XS East 2006

[jetmechmarty]

We have that nice group photo with most everybody, but Marty in it. May we just add the names?

[jetmechmarty]

Marty's photo

I'll put names on Marty's photo as best I can.

Front row lt to rt: Gene, Marty, Greg, Cindy, Michele, Sally, Kendall
Kneeling: Brent & Leanne
2nd row: Dean, Keith, Pat, MaximPhil, Ralph, Bud, Tom, Suzanne, Tracy, Ralph, Jim (Hamjam)
3rd row:Leonard, John, Mark, Russ, Deana, Gary, Dave, Randy, Jeffe, Dale?, Mike, John
Way back: TC, Gary, Darrel

Marty Ambrose isn't there because he took the picture. I don't see Harley Bob? Somebody fix my mistakes and I apologize in advance for making them.

[GNEPIG]

.. wow! great memory, jet Marty

my total miles went up to 1,094 by the time I got home.

ok, i'm bad with math, even more so at 3 something in the morning and after such a long ride. after a recount my total miles from Pie'nvull WV to home was only 1,012
.. MartyA is my hero, that guy is a madman in the corners, and two up even!
.. this ride was a real class act, the people who put this on knew what they where doing. i hope the same people are throwing the ride again next time.. great job to you all and thanx again for letting me be apart of this.
Gene

[sixtysix]

Here is Marty's list of attendees in pdf and zipped for your enjoyment. This is the updated list marty refered to.

[MartyA]

Yep done better than I woulda.
Dena, and Rob is Randy's brother, Jon is Brent's brother. Isn't that white beard Bob Laton? I am the worst for doing this...

The list is not ready for prime time yet. Hold on.

Gene, it's the bike, dude. We're just along for the ride...

[MartyA]

I sent sixtysix the revised list, hope he didn't head off to work.
Had a few mixed and then I fixed it, then mastan was left out then I typed him in wrong and then I just said the heck with it...
Sorry Mark...

[sixtysix]

New list is in.

[MartyA]

Maybe it's me, but I can't download that file. I made the durn thing....

Anyone else has a problem email me and I can forward it to you.

Rain ever gonna stop?

[Scootstado2]

Originally posted by MartyA
Maybe it's me, but I can't download that file. I made the durn thing....

Anyone else has a problem email me and I can forward it to you.

Rain ever gonna stop?

I had trouble, but I finally downloaded it using the IE browser.

[DeanR]

I got the first zipped file without a problem.
Is the "new list" a corrected version and where is it?

[GNEPIG]

.. i thought Randy won the best looking XS.

[xsivebiker]

Thoughts and Comments

GNEPIG: Ralph Meeks riding in from N.C. won the best looking XS.
MartyA: Please Email me the group photo to my personal Email.
I had no luck using the email link in the photo.
Thanks, Ride Safe,
Greg

[DeanR]

Here's another group shot, IF I post it correctly.

http://www.photodump.com/viewer/laxdad/Dscf0013.html

[MartyA]

I screwed up a couple of entries, and discovered it after I sent the first version to Gary. Then I sent the revision and Gary replaced the first file with the second one, which you won't notice since he didn't change the link just the file on the server.

Seems my Mozilla is having problems recognizing my own file.

We did have some nice bikes and the count was very close for some of the bikes. With just a couple of votes different it could have gone a couple of ways.

I think everyone wins at these rallys, and I wish everyone could win an award. I think we had a great time, we had a great group, we had good timing, we had great weather, and we had great roads. So we all win!

[Brent]

The Trip
All in all, we plugged our tire six times on our trip. Three of those times were on Monday. It was very frustrating. We would have to pull over, find the hole, plug it, and then hope that it would stay. This may not sound too difficult, but let me remind you that it was all done in the ninety degree sun. We really took a leap of faith when we plugged the tire, but what else could we do? There were no tire shops open. We had to stay the night in Virginia. We got up Tuesday morning and found Suzuki Mountain Tire and got a new tire. So we finally made it home Tuesday night at about 6:30PM.
Once, when we pulled over for the third time on Monday, two kind locals stopped to help us. One was Bob Goodman, a fellow rider. Bob was kind enough to drive his pickup truck to the convenient store to purchase us some more plugs, as we were out. Another lady whose name still remains unknown to me stopped and offered to let us use her cell phone. However, it was of no help because even the best of connections don’t work when you are in such a rural area as we were.
To answer many of you all’s questions; yes we made it home safely. Thank you for your concern.