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Jwnsc
| | Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 07:25 am: | 
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Looks like I'll be heading to T.W.O. on May 1st for a couple of days and down to Atlanta to visit some friends and relatives. Will meet a couple of riding buddies from NC on new mounts - an '08 Uly and Triumph Tiger. Doubt if we get over to Hiawassee since they are charging a $10 day fee this year and fewer vendors have been showing up the last couple of years. Will probably hit Deals Gap, the Skyway and have lunch at the Inn at Amicalola Falls.
Hugh, when I saw your post about a Kawasaki wrecking I thought it might have been a guy who lives a couple doors down who, after a party Saturday morning, thought it would be fun to go WFO at 3 AM down our street (25 mph limit). I kept waiting to hear the sounds of the crash as he approached the 90 degree curve but I guess he was sober enough to brake in time. Green Kawa 600 crotch rocket, paper tag, rider wearing T-shirt, shorts, flip flops and baseball cap worn backwards. |
Scbuellkat
| | Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 08:57 am: |
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Luckily I did not see any of that stuff yesterday. I was in the Charleston area for a day trip. Didnt take the bike unfortunately. I did see a lot of bikers enjoying the weather down there. I kept the lookout for some of you guys down there but I was unsuccessful. Well the weekend of May 17th is not going to work for me but any time after is great, or even the Saturday before (Mothers Day Weekend I believe). But anyway yall do what the mass wants to do and I will see where it plays out for me. |
Drfudd
| | Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 04:29 pm: |
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Just got the latest issue of Fuell and saw LaFayette in it. Talking about his S3T just passing 100,000 miles.
Congratulation on that milestone achievement!
I'll be busy until about mid June. early next month I should have new tires and etc. then the first week in June I'll be in Michigan but I wouldn't mind a ride in the mountains around June, get out of the heat of June for a day. |
Chrisgrant
| | Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 05:08 pm: |
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How come I don't get Fuell mag. I have to go to the web to view them.
Spotted a blue/white Buell in Greenville on Friday. Anyone here? I was going the opposite direction and looked out of the corner of my eye. |
Guell
| | Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 07:21 pm: |
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Jim, i heard him too at 3am in the morning.... stupid squids. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 08:35 pm: |
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Hey, I saw an 1125R in North Charleston today! It was parked at the Olive Garden restaurant on Rivers Avenue about 6:15 PM. |
Jwnsc
| | Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 09:02 pm: |
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Hugh, one of the techs at Low Country rides an 1125. Don't know if the one you saw was his.
And Matt, if our neighbor keeps it up, we'll probably be reading about him in the
morning paper in the near future. There are bold motorcyclists and there are old motorcyclists, but....... |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 10:52 pm: |
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chris, chances are he was just passing through cause i haven't seen one of those around the area.
btw, i picked up a couple extra camel packs when i was down in tampa picking up the new xt this past weekend. already gave one to gary and if you want the other just let me know. stopped by to see him yesterday so he can see the bike and he was drooling a bit. i'm in alabama until thursday so if you want it just let me know. |
Chrisgrant
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 03:31 pm: |
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Sure, that would be great.
CONGRATS!!! Very excited for you and your new XT. Is it the faster black one? We really need to get together for a ride soon. I should be closing on a house on Friday so my weekend will be busy but I can probably slip away for a couple of hours. |
Buellistic
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 11:31 pm: |
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Well, it looks like it is now time to make it to 200K ??? |
Jwnsc
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 06:34 am: |
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Bad day for motorcyclists yesterday afternoon in our sleepy little town of Summerville. First, a police officer on a bike (wearing helmet)collides with a pick-up truck while escorting a funeral and suffers a broken leg. Then a 20 year-old guy and 19 year-old girl (not wearing helmets) are killed when a truck pulls out in front of them. No citations were listed in the story but the officer was charged for contributing to the accident for passing in a no pass zone. Let's be real careful out there! |
Xblaw
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 12:46 pm: |
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The accidents were unrelated though. Right? |
Jwnsc
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 03:36 pm: |
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No, the officer's crash was at the lunch rush hour and the fatalities were at the evening rush hour. |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 11:01 pm: |
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lafayette, i stopped by your house on friday when i was down but you weren't home. i heard you made it in fuell but haven't gotten mine yet to read about it. congatulations and good luck on the next 100k.
chris, congrat on the house purchase. i know you have your hands full right now so no big deal. might do a poker run this weekend on take the bike down to granite mountain to have the 1k service done. we'll talk to you later. |
Chrisgrant
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 11:24 pm: |
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Plans fell through for Friday closing, closing on Monday now. I can likely ride this weekend.
Partly cloudy and 76 on Sunday. Sound like good riding to me. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 10:00 am: |
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Jwnsc- I found out this morning that the guy that got killed with the girl in the crash on Tuesday was the son of a guy I used to work with. I understand he also didn't have an M/C license. IIRC, you're required to wear a helmet in SC until you turn 21 too. I'm sure neither of those is very easy to enforce.
Sad story. |
Tailspining
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 04:42 pm: |
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Chris,
I'm there if the weather holds. I'll call on Saturday.
Gary |
Jwnsc
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 07:22 pm: |
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I was feeling a little down and nothing cures that faster than riding my Uly on a beautiful day. So I rode over to Daniel Island and sure enough, I found a reason to perk up. (I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy)
No telling who'll you see on a Uly ride!
(She won 7-5, 6-2) |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 08:52 pm: |
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there's a poker run saturday that one guy that lives over here in the complex was doing. might be doing that. outta curiosity there chris, have you ever thought about trying a tall wind screen. i need to try a short one cause at my height, the wind make a lot of noise in my helmet. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 09:21 pm: |
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Jwnsc- Dang! I might take a sudden interest in tennis!
I saw a black M2 on Redbank Road in the area of the Weapons Station this afternoon. Anybody here? |
Chrisgrant
| | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 11:37 pm: |
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I'd love to try a tall. We can swap to see what the difference really is. The short screen doesn't bother me until I reach highway speeds.
White knuckles with my jacket(parachute) trying to pull me off. |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 07:15 am: |
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let me know when you want to swap. i'm off at 11:30 today till 7:30 monday. i'm really interested to see if it makes any difference for me cause that sound is terrible. |
Chrisgrant
| | Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 07:36 am: |
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Anytime this weekend will be fine. sunday should be nice for a ride. Gary is gonna call Sat. to make plans. Feel free to call. |
Scbuellkat
| | Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 08:51 am: |
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I LIKE TENNIS! |
Tailspining
| | Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 04:23 pm: |
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Have I been under a rock or is this the first time the rest of you have heard about High Rock Race Track in North Carolina?
http://racehighrock.com/ |
Chrisgrant
| | Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 08:23 pm: |
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Had an awesome Buell ride with Tailspining and Nevrenuf on Sunday. Rode around 180 miles on some fun roads with nice weather and great guys. Thanks for the fun day guys. Can't wait to do it again.
Thanks for the camelpack Neil. |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 09:42 pm: |
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it was good getting to ride with you and your buddy chris. he sure does know some nice roads to run. i really can't wait to do that again. depending on how it goes saturday, i might go up to cherokee on sunday. my pleasure on the camelback/pack or what ever you want to call it. and i really appreciate the swap on the windscreen. like i said though, if it doesn't cut right just let me know i'll grab you the lower one.
gary, something to look forward to there. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 06:24 am: |
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Tailspining- That's the first I've heard about it. It'll be cool if they get some big races there. |
Tailspining
| | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 11:15 am: |
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Or better-yet... track days! |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 08:58 pm: |
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aaaaaaaaamen |
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