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Digital Nausea
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PostPosted: 09-17-2019 02:42 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Just left the Grand Canyon (North Rim) and now in Vegas. That big hole in the ground is really amazing. If you haven’t seen it, you should...




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Legend
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PostPosted: 09-17-2019 06:46 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


We talking about geoff's "lake"?




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Cool #9
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PostPosted: 09-18-2019 03:14 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Certainly not about his swimming pool. That's neither big nor in the ground.




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Messatsu Ko Jy-ouu
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PostPosted: 09-18-2019 07:36 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


lol




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Legend
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PostPosted: 09-18-2019 09:34 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


His BBQ pit makes up for it

Image




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PostPosted: 09-18-2019 10:28 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


lol that's pretty ingenious in a ghetto kind of way

should have lined the inside with foil though as a reflector




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Cool #9
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PostPosted: 09-18-2019 12:46 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


How well does the trolley conduct heat? Might just end up becoming a burning hot metal cage around your meat.




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Blockheaded Blubberboy
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PostPosted: 09-27-2019 02:21 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm leaving tomorrow morning for a ride up the east coast to Myrtle Beach for their fall bike week, then west to Asheville where I plan to visit Grandfather Mountain and ride the Tail of the Dragon. Should be around a 2,000 mile trip. I've already got my Hotel Booked on the beach for tomorrow and Sunday night. First day's ride is going to around 600 miles. Should be fun.




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PostPosted: 09-28-2019 04:43 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Careful man. Tail of the Dragon has some bends in it.




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Blockheaded Blubberboy
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PostPosted: 10-04-2019 09:58 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Some shots from my ride through Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.

Jacksonville, Florida


Myrtle Beach, SC


Blue Ridge Parkway, NC




Tail of the Dragon, NC/TN











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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 10-04-2019 12:13 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I really enjoy you bike ride pictures YourGrandpa :up:



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PostPosted: 10-04-2019 12:58 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Don't you have a wife and kids? Did they come with you? If not *calls CPS*...




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PostPosted: 10-04-2019 10:41 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yes, thanks for posting pics, they look like you saw some awesome stuff and had a great time.




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Blockheaded Blubberboy
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PostPosted: 10-05-2019 07:34 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Thanks Whiskey and sCII.

Geoff my son is 18, has school and works. However, I make time every year to do a week long trip with just the two of us. My wife and I also do at least one week long trip a year with many little weekend/holiday vacations sprinkled in. But since I have more vacation time from work, I take trips like this to indulge my joy of travel and riding.

Here's a couple more "professionally" taken photos of me riding the Tail of the Dragon.





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Blockheaded Blubberboy
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I also had to get my rear bumper repaired and painted (someone backed into me in a parking lot). So I had them repaint the front bumper (chips from road debris) and the calipers too. It turned out really good.




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Cool #9
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YourGrandpa wrote:
Thanks Whiskey and sCII.

Geoff my son is 18, has school and works. However, I make time every year to do a week long trip with just the two of us. My wife and I also do at least one week long trip a year with many little weekend/holiday vacations sprinkled in. But since I have more vacation time from work, I take trips like this to indulge my joy of travel and riding.

Here's a couple more "professionally" taken photos of me riding the Tail of the Dragon.



I can hear the pegs scrape by just looking at those pictures




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Blockheaded Blubberboy
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PostPosted: 10-05-2019 09:11 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yeah, my floorboards took a beating.




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PostPosted: 10-05-2019 12:34 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Looks like fun.




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Legend
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PostPosted: 10-05-2019 12:46 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


lol, I did a group charity ride back in September and some idiot on a cruiser oversteered on the most gentle turn and went right into a ditch, destroyed the bike. Most people on cruisers have zero riding skill, it's hilarious.




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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 10-05-2019 01:26 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


YourGrandpa wrote:
Yeah, my floorboards took a beating.


Sparks fly I guess too?

YourGrandpa wrote:
Geoff my son is 18, has school and works. However, I make time every year to do a week long trip with just the two of us. My wife and I also do at least one week long trip a year with many little weekend/holiday vacations sprinkled in. But since I have more vacation time from work, I take trips like this to indulge my joy of travel and riding.



Sounds like the life. Hey, nothing wrong with indulging yourself. I'd do same given the opportunity.



