2016 Colorado/Western Rally

[XJOK2PLAY]

It's 8 miles in to Canon City from the campground entrance. Not that it matters but for the sake of accuracy. There's a reason the restaurant across the street from the campground is "8 mile bar and grill", and the locals refer to the Royal Gorge entrance as being "up on 8 Mile Hill".

Yep!
Bohn and I can vouch for that!

Just got the extended forcast for here, and there, for Thursday when we'll be heading that way...

At 6am in Skiatook, Ok... 77 degrees and 60% chance of scattered tstorms, headed to 101 w/heat index of 112 by noon.
Salina, Ks- 100 by noon, 10% chance rain.
Canon City- low of 65, high 96. 10% chance rain.

We should be in Canon City @ the Colorado Inn by dinner time on Thursday.
Bob

[jwhughes3]

Bob you going to Brant's first? Or straight in from OK?

I don't know yet when I am leaving - finishing up getting bike ready this week - might leave on weekend and wander up to bother my okie buddies then scoot across to Colorado and visit Denver before GJ. Its nice not having a plan - I don't feel tied down.

John

[motoman]

Bob you going to Brant's first? Or straight in from OK?

I don't know yet when I am leaving - finishing up getting bike ready this week - might leave on weekend and wander up to bother my okie buddies then scoot across to Colorado and visit Denver before GJ. Its nice not having a plan - I don't feel tied down.

John

.....very doubtful John as that would be an additional couple hundred miles west of CanonCity. Fairly sure Bob is meetin' up with Bojn in Salina, Kansas, then enclosed trailer with Bojn's bike and they're caging it to Canon city.

[XJOK2PLAY]

.....very doubtful John as that would be an additional couple hundred miles west of CanonCity. Fairly sure Bob is meetin' up with Bojn in Salina, Kansas, then enclosed trailer with Bojn's bike and they're caging it to Canon city.

Yes, what he said.
Planning on leaving home at 6 am Thursday, takes 4 1/2-5 hrs. to get to Salina, meet Bohn at a truck stop, load bike, eat/fuel and head west.
We'll be in Canyon City by suppertime if all goes well.
We'll be at the Colorado Inn, in town.

Since Brant and Anita are planning on driving over to the campgrounds, I'll see them there.

Greg and I talked about riding together to Wichita, but if he leaves with me that early, he'd surely be drunk by the time Ivan gets home around 4! Lol...

So, even though I offered to fix breakfast for him, he told me he'd probably pass on my offer.
I think he's meeting Harry at Ivan's on Thursday, they'll stay the night there, then head for Colorado on Friday.

Bohn's got other plans and will be headed to his daughter's in Denver on Monday morning. Linda's flying in, and they plan to stay with Jennifer for a few days. So, I'll be riding back. I'll be in no hurry to get home, (as far as I know right now...) and Greg mentioned maybe riding the Million Dollar Highway again, which sounds good to me, if you wanna join us?

Glad I'll get to see and ride with ya again! Looking forward to seeing so many familiar faces again. This rally oughtta be a hoot!
Bob

[Bonz]

Marshall Ringler

Hey, which one of you guys is or may know Marshall Ringler? Just received a PayPal for the campground but no screen name. Maybe a friend of Mike's in California?

[CatatonicBug]

Hey, which one of you guys is or may know Marshall Ringler? Just received a PayPal for the campground but no screen name. Maybe a friend of Mike's in California?

That's me! I put my screen name in the message.

[Bonz]

Hi, sorry I didn't catch that. I'm visiting my folks back East for a few days and accessing stuff off my phone. I didn't see it. Thanks for sending that my way!

[BA80]

Just got back from Kansas City helping Bigfoot get his bike ready for the trip.

JWHughes3 will be stopping here for the night on his way up to Colorado.

On Bigfoot's deck Saturday evening. Harry grilling some chicken and RussXS79, well, being Russ. Cutting the cheese




Harry working on his F. Putting a 16" rear wheel on.



harry pulling the tank off so we can fix the brake light wiring that fried at The Lost Rally last August.

[3Phase]

... Harry working on his F. Putting a 16" rear wheel on.

That conversion may be one of the mods I try for my '80G, I have the parts for it. I've seen a bunch of threads about the mechanics of it but how does the bike handle afterward, like a Special?

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[BA80]

Doesn't change the handling at all. Lowers seat height about an inch, gear ratio slightly, and gives you a vastly wider selection of rear tires.

[rdmcguy]

A heat wave

Howdy Yall,
I was just checking the forecast for the rally,
High Fri 96 Sat. 100 Sun 101 Thankfully very low humidity (less than 20%)and as we climb in elevation it will be as little cooler , No rain in the forecast but ya never can be sure here at elevation .
4 days and change till the big event !
Safe travels to all and I look forward to riding with and meeting up with ya .

[Bigfoot]

Yup, Thanks to Greg, I was finally able to fix my brake light. I had replaced the wiring in the harness, but when it shorted out, it fried both switches. Greg was kind enough to bring replacement parts up to my place for me, along with the proper spacers to mount the 16" rear wheel.

I have short legs and with this king/queen seat as wide as it is, I have always been on my tip toes on this bike. The shape of the seat has alot to do with it. Have had a set of wheels off of a midnight sitting around and ended up with a new 16" Shinko, so figured now would be a good time to do it. Went for a ride out to breakfast with Greg this morning and didn't notice a huge difference in the RPM's at highway speeds. A few hundred RPM at most. If it bothers me, i might eventually do the final drive swap. The good news is, with boots on, I should be just about flat footed on the bike.

Many thanks to Greg for the parts, help, and the company. Looking forward to the upcoming trip.

[3Phase]

Right on, thanks, Harry, Greg.

I have not yet managed to ride a 'Special with the '750/'850 mod much less a Standard with the 16" conversion. I've been wanting to try it on my bike just to see/feel the difference but mostly for the better selection of tires. I heard somewhere that you can even get whitewalls in an emergency.

Joe, thanks for the weather update -- what bike stores are in town?

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[Bonz]

3Phase... Bike stores? You gonna buy a bike, break it in on the rally rides then ride it home?

Joe, we could end up with a fire ban at the campsite where we can't do open flames. No need to haul down wood if that is the case. I will call the campsite on Wednesday and let you know. What bikes are you hauling down? One of the Marie's and El Toro?

[rdmcguy]

Lots of bike stores

Scott are there plenty of shops here ,
I just celebrated 40 yrs. of doing business with the local Yamaha shop ,
A bunch of great, skilled and knowledgable guys ...
Tuners and mechanics not parts exchangers !
Close to my place and I get 20% discount on parts too..