This is a copy and paste from a thread that Fonzie has on his XX board. So far Mr. Bogus, Fonzie, Busa SS, Dweezel and I are going. And I think blitzburg is in also
Group ride to Pittsburgh on June 14th.
* Up to you if you wanna bring your SO....Not sure if there'll be any others. For those of you who know mine.....Yeeeeahhh....She still hates the bike!!
* You can still get in last minute if need be....shouldn't be a problem, just keep me posted
* Pace will be your own.....I don't think we've got any knee draggers in the group so far, but if so, they can just beat the bushes for the rest of us I like my twisties, but have yet to get a knee down.
* I'm not the kind of guy who leaves people behind if they're slower. Big reason I like doing these rides is because of the camaraderie. I want everyone to have fun & want to join us again.....Not feel like they're being rushed the whole way, or forced to ride out of their comfort level to keep up. I also want everyone to return home the same way they left.....Lost enough friends last year
* Plan on fuel stops ~ every 150-175 miles worst case scenario, unless someone gets less than that per tank.....speak up now. I know the 'Busa's get better mileage than us 'Birds, but not sure what a few others of you are riding. There may be other stops as well for pix......You know how I like my photo op's
* Shine only.......After our trip around Lake Michigan last year, I have no desire to knowingly ride that far in the rain again if possible. We can throw out some raindate options in case weather conspires against us
* I'm planning on 500 miles from my place. I'm thinkin' of leavin' the meet spot by 10'ish (PM me for where....Don't wanna broadcast publicly to any lurking LEO's ). We may have people coming from Ann Arbor, Ft. Wayne & Dayton areas, so this will allow them to leave home at a reasonable hour. That would put us to Pittsburgh by 2 or 3:00 I think. IIRC, it took me about 4 hours in the van last August, and we should make better time than that on the bikes. Figure couple hours for lunch/dinner, pix, gas etc......I think we'll all be home by midnight'ish
Lookin' at about 8 bikes right now that are probable. Shoot me a PM with your email addy & celly if interested, and I'll add you to the conversation
Group ride to Pittsburgh on June 14th.
* Up to you if you wanna bring your SO....Not sure if there'll be any others. For those of you who know mine.....Yeeeeahhh....She still hates the bike!!
* You can still get in last minute if need be....shouldn't be a problem, just keep me posted
* Pace will be your own.....I don't think we've got any knee draggers in the group so far, but if so, they can just beat the bushes for the rest of us I like my twisties, but have yet to get a knee down.
* I'm not the kind of guy who leaves people behind if they're slower. Big reason I like doing these rides is because of the camaraderie. I want everyone to have fun & want to join us again.....Not feel like they're being rushed the whole way, or forced to ride out of their comfort level to keep up. I also want everyone to return home the same way they left.....Lost enough friends last year
* Plan on fuel stops ~ every 150-175 miles worst case scenario, unless someone gets less than that per tank.....speak up now. I know the 'Busa's get better mileage than us 'Birds, but not sure what a few others of you are riding. There may be other stops as well for pix......You know how I like my photo op's
* Shine only.......After our trip around Lake Michigan last year, I have no desire to knowingly ride that far in the rain again if possible. We can throw out some raindate options in case weather conspires against us
* I'm planning on 500 miles from my place. I'm thinkin' of leavin' the meet spot by 10'ish (PM me for where....Don't wanna broadcast publicly to any lurking LEO's ). We may have people coming from Ann Arbor, Ft. Wayne & Dayton areas, so this will allow them to leave home at a reasonable hour. That would put us to Pittsburgh by 2 or 3:00 I think. IIRC, it took me about 4 hours in the van last August, and we should make better time than that on the bikes. Figure couple hours for lunch/dinner, pix, gas etc......I think we'll all be home by midnight'ish
Lookin' at about 8 bikes right now that are probable. Shoot me a PM with your email addy & celly if interested, and I'll add you to the conversation
Here's the rest of that email/thread I originally sent out that Sam didn't include. Should answer some of your questions..........
