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I looked around on my computer for jpegs in an out-of-any-logical-order fashion and came up with these... South Carolina back roads... this is bales of cotton that is picked and ready to haul off...  Sometimes there's a drought, sometimes not...  A whole bunch of us rode to Gettysburg once... me and Stanley Steamer rode over to The East Cavalry Field which is separate from the main battlefield area. Wade Hampton was seriously wounded here...  Gordon is a natural for pictures...   But he's not the only one...  Somewhere in North Georgia, I think, back before everyone traded in their Valkyries for Goldwings  ...  Ahhhh....  One of the West Virginia rides...  Gorton's of Gloucester fisherman...  Us motorcycle riders got soaked, but at least this feller remembered to roll his window up!  It is fun to imagine what Britman might be thinking...  -Mike |
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2019, 11:33:25 AM » |
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Which brings to mind, where is Steamer these days!
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« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2019, 11:40:06 AM » |
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Always enjoy your pics Mike  I wish I was better at capturing good pics.  This was our first ride with some VRCC guys and gals. I was a little apprehensive that we wouldn’t fit in. They welcomed us warmly, and felt part of the group after that ride to Utah.  This was on a ride Oss put on a few years back. After flying all night, picking up a Goldwing rental, riding thru NYC , errantly following some random GW riders instead of OSS’s group, we equally felt welcome.  This was part of Mark’s “hill climb” ride. After the initial wonder if the Southerners were leading the Yankees to slaughter, equally felt at home.  Well, this one speaks for itself. The VRCC has been good to us. |
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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2019, 11:46:00 AM » |
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Which brings to mind, where is Steamer these days!
He stays busy, but still loves his Valkyrie and was at the Fall Color ride...  -Mike "Steamer fixing my driveway..." |
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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2019, 12:39:14 PM » |
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I remember as a kid standing on one of those things. Big difference is I held the reins while staring at a mule's butt, all the while yelling gee or haw....in hopes the mule would do my beckoning. For you city slickers....haw is left, gee is right. |
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2019, 03:13:31 PM » |
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I never learnt to speak mule. Thanks for the lesson.
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2019, 04:58:42 PM » |
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Hey skinhead you lookin for a timing cover ?
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I never learnt to speak mule. Thanks for the lesson.
 I didn't learn to speak mule, they learned to speak english. It's not only used for horses and mules, also used by dog sled owners and many other applications of the sort. |
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« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2019, 09:18:33 PM » |
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Well....you did say random! "Hope" Our little non-releasable squirrel that is an amazing and loving little gal.  She likes to turn on and off the ceiling fans too!  Hope says Merry Christmas to all good humans! |
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« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2019, 04:14:16 AM » |
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That's a great looking squirrel and Merry Christmas back at her -Mike |
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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2019, 05:21:53 AM » |
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My grand-daughter gave me this hug bug in 2007 its been there ever since.  D Block cell # 28 home to James Earl Ray at Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary .  This place and the city next door to my hometown ( Oak Ridge, TN ) has a lot in common. What I thought was crazy if you come into this town on one end its got guard shacks you must go through. If you come in from the other end no guard's anywhere. I'm thinking if I was a terrorist I'd come into town on the end with no armed guards.  Crazyhouse . I'd bet anyone alive today will never see this completed.  Pretty random pictures I have hundreds. |
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« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2019, 05:39:34 AM » |
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I visited Oak Ridge as a teenager in the 1960’s on a school field trip. It was pretty impressive for a country boy from Kentucky. At the time the roads were fairly primitive (no interstate) from my hometown to Oak Ridge, it seemed to take forever to get there and back. Best part of the whole thing was that my new high school sweetheart was on the bus with me which made the trip more memorable.
