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Buellsnblondes
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 11:47 am: | 
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Ahhhhh....
After a great weekend at Fontana and the long trek back to Phoenix, just wanted to drop a line to say hi to Al Lighton and EBear. Nice to have met you both.
Nice pics Jerry! I spent a lot of time in the garage area too, and must say the environment was much more relaxed then in years past. The riders all seemed eager to chat it up and sign autographs, and as you stated, Mr. Mladin is much more personable in living color.
For those who didn't make it...it was a great time, for those that did, glad you made home safely!
Ed |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 01:20 pm: |
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Wycked, we shopped the Ontario Mills Mall near the track (one of the largest shopping malls i've ever been in) and managed to find exactly ONE koala bear for sale. my advice would be to plan ahead. 
thanks for the kudos BnB. we hadn't planned on hangin' in the pit and garage area all day but we were having so much fun we couldn't tear ourselves away.
i'm REALLY surprised how lenient the AMA officials were about me wandering around in the hot pits prior to the race. when i took the shot above of the start of the Superbike race i expected somebody to yell at me the whole time, but everyone was cool.
sorry we missed you there, maybe next year we'll run into each other at Starbucks?
FB |
Wyckedflesh
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 01:22 pm: |
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*cough San Diego Zoo cough* |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 01:56 pm: |
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Buellsnblondes
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 05:15 pm: |
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....hey Jerry,
I just realized how much of a "fair weather biker" I've become. I bought my XB9R in September, and, well, living in Phoenix, it hardly ever rains. Saturday at Fontana was the first time my bike had seen rain, and the first time I'd ridden in the rain since 1988 in a 6 hour endurance race at Road Atlanta for the WERA GNF's.....Man...I kinda' miss it!
Ed |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 05:51 pm: |
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i grew up in the Pacific Northwet and rode year 'round up there for years. i do not miss the rain, not even the tiniest little bit. Blake mentioned above that i'm "looking very Cali" these days.
thank you. thank you very much. |
Coyote_xb12s
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 06:40 pm: |
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Here's a picture of Mat and my daughter Melinna from Fontana |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 06:44 pm: |
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that's very, very cool. way to go Melinna!  |
Ebear
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 02:47 am: |
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Fontana '04............FIRST ENCOUNTERS......
Buell Meeting)...(DAVE AND BUSTERS)
Greg Mark and Sandblast,Hamming it up!
Showin' us how to do it!
Scab Collection
Time for a puttt..!
Which way is da' hotel ??
...WHITE KNIGHT...hee,hee,heeeee}} |
Ebear
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 02:54 am: |
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ONE more before Slumber....
PRE.. COFFEE FERRIS AND DENISE.
(AFTER A 3 AND A HALF HOUR DESERT FLIGHT??)} |
Ebear
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 01:06 am: |
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Don , intent on winning}
Greg and Michael Jordans rider going at it!
Jason DiSalvo kickin' on Greg
VICTORY!!
pondering results
Winners interview!
Jason,Checking out....
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Ebear
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 01:26 am: |
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THE END !!
FOR TODAY
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Socoken
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 03:36 am: |
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Great posts eric, awesome pics.
Mr. White seems like a cool character, someone should turn him on to this board, and show him how to do wheelies on that scooter  |
Ebear
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 03:42 pm: |
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 A Post from work.....
Mat,Leading the first Lap.....
edited by ebear on April 08, 2004 |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 03:45 pm: |
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naughty naughty EBear, how did you get around the filter?
nice pix, btw. |
Bomber
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 04:40 pm: |
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Jerry
I don't remember seeing a pic of you without a helmet on before . . .. you're, er . .. I mean, ehem, that is . . .. .
Ive not been addressing you in the manner that your level of experience would have me understand is appropriate!
Road_Thang'll thump me for sure . . .. . .
I'll be more respectful in the future!
;-} |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 04:50 pm: |
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"level of experience"? you sayin' they should take down the "Welcome to Ferrisville" signs and replace 'em with "Welcome to AARPville" signs?
sigh.
my only consolation is that i ain't as old as my buddy Dino...
FB |
Bomber
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 05:01 pm: |
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absolutely not! side's, we always got Court to look up to (or whatever direction is appropriate)...
as far as AARPVille goes, I've been trying to talk batlemasters into subtracting 2 seconds from the times of any rider who can remember the Johnson administration . .. . so far, no takers |
Ebear
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 05:35 pm: |
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IS ANYONEthat old??}Spoken by someone whom actually remembers Johnson well)
Hers some pics so that Jerry can see what the FRONT of these guys look like!!} |
Court
| | Posted on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 05:21 am: |
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>>>we always got Court to look up to (or whatever direction is appropriate)...
