DarkSideR
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« Reply #920 on: September 29, 2016, 03:41:26 PM » |
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Great, what time and who else can join us?  8am works for me. |
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« Reply #921 on: September 29, 2016, 05:12:50 PM » |
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It looks like I will be working this weekend. Bummer. Hope you all have a good time.  |
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DarkSideR
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« Reply #922 on: September 30, 2016, 03:01:14 PM » |
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So Brewer and I are having breakfast at 8am tomorrow morning at Crazy Otto's Diner
4423 Centennial Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO.
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« Reply #923 on: September 30, 2016, 06:06:05 PM » |
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I'll try to make it.
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DarkSideR
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« Reply #924 on: September 30, 2016, 06:17:30 PM » |
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I'll try to make it.
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MarkT
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« Reply #925 on: October 01, 2016, 09:48:23 AM » |
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June & I are riding to an outdoor cafe on the peak to peak highway tomorrow. The planned route is, Franktown to Golden via Sedalia, E470 and Morrison, Golden Gate highway, P2P to the cafe (forgot the name of the cafe, but it's nice and usually bikes there). Lunch, and return via P2P past Blackhawk, Old Frontage Rd (Hwy 40) past El Rancho, Kerr Gulch to Evergreen, Cub Creek Rd to Turkey Creek, City View, the High Grade, and Deer Creek. Back around S side of Chatfield, end at Sedalia Grill and scatter from there. I plan to ride George.
Thinking meet at Valero in Franktown at 10:00, KSU at 10:15. Deadpan, if you want to meet at Sedalia we should go by there around 10:30.
Please advise if you want to come - if no one else at this late posting we won't meet up at Valero.
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« Reply #926 on: October 02, 2016, 06:17:12 AM » |
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MarkT
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« Reply #927 on: October 02, 2016, 06:56:25 AM » |
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OK Dick. Meet ya at the Sedalia Bar & Grill on the corner. I think it's called something else now.
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« Reply #928 on: October 02, 2016, 08:34:08 AM » |
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Rubber side down and enjoy the ride.
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Tailgate Tommy
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« Reply #929 on: October 02, 2016, 10:53:34 AM » |
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Valkorado
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« Reply #930 on: October 02, 2016, 04:25:25 PM » |
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We took a BD ride over the Pass of the Buffalo today. Great day to be out with the knees the breeze!  |
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MarkT
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« Reply #931 on: October 02, 2016, 05:19:22 PM » |
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Good ride today. Great fall day to be out. Plenty of color in the high country. Damon & Chase met us with Dick in Sedalia. Took the path outlined above. Lots of people in the high country so there was some traffic on the Golden Gate hwy and more traffic on the Peak to Peak. Had lunch at Roy's Last Shot. Service was slow but we weren't in a big hurry. He still has a problem with smelly septic he had years ago but you can't smell it inside. Clearly that's why the gazebo has available seating. If it was MY business, pretty sure I would have done whatever it takes to fix it years ago. He came up and greeted us, friendly old guy with ZZ Top look, maybe too familiar (called me a grouch based on looking at me), with a dirty shirt & jeans (explains the unfixed septic). Biker destination, dedicated bike parking. I didn't take many pics though the fall colors looked good. I was riding instead.  From the Saloon we took P2P S thru Blackhawk, Hwy6 W to frontage Rd E (old hwy 40) to El Rancho then S via Kerr Gulch to Kittridge, 74 to Evergreen, had to stop at the Baskin Robbins. From there, up Little Cub Creek, through Stanley Park, Turkey Creek, City View, Pleasant Park rd, the High Grade, and Deer Creek Canyon. Dick dropped off there, and we rode around Chatfield, Titan Rd, Sante Fe through Sedalia, Perry Park Rd to Wolfensberger, Plum Creek pkwy. Damon & Chase headed South there, via Lake Gulch rd past Castlewood Canyon to catch Hwy 83 S. The back roads had NO traffic, very clean, and lotsa new pavement. To find these roads you need a GPS & mapping software (how I found them) or live right there. Tons of twisties. Great fun! |
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Valkorado
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« Reply #932 on: October 02, 2016, 05:36:58 PM » |
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Beautiful shot of George, Mark. Man, that bike is something. Like the dragon, nice subtle enhancement. Decal or airbrushed?
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« Reply #934 on: October 03, 2016, 06:20:57 AM » |
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So Brewer and I are having breakfast at 8am tomorrow morning at Crazy Otto's Diner 4423 Centennial Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO. Anyone else going to join us? Had a great weekend, good seeing ya'll again. |
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« Reply #935 on: October 03, 2016, 05:23:55 PM » |
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DeadPan, did you catch the nice lady riding the v-twin?
