up in Ohio somewhere tomorrow night, probably Fairfield so that we can visit Jungle Jim's before hitting the border on Saturday. It's been a slice! Ponch and Squidley, make sure you p.m. me your mailing addresses so that I can send those neck wraps to you please. gunk:smile5:
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Rear shock leaking
gunkylump replied to terrysears's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Boomer! You are alive!? Beth and I were around your neck of the woods earlier in the week, would have popped in for a visit.........too bad we missed ya! gunk:smile5: -
Well...we left Savannah this morning, and headed north. Up to Myrtle Beach, and it "warmed up" big time. From Myrtle Beach, we headed north west, and ended up in Rock Hill, North Carolina. Kind of a round a bout movement, but some terrific roads, fresh seafood for lunch....not a high mileage day but nice! Tomorrow, we head off to Shady Valley Tennessee, and ride the Snake. We rode part of it last year, and want to do the entire ride this year. No sense getting home too early! The ride has been great so far......only used the Stebel horn 3x.....the folks we've hooooooooked up with have been awesome, roads and scenery 2nd to none, sampled some good beers and great wines...this really has been one trip to remember! We're already looking at going to the Black Hills next year...I've always wanted to see Deadwood and Mt. Rushmore, Spearfish etc. Hopefully, it works out for us and we can "git 'r done" Bedtime for this old coot, a wee bit tired.....heck, we're still :sun1:pretty much newlyweds ya know! gunk:smile5:
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You think those pecs are blinding....see that big white smile of Lonna's? I wonder where Squid had his.........yup, you see what I mean? gunk:ignore:
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No Brad, you're right....she said snow...you only mentioned jackets......either or ....not what we're looking forward to...heck, next thing you know, we'll be in Kitchener for the winter meet and eat...and shivering! gunk:Im not listening to
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We kind of like rabbits...go like the dickens.....then rest up for a couple of days so to speak. Not leaving Savannah until Wednesday morning, then we'll "meander" back home. It's only 3,000 miles so far Gary...10 days....10 states.....not a difficult run at all! gunk:smile5:
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That's too funny, one of the SCRC members mentioned snow...she say's it's the only part of Mother Nature we haven't encountered.....now you with jackets....I don't want to go back to that stuff! We're in Savannah, Georgia now.....we'll be here for the rest of today and tomorrow, then head north, back to the dog team and parkas It's been one heck of a trip so far...and I did buy my new boots in Texas....which is why we went there! gunk:smile5:
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Better those than....... A great time for sure, we're in Savannah, Georgia now. 10 states, 3,000 miles so far...and still 6 days left to carry on! It's sure been great seeing/meeting fellow venture riders! gunk:smile5:
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Well.....we made it safely through 4 states today, count 'em, 4! We left Texas, poked through Louisiana like a herd of turtles, slid through Mississippi like a fat kid on a water slide, and then rambled through Alabama in a way that Lynryd Skynryd would have been proud to motor on with us! A little better than 600 miles to Greenville, Alabama. The flat @ss tour of 2010 really took on a new meaning today....and it's a DRY county on a Sunday? What the? Good thing I had packed some beer, coolers and a bottle of wine in the saddlebag in Texas before we left. Just cuz' I have perpetual coon eyes don't mean I'm dumb you know! It was a hot one, but we made it this far. We'll get to Savannah tomorrow sometime, spend a couple of days there, and then make the trip north back to reality starting early Thursday morning. We had a great time in Texas, hooking up with old friends and meeting new ones is always tops on our list. gunk
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It's the last leg of the Flat @ss Tour of 2010 Gary.....over to Savannah and then on up home. It really has been a great trip so far! See you soon! gunk:big-grin-emoticon:
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Hey Kreger....doooooodle! The pleasure was all ours! We'll get an early start this morning, and put on some miles on our way to Savannah. Yesterday was a great day...albeit a wee bit on the warm side for us! The "coon eyes" arent' going away just yet. Hopefully Brad and Lonna's air conditioner was repaired before the end of the day. We both hope to see you folks up north at some point in time. We can show you around our flat lands! gunk:big-grin-emoticon:
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Ok Tom....we'll be seeing Gary and Mary.....Ian and Pat when we get home I'm sure....we all have some pics and story's to tell. gunk:smilies6:
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Hey Ian: Say 'ello to Pat for us! Glad to hear that the old defunct shock made it into T.J.'s hands! We're leaving Tomball in the morning, and booting it across to Savannah, Georgia, good Lord willing and the creek's don't rise. It's been GREAT so far.....the only downside is that I have to go back to work on midnites next Sunday night...dang! Thanks to all for thinking about us, we'll make sure that we stay in places of overnight abode with internet access so that you'll know where the heck we are and what the heck we're doing! gunk:smile5:
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We had the best steak last night that I can remember....Ponch and L'il Bit sure know where the hot spots are. Today we rode around the Houston/Tomball area...and in Mont....Montgomery...or was it Montrose??? the bike surpassed 100,000 k's...not bad for an 04 from Canada. We had a great ride, saw some beautiful country......and guess what? We even got to see Brad and Lonna.....and met up with Ol' School as well. This trip has been really GREAT so far.....the best part to me has been meeting up with old friends, and meeting new ones as well! You meet the nicest people when you go out for a ride! We've put on almost 2,000 miles so far, the bike is runnnnnnnnning great(dang dyslexic finger), the weather really hasn't been all that bad, we've seen some great country, reviewed some very interesting American history, and didn't have to shower for 3 full days thanks to "shebad", or as the newspeople call it....Her...mean..er...mine...well, whatever. Kregerdoodle...when your day of reckoning arrives....I sure hope there are a lot of pictures....you da' man! All you Texans need to get passports and come visit us, we have 3 empty bedrooms, and two couches..and a bathtub that can all be used! Or abused Tomorrow, bright and early, we're off to Savannah, Georgia. The talk at the dinner table today pretty much convinced us to just boot right through and catch up with New Orleans when we can take the time and $$$ to fly down. Enough said. Once again, thanks to our Texas...er...Texan friends, and our transplanted Mich/Texas friends, and if we don't see you before, we hope to see "y'all" at maintenance day in Ohio next year! Hey Boomer CPO....if you happen to read this...and you're not toooo busy washing the oil off of....ummm... whatever?whomever it is you're washing oil off of these days....where the heck are you and are we gonna get a quick visit in or are you toooooooooooo busy.....mebbe gone up to Vegasland and having a right reverend Elvis hitching you up along with the pack of pygmies as witnesses? Huh? Where you at? Who dat? Tomball...we're heading east...Georgia...here we come! And we'll hunker down in Hampton Inn's or somewhere we don't have to pay out of pocket for the internet so y'all will know that Beth is doing just fine gunk:missingtooth:
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Tom: Ponch was tellling me that Beth and I were in your back yard yesterday...we've told everyone back home we had to go to Texas so that I could get a new pair of boots...which we did in San Marcos. I wish to heck I'd known that you live so close to San Marcos..we would have dropped in on you. We will catch up to you next time...we're not sure when, but we will be coming back. gunk:smile5:
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Criminy!!! I should have looked up your geographic location...we just spent two days in San Antonio....could have picked them up for the ride home dang it! I'll paypal you a payment when we get home Buddy, I screwed up there, would have been great to meet you in person. gunk:smile5:
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The trip to San Antonio was ummm, wet....couldn't believe the amount of water running off the land in some areas. Very intimidating! I'm really glad we had the E'3s on....so much better than the stock tires we had been running.....I would not have attempted the run to S.A. on either the 404's or the Bridgestones - no way. San Antonio is a very beautiful, fun city! We did the Alamo, Tower of the America's, the Riverwalk of course! Met some fine people from all over, and funny thing....the beer on the Riverwalk seems to be the same beer as on Beale street in Memphis....dang stuff gave me a headache again? Can you believe that? Good thing you were'nt with us Monty....those headaches are a real pita! We'll come back to San Antonio again....probably fly down next time though...in the early spring when our weather at home is still being a coody pooper gunk:smile5:
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We're safe and sound.....the hotel we ended up at in San Antonio was a real story...as in horror! Pay for the internet my @ss. Sorry we weren't on line for a couple of days....principal kicked in. I wasn't going to pay to use a computer....next year we'll have a laptop we'll bring with us. I would NOT recommend the "Crockett Hotel" in downtown San Antonio - EVER! Shower water changing constantly, burning hot to cold, no pressure. Charged us to park the bike, $12 +tax per day. No meat with breakfast, no ham, sausage, or bacon. Powdered scrambled eggs, cold weak coffee. Very small rooms.....we will be much more cautious next time we use "hotwire", if we ever use it again. So, here we are in Tomball, at the Hampton Inn on Medical Complex way. It's pretty new, clean, cheery, all the regular Hampton stuff. Anyone want to hook up for dinner tonight? gunk:smile5:
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Well, it's 10:30 a.m.....time to roll. Did the hot tub thing...the pool......weather isn't as bad...at the moment, so we're headed for San Antonio. Wooohoooooo! gunk:Avatars_Gee_George:
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Well, unless things change big time by 11:00 a.m., we're going to stay put right here in Waco. I-35 is closed just to the south of us, and ol' "shebad" is tearing up the I-35 corridor. The hot tub, two pools and free beer later with finger foods will just have to keep us happy for another day. If things change, I'll post it before we leave. gunk:confused24: