I suppose that headline raised some eyebrows. It was my (and Mrs. Keps) first Inzane and it was great.Met alot of great people , saw some nice bikes , got a little riding in and a free bike wash (4 minutes from the resort when we got hit by hail,sleet,wind and rain), Won a handlebar clock in one of the raffles , but since I already have one I gave it to Jim and Carole (from PA) who were sitting at our table , and found out afterwards he is an avid clock collector..Only drawback