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« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2019, 06:18:12 AM » |
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Land Between The Lakes Ride. Four in this picture are nolonger with us  4th from left standing Charlie ( Land Elephant ) 7th from L standing Gary ( Painter ) 8th from L standing Eric ( Little Buddy ) 2nd from left kneeling Paul ( Thumper )  |
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« Reply #15 on: December 21, 2019, 06:37:52 AM » |
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Not a good ride on this day. I made it through the ice Gordon ( Lucky 13 ) and Paul ( Wimp ) did not. No one got hurt when the bikes when down however Wimp fell on the ice and at one point we thought we would call him ambulance. It was a bitch getting those heavy bikes up while standing on solid ice.   |
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« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2019, 07:21:09 AM » |
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« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2019, 09:46:04 AM » |
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Always check the weather forecast before you ride through a mountain pass, even in late June!!  Riding around on a rented Goldwing near Las Vegas  2003 on a rented Harley on Maui- Who is that young dude on the bike???  AH - Memories!! |
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I did exactly one ride just like this. We went up a cold WVa mountain and stopped for some coffee, and it snowed 8 inches while we watched. When it slowed down, we went out and shoveled the snow off the bikes, and went down the mountain. Slow and easy and in some muddy dump truck tracks. I couldn't stop laughing, and easily the most cruddy my bike ever was. Everyone lived. |
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« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2019, 11:46:09 AM » |
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Well....you did say random! "Hope" Our little non-releasable squirrel that is an amazing and loving little gal. She likes to turn on and off the ceiling fans too! Hope says Merry Christmas to all good humans! Dang Pappy, you've aged. Cute pics of the squirrel, a couple that hung around our house in Wtr. Pk. were more tame than the other 4,000. I could sit on the front porch and make a screeching noise with my lips into cupped hands and all but those 2 would scatter. They'd sit up and look at me so I'd toss them some crackers or peanuts, whatever I was snacking on. They'd come over and eat right in front of me just a couple feet away. A local hawk got one and Rita saw it happen, I think she would have blown him out of the sky if she had a gun about then. Kinda funny, the other squirrel just sat there eating my treats and watching his buddy get carried away. Guess he figured more for me.  |
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« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2019, 03:58:30 PM » |
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Motley Crue…. Ol' Big Al is still eat up with if you're not Harley you're not sh!t …. Sad really I've known him most of my life not talked to him in a couple years or more.  Well at least on this one we was smart enough to know it was only going to get worse the higher we went . Cherohala Skyline  I sure miss riding with my friend T-Bird I've said it before I'll say it again he is one of the best riders I've ever shared the wind with. Get in the twisties with him you better have your A game going on. Picture taken at The Valkyrie Brewing Company in Dallas , Wisconsin on a InZane Ride.  Was hoping more would participate in this thread ... I like looking at pictures of bikes , friends and rides . Sure beats the political BS a lot on here want to talk about. |
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« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2019, 06:24:31 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2019, 07:07:38 PM » |
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Great thread! I agree, best thing about this forum is seeing and reading about other members, their bikes, and places they ride Harrison Lake, about 10 minutes down the hill from my house. 37 miles long and 5.5 miles long...it's a big'n  Just some random shots of sites from local rides around my neck of the woods...     Actually one of my favorite days riding in recent memory...16 hours in the saddle solo of mostly straight, flat two-laners through the heart of ND and MT. Mountains and twisties are great, but there's something to be said for the peacefulness of riding through a whole lot of nothin'!  