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bmcsheehy
Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 991 Location: Massachusetts USA
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject: From Maggie Valley |
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Group photo from Maggie Valley
Everything went well.
Great time. More to follow.
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legalr
Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 163 Location: Wallingford, Vermont
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:00 am Post subject: Re: From Maggie Valley |
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bmcsheehy wrote: |
Everything went well.
Great time. More to follow.
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Bill Ballou at the bottom of the Dragon at Deal's Gap on Saturday! |
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legalr
Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 163 Location: Wallingford, Vermont
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Dar
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 349 Location: Ballston Spa, NY
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:27 am Post subject: |
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Made it home from Maggie Valley Monday afternoon, a little damp and butt a little sore, but none the worse for wear. 36 hours after I rode through on it, a section of I-88 here in NY was washed out with the rain we've had over the last few days.
Thanks to Roger and the whole gang at Maggie Valley for welcoming me into the group. I had a great time, and think I learned a bit about riding these 3-wheeled contraptions. It will be a while yet before I'll be able to keep up with y'all in the twisties, but I'm working on it.
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docmike
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 630 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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A few good shots on the Kill Boy site
http://www.killboy.com/
( Jay and Ralph, I see alot of air under those tires ) |
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Ralph
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 603 Location: Lexington, Ky
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Well Mike that is dam hard to do going 15 MPH Another putt through the gap |
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JayBoy
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 234 Location: Lexington, KY
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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We actually had a little time to "play" on the dragon this year. Although, the best part was watching Roger yell at a Harley rider going 10 miles an hour that would not yield. The guy would not pull over and gave us the one finger salute sevaral times. Spectators along the way were yelling at the guy too. He even tried to wave us around into oncoming traffic. A real asshole! I was expecting Ralph to fire a couple of warning shots over his head. _________________ Corret me if I'm wrong, everyone else does! |
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zentime
Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 837 Location: Massachusetts USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Dar wrote: |
Made it home from Maggie Valley Monday afternoon, a little damp and butt a little sore, but none the worse for wear. 36 hours after I rode through on it, a section of I-88 here in NY was washed out with the rain we've had over the last few days.
Thanks to Roger and the whole gang at Maggie Valley for welcoming me into the group. I had a great time, and think I learned a bit about riding these 3-wheeled contraptions. It will be a while yet before I'll be able to keep up with y'all in the twisties, but I'm working on it.
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your the man!! the only one to ride in. you looked like you were heading for the barn when you blew by us in our car on RT81. It was awesome seeing you and that Bandito humming right along in the outside lane. I think I spotted you about 1/2 mile back.
what was your total miles for the trip
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Dar
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 349 Location: Ballston Spa, NY
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:36 am Post subject: |
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zentime wrote: | your the man!! the only one to ride in. you looked like you were heading for the barn when you blew by us in our car on RT81. It was awesome seeing you and that Bandito humming right along in the outside lane. I think I spotted you about 1/2 mile back.
what was your total miles for the trip
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I guess my mother was right when she used to tell me that I "... didn't have the sense to come in out of the rain". Especially for the trip home from Maggie Valley. And when it wasn't raining on Sunday afternoon, it was blistering hot, stuck in stop and go traffic for about an hour in I-81 in Va, for an accident up ahead. All you smart guys were sitting in your comfy, air conditioned vehicles, with the rig comfortably towed behind.
My total miles for the trip down and back home was just about 1900 miles, with 600 more riding around down there, total for the whole trip was 2510. The Bandit is actually a pretty comfortable riding position - handlebars high enough and footpegs low enough to sit like that all day, although I think I'm going to check out what Mike Corbin has for replacement seats before I take another extended trip on the beast.
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docmike
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 630 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | I was expecting Ralph to fire a couple of warning shots over his head. |
Didn't think hillbillies fired warning shots |
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Ralph
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 603 Location: Lexington, Ky
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ "So Soon Old & So Late Smart" |
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Ralph
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 603 Location: Lexington, Ky
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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Any one that took pictures, if you will send me a cd of the pictures I will put them all together with the all the killboy pictures and send them out to them thar that was thar and you to Mike
Ralph Gerkens
227 Old Georgetown St.
Lexington, Ky. 40508
Thanks For the pictures Bill and Dar. _________________ "So Soon Old & So Late Smart"
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zentime
Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 837 Location: Massachusetts USA
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bmcsheehy
Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 991 Location: Massachusetts USA
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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Great picture Douge and Patty.
This is a link to the pictures that we took before I broke my camera.
Sarah took some really good picture while driving down the road.
http://www.mortco.com/billm/Pages/Events/MaggieValley2006/MaggieValley2006.htm
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legalr
Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 163 Location: Wallingford, Vermont
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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bmcsheehy wrote: |
Sarah took some really good pictures while driving down the road.
| She surely did! Sarah is a great photographer! |
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