Meeting of the Minds 2009

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  • Wildkat
    XS Special Gurette
    • Apr 2004
    • 3416
    • Location, Location

    #1

    Meeting of the Minds 2009

    Okay... June is too dang hot to be working on bikes outside...
    and since Wayne... our TeXSive rally master... is temporarily out of commission with a family project... we no longer have a regular Spring rally...

    Since we try to plan around the car show (which we WILL get to go to one of these days)... it will be the 3rd weekend of whatever month we decide upon...

    So... what month is good for everybody?
    16
    March
    6.25%
    1
    April
    31.25%
    5
    June
    62.50%
    10
    81 SH Something Special
    81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels


    79 SF MEAUQABEAUXS
    81SH Nor'eas tah (Old Red)
    80 LG Black Magic
    78 E Standard Practice


    James 3:17

    If I can make at least one person smile, or pee their pants a little, or maybe spit out their drink; then my day is not wasted.

    “Alis Volat Propriis”

    Yamaha XS 1100 Classic
    For those on FB
  • trbig
    Simply used to just post A LOT!
    • Nov 2005
    • 7838
    • Ada, Oklahoma

    #2
    My vote is for May (Which I see isn't an option). Anything before that and you put the folks in the northern states with a chance of it still being wintery.... but I'll be there whenever you decide to have it. I'm easy! 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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    • Wildkat
      XS Special Gurette
      • Apr 2004
      • 3416
      • Location, Location

      #3
      Originally posted by trbig
      but I'll be there whenever you decide to have it. I'm easy!
      just one of the many things we love about you...


      hey! your kids are old enough where May isn't so bad... My kids are going to be REALLY busy this school year so I couldn't do it then... Figures you would want that month... ya troublemaker...
      81 SH Something Special
      81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels


      79 SF MEAUQABEAUXS
      81SH Nor'eas tah (Old Red)
      80 LG Black Magic
      78 E Standard Practice


      James 3:17

      If I can make at least one person smile, or pee their pants a little, or maybe spit out their drink; then my day is not wasted.

      “Alis Volat Propriis”

      Yamaha XS 1100 Classic
      For those on FB

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      • madbiker
        XSive Maximus
        • Jul 2002
        • 869
        • Lancaster Pa.

        #4
        If I want to even think about tring to make this it has to be in June. Just to cold for the distance any other time.
        Ralph the Madbiker

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        • shutchis
          Truly XSive
          • Oct 2004
          • 189
          • Deer Park, TX

          #5
          The middle of June is okay; It's a lot better than August. And yes, It's already hot, but the long days are nice. And of course, the end of Sept. is always a good time, but schools are back in session. I'll go with the team, I'm easy.
          '80 XS1100LG Midnight Special
          Looks like an '82 Maxim, Fuel Injected
          '82 XJ1100J, Fuel Injected
          Stan Hutchison

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          • Bigfoot
            XS-XJ GURU
            • Sep 2005
            • 1422
            • Kansas City, Missouri

            #6
            I am really gonna try and make it next time but June would also be better for me. The kid will be out of school and less pressure on SWMBO means better chance of me making it.
            Harry

            The voices in my head are giving me the silent treatment.

            '79 Standard
            '82 XJ1100
            '84 FJ1100


            Acta Non Verba

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            • blue giant
              XSive Maximus
              • Aug 2007
              • 880
              • Ontario, Canada

              #7
              Hmmmm.............. how far to Hurst Texas?




              Paul
              Paul
              1983 XJ1100 Maxim
              1979 XS1100 Standard
              1980 XS1100 Special

              I'm not a motorcycle mechanic but I play one on the internet.

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              • fredintoon
                Master of XSology
                • Mar 2004
                • 6795
                • Saskatoon SK

                #8
                June.
                it has the most hours of daylight and it usually ain't quite as stinkin' hot as July & August.
                Fred Hill, S'toon
                XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                "The Flying Pumpkin"

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                • Bob Falter
                  XStremely XSive
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 321
                  • Ely, Iowa

                  #9
                  Paul, not sure where you are at but it is about 1,430 miles from Toronto. Or you could add 150 miles to that and stop in Ely, IA (about 735 miles) on the way. I have spare bedrooms. Then Fred could come down from Saskatoon (about 1,216 miles) and we could all ride down together (about 850 miles).

                  Bob
                  #1 ’79 XS11 Special
                  #2 ’79 XS11 Special
                  '97 V-Max
                  '01 Dyna T-Sport

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                  • blue giant
                    XSive Maximus
                    • Aug 2007
                    • 880
                    • Ontario, Canada

                    #10
                    Thanks Bob,
                    That's very generous of you. I'll certainly give it some thought over the winter.

                    Cheers,
                    Paul


                    Paul
                    1983 XJ1100 Maxim
                    1979 XS1100 Standard
                    1980 XS1100 Special

                    I'm not a motorcycle mechanic but I play one on the internet.

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                    • mysticrider
                      XSive
                      • Jun 2008
                      • 28
                      • Phenix City, Alabama

                      #11
                      How far is Hurst, Texas

                      If Blue Giant keeps wanting to sneak across the border - would someone please send him a map!!
                      BAT
                      81XJ550 maxim
                      Mystic
                      09 Honda Rebel
                      War Eagle

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                      • blue giant
                        XSive Maximus
                        • Aug 2007
                        • 880
                        • Ontario, Canada

                        #12
                        Re: How far is Hurst, Texas

                        Originally posted by mysticrider
                        If Blue Giant keeps wanting to sneak across the border - would someone please send him a map!!

                        Smart a$$

                        Paul
                        1983 XJ1100 Maxim
                        1979 XS1100 Standard
                        1980 XS1100 Special

                        I'm not a motorcycle mechanic but I play one on the internet.

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                        • DiverRay
                          Moderator
                          • Nov 2004
                          • 7609
                          • Star, IDAHO

                          #13
                          We DO send him maps, and he starts his cooking fires with them. We just need to teach him how to READ the map.
                          Ray Matteis
                          KE6NHG
                          XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
                          XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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                          • blue giant
                            XSive Maximus
                            • Aug 2007
                            • 880
                            • Ontario, Canada

                            #14
                            Originally posted by DiverRay
                            We DO send him maps, and he starts his cooking fires with them. We just need to teach him how to READ the map.
                            I gotsta keep my igloo warm some how!

                            Paul
                            1983 XJ1100 Maxim
                            1979 XS1100 Standard
                            1980 XS1100 Special

                            I'm not a motorcycle mechanic but I play one on the internet.

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                            • Wildkat
                              XS Special Gurette
                              • Apr 2004
                              • 3416
                              • Location, Location

                              #15
                              Lucky for you...

                              heating igloos is pretty easy around here during the month of June... Your maps should be safe from that fate... although... the Texas heat has been known to cause spontaneous combustion...

                              Considering two of the April votes I already know can be moved to June (one was mine)... It's looking like June at this point...

                              and blue giant... if you do make it down here (you too Fred)... we'll throw some extra ice packs in the freezer for you so you won't melt...
                              81 SH Something Special
                              81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels


                              79 SF MEAUQABEAUXS
                              81SH Nor'eas tah (Old Red)
                              80 LG Black Magic
                              78 E Standard Practice


                              James 3:17

                              If I can make at least one person smile, or pee their pants a little, or maybe spit out their drink; then my day is not wasted.

                              “Alis Volat Propriis”

                              Yamaha XS 1100 Classic
                              For those on FB

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