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Oldfeller Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline All retired now, taking it easy !! Posts: 5579 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1) Reply #885 - 09/01/12 at 11:25:15 MMRanch wrote on 09/01/12 at 10:16:09: OldFeller you need to get you one of those bikes !!! Ya anin't gona be happly till ya do ! Better hurry befor they are OUTLAWED. Seat height is 32 inches, ain't no way possible with my stubby old crip legs. You will note that I did check .....
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1883 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1) Reply #886 - 09/05/12 at 07:13:03 I watched a bit of that video......but as much fun as it looks.....I just tended to get angry at those boys. They are the kind of fools that give motorcycle riders a bad reputation. I really get offended by anyone that treats me as an obstacle on the road....instead of treating me as an equal.
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Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1)
Reply #887 - 09/05/12 at 15:13:58

Dave, there were several "serious crotch rocket" guys on that video who shared your opinion. One was really pissed that he was getting treated like a speed bump and he REALLY didn't like it when the guy carrying the camera wheelied on past him too ....

Supermotos are upper end top speed limited compared to these other bikes -- if there had been any decent amount of straight away on that road the story would have been quite different.

Also, did you note all the big black streaks of rubber those motos were putting down as they braked into a turn? That amount of black rub off laydown might equal a new tire a week if they run like that all the time.

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Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1)
Reply #888 - 09/05/12 at 15:24:11

Theoretically Speaking .......

There are spring rides ..... weather is warming up finally but the jackets & gloves still get used.

There are midsummer rides ..... HOT is the reality word here. Sweat and ride, sweat and ride.

There are fall rides ...... leaves and acorns and kamakazi chipmunks & squirrels & possums

Which sort of ride shall next year's main ride be?

(hint, if you do a spring ride -- you still have enough riding year left to recover and go on a fall ride too, plus a different set of people are interested in a leaf season ride than a late spring ride)

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Oldfeller Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline All retired now, taking it easy !! Posts: 5579 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1) Reply #889 - 09/05/12 at 15:30:50 The supermoto guys get stopped ...... (MMRanch will want to know what they told the cop to keep from getting THE BIG TICKET)
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline EVIL FLOURISHES IF GOOD MEN DO NOTHING Posts: 873 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1) Reply #890 - 09/07/12 at 22:41:02 I didn't see where the law pulled anybody over ??? But Staying on the right side of the road is part of the challange . And being polite about is the right thing to do.
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Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1)
Reply #891 - 09/08/12 at 03:43:26

Oldfeller wrote on 09/05/12 at 15:24:11:

Theoretically Speaking .......

There are spring rides ..... weather is warming up finally but the jackets & gloves still get used.

There are midsummer rides ..... HOT is the reality word here. Sweat and ride, sweat and ride.

There are fall rides ...... leaves and acorns and kamakazi chipmunks & squirrels & possums

Which sort of ride shall next year's main ride be?

(hint, if you do a spring ride -- you still have enough riding year left to recover and go on a fall ride too, plus a different set of people are interested in a leaf season ride than a late spring ride)

Here is the long term weather patterns again -- we is looking for some better weather again, Goldilocks
(not too hot, not too cold, jest right).

http://www.usa.com/28716-nc-weather.htm

May something is the earliest for decent temperatures (still cool, but not THAT cold) with June getting warm to hot again.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline EVIL FLOURISHES IF GOOD MEN DO NOTHING Posts: 873 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1) Reply #892 - 09/11/12 at 21:56:22 I'd like a cross-country ride befor I get to old to do it. Anybody else had simullar thoughts ?
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Oldfeller Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline All retired now, taking it easy !! Posts: 5579 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1) Reply #893 - 09/12/12 at 04:03:35 Some of the group is still working, enough days off to "go long" and come back may not be in the cards for some of us. Some of us truck in -- what do you do with the vehicles? Still, I have never seen New Orleans or the Gulf side of Florida .....
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serenity3743 Serious Thumper Offline Striving to better, oft we mar what's well Posts: 775 Hickory (Catawba County), NC Gender:	Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1) Reply #894 - 09/12/12 at 12:49:56 I have said one of my "bucket list" items is to traverse Route 66 from Chicago to LA. I'm not retired but I am a State employee with a reasonable amount of leave time.
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Oldfeller Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline All retired now, taking it easy !! Posts: 5579 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1) Reply #895 - 09/13/12 at 11:46:16 What roads would you do on the return loop?
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Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1)
Reply #896 - 09/13/12 at 20:15:42

The wife and I have talked about route 66 befor. Some of it runs with other Hwys now .... maby we shouldn't put it off too long !

One should not let there Bucket get too full.

I'm retired but still have Cows, Chores, BoyScout, Church , Contra , Giving Guitar lessons, and a Wife.

I have to "Arange" to have some time off, but can almost any time with a little bit of notice.

Pikes Peak
Grand Canyon
Natchus Trace end to end
El Capatan Mountain Texas
West Coast Hwy
Serges Bike Rally
Amish Country NE US.
The list goes on and on !

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Re: 2012 Tail of the Dragon Trip (6/25-7/1)
Reply #897 - 09/20/12 at 15:17:06

Oh well, fall trip 2012 never pulled itself together so we are about done trip-wise for 2012.

I'll post a blank sticky for Dragon Run 2013 and we will see what year 2013 brings (assuming the Aztecs weren't right and there is a 2013 that is).

Speaking of bucket lists, what should you do before the end of the world comes this holiday season?

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