Enderby, BC  Hwy 12 from Lytton to Lillooet BC  Somewhere in ID... a single Valk stands out in a crowd...a pack of 'em REALLY stands out  So many photos of rides over the years...one day I'll have to sit down and organize them somewhat. Aside from the places we've been and things we've seen, it's the people we've met that really stands out. Some of these folks have become lifelong friends...all of them have been fantastic individuals and a pleasure to share the wind or spend time with... Following BikerBoy up Hurricane Ridge on his home turf of Port Angeles WA  Meeting up for a ride with some of the fine folks from Florida while in Tampa on a work trip...that was a good day! RIP Steve /Tourus (second from Right)  Arriving in Morgantown for 2016 Inzane with Michael/97blackvlk, Mark, and Brad/Bikerboy1951. They answered my call looking for riding partners to IZ that year and invited me to join up with them in Fargo ND....one of my more memorable rides in many years  Hangin' out at the K Diamond K guest ranch in Republic WA with my brothers SteveH and "cuz" Dave/ChromeDragon  Best ride leader I've ever had the pleasure of riding behind...SteveH from Kelowna BC  The Valhalla Boys...gentlemen all, and pretty snappy dressers too  My co-pilot for 38 years...very first night we met she hopped on the back of my bike. Been there ever since  |
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Here are some from Laughlin River Run in 2002 Not sure what I'm sayin' here... but it musta been interesting.  BigBF, me, oZ  In Oatman, AZ  BigBF  LaMonster  Random Black and Teal shot  I guess I'm saying something interesting again (on the right)  Uh-oh... what's Rob up to?   Lining up for Valkyries on the Strip   |
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« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2019, 06:49:19 AM » |
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Ozone Falls.  My Goldwing and my woman back in the day.  We went around the barricade at The Road To Nowhere . The Park Ranger Bernard " Barney " Fife was not happy about us doing that.  |
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« Reply #28 on: December 22, 2019, 07:04:37 AM » |
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The passage of time... When I first got my 1500 and started exploring the backroads around my house:  Eventually the pines were harvested and it looks like the old house burned...  Looks like someone's gonna build back in there now...  -Mike |
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« Reply #31 on: December 22, 2019, 12:08:55 PM » |
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 Cool old sign at The Steaming Tender Restaurant in Palmer, Ma. It’s a done over railroad station where the CSX east/west cross the New England Central north/south line. Craig |
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Caldwell County Railroad GP-16 in the background at their yard in Hickory.  On Hwy 80 at the Continental Divide parked next to a Ducati Diavel. Wicked bike.  Grayson Highlands State Park.  Watauga Lake.  On a closed down bridge that goes across the Pacolet River in South Carolina.  My son got me this Zippo Lighter a couple years ago with the bike on it.  |
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« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2019, 05:00:29 PM » |
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2016 Columbus Day ride A great group ride that day thru the Catskills  Missoula Montana, a very friendly town. Probably helped that I let the gals sit on the Valkyrie  Valkyries lined up from the last Powwow ride put on by Rick Nay. RIP to 3W's trike, glad he got something even nicer in his opinion  Stan's bike at the Croton Dam  Made a U turn while on the WV ride to take a pic of this beauty  spent a good amount of time speaking with the owner and the fellas at the gas station it was parked at Amazing that if you ASK for permission to take a pic 1st the positive reactions you get, whether of a car or a prospective secretary And ALWAYS let em approve the pic before you leave and send it to their phone |
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« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2019, 05:06:16 PM » |
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what's the deal with putting the passenger window up? Coincidence? Is it a wind thing? -Mike |
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« Reply #36 on: December 22, 2019, 05:11:57 PM » |
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Yes I have wondered that as well Mike ALso I LOVE the little vent windows. Shame Detroit got rid of those, they move more air than the bakers for sure |
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« Reply #37 on: December 22, 2019, 08:21:21 PM » |
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I had a '69 droptop Corvette, and the passenger window was up all the time. Women passengers don't like their hair getting blown into a rat's nest (which happens over 35mph, even with the windshield). Sometimes it's chilly enough, you can have the top down but keep the door windows up to keep it a little warmer in the car. No electric windows, so the driver rolls his down when he gets out, but not the other side. And with no surrounding frame (and the top down), you don't want to be slamming the door with the window up. It's one or the other. March AFB CA. (base housing 159 Gilley Street)  But after she laid both legs in shorts on the hot Hooker side pipes, she didn't like the car much after that. About 1990.  |
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But did he hit anybody?  Mark, a ton of the Photobucket shots did not come through (much). Merry Christmas to you buddy. |
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