But at least you had a fantastic California, Oregon, Washington adventure this summer
Sorry to hear you won't be able to join us this year. With any luck come Thursday I will be riding your Baltimore 78E find to the Rally. Nice bike. Did a lot of routine servicing & maintenance so its good for many miles.
Well, I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to attend due to work and other coworker already requesting that week OFF, usually only allow 1 tech off at a time. My other BOSS, we have 2 doctors we work for is also a biker, and his plans were screwed up recently because of Florence, so he moved his times to this coming weekend and took of Thurday/Friday to reduce the work load to allow me to be off at same time coworker was off.
I'll be taking a LEISURELY pace across the south of Virginia to the BRP, and then just 80 or so miles to Boone, NC to stay the night. Then get up on Friday and continue down the BRP to Asheville, then catch 40,74,19,28 to IH and my hotel a few miles down the road.
The grandson has been riding Godzilla this summer keeping it loosened up. I just fixed the SOFA "AGAIN", it sprung another mild leak from my FIELD repair 2 years ago as XSSE 2016, the same year I had to miss most of the rides due to hunting down a replacement mini-race Alternator. Also did a filter/oil change, adjusted the "manual" cam chain tensioner, and gave it a little bath. Getting the supplies/tools ready in the saddlebags/trunk. I'll be using my PHONE GoogleMaps/Drive APP for the first time vs. my old TomTom unit, so we'll see how LOST I get!?
I split up the ride down over 2 days since I haven't really been riding much this summer/year, don't want to get too fatigued to quickly, especially at my advancing age NOW that I'm over 60!
And my back/butt will appreciate the frequent stops/rests/stretches. This way I won't be wore out and can enjoy the challenging rides around the local area.
And I see from the itenerary that the day's rides will be SELF SERVE/guided, no body planning on leading any specific groups. Guess I'll be playing with Googlemaps a bit more than usual this year. However, I know Gary/Bruce are coming down from NY, they may let me tag along with them, I know they'll be running some of the more challenging routes.
Looking forward to seeing you all there and having a fun/safe time!
T.C.
I'll be taking a LEISURELY pace across the south of Virginia to the BRP, and then just 80 or so miles to Boone, NC to stay the night. Then get up on Friday and continue down the BRP to Asheville, then catch 40,74,19,28 to IH and my hotel a few miles down the road.
The grandson has been riding Godzilla this summer keeping it loosened up. I just fixed the SOFA "AGAIN", it sprung another mild leak from my FIELD repair 2 years ago as XSSE 2016, the same year I had to miss most of the rides due to hunting down a replacement mini-race Alternator. Also did a filter/oil change, adjusted the "manual" cam chain tensioner, and gave it a little bath. Getting the supplies/tools ready in the saddlebags/trunk. I'll be using my PHONE GoogleMaps/Drive APP for the first time vs. my old TomTom unit, so we'll see how LOST I get!?
I split up the ride down over 2 days since I haven't really been riding much this summer/year, don't want to get too fatigued to quickly, especially at my advancing age NOW that I'm over 60!
And my back/butt will appreciate the frequent stops/rests/stretches. This way I won't be wore out and can enjoy the challenging rides around the local area. And I see from the itenerary that the day's rides will be SELF SERVE/guided, no body planning on leading any specific groups. Guess I'll be playing with Googlemaps a bit more than usual this year. However, I know Gary/Bruce are coming down from NY, they may let me tag along with them, I know they'll be running some of the more challenging routes.
Looking forward to seeing you all there and having a fun/safe time!
T.C.
Look forward to seeing you.
People can figure out Ride groups on Friday evening. We have no Published Routes but there will be various group forming based on Ride skill and what the individual riders are interested in riding each day. Safer this way vs 50 bike conga with riders driving over their ability.
With Brent right now making some plans for the Rally weekend
Jeff
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