Chicago and surrounding areas lets plan a ride !!

[Bad On 3]

I think it would be great to plan a ride to meet and greet other valkyrie riders this summer ---anyone interested ?    think it would be a fun time !!! any suggestions ?  Lets get all the fat ladies together !!! Thanks Doug & Jan 

[Jabba]

in either Wisconsin or Indiana... and I am in.

If it's in Chicago... no thank you.

I'll ride 200 miles out of my way to NOT ride thru Chicago.

Nothing personal there.  I'd avoid anyplace that is 70 miles and 2 hours to get thru.  LA, NYC, Atlanta.

They are all terrible.

I don't even LIKE riding in Indianapolis and I live here.

Jabba

[Bad On 3]

We can make it where ever !  i live in chicago and dont like ridin in downtown -- i think if we all think we could plan a overnight trip to somewhere great ---good ridin in indiana some good back roads --we can meet there go for a ride and then spend sometime b---s    maybe someone in indiana can help with a place to go and meet !!!  thanks

[Jabba]

Depends how far you want to go.  Up north in Indiana they get together and ride around looking for the curve.  Once you get 50 miles East or West if Indy or 20 miles South, the roads get a lot better.

I'll be passing thru Chicago on my way around the lake en route to Inzane on July 22nd.  Stopping in Racine to meet a buddy, and then we all proceed to the UP for a couple days, before decending on Belle Aire on the 24th or 25th.

Jabba

[alph]

well, I'm in!!  i have family in crystal lake, barrington, st. charles, and glen ellen, good buddies in bloomingdale, i've always wanted to get down onto michiagan avenue with the fat girl.  it'd be cool to have a group of bikers going down LSD (lake shore drive)

[Strider]

I guarantee you that if you plan a ride and get together, post about it, people will come.

[ILcruiser]

I'm in 

[Mikey]

I'm in if we can set something up on a weekend. My folks live in Plainfield, IL.

[VALKIFIED]

June 1st or after I'm in

[VALKIFIED]

well, I'm in!!  i have family in crystal lake, barrington, st. charles, and glen ellen, good buddies in bloomingdale, i've always wanted to get down onto michiagan avenue with the fat girl.  it'd be cool to have a group of bikers going down LSD (lake shore drive)

That sounds very cool. Work our way to the Planetarium,some good photo ops out on the point.

[Capt. Morgan]

I'd be interested. One of the nice areas I ride around a lot is the Beverly Shores, IN area: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Shores,_Indiana. They have 4 houses from the 1933 Worlds Fair that were relocated there. It's all along the lakefront, so you can also look out on Lake Michigan. There are also some "interesting" roads there. A few miles farther you can also ride the lakefront in Michigan City. I'm in a campground in Portage, IN where we could have a meet and  greet, and if I can locate some grills we could have a picnic or something.

[ChromeDome]

I can be talked into this, I am pretty much available through June. Lets kick a few ideas around and see what we can put together. 

I really have no problem ridding around Chicago ... I do it all the time. Growing up in Oak Park I learned a number of surface street routes to get around most of the traffic jams ... but I still hit a few every now and then. One of my favorite Chicago rides is Lake Shore Drive at 7:00am from the Adler Planetarium north ..... or 11:00pm on a calm moonlit night!

When I head south for Cheaha or the FCR I take I-65 through Indy. There is just way to much road work on the bypass and with all the trucks it is just easier for me to stay on I-65

[NITRO]

I'm certainly up for this. If you want it held in South-western WI (the driftless area), I can show you all sorts of smiles!

[98 T]

I am interested too - all depends on working situation, but I'm in Waukesha/Brookfield Wisconsin...


Would prefer to avoid Chicago... made several trips on the Loop or the tollway too... prefer not again... but west of the city is pretty nice.....


Like Strider says,  plan some sort of ride and people will come!

Loth

[Buda]

I am interested

[bigdog99]

Depends how far you want to go.  Up north in Indiana they get together and ride around looking for the curve.  Once you get 50 miles East or West if Indy or 20 miles South, the roads get a lot better.
I'll be passing thru Chicago on my way around the lake en route to Inzane on July 22nd.  Stopping in Racine to meet a buddy, and then we all proceed to the UP for a couple days, before decending on Belle Aire on the 24th or 25th.
Jabba

1st off Jaba, thats why i moved toward valpo, that clover leaf at 30 and 49 is curve after curve.
im in too.  route 12 east across toward MI is good once you get past the steel mills. wonder what several valks would be like riding the lake shore in IN.