Always fun to see Deadpan and DarkSider.
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DarkSideR
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« Reply #936 on: October 03, 2016, 05:26:42 PM » |
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DeadPan, did you catch the nice lady riding the v-twin?
Always fun to see Deadpan and DarkSider.
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« Reply #937 on: October 05, 2016, 09:05:00 PM » |
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 watch out I think I have this posting pics down! |
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Valkorado
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« Reply #938 on: October 24, 2016, 05:08:43 PM » |
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Great day for a ride, almost no traffic. Love that twisty Canyon, and the view from the reservoir. Not looking forward to Cottonwood Pass getting paved, more traffic coming up from the front range to invade the territory. That canyon will never be the same.   Tried to get a panorama of the whole range but I'm all thumbs!  We're lucky to live in Colorful Colorado! |
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DDT (12)
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« Reply #939 on: October 25, 2016, 06:23:57 AM » |
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WOW! Some really nice pics... Makes me homesick for those hills!!! All thumbs or not, you did well, Valkorado... And, yes, Deadpan, I do think you now have the knack! One thing, though, Dick... If Mark doesn't have a reverse gear, somebody needs to tip him off how to park on a slope... lol
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« Reply #940 on: October 25, 2016, 07:42:09 AM » |
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WOW! Some really nice pics... Makes me homesick for those hills!!! All thumbs or not, you did well, Valkorado... And, yes, Deadpan, I do think you now have the knack! One thing, though, Dick... If Mark doesn't have a reverse gear, somebody needs to tip him off how to park on a slope... lol
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Ha Ha Bruce. You can't see in that pic, it's open directly to the exit in front. Not to mention, George's sidestand is well greased - won't hold against a slope at all, ya hafta leave him in gear. Now get your butt and Ali over here so's we can ride! |
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« Reply #941 on: October 25, 2016, 02:57:10 PM » |
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Be very careful what you ask for, my friend! Actually just a mite cool-ish in your area already for this delicate boy... I do plan to wander through there next riding season, though... Hope to log a bunch of miles with you and the gang! Have I ever mentioned that I really like hanging with y'all?
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« Reply #942 on: October 25, 2016, 03:03:16 PM » |
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Be very careful what you ask for, my friend! Actually just a mite cool-ish in your area already for this delicate boy... I do plan to wander through there next riding season, though... Hope to log a bunch of miles with you and the gang! Have I ever mentioned that I really like hanging with y'all?
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Bruce, I know how you are with planning and all. But if you get closer to the time, throw it out there. I'd love to come up and ride with you guys. |
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« Reply #943 on: October 25, 2016, 03:19:49 PM » |
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WOW! That would really be great! I'll definitely try to do that... Ummm... it's likely I'll be back out your way later during winter... I'll post about that too... maybe we can go pee off the London Bridge or something... Who knows, if we hit a good weather window, we might even attract a few refugees from the Rockies down to ride with us, as well... or maybe 'Meet In The Middle' or something.
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« Reply #944 on: October 25, 2016, 04:26:08 PM » |
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WOW! That would really be great! I'll definitely try to do that... Ummm... it's likely I'll be back out your way later during winter... I'll post about that too... maybe we can go pee off the London Bridge or something... Who knows, if we hit a good weather window, we might even attract a few refugees from the Rockies down to ride with us, as well... or maybe 'Meet In The Middle' or something.
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 I'm not sure about the peeing off the bridge thing, but the rest of it sounds great. |
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« Reply #945 on: October 25, 2016, 06:27:41 PM » |
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Misfit and I have already been talking about a winter run out west anybody else?  |
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« Reply #946 on: October 25, 2016, 06:50:00 PM » |
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Well sir... After reading the epic saga of y'all's last trek, I'm totally confident I could not keep up. That said, I happen to think a great deal of both you and Damon, plus many others out there, so I would very much like to ride along for as long as I could hold out... if y'all would tolerate it, that is... So, looks like we got the makin's here... Geeez, I'm starting to get all giddy...
