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At least this time they were probably tears of joy, unlike all the other times you made your Mom cry. 
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Harry
The voices in my head are giving me the silent treatment.
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'82 XJ1100
'84 FJ1100
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DAMMIT........ That last paragraph brought a tear to MY eye.
You have a wonderful Christmas with your family man.
I'm glad you made it safely and I enjoyed the journey even though I wasn't there.
Hope you stay in touch but we'll understand if you don't.
Make sure we're with you on the way home.
Tell mom
from this family too!
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Have the best Christmas ever!!
Tod, enjoy your mom and family's company, hope you have the greatest Christmas ever! I know the feeling as I consider myself close to parents/family but we are spread out. Although, let me tell you, not that I could ride to see them, but if I could, they could not pay me to ride in that weather to spend time with them!!
Keep up the reporting. Some of us are seeing that part of the country for the first time up close now!
Have a safe rest of your trip.
Take care79 XS1100F.
SuperTrapp 4-1 w/center stand.
TC's fuse box.
SOFA filter.
Venture cam chain adjuster.
Tkat fork brace.
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Tod,
Glad to see you made it!
Man... those pictures are awesome... wishin' I was there with ya! I know it woulda been a blast.
Glad to hear you were successful with the surprise! Now that's a Christmas adventure story!
Merry Christmas my friend. Thanks for taken me along for the ride anyways...
Come home safe.
Bob'82 XJ1100J Maxim (has been sold.)
'79 F "Time Machine"... oh yeah, Baby....
(Sold back to Maximan)
2011 Kaw Concours 14 ABS
In the warden's words from Cool Hand Luke;
"What we have here is a failure to communicate."Comment
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My brother and his family are coming over here to eat dinner (Stroganoff) I think there'll be enough. There's a pot full that's even bigger than Ivan's helmet!
Tomorrow, my brother has a big get-together for Christmas breakfast, then the afternoon, we go to his wife's brother's house for a big barbecue... smoked everything. I'm going to have to get some tires with stouter weight limits for the trip home.
Merry Christmas everyone, and thanks for the responses.
TodTry 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
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So... If you would have stayed home. We are in blizzard like condtions. Govenor declared state of emergency. They closed 35 down from texas to kansas. OKC got 11.5 inches of snow so far and a lot of wrecks. Sure wish you were here so we could take my xj out and have some fun in the snow. Mom is a bum when it comes to playing around in it, because if you go outside you are automatically destined to fall and break every bone and if you drive just go ahead and call the insurance company because you are going to wreck. I would even have you drive me jeep. I hear you are getting old though
so i dont know if you could handle playing around in the snow anymore. You might be to old and brittle to be outside. Just saying we miss you and its boring around here with people who are cold blooded inside people
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I am getting old... so I'll take your Jeep, get it stuck.. then stay nice and warm in the cab while you dig us out.
Merry Christmas Dave. I miss you guys.
Dad.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
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Great travelogue Tod !! Thanks, have a fun and safe remainder of your trip and Merry Christmas...80 SG
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Tod, that must be
quite a feed, if as you say, it as big as Ivan's helmet, I was told recently that the helmet started out life as a 55 gal steel drum!!!J.D."Jack" Smith
1980G&S "Halfbreed"
1978E straight job
"We the people are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts, not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the constitution." Abraham Lincoln
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You called?this is a big-azz hole!
But, you just don't get that "authentic" flavor when the Stroganoff isn't made in my helmet.There's a pot full that's even bigger than Ivan's helmet!
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Made it home. 1,180 miles in 22 hours, but the last 100 miles took 3 hours due to ice and snow. I took a couple pics and will post sometime tomorrow. Off to bed...
TodTry 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
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Welcome home Tod
Glad to see you made it safely!
1,180 miles in 22 hours? That's haulin' a$$. (that is, a NUMB a$$)
You weren't riding in this weather in the DARK were you?
Now I am certain you are
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What? you had a doubt?
When that horse headed to the barn... he headed to the BARN!
Glad you made it home safely, my friend
and something tells me, I'm not the only one...
I hope you didn't freeze your woman with those ice cold hands... or any other extremities that you were lucky didn't fall off along the way...
lol
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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
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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
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I thought we would get a lollygagging drawn out adventure on the way back.
Glad you made it home safe.
I thought at first you had to be hauling a$$ at first.
But did the math.If you rode straight through it would be at 53 mph.If you slept
5 hours in between it would be about 70 mph.That is without stopping for gas though.I figure there was some serious haulin and some areas you know you have to slow down to avoid the POPO or terrain.80 SG XS1100
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