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Author Message   M2nc Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 11:52 pm:        Not so fast. I know a better way, let me show you!   1313 Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 12:57 am:        Thanks for showing me the better way Carlos! It really shaved time off my trip (see - stil daylight by the time I made it to Wisconsin...). I will definitely have to take your way on the way back and every other time I come home. I hope you got your tire issues resoved... 1313 P.S. Anyone know where I can get a little number 1 to go in front of all those zeros? (Message edited by 1313 on May 30, 2005)   Jlnance Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 08:15 am:        Brankin - You don't want a little number. You just trippled the value of your bike!   Skeeter_xb Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 12:28 pm:        comgrats on the 100 k, had some issues with the xb recently but all is well now. smoked 3 coils and turned out to be an ecm that went sour.   Jlnance Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 10:15 pm:        Anyone else ever ride to Morrow Mountain? It's down 24, about 100 miles from Raleigh. I went there today. Had a good ride, but wish that I had thought to arrange some company.   M2nc Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 11:12 pm:        1313, Congrats Brankin! I am glad I was able help in this monumental occasion. As you can see, I made it home. If you want to know, I rode from KY to OH, back through KY, to WV, to VA, to NC on a back tire showing a stripe. I finally chickened out when in Bluefield WV, the stripe started to show white. I called Dave from there and met him at the HD dealership in Greensboro NC and trailered the bike from there. Seems to be a good call because the heat of the south was starting to wear the tire faster. Overall, mark it down to the "A" in BRAG.   1313 Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 12:05 am:        Carlos, Glad things worked out for you the way they did. My friend from Germany, Frank, arrived today bearing gifts - a 2 liter bottle of German beer! Tomorrow it is off to register the S3 that Frank will be borrowing and riding (the bike belongs to a friend who hasn't had a chance to register it yet), then to Uke's and Hal's and maybe even to a Yamaha dealership to see if I can replace my left mirror (D'oh! - Those Yamaha snowmobile mirrors don't give quite like the OE S2 mirrors). I know it is long past snowmobiling season, but in Wisconsin you never know... 1313   M2nc Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 09:55 pm:        Hey Brankin, Is that liters or gallons? Have a great time.   U4euh Posted on Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 11:17 pm:        Hey all-1313-wish I could have caught up with you at Myrtle.(started a thread in the quick board)Look to see if your bike is there, if you went. Jim, which way did you take when you went to Morrow MTN? You know you past my house within a twenty min backroad ride! But then again I was still in PA at the time.   Jlnance Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 08:30 am:        Jim - I wondered if I was anywhere near you. I took 1 South, then 24 west. It was only about 100 miles. I'll probably be making that run again. The kids like to go there. I suspect a bike tour would appeal to them.   Jlnance Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 09:16 am:        We actually just decided to drive down this morning. We'll be in the cage though.   Jlnance Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 05:52 pm:        Just got back! There were a LOT of bikes up on top and a lot of people out riding today. I didn't see any Buells though.   1313 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2005 - 03:21 am:        Sheer words alone cannot explain the experiences I've had at this year's Homecoming. Man, I really love these roads back home - maybe I can share them with some of you during next year's Homecoming. It will probably take me quite a while to put everything together for public consumption (longer if I wait for some of the cool pics Skeeter_xb and Frank took during the festivities). Tomorrow I begin my journey back to Eastern NC, and I am hoping that with the help of Carlos's shortcut through Cincinnati I should make it into West Virginia before stopping for the night. If that target is reached, then it should be an easy day 2 back home. If I am lucky I will even be able to stop in and see Dave at Shelton's in Goldsboro (and explain the voice mail I left him on Saturday night) before his day is over on Tuesday. Could I be lucky enough to have another 3-way in Cincinnati? (Carlos may need to clarify that for some of you...) Just saw Bubba Blackwell at Uke's H-D/Buell during their 75th anniversary party today. The good news for us is that his wife's labor was induced on May 31st, so his show at New River H-D/Buell in Jacksonville on June 18th should be a definite go! Some good riding to J'ville, some cool Buell action to see, some more good riding after the show - add them together and you have the makings for one cool BRAG adventure. Who else is up for it? More when I get back home on Tuesday... 1313   Jlnance Posted on Monday, June 06, 2005 - 06:15 am:        Can't wait for the stories Brankin. Glad you had a good time up there. I'm planning on going to J'ville, but I'll be driving so I can take the kids. Anyone know what time Bubba is doing his show?   M2nc Posted on Monday, June 06, 2005 - 09:46 pm:        Brankin, safe journey home and call if you get lost. In regards to the 3-way in Cincy, Dave made me do it. Dave, sound familiar?   