DFW VRCC Club Ride on Sunday September 21 --> Ride details

[RainMaker]

VRCC DFW Club Ride on Sunday September 21*
Chicken fried steak lunch @ Mary’s café in Strawn

Lynn Bridgewater, Dave, Mark (Rainmaker), JC, Ron (Speedo) and Victor
(Six Guns) invite you to join us for a Chicken fried steak lunch @
Mary’s café in Strawn (50 miles west of Weatherford). (About a 100mile trip)

Ride starts at the Race Trac Gas station on the NE corner of Hwy 199 and
Loop 820
KSU 9:30 am.

North and East Dallas riders can meet Speedo (972 816-5892) at 8:15am at
the McDonald's on the NW corner of I-635 and Monfort That’s one exit
west off of 635 past Preston Rd). KSU at 8:30 am.
If you call, we will make a stop at 8:50 pick other riders at
Chevron/McDonald's at NE corner Hwy 121 (114) and Main Street in
Grapevine (Joe crab shack is on the SW corner).

KSU 9:30 am*! *
*Take FM 199 west (Lake Worth drive turns into Jacksboro Hwy)*
*FM 1886 west (Lakeside or Confederate Park road)*
*FM 730 South (Azle Hwy)*
*180 west to Weatherford (25miles) (Ft. Worth Hwy)*
*After downtown left on 312 (Ranger Hwy)*
*At Greenwood left on Dennis (Jones road)*
*Cross I-20 continue on Dennis road*
*Merge with 1189 south to Dennis*
*Follow 1189 Lipan (Brock Hwy) (gas, barbecue, cross Hwy 4)*
*Follow 1189 to Morgan Mill*
*Cross 281 and west on 1188 also 1715*
*1188 /1715 dead ends and go right/ north on 108 (919)*
*Cross I-20 to Gordon on 919*
*Left / west at Gordon on 193 to Mingus *
*913 becomes 108 at Mingus and to Strawn*
*108 (E. Housley street) to Strawn*
*One block left on Central Ave.*
*One block right on N. Front street*
*Left on Grant Ave*
*go eat*
Chicken fried steak @ Mary’s café (254-672-5741 119 Grant Ave.) on Hwy
16 or exit 361 to Strawn off I-20. It is 50miles west of Weatherford.
Open 11am to a11pmto Strawn
After lunch I-20 east to Ft. Worth

[Disco]

Janet and I will meet Speedo, et al, at Montfort & LBJ. 

We will need to swing through the Chevron / McDonalds in Grapevine to pick up an old buddy of mine, exhuberant HD Randy.  He'll be ready to roll by 8:45. 

JC is in Hot Springs, AR, and will not make the ride to Strawn.

Looking forward to a great ride.  I'm hungry already.

[Wanderer]

So, what time do you think you will be at J.C.'s to swim/hot tub after the ride? I hope the fridge by the pool is stocked! ~Jeff

[RainMaker]

I have been requested to take my parents to a funeral for one of their friends and someone that I also knew when I was young.  So I will not be on the ride tomorrow but hope that everyone is safe and has some chicken fried steak for me.

RainMaker

[Stealth Biker]

My Valk let me down for the first time on the road today as we headed to Lake Worth to meet for the ride to Strawn.  The ears on the radiator cap were slightly bent causing a break in the seal.  4 miles from the house we got a nice coolant bath.  The cap worked fine until I removed it yesterday to replace the coolant.  When I purchased the bike 2 years ago, the radiator cap had evidence of channel locks being used to remove it.  Apparently the previous owner didn't see the set screw.  I put a chrome cover on it to cover up the ugly cap, but now I will replace the cap as I should have done in the 1st place.

Hope everyone had a good ride.

[Curtis_2Valks]

The ears on the radiator cap were slightly bent causing a break in the seal

The chrome cover caused mine to loosen up.  I just bent the ears to make a tighter seal and it's been fine ever since (couple of years now).  Of course with evidence the P.O. mistreated it I don't blame you if you still want to replace it.

Curtis