THESE EVENTS ARE IN PLANNING AND DISCUSSION RIGHT UP TO THE GO DAY -- THE CONCRETE HAS NOT SET COMPLETELY YET UNTIL IT IS OVER.     I am still plugging in names as people show interest, this gives us a tool for seeing who is really going plus the folks who are going can start the refinement process on dates and activities.

So far we got the following in the rough order of doing them.   Adding something is easy, talk it up some, put a firm date to it and we will see if folks are interested by if they sign up for it.



Youzguyz Twisted Sisters trip          Mid to Late April      NEED FIRM DATES      Youzguyz, try putting a firm date on your event and see if any of the people will come back ......


Santeetlah Lake Exploratory Trip   April 23, 24, 26   Charles,  Kent,  MM,  Oldfeller

This is a free trip.    Cabin has been reserved by prepaying.    We still have 2 bed slots open.   Trip is now open to CMA riders and "other group" riders that you can personally vouch for.   We are staying in a six man log cabin at the junction of Tapco Rd (Dragon road) and the Cherohola Skyway just outside of Robbinsville.

Sign up here:   http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1487825218/30#30


Lancer Oklahoma trip    extended to 19-28 May   Lancer,  Kenny G,  MM,  Springman,  Verslagen


Kickstand Lodge   June 13-18    Dave,  Oldfeller,  MM,  Stewmills,  RaleighGuy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZGNOB5m5Ro&t=166s
http://kickstandlodge.com/rates.html
From here it is a short hop up to the Dragon, and to all the really neat surrounding roads we love to ride.    For East Coast beginners, this is one of the closest (and the BEST) Southeastern trip possible.   Some have argued the area is the BEST BIKING IN AMERICA and I might have to agree with them.  



Indian Paintbrush Campground in Ty Denver  Late July  NEED FIRM DATES   Verslagen,  Springman,  old.indian, Thumperclone



Undefined East Coast July slot           July 15-16    
This is an empty time slot looking for a neat event to center upon.   Several have been proposed, but not much in the way of takers.   Will be reviewed again in April in hopes of a really neat idea cropping up.


MM's farm     Sept 8, 9 & 10    MM,  Oldfeller,  Dave,  Lancer,  StewMills




And here is a tool to use in locating some no cost camping when travelling to get to the rides:

https://freecampsites.net

OldFeller

Put "Charles" on the Santeetlah Lake list  please .
If its raining or cold , I'll offer to buy your half , take the wife and Car ... Maybe   , and/or ??? meet you and your wife there ?   BBQ chicken/pork-riblets  off the grill ...  If that how if falls ... them Me and Marcia get the bunks and ya'll have to take the Monster bed .  


Versey , I'd like to do the " Ty's is north of Denver "  ride , but ... might have too-much on the calendar already , but let's see how this could work ?     What time frame ya thinking ?    It would be good to stop by some S-40 riders places on the way there and pick up some more of US on the way , and have a string of cool over night places on the way too  !    

Went looking on the internet for multiple switchbacks ....

http://devilstriangletn.com/

http://www.thedevilnc80.com/about80.html

Shame Lancer doesn't remember where that mountain blackline was ....  

We actually stayed on Hwy 80 near Little Switzerland once (foggy foggy night) and ran it like 6 times, nice, but it is not what we are trying to find again.   Hwy 32 was a better curvy road than that one anyway ....

In any case that blackline switchback was on the Blue Ridge Campground side of things when we found it, and this trip is on the Robbinsville side of things.   Different side of the up high world actually.

Sad thing is that road was paved only on one side right up to a state or a county line, so THAT gives us a clue where to look when we are over on Blue Ridge side again.

Well finally I can prove it wasn't me.

I went all the way to the top of Mount Mitchell with the group and it snowed on us while we were up there, and we all stopped and drank hot chocolate together.   MM still has his in his hand, as a matter of fact.   I even took a pic of the snow falling on the group at the elevation sign at Mount Mitchell.  



As that was the furthermost we were going to go on that road together, we split up at that point and then we rode home separately in two completely separate directions.

Crucial question becomes was I physically present whenever this poor benighted Hurley person dumped his bike on the ground?      

No, I wasn't there, now was I ???   I was all the way across the parking lot on foot when they departed, taking a photo of the group of Hurleys that were leaving -- a shot that btw includes my PARKED cold engine Granny sickle way on off to the right of the shot.



Well then, who was always present when the Hurley went down in all these cases ???

.....  MM

   


I think seeing a line of Savagers coming up behind them obviously planning to take turns passing these poor egotistical Hurley dudes might give them a case of temporary insanity, it makes them think they can mebbe go fast enough to keep from being passed when in fact they cannot even make it around the next turn.  

You see, I am always long long gone around the next set of curves by then and they have no delusions about being able even see me, much less catch up with me -- however they will apparently choose to commit Hurley Kury rather than let MM go past them.

Think on it a bit, why MM ????  

Rather than being sucked along by the instantaneous vacuum suction action of my going past them 5 minutes ago on a Savage running at full speed, they instead are being slowly mentally harassed and egotistically harried and psychologically pushed along by something  -- they are being mentally pushed along from behind into committing a foolish act of ritual motorcycle seppuku.

And what exactly do they think that might make them choose to NOT PERMIT MM go on past them???   He's riding on a Hurley just like theirs and they can ride as fast as any Hurley up there, right?   They know can't compete with specialty bikes like that snarling Granny sickle that just blew right on past them, but they will be switched if they will let a stock Hurley go on past them too.

But where was it?   We were based out of Blue Ridge Campground and you spotted the road on the 3-D terrain map in the break room early that morning.

Now Lancer is somebody else who might remember some of these Hurley incidents and who was actually present when some of them occurred as he generally was #2 or #3 in riding order on the earlier trips.

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 03/11/17 at 04:43:35:



I remember standing by the door and looking at that 3-D map on the wall, but did not remember being the one who suggested that road.
The brain seems to have a few holes in it.
Oh well.
What ya gonna do ?

You might be " Right "  OldFeller , about me pushing the feller in front into the ditch ---   --- .  

I feel so GUILTY ...     ...



I think the Driver is in charge of the throttle on the bike they are ridding .       ,   but  hay -  what do I know ???

If we are "easing around" , this trip I can bring either bike !  

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Most of my CMA buds are "Truck-Drivers" , I suspect none of them will be joining us .    One of them might  ???  But it will be "The day before its time to leave" before he knows for sure ...