1313 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 11:42 pm:        Got home a little later that expected but that's what you get when you roll up getting a slightly late start, off and on rain throughout Virginia and North Carolina, how the other traffic handles themselves in rain, and a couple of tourist stops. After an 11 day 2,900 mile long joourney, I must remark: I LOVE being on vacation, but I HATE coming back from vacation... Now to get caught up... 1313   1313 Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 12:48 am:        Getting caught up... Bubba Blackwell at New River H-D/Buell: In case you find it difficult to read: 2 shows and autograph sessions 12 and 4 pm, with the entire festivities going from 9 - 7 pm. 1313   Jlnance Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 06:28 am:        LOL - Here is my schedule for this week: Today & Sunday - MSF class at JCC Monday - Fly to Anahime, CA at 6:30 am Tues - Fly to Mtn View, CA at 5:00 pm Thurs - Fly back to RDU at 6:30 am Friday - Pick up my daughter from camp in ascheville at 9:30 am. Guess I'll have to start driving at 5:30 am. Saturday - Drive the kids to see Bubba I might have sleep issues this week.   Jlnance Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 09:16 pm:        Well, I have to say the MSF class is easier the second time you take it. But it's still exhausting. Everything hurts. I spend the day on a 250cc Honda Rebel. It was a cool little bike. It gives me a little perspective when I call my Blast a small bike now. I'm really proud of my g/f. She has never riden a bike except as a passenger. Well at least not until today. I thought she did very well. She is kind of shell shocked at the moment. Says it was harder than she was expecting it to be and is nervous about tomorrow. Thats exactly how I felt the first time I took it.   1313 Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 05:29 pm:        1313   Spike Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 04:07 pm:        It's getting a little quiet around here . . . when is the next meeting? Mike Luddy, Jr. '04 XB12R   1313 Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 08:46 pm:        Spike, You must've been reading my mind. I talked with Dave the other night regarding the next meeting. Since this Sunday is Father's Day it doesn't make sense to have a meeting on Sunday, so Dave thought that getting the group together and going down to the doing's at New River (with entertaining riding on the way there), some more entertaining riding afterwards on Old Maple Hill Road and having some eats at a country style restaurant (that has a very nice atmosphere) very near Old Maple Hill Road would constitute this months 'informal' meeting. Dave - feel free to correct whatever I butchered. The route that Carlos, Brandy and I took the last time we were down to Old Maple Hill Road was a nice ride. I know of a little bit more of Brices Creek Road here in New Bern which may entail a slightly different meeting spot, but some of the roads Carlos guided us on are lost in my memory banks. Carlos - care to either advise me on the roads by Maysville, or show the group on Saturday? Is anyone else up for this Saturday? Any recommendations for a place and time to meet? 1313   1313 Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 09:07 pm:        Maybe these pictures will entice some more willing participants for Saturday. Here are some pics of Bubba's performance I caught at Uke's 75th anniversary party while home for Homecoming: The shot above kind of makes me think that people with apehangers like them because it makes them feel like they are doing a constant wheelie... 1313   M2nc Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 11:38 pm:        Hey Guys, I believe we originally talked about last weekend for the meeting, but everyone was busy. So this weekend on Saturday seems like a deal. I do not think I will be able to make the full ride we ran last time to Old Maple Hill Road, but I can do an abridged version. I will have a co-pilot with me this Saturday so I need to be conscious of how many miles we cover. Also the M2's back tire still has not been replaced, so I will be on the Nighthawk this weekend. If you would like, we can make the same run from New Bern to Jacksonville to Maple Hill. I believe that was the majority of the fun roads anyway.   Zxzer04 Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 11:57 pm:        Hi Everyone, I hate to say it but I am going to have to miss my first meeting. My wife and son are at the National Institute Of Health in Maryland for a few days and so it's only me and the girl and of course they get back to RDU at 2:30 pm on Saturday. Hope you have fun and I hope to make the next one. Larry   Spike Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 05:57 pm:        Sounds like the wife and I are driving to the beach this weekend so I'll have to pass on the ride on Saturday. I'd like to go to the CCS races at VIR next weekend but I know I'll be tied up till at least 10am on Saturday which means I can't make it to VIR until that afternoon sometime. Is anyone planning on camping at VIR that weekend? Mike Luddy, Jr. '04 XB12R   Fbxb9r Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 06:51 pm:        I'm back in town and Sat sounds good to me. That was a fun ride and this time we know the New River HD will be open. I would like to stop in and see it if we got time. brandy   M2nc Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 07:09 pm:        Spike, I was planning to take the clan and camp at VIR, but nothing is final yet. If I am not mistaken, Sunday is the day to be there anyway. If everyone else is interested, we need to make plans to camp out Saturday night and stay to see the races Sunday. Who is in? Brandy, New River is the destination this time around. Bubba Blackwell will be there. Does anyone know if Tilley's crowd will be at VIR this go around? I will leave word on there board and see. Also, has anyone seen a new page for the Triad Brag Chapter from Greensboro? This would be a great time to get all three NC Brag chapters together.   M2nc Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 06:45 pm:        Who up for a ride tomorrow? We are going to ride at least to Jacksonville to see Bubba for the 12:00 showing. We will then hit Maple Hill and the Fish Camp for something to eat.   Southern Marine Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 10:39 pm:        Hey Fellas, I'm off to Iraq again tomorrow. Thanks for the sling bag Dave, it was good to see you again. I'll be catching ya'll again later. Here's a spot for you to check out. On your way in to Jacksonville on 17 right after the road split's there is Kellum Loop Rd on the right, it's a short little run, but a couple nice curves and one mean one. Ya'll have fun and catch you later.