Valkyrie Riders Cruiser Club

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  I left Blythe Saturday morning around 7 AM headed for Provo, UT.  I ran into heavy rain about 30 miles before Provo, I located a hotel for the night. it was about an 8 hour day.

Back on the road about 7 AM and arrived in Spearfish about 5 PM, about 10 hour day.  

Total miles to Spearfish from Blythe was around 1225 miles.

  I did not go to the Early Bird Night BBQ Sunday. Monday I stayed at ground zero and helped set stuff up, and help getting registration packets out to the new arrivals.

 Tuesday, it was raining most of the morning, but after it stopped, Dave (BigMac), John and I rode to Sturgis and Deadwood to have a look around. We took a tour bus around Deadwood, the tour guide told us about the town history and took us up to the MT. Moriah Cemetery, and to the grave site of Wild Bill.

 Wednesday, there was the Bike rodeo, and the Joe Boyd Memorial Ride.  Joe Boyd was one of the top guys in the American Honda, and he got the Valkyrie project approved. It was about 2 years later that Joe was killed in a track incident. for those who don't know who Joe Boyd was, I didn't.

 Thursday, There was a scheduled poker run but it was cancelled due to the rain.
   John, Dave and I, again rode thought the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway, and took some photos. We returned back to ground zero just in time to see the Peoples Choice Bike Show. Then was the Dinner and Awards.  

Connie (F6Gal), Michael (Psycho), Willow, Motomama, Scott in OK and the rest of InZane staff sure  did a great job putting all this together. I had a really great time, seeing everybody, meeting new people. So much fun.  ;D .  

 Friday morning, 6 AM,  Wayne (One Way) Dave (BigMac) and I headed out of Spearfish, SD.  and had an overnight stay in Coalville, UT. at the Best Western. Coalville is a really small town, maybe smaller then Blythe, hahahahah.

The hotel person was very nice. Wayne asked the lady that checked us in, if she had any rags we could use to wash off our bikes,  they were trashed with bugs.  Which she was kind enough to give us.

 Saturday morning, Wayne, Dave and I were back on the road around 7 AM, just after the complimentary breakfast.  We stopped every 100 miles or so for a rest, water and munchies.  We also topped off our tanks.

 My new F6B took less fuel to top off, then Dave's Interstate and Wayne's Tourer , by a little better then 1 gallon of gas. Our last stop together at just over a 100 miles, my tank took 2 gallons of gas, truly amazing gas mileage. we said good bye at that stop.

There was still a 100 plus miles to Wayne's house where Dave stopped for the evening.  I continued my way back to Blythe.

When I got to Needles, CA. right at the Interstate 40 and the Hwy 95, where I needed to go.  I run right up to a rainy lightning storm, it was moving over the mountains toward me from the Lake Havasu area. I was on the 95 and was headed eastward right into this storm, before the road headed back south. Big rain drops started hitting my windscreen, I could hear the rain moving right at me, the lightning was very close, so I twisted the throttle hit triple digits to escape this electrical storm. What a rush, hahahaha.   :2funny:

  I was home by 5:30 PM.   :cooldude:

Here is the link to my picture,  


 http://s105.photobucket.com/user/q-421/slideshow/VRCC%20InZane%2015%20%20Spearfish%20SD%202015 (http://s105.photobucket.com/user/q-421/slideshow/VRCC%20InZane%2015%20%20Spearfish%20SD%202015)
 
Its a slide show, so you can click the SLOW view if you like, or FAST view,  of course  :D

It was good to see you again Dennis. Especially with the new bike. We rolled in about 5 last night. Went thru Arches & Monument Valley on the way home. That was really cool ! Hope to see you soon  :cooldude:

Glad to see all of you had a safe and fun time. I really believe I will go next year, just to keep an eye on Dennis. I am in Colorado Springs and will ride Pikes Peak today and then head to Aspen and Glenwood Springs. I'm about 1400 miles into this trip and still have 3 weeks to go. I will ride 11 passes over the Continental Divide, 2 down 9 to go. See you guys at the BBQ in July.

Mike

Glad to hear you made it back home safe Robert. I hope that storm had moved on by the time you arrived into the Havasu area, It was moving pretty fast.   ;D

 :cooldude: That awesome Mike, take lots of pictures. I would love to be able to just ride all around our great country and see all there is to see and ride all the nice roads. Yep.. 

 Safe travels Mike.  8)

Nice pictures. It is always fun to read about successful adventures. Appears you are liking the new bike.

We were in Deadwood a few years ago and were expecting it to be different.....more like the TV series Deadwood. We were a little disappointed. The area is sure nice, tho.

I loved the HBO series Deadwood. I searched high and low in the shops for t-shirts or something about the show to no avail. Probably a copyright thing or something. Brenda did get me a shirt that said "I was a Jack Off in Deadwood " (poker hand)  ;D

Thank you.  Yes my new bike fits me fine, I'm very happy with it.

Deadwood was a nice place to visit, love the old looking buildings, the town has a lot of history,  but I wouldn't want to live there.   

I remember seeing that shirt,  ;D

 Pic #53 black Tourer, what brand faring is that?
Thanks for posting. :cooldude:

I don't know myself, I've don't believe I've seen one like that before.

I did some research and discovered that it is a  Corbin Fairing For HD Road King .

Google it and check out the pictures.   :cooldude:  Nice

Thanks for the research.  It changes the look of the Valk nicely. Very sharp

Good detective work Dennis. I initially thought it was a Bob Dron, but gave up after that.  :cooldude:

Yes, I remembered seeing that fairing on the Valkyrie before, many years ago. And I agree with you that it looks good.