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Digital Nausea
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PostPosted: 10-05-2019 04:12 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


YourGrandpa wrote:
Thanks Whiskey and sCII.

Geoff my son is 18, has school and works. However, I make time every year to do a week long trip with just the two of us. My wife and I also do at least one week long trip a year with many little weekend/holiday vacations sprinkled in. But since I have more vacation time from work, I take trips like this to indulge my joy of travel and riding.


Holy fuck, you’re a boring cunt...




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Blockheaded Blubberboy
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PostPosted: 10-05-2019 06:22 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Whiskey 7 wrote:
Sparks fly I guess too?


So I've been told.




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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 10-06-2019 07:07 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I am taking a short road trip to Sydney next week and attending The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo show, the major (pun) reason for the visit :)



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Cool #9
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PostPosted: 10-06-2019 09:37 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Can you give just a general idea or what to expect there? If necessary, just send me a private message.




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Cool #9
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PostPosted: 10-07-2019 12:21 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Jesus Christ, Whiskey, I was only joking :olo:




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PostPosted: 10-07-2019 07:13 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Captain Mazda wrote:
lol, I did a group charity ride back in September and some idiot on a cruiser oversteered on the most gentle turn and went right into a ditch, destroyed the bike. Most people on cruisers have zero riding skill, it's hilarious.


I ride with a group fairly often and we had one fellow on a cruiser join us once. He drove into a guardrail trying to keep up with us... I have seen some talented individuals driving cruisers though but I suspect most people that are drawn to cruisers aren't necessarily the types to learn more advanced riding techniques.

I too have scraped pegs on the ground but I've done it on a sports bike that has higher peg locations. That said, I still haven't scraped the pegs on my Z900 and I have no chicken strips on my tire so I guess that probably won't be happening on this bike.




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Legend
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PostPosted: 10-07-2019 09:01 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


That's just it, they never learned properly because "learnin's for fags!". It's only a matter of time before the average blockheaded Harley rider gets his skull bandana and chrome radio filled with dirt and leaves :olo:




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PostPosted: 10-07-2019 09:21 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Depends on the rider. Every bike segment has its share of assholes.

Harley Rider - Stuck up.
Sports bike - wanna be racers
dirt bikes - hooligans on the streets
mopeds - people that want to look gay.

You get the idea... I may get a cruiser some day, and that day will be when I'm unable to get my leg over a sports bike.




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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 10-07-2019 12:35 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
Jesus Christ, Whiskey, I was only joking :olo:


I am a helpful soul generally and you seemed so sincere. My mistake.



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Cool #9
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PostPosted: 10-07-2019 12:51 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Whiskey 7 wrote:
Eraser wrote:
Jesus Christ, Whiskey, I was only joking :olo:


I am a helpful soul generally and you seemed so sincere. My mistake.

Don't sweat it. It's just that I thought the italics use in the words "general" and "private" were enough to emphasize the puns I was trying to make :)




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Cool #9
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PostPosted: 10-07-2019 01:01 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Oh wow, look at Mazda and Kracus being tough bikers.




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Just another Earthling
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Eraser wrote:
Don't sweat it. It's just that I thought the italics use in the words "general" and "private" were enough to emphasize the puns I was trying to make :)


No sweat here :D



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PostPosted: 10-07-2019 01:44 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
Oh wow, look at Mazda and Kracus being tough bikers.


Have I hurt you? :tear:




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Blockheaded Blubberboy
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PostPosted: 10-07-2019 07:00 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
Oh wow, look at Mazda and Kracus being tough bikers.


I suppose some people struggle with the concept, "different strokes for different folks". Basing a person's skill level on the type/style of bike they ride is ridiculous. Every class/style of bike serves a purpose for the rider. Not everyone needs/wants the riding experience of a sport bike. Just like some people find cruisers bulky and slow. We're all in the wind for a reason and every style/class of rider has it's fair share of morons.

Though I can tell you, the Tail of the Dragon would have been easier and more fun to ride on a sport bike. Because there's not much lean in my bike.




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PostPosted: 10-08-2019 04:56 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


People need better reading comprehension. I litterally said it depends on the rider and proceeded to list various assholes from different groups. I guess Eraser must feel like he's Valentino Rossi's successor.




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