[JimC]

Here is one that I am trying to get some valk riders to attend. about 5 of us went last fall and it was a great time, and it should only be an hour or two from you in the suburbs of Chicago. Look at the link, there are a couple thousand bikes there but not at the same time, they ride back and forth between two little hole in the wall towns an hour away from each other in the middle of nowhere with a lot of nice roads in between.

From what I have heard so far there should be about 10 of us, it would be great to have more.


http://www.slimeycrudrun.com/history/

After you check out the web site on the run, leave a message on the Wisconsin board and let us know if you think you can make it. (the Wisconsin board is a VRCC Board,  it can and should be used by people outside Wisconsin for ride information)

There will be more planning as we get closer to the weekend of the run.

http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?&user=dog2go

Jim

[Bad On 3]

HI     im up for what ever you guys can think of --- i think it would be nice to see all the fat ladies together and ride and have alot of fun ---thinkin a overnight would be better so all can meet and b=========sh--     ===   we have time to come up with a idea      lets do it ---i want to meet people that love their bike like i love mine ----

[fudgie]

in either Wisconsin or Indiana... and I am in.

If it's in Chicago... no thank you.

I'll ride 200 miles out of my way to NOT ride thru Chicago.

Nothing personal there.  I'd avoid anyplace that is 70 miles and 2 hours to get thru.  LA, NYC, Atlanta.

They are all terrible.

I don't even LIKE riding in Indianapolis and I live here.

Jabba

Indy is easy for me except its 55 mph, which no one ever goes. Chi-town eh, not bad. Now Nashville Tn. never again! Did it once pulling trailer to Cheaha. Never again!

[bigdog99]

indiana has its own nashville.    not the same since to lil' opry burnt. nice roads in that area.

[NITRO]

The Slimey Crud Run is a fantastic time. The roads are outstanding, the cycles are great to check out and, because there is no planned route, it's easy to ride all day and not overlap with all the other cycles in the area.

Besides the actual Run, there's good food to be had in the area! Definitely consider hitting this one in the spring.

[alph]

The Slimey Crud Run is a fantastic time. The roads are outstanding, the cycles are great to check out and, because there is no planned route, it's easy to ride all day and not overlap with all the other cycles in the area.

Besides the actual Run, there's good food to be had in the area! Definitely consider hitting this one in the spring.

i've got that sunday off......  (hint, hint)

[NITRO]

Video of the Crud run:

Slimey Crud Run	powered by Aeva

[MAD6Gun]

 My father,brother and I were still thinking on doing the Auburn Cord Duesenburg Cruise (ACDC) ride this june. Attendance last year was ok. Would like it to be better. We have not set a date in stone yet.

 Jabba is right there is not that many good roads to ride in the NE corner of Indiana but there is some fairly good riding around here,you just have to know where to look. To those that dont know what the ride was about. We would leave my house in New Haven IN Just east of Ft Wayne. Ride to the Auburn Cord Duesenburg Museum in Auburn IN. Take the tour through the Museum. After, get some lunch and then a ride through the country side. Than back to my house for grub and tire kicking. We had a good time last year. Big and little D came over from NY. Joe and Marcia from St Louis as well as a few local riders like Fudgie and EEZZRIDER....
 
  I will be busy in may and june with my dad moving out and my girl Twila moving in but I will make time for this.  So if this sounds like a ride you would be interested in doing let me know...

[VALKIFIED]

Video of the Crud run:

Slimey Crud Run

Have you run this before Nitro? Looks pretty cool

[NITRO]

Video of the Crud run:

Slimey Crud Run

Have you run this before Nitro? Looks pretty cool

Yep, I went spring of '09. Like I said before, because there is no official route, you can ride all day and overlap with very few other cycles between the starting/ending point.

Here are some pics from '09:
Guys checking out our Valks:


A new Honda Dream. Evidently they still sell these in Japan and the owner bought it there, boxed it up, and shipped it home.


Another legendary Honda six cylinder: CBX


A '97 with only 3,000 miles on it. The owner bought it new... The 100 miles the guy rode to get to the Crud Run was probably the longest he'd taken it from home.

[blackvalk]

I just saw this post. I would love to ride with other Valks.

[JimC]

blackvalk
if you want to go on this one keep an eye on the VRCC Wisconsin board, details will be on there as we get closer to the date.
Jim

[Bad On 3]

This sounds like it could turn into a great ride ---i think it would be so good to have alot of valks together and meeting the owners --im going in for knee replacment soon {i hope } so if anyone wants to set something up for later in summer that would be great --hope to meet alot of you and share some wind together ---thanks   RIDE SAFE !!