| Author | Message | ||
     Black51 |
Your intrepid reporter reporting here from Daytona Bike Week and out of the, what seems to be 500,000 motorcycles here, there is only ONE Buell and that's me! God save the queen! | ||
| Paint_shaker |
There were a dozen or so at or racing at the track last weekend. Saw about 4 while out and about. There will be about a dozen or so there Tomm... | ||
| Sperz1 |
I'll be there tomorrow. | ||
| Black51 |
Awesome! Hope to see you guys there! | ||
| Etennuly |
Morris, The only way I could have missed you is because I didn't know you were there!  | ||
| Ratbuell |
Well, that and you sat at the tent during the 200, drinking beer....because "your back hurt".  | ||
| Buellerxt |
Ooh, not a good sign, Etennuly. Seems like I remember you writing that the Uly is a great ride for guys with bad backs because of the big seat, etc. Less than perfect posture, despite best efforts, for too many miles? I hope it starts feeling better. | ||
| Fltwistygirl |
Despite the 499,988 other non-Buell bikes that were there, Daytona felt empty this year without the Buell demo fleet parked in its usual spot at the speedway. | ||
| Etennuly |
No, Buellerxt, my back was hurting from two of the things that really get to me, walking around the infield on the concrete for many hours and then sitting on those hard stadium seats. Joe, I was drinking beer because it was Yuengling and it was cold, and the neighborhood Buell fans had a warm fire, and my legs were not moving well, and the beer was cold, there were two camp sites right next to us with Buell fans watching the 200, and did I mention the Yuengling was cold? Even with the sinus storm that moved into my head from camping in 38 degree weather, and after getting a bit sweaty during the day, I rode home with no problem from my back. My head was a different story. I never even got my 'Air Hawk' out of the side bag. It was truly a great ride all of the way. | ||
| Paralegalpete |
Did anyone take any pics? | ||
| Etennuly |
Pictures of what I did? Yep!  On the way to Daytona. Adrian, Neil, Laird, Tim, a friend of Adrian's on a Kaw.  Hooter's for lunch, hey Joe....meet ya at Hooters for lunch!   Joe setting up.  Loud things I was watching and trying to harass others who could not go with....  the surprise of the weekend.....Ken and Mark did show up! While I was doing the phone harassment!  Smoke totin' parts on his "other" Buell.  An unknown, No rice, Paintshaker, Wolfridgerider, Segali.  Da beer!  Where I watched from.  How I could keep up with the Bueller's. | ||
| Buellgrrrl |
I was there on my M2L, saw a nice T-Bolt Tuber parked by Rossmeyer's. | ||
| Tootal |
Did somebody say Yuengling? | ||
| Sekalilgai |
aaah that was why you were taking the picture of the yuengling....! | ||
| Nevrenuf |
yea, the dumb ass carted two 12 packs on his bike all the way from tenn. when we have a yuengling bottling company right here in tampa. spending to much time up there in them thar hills with the ben gay and what not.  | ||
| Etennuly |
Learning process Neil! Learning. Since I have a Uly with Journey bags, I had no issues with lacking room or load capability. Here's the kicker.....since it was so cold and breezy, when the races ended, no one was wanting to stand out in the cold to drink any of them. So at the cost of my total humility.....I toted a twelve pack back home!!  What happened to the first twelve, you ask? Joe, Ken, and I got it started. They went up to the pits.....well.....it was a long race, and the bathrooms were close by!  (Message edited by etennuly on March 10, 2010) | ||
| Nevrenuf |
of course, had i thought about it for one minute when you talked about bringing beer i would have told you then that it wasn't necessary. but when you have sometimers, you just don't think right.lol it was good to see ya again and glad you had fun and a safe ride back. | ||
| Paint_shaker |
I remember returning to the camping area (after the races and helping the James Gang get all their stuff from the pit to the garage) and the other two (Vern and Joe) were sound asleep. So I broke out the Sailor Jerry & coke, so Smoke at his "camping area" and ended up at the Waffle House from some grub. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Just to clarify - Vern and Joe were sound asleep, each in their OWN tent. Just sounded bad the way it was written above  And yes, we were sleeping. It was freakin' COLD, and instead of going through a full tank of gas idling so I could use my heated jacket to stay warm, I just crawled into my -20 sleeping bag. Mmmmm, toasty  | ||
| Tootal |
Yes, it was proven at Buelltoberfest that a case of Yuengling cans will fit perfectly in a Journey saddlebag. I'm glad you were paying attention Vern! | ||
| Etennuly |
Thanks Greg! I don't get accused of that very often! | ||
| Etennuly |
I cannot get over how much better I feel about everything after this ride to Daytona. I guess I needed a break after a suck wind cold hard winter and a tough business season, or two.  Seeing a bunch of friends from here was a big part of it to. No wonder I like riding this Uly so much, it always takes me where I want to be, and is great fun doing it! I am going to get a better sleeping bag after this particular trip. I think my current one is rated at 50F. I was plenty cold for sure. I believe AprilBuellsday is next!  | ||
| Ratbuell |
Gotta go with Vern on that one - seeing old friends, meeting new ones (and seeing family)....it all helped my mental state given my recent "change in employment status", as the paperwork says. Hopefully I'll be working again and unable to attend AprilBuellsDay...but if I'm still off, and my Uly is back...I may just drop in | ||
| Buellerxt |
Sorry to hear about your employment problems, Ratbuell, and hope you get it sorted out soon. Your contributions are always valued and we need you here, Man. Best of luck. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Oh, don't worry...I may not work for a dealer anymore (or, likely, ever again - personal choice, I don't care for where things have gone at ALL). But I won't be leaving Badweb. You're stuck with me | ||
| Etennuly |
We will deal with that Joe! Gladly!! | ||
| Paint_shaker |
And this one time, at Daytona... We ate breakfast, on the beach, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. | ||
| Etennuly |
And this one time, at Daytona... We ate breakfast, on the beach, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean .....and the wind was blowin' and it was cold, warning flags were flying.....and idiots were trying to surf!  | ||
| Ratbuell |
...and that was all after our "guide" finally found the restaraunt, not in the town he thought it was in... |