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« Reply #947 on: November 27, 2016, 09:44:01 AM » |
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« Reply #948 on: November 27, 2016, 10:20:16 AM » |
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« Reply #949 on: November 27, 2016, 10:25:35 AM » |
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Congrats TT. Whooray made the cover also. McKenna and Kim did the voting for me this year. You better order extras. |
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« Reply #950 on: November 27, 2016, 11:43:52 AM » |
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Nice shot Thomas! |
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« Reply #951 on: November 27, 2016, 12:40:36 PM » |
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Congrats TT. Whooray made the cover also. McKenna and Kim did the voting for me this year. You better order extras. Tell them their checks are on the mail-LOL |
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MarkT
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« Reply #952 on: November 28, 2016, 11:06:45 PM » |
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Congrats TGT! Nice composition and background; use of the "golden mean".
OTOH George's bike wasn't good enough. Oh well. I should have put more effort into the background; rode the bike over to Red Rocks and shot it with best light - I was a photographer for CPI then IbT but didn't use the 'Blads for these shots, or perfect lighting.
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« Reply #953 on: November 29, 2016, 06:45:25 AM » |
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OTOH George's bike wasn't good enough. Oh well. I should have put more effort into the background; rode the bike over to Red Rocks and shot it with best light - I was a photographer for CPI then IbT but didn't use the 'Blads for these shots, or perfect lighting.
It was a good picture, Mark, and the background was nice. I use several people to vote on the thirteen to be used. Some of the voters are knowledgeable Valkyrie riders and a couple are not particularly motorcycle folks. It sometimes surprises me which ones come to the top. This year we had a little over fifty entries and a very good number of really good shots. |
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« Reply #954 on: November 29, 2016, 08:34:26 AM » |
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Congrats TGT! Nice composition and background; use of the "golden mean".
OTOH George's bike wasn't good enough. Oh well. I should have put more effort into the background; rode the bike over to Red Rocks and shot it with best light - I was a photographer for CPI then IbT but didn't use the 'Blads for these shots, or perfect lighting.
Thanks for the compliments Mark. They mean a lot from someone like you who actually knows what he's doing! George is a really beautiful bike! |
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MarkT
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« Reply #955 on: November 29, 2016, 11:03:00 AM » |
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I was interested to see if Karma would influence the choices. It was Karma that got me to build the pipes for Chuck who restored the bike, after it was abused, after I had turned down building them for George in 2001 and felt bad after cancer killed him. Karma had told Chuck I knew the owner; he called; I gave him George's story and he said "I hafta do him right" and restored the bike. I said "Here's my chance at redemption, to honor George's memory", and agreed to make my best pipes ever. It was Karma that made me go to facebook two years later - NEVER do that - and saw the bike entered in the bike show and up for sale - no one had bid on it yet - then called Chuck who accepted my offer. I still don't know what Karma has in mind; why it wanted me to make the pipes George had asked me for 12 years before, and why it wants me to have the bike. Maybe time will tell. Am I supposed to join the Patriot Guard? Am I supposed to join the CMA and witness to jailbirds while showing the bike? Am I supposed to be saved? Why did Karma NOT infliuence the calendar pick after the other weird stuff? Wait and see I guess.
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Mark,
The story of you and George has been an interesting one to follow... 'Karma' has played, I believe, an amazing role in my own journey, as well... to the point I have no doubts personally about either its existence or its profound impact upon our lives...
An interesting aspect of that is that we usually don't know at the time what or why things are unfolding the way they have or are... Often, we never receive a clear, easily explainable answer to our questions either. More often than not, we're left wondering... We review the events, consequences, and apparent details from different angles, then we draw conclusions... based upon speculation mostly against the backdrop of our own value and belief systems and our own 'logic of life'.
Perhaps the nay-sayers are correct and there really are no external or super-natural 'forces' at work in our world... Perhaps we only ascribe 'credit' for events to something like Karma, fate, destiny, God, because we have no other way to explain them, and we find 'random coincidence' to be too empty, too unfulfilling, of an explanation. Whatever the answer truly is, I choose to be in your camp on this.
We may never know exactly what the 'power' or 'reason', if any, was behind the events working out the way they did with you and George... What we do know is that you and a host of others, like yours truly, are mighty glad they did! Thanks for sharing this stimulating and thought-provoking conceptual vs. existential experience with us... and please do continue to keep us informed of events and your thoughts about them!
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« Reply #957 on: December 11, 2016, 02:11:03 PM » |
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Anybody have any interest in hooking up for a winter supper gathering this year? If enough interest is shown I will try to set something up for January or Febuary. Any thoughts or ideas about when and where? |
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« Reply #958 on: December 11, 2016, 02:25:14 PM » |
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Well, I know of a little BBQ place in Gunni that smokes up a bodacious brisket, and they have fried okra. And PIE!  |
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