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  • DiverRay
    Moderator
    • Nov 2004
    • 7605
    • Star, IDAHO

    #1

    trip to the midwest

    OK, I'm going to leave the California coast for Ohio July 15th. My plan is to spend a night in Tuscon, and then on to Los Alamos, NM on the 17 of July. After that, I'm not sure, but would like to look up Jerry in Rifle, CO, John down in the DFW area, and MAXIMAN in OK.
    My cousin is in Cleaveland, so that is my "planned" eastern point, July 21, 22. The way home will be the northern route, so I can stop off in Tacoma, WA and see my mom. If anyone else on my route would like to ride along, have me stop, etc., just send me a pm.
    As it gets close, I'll try to post my route, and I may be able to do a little posting on the way, as my laptop from work will probably be a stowaway.
    Ray
    Ray Matteis
    KE6NHG
    XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
    XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!
  • jeffe
    XStremely XSive
    • Oct 2004
    • 393
    • Westerville,Ohio

    #2
    Let me know if you are going to be close to Columbus, Ohio.
    78E ... Gone but not forgotten
    2006 Kawasaki Concours....just getting to know it

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    • trbig
      Simply used to just post A LOT!
      • Nov 2005
      • 7838
      • Ada, Oklahoma

      #3
      Man, is this that weeks vacation they talked about all GURUS getting?

      Tod
      Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

      You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

      Current bikes:
      '06 Suzuki DR650
      *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
      '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
      '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
      '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
      '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
      '81 XS1100 Special
      '81 YZ250
      '80 XS850 Special
      '80 XR100
      *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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      • DiverRay
        Moderator
        • Nov 2004
        • 7605
        • Star, IDAHO

        #4
        That's what it is Tod, they just didn't tell me about the 5K miles and short time.
        I'll have to stop by and let prom buy me a beer while I'm in WA.
        And yes, the road trip is to try and locate the dancing girls...
        Ray
        Ray Matteis
        KE6NHG
        XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
        XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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        • dewibp
          XStremely XSive
          • Jun 2005
          • 315
          • Work out of Dakota Dunes SD but live in eastern Iowa (Quad Cities)

          #5
          Don't know if you are going alone or not but I have an extra bed in my apartment (if I am here) and you could use it. I am 90 miles south of Interstate 90 and 90 miles north of Interstate 80. I am located on Interstate 29 (will carry you north or south to both of the main east west interstates just across the border from Iowa in South Dakota. STeve Czek lives north of me 90 miles right on I-90. Think it over and get me an idea of when you would be passing thru. "I'll leave the light on for you"
          DEW
          One Red "Creation 1"
          One Black"Creation 2"
          One Black"Creation 3"
          One ???? "Creation 4"
          One ???? "Creation 5"
          One ???? "Parts Bike"
          All the above 1100 Specials
          78 Standard (Ruf Ruf)
          1980 Midnight Special
          1978 650 SE

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          • trbig
            Simply used to just post A LOT!
            • Nov 2005
            • 7838
            • Ada, Oklahoma

            #6
            And yes, the road trip is to try and locate the dancing girls...
            Beware the pretty dancing girls that have Adam's Apples! lol. They have some pretty girls here... but it will cost you a buck up next to the stage and brass pole to get their attention... lol.

            Tod
            Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

            You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

            Current bikes:
            '06 Suzuki DR650
            *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
            '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
            '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
            '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
            '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
            '81 XS1100 Special
            '81 YZ250
            '80 XS850 Special
            '80 XR100
            *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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            • prometheus578
              XS-XJ Super Guru (RESIGNED)
              • Aug 2004
              • 4012
              • Olympia , Wa.

              #7
              Ray,
              Keep me abreast (Woo Woo!) of your whereabouts when the time comes. My garage probably won't be clean by then,but we'll pop into the shop and do an oil change, digital carb synch and general once-over.
              "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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              • DiverRay
                Moderator
                • Nov 2004
                • 7605
                • Star, IDAHO

                #8
                And Prom, don't forget the brre's
                Ray
                Ray Matteis
                KE6NHG
                XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
                XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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                • mastan
                  XStremely XSive
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 349

                  #9
                  Ray:
                  If you need anything while you are in Cleveland let me know. I'll pm you contact info. I've got a decent garage and some spares and a cold one waiting if you'd like to hook up.
                  Mark Stanton
                  78XS11e

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                  • Jerry
                    XS & TRUE XJ GURU
                    • Jun 2002
                    • 3023
                    • Elma, IA.

                    #10
                    Would be pleased if you ccan plan a stop in Rifle on your way through. No extra bed, but do have a big couch you can sleep on!

                    We will be closing on a house July 7; I finally get a garage again! Location is a bit further west, in DeBeque, Colorado.

                    Not our dream house, but will get us out of renting. Between moving and getting ready for Revelstoke its going to be a busy July.
                    Jerry Fields
                    '82 XJ 'Sojourn'
                    '06 Concours
                    My Galleries Page.
                    My Blog Page.
                    "... life is just a honky-tonk show." Cherry Poppin' Daddy Strut

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                    • 81XS1100-2006
                      Truly XSive
                      • Feb 2006
                      • 105
                      • Minneapolis, MN

                      #11
                      Don't know if you're going to make it as far north as Minneapolis, but there are a few of us up here too.

                      I'll probably be riding up in northern Wisconsin & Michigan the last week of July as well.
                      81 Standard "Babe the Blue"
                      sticky side down!

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                      • prometheus578
                        XS-XJ Super Guru (RESIGNED)
                        • Aug 2004
                        • 4012
                        • Olympia , Wa.

                        #12
                        And Prom, don't forget the brre's
                        Make sure there's room in your saddle bags. Looks like I should give you my son's "Hooked On Phonics" to take back with you! HAHAHAHAHA
                        "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                        • DiverRay
                          Moderator
                          • Nov 2004
                          • 7605
                          • Star, IDAHO

                          #13
                          Prom,
                          I can type, it's just after doing so all day at work, the fingers get fat and forget what keys to hit.
                          I'll be spending the night in Dupont, WA. at my sisters house, so we can probably get together Sunday or Monday morning. At that point, I'll be running on a "when I get there" schedule.
                          Ray
                          Ray Matteis
                          KE6NHG
                          XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
                          XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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                          • John
                            XS-XJ Super Guru
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 5117

                            #14
                            I'm looking forward to meeting you Ray. Just give me a holla when you get close.

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                            • DiverRay
                              Moderator
                              • Nov 2004
                              • 7605
                              • Star, IDAHO

                              #15
                              John,
                              I planned on stopping by. I will have your addy and phone with me. As you have Thursday off, That may be close to my "stop time", after a visit with Jerry, and on the way to see Cody.
                              Ray
                              Ray Matteis
                              KE6NHG
                              XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
                              XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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