I'm not quite sure what to do with myself for the next 24 hours now??
Andrea
Glad you could join us. Say hey to Brian for all of us.
The show is never over.... Just maybe a different show then the one we were expecting but he is still on the road away from home and experiencing things some of us only dream about so continue with the show perhaps with a different ending then we expected but sometimes shows are better when they are unpredictable.
The show must go on!!
Just got off the phone with Brian, he's called the ride, hail the size of golfballs, bouncing 6 feet into the air, locals are calling for baseball sized hail. He was lucky as he had just pulled in for fuel when the storm hit. So, many kudos to a rider who knows when to call it good, and Brian is the definition of a Rider. His plan is to break the remainder of the trip into 2-700 mile days, stop and smell the roses kinda ride. He will still have his Spot on for the ride and if things work out I'll still try to meet up with him somewhere along the way.
I wonder if Brian is becoming piratized? He has been in the Sturgis region for quite some time I can see it know, a Silverdammit 14, massive amounts of leather tassles, 2 cup holders, chrome pipes (straight of course), chrome fenders, and the rider wearing a skull cap and fingerless gloves. Andrea, whatever will you do with him when he starts calling ya his "Ol Lady"? I wonder if Kirby will be his VP or Sergeant of Arms?
Oh well, I reckon I'll start worrying when he announces he just installed a cruise control on his new wide glide
And Steve, it appears KIPASS has finally failed Brian, if only he had installed new batteries, that hail woulda melted long before hitting the ground. I think I'm going to buy an FJR now
Glad you could join us. Say hey to Brian for all of us.
I wonder if Brian is becoming piratized? He has been in the Sturgis region for quite some time I can see it know, a Silverdammit 14, massive amounts of leather tassles, 2 cup holders, chrome pipes (straight of course), chrome fenders, and the rider wearing a skull cap and fingerless gloves. Andrea, whatever will you do with him when he starts calling ya his "Ol Lady"? I wonder if Kirby will be his VP or Sergeant of Arms?
Oh well, I reckon I'll start worrying when he announces he just installed a cruise control on his new wide glide
And Steve, it appears KIPASS has finally failed Brian, if only he had installed new batteries, that hail woulda melted long before hitting the ground. I think I'm going to buy an FJR now
Then I did a terrible thing- I grabbed a hotel in Sturgis, SD. Yep, I am a little self loathing as I tell this story but it is the truth. When I got to the town line, the town officials made me wear a do- rag that said 'Cruisers Rule' just to cross over the town line. I did manage to rent an eye patch and parrot though so at least people thought I was a pirate rather than.... one of the other group of people who wear do- rags. There was a railroad track right down the middle of 'Main st.' and I got to hear a bunch of loud, slow, badly running, clanking, knocking vehicles. I saw one train also.
Brian
Whatta baby! A little hail wouldn't have hurt ya none/much, you had a helmet on din't ya?
Yep, and a visor too- you are correct and I am a wuss. I feel like Mary Jane Tinklepants although she might consider me a bit beneath her at the moment. Oh well, at least Kirby can say "I told you so" when I get home.
Brian
Glad you made it. I wussed out in a hail storm once too, though I was on a dirt bike in the desert, and I had to ride for almost a mile to get to cover. It really hurts on the backs of the hands and forearms.
How long are you planning on hanging around this side of the continent? Any rides planned yet? Next week I'm hoping to wrap up a couple months of hell week, and take a few days off. I've almost got my C14 back together, and will be looking to add some more miles to the odometer. Since the weather forecasts are all over the place as of last night, anything goes with that.
I was lucky in that I was already in a gas station and under a canopy when that whole mess started so I never even got wet.
I am trying to hunt down fuel line, AN fittings and connectors locally right now. Who knows, if those mods. go well I might be able to make the trip home in a couple of days. :-)
Brian