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Made it home safely from an excellent gathering. I had the pleasure of meeting Matt (HogHead), and hope that he gets a chance to visit the southeast quadrant of the State sometime soon. Disco also introduced me to ValkPilot and BnB Tom, pleasure to meet both of you. As usual, Dave always
exhibits great hospitality, where ever he is, Thanks.
Eli (Red Diamond)
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2011, 05:55:27 PM » |
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Made it home safely from an excellent gathering. I had the pleasure of meeting Matt (HogHead), and hope that he gets a chance to visit the southeast quadrant of the State sometime soon. Disco also introduced me to ValkPilot and BnB Tom, pleasure to meet both of you. As usual, Dave always
exhibits great hospitality, where ever he is, Thanks.
Eli (Red Diamond)
Good to meet you too, Eli. I'm back safe and sound and as far as I know, BnB Tom is too. Disco parties on... |
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2011, 08:11:05 PM » |
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Got back around 10PM. TJ and I rode back together until he got on to 67S and headed on home. Super slab both ways.  Good to see Matt again.  It had been awhile. |
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2011, 09:00:17 PM » |
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Nora and I made it home around 9:45. Rode with Walt til we turned off on SH360.
Was a great night for a ride !!
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« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2011, 09:29:24 PM » |
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Also made it back after 468 miles RT and some good BBQ at 11:15. Sorry I missed you Eli. Great to see Matt and everybody else! It looked like a great turnout for Matt. Woohoo  Rode up with Walt and Victor, super slab and strong side wind, got almost  28MPG. On the way back got 34.1mpg on the first 5 gallon. Not bad at all  . TJ |
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« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2011, 09:51:36 PM » |
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Disco parties on... ...until at least 7:45, or so, then it was back in the saddle for the (thankfully) fairly uneventful ride home. It was a beautiful night and the temperature was just about perfect. I pulled in about 10:45 after 325 miles (and rolling 50,000 on the odometer. ) Two armadillos in the left track - one still flopping around  and one dog heading back into the woods were all the wildlife excitement. Until I nearly squished a possum in the driveway! I'm not sure which one of us was more startled. The only other stress was at 380 & the tollway when I came upon a multi-car accident with no hazard lights flashing or flares set. Two cars in the left lane, one of which was straddling the left turn lane stripe, and at least six cars through the intersection on the right shoulder. Thankfully, I was watching way up the road and when I saw the straddling car I knew something was amiss. I had plenty of margin to my rear, but was really happy to have flashing LED brake lights. Clamped down hard, then a zig and a zag and I was through the intersection and ON THE GAS! Great to see everyone - as usual - and thanks for the kind words, Eli. |
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2011, 05:46:32 AM » |
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It was a great pleasure meeting you Eli. A trip to Beaumont is in my plans. I am glad everyone returned home safe. Thank you everyone for coming and making my benefit a success. There were over 300 people in all and I am still overwhelmed this morning with everything. God is good and I am blessed. I hope to be back in the saddle soon and get to ride with ya'll. Ride Safe , Matt
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2011, 06:56:28 AM » |
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A few picture from yesterday Waiting for Victor and Walt at the RT in Benbrook. Best money shot of the day!  Some nice bikes at Hoghead benefit in Kilgore, TX  On second thought maybe this was the money shot?......... Neeeya, poll maybe? It could have been!   |
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BnB Tom
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2011, 08:31:42 AM » |
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Made it home safely from an excellent gathering. I had the pleasure of meeting Matt (HogHead), and hope that he gets a chance to visit the southeast quadrant of the State sometime soon. Disco also introduced me to ValkPilot and BnB Tom, pleasure to meet both of you. As usual, Dave always
exhibits great hospitality, where ever he is, Thanks.
Eli (Red Diamond)
Good to meet you too, Eli. I'm back safe and sound and as far as I know, BnB Tom is too. Disco parties on... Yes. I made it home before dark (6:47pm) as I had promised.. Phew!  Of course, it was great to see ya Matt. Sorry to hear you haven't needed to mow the lawn much this year ( NO RAIN). Do we need to have a wrench party for your lawn mower?  ... maybe you got some Sat. nite when that front rolled through. It was good meeting all of your friends at the starting point for "The Ride". I'm sure you appreciated all of their support. I do, however, regret having not won the 'All-expense-paid trip to Aruba'.. wonder who got that  See ya soon Matt. Tom |
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2011, 10:06:05 AM » |
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Also made it back after 468 miles RT and some good BBQ at 11:15. Sorry I missed you Eli. Great to see Matt and everybody else! It looked like a great turnout for Matt. Woohoo Rode up with Walt and Victor, super slab and strong side wind, got almost 28MPG. On the way back got 34.1mpg on the first 5 gallon. Not bad at all . TJ Sorry I could not hang around to greet you and the rest of the northerners 5_19. I was told by, and I can't say whom, that a certain fellow named Tom, was the youngest 68 year old he knew, which might account for why he wanted to be home before dark. There is another set of eyes that will be 68 years old in January, which accounted for why they wanted to be home before dark also, and we made it with a few minutes to spare. Matt, I'll be waiting. |
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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2011, 10:56:34 AM » |
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A few picture from yesterday Waiting for Victor and Walt at the RT in Benbrook. Best money shot of the day! Some nice bikes at Hoghead benefit in Kilgore, TX On second thought maybe this was the money shot?......... Neeeya, poll maybe? It could have been! Checking to see if he left anything at home. |
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BnB Tom
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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2011, 11:55:41 AM » |
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Also made it back after 468 miles RT and some good BBQ at 11:15. Sorry I missed you Eli. Great to see Matt and everybody else! It looked like a great turnout for Matt. Woohoo Rode up with Walt and Victor, super slab and strong side wind, got almost 28MPG. On the way back got 34.1mpg on the first 5 gallon. Not bad at all . TJ Sorry I could not hang around to greet you and the rest of the northerners 5_19. I was told by, and I can't say whom, that a certain fellow named Tom, was the youngest 68 year old he knew, which might account for why he wanted to be home before dark. There is another set of eyes that will be 68 years old in January, which accounted for why they wanted to be home before dark also, and we made it with a few minutes to spare. Matt, I'll be waiting. .. used to be 68.. but that was over a year ago. The youngsters at work (they're 35 to 55 years old) say I do pretty good for a dyslexic old man with A.D.D.  |
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