Finally arrived in NC...

[thewiz]

Actually got here about the 25th of April and the beginning of the Merle Fest, a popular Bluegrass festival. Beautiful here ... rented a room in a house on a lake from a nice English lady who also owns a botique in Wilkesboro.

Household goods and more importantly, the bikes, arrived in the UPS trailer safely with only slight damage to one tank caused while loading ... PopsaDent will fix it easy. Thanks to everyone with their advice about the trailer too. The red G rode without incident nicely behind the Cherokee ... cuised easily at 70 on the Interstate. That damn Jeep is a great vehicle .... made that tow without a strain or sputter. I'll try to post up some pics when I find my camera cable ... already talked to an NC excessive too ... have done some riding as well ... dusted a few Hogs .... its funny ... they pull alongside and rev their motors ... all this noise and backfiring ... lol. Showed 'em tail lights and tail pipes .... they honk and wave when I'd let 'em catch up ... all in good fun ... they seem to enjoy it. I think the older Harley guys know what we got and just enjoy seein' it perform ... that's my theory...

[DGXSER]

Glad you and the bikes made it safe and sound!! Good to see you back at Ch11 and glad to know your still keepin the hardleys in check, coast to coast..lol

[GARTHXS]

he's baaaaack!!!!!

Hey nice to see you got your confuser up and runnin , time to catch up now ! I fixxed the 78 stupid batteryand my morgan carbtune arrived just have to get around to working on my bikes the 79f is almost roadworthy just needs a headlight , and to get the signals working, beyond that its got new tires , brakes ,s/s lines lockhart cooler and runs pretty decent just needs lights and a good high speed run or two to blow out the cobwebs!!

[3Phase]

Alright! Glad you made it okay and your stuff, too!

Did you go to Merle fest and did you get any tapes/pics?


Regards,

Scott

[thewiz]

Thx, DS ... lota people here provided reilable knowledge that I don't know how I could have gotten in some other way.

Garth ... you've been lazy ... do I have to get out there and fire you up?

Scott ... sadly, I didn't make the Merle this year ... it's a forgone conclusion in the future though. Landlady's son and his buddy ... all of age 19 ... are prodigious mandolin and guitar players ... and either can play either equally well .... I was blown away ... I'm trying to get my hands back in shape after a couple of years of too much wrenchin' and not enough music ... it'll happen ... I'll make it.

[madmax-im]

Hey Wiz are you relocated to NC? I am thinking about doing the same...to Raleigh-Durham area. What part are you in? Hoping to sell house and with that money come down there and buy another home,and find work in the Raleigh area. If you were coming from Calif. I guess it wouldn't too hard to figure out what made you move...LOL....being here in NJ property taxes are some of the highest in the country and employment isnt that great either. Good luck and if I come down ..I'll look you up

[GARTHXS]

lazy

Garth ... you've been lazy ... do I have to get out there and fire you up? .

Yeah maybe so the time I had alotted to spending on the 79 I spent trying to get the 78 fixxed D'oh , why do my job and family have to get in the way. !

[thewiz]

Yup, Bennie ..

I'm here now ... western part of the state. They call it the 'foothills' 'round these parts . The mountains being Boone, Ashville, etc ... it's cheap over here to live .... was drivin home from the g/fs last eve around 7:30p and there were almost NO cars on the road .... FRIDAY EVENING ... imagine that ?? ... awesome in my book .... all the Bozos are on the roads in Cal on Friday eveings .... tryng to get who knows where and do it in a HURRY too ..... was the worst time to be out on a bike.

There's a B&B here in this house where I live on the lake. Round up SWMBO and bring her down for a look-see!!

[bcknblkbird]

hey wiz was you riding through jonesville today?

[thewiz]

No sir, BBrd ..

I was not seen in Jonesville today ... I was in Wilkesboro and Goshen on the red G. If you're in Jville though you're pretty darn close ... any taverns up there?

[bcknblkbird]

not in yadkin county. theres one i think in surry county on wildlife road. when i get my xj rideable maby me and my friends could ride your way.

[thewiz]

BBBrd, so wassup ...

with the XJ? I have some extra stuff here .... all XS .... but as you know, certain things will interchage.

Gotta' be a tavern in Elkin maybe, doesn't there? Don't know my county lines quite yet either ... lol. I have a couple of XS's for sale in case you know anyone lookin' for one. Love to meet up too ... anytime ...

[bcknblkbird]

sounds good. i'll ask around about the taverns. they was plenty around back in the day, even one called the long branch. as far as the xs11's i know a man who might be interested, so are you in wilkes co? prices? i live about three miles from i-77

[thewiz]

I'm kinda' just jokin' about the beer joints ..

lol. There does seem to be a shortage of 'em out here though, but I do understand why, BBBrd. Not the most improtant thing really.

I live just a few hundred yards off the 268 on the South side of the KerrScott reservoir in Wilkes county ... the fire department around the corner says on it "Goshen" ... hmmm

I have one 79 Std that I would sell for $1000 ... and a 79 Special for $1500 ... I have done extensive work to both of them but there are still small things left on 'em yet to do. New owner's gonna' wanna' do something, right?

Here's a link to one of 'em
http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21658

[madmax-im]

Hey Wiz ...I'll be sure to look you up when I head down to Raleigh...how far from there are you? BTW you need to edit your details and change your location