It's a vicious circle...as I remind our snowmobiling buddy he's 3 years my senior.
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Tripper
| | Posted on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 07:31 am: |
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nice ending. |
Ebear
| | Posted on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 11:36 pm: |
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The Continuing Saga of Fontana
Is the Filter on???
Good,I think I ducked that one !!
Michael Jordans Racer
Blurr action...
Ben
Mat and Jake
Darn,no-good tire!!
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Ebear
| | Posted on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 11:43 pm: |
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AND NOW....For a completely Different Ending!!
SEE WHAT I MEAN?? |
Ebear
| | Posted on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 11:46 pm: |
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AND A LITTLE FLORA....
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Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 12:50 am: |
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tsk tsk tsk... |
Sparky
| | Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 12:59 am: |
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WHAT! was that, you said, Ebear? WHAT!, WHAT! obviously an inside joke
LOL, great behind the scenes shots, Ebear (remembering last year's Fontana gig! Where's Mark?)
Sparky |
Ebear
| | Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 01:55 am: |
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WWeLLLL, he's probably NOT off tsk'ing somewhere!!!hee,hee,hee |
Ebear
| | Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 09:40 pm: |
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YAAHHHOOOOO!!!!
Just got back from a ROUSING ride helping break in Scott Pages new APRILIA TUONO!!What a great machine that is.We met locally and headed to Glendale to see if they were giving test rides for the backpack deal.Ernie wasnt there so we held off till a weekday.Then Scott,Don Victor,Viros and I went via Topanga to Mulholland drive,Stunt Road,Piuma back to Mulholland to the Rock Store.Hung for a few and headed down the old Mulholland to NEPTUNES on PCH for lunch.....Freshest seafood around.Tons of attention to Dons XB12R and the Tuono.Then left Scott in Venice and headed off to Southern California Triumph to visit with Eric Bostrum.
Unfortunately he skated just before we got there but we kicked tires on all the Ducks and got them to promise to give us Test rides on the 999 next week.
}HERES A CRASH SCENE FROM SUNDAY....
Sorry it not so good Im just getting used to this new Elan 7E.It looks at your eye and figures out where in the scene your looking and focuses right there.Its faster than i am so Im not so good yet...
Heres Miguel DuHamel
and Jake Zemke,tearing it up!} |
Andys
| | Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 10:48 pm: |
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I truly believe that Mat Maladin plays head games with his competitors just like Doohan did. Complaining all off-season about how the smaller throttle bodies have lost him so much horsepower and the such.
I don't see the lost horsepower. I wonder how he'd do in MotoGP?
But as a human I believe Mat to be a very warm-hearted person. Look at his smile in the picture above. I think he's really enjoying life right now. Dean Adams at SuperbikePlanet.com has often mentioned who Maladin truly is.
The rest of the Superbike class is in trouble. With the exception of Yates (due to equal equipment and desire for his 1st Title) and Eric Bostrom (who is very hungry for a Championship after last year), I don't think there's another rider out there who can consistantly run with Maladin, race in race out.
I enjoy watching Maladin race. The man goes 110% for 100% of the race.
This is why we enjoy Rossi. I'll never forget the Austrialian GP last year when Rossi set the fastest lap of the race on the last lap! So much for running out of tire. |
Ebear
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 12:18 am: |
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 Nice change today from yesterday...88 degrees and blue sky!!!Just finished testing my new Helmet Cam and other than a little tilt on the camera its workin fine!!!Time to do that Canyon Run!!Thought Id post a few more pics from The races....
 A little guy havin' a BIG time!!
girls havin fun too!
First pit in line.
More fun!
The chicane you must manuever through on the front straightaway at top speed!!
 Heres a picture for all you Ladies out there...Eric Bostrum
 And another....Jake Zemke,A REALLY cool guy!!!
oooppss!...one for us!
And another one for the girls.
And thats the End of this one!!...Gn'night! |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 09:23 am: |
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nice pix EBear. |
Al_lighton
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 10:00 am: |
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one with ebear...I made sure to take a LONG time focusing and futzing with the camera so that ebear could stay in this pose for a long time
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Ebear
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 10:02 am: |
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And I thank you again from the bottom of my....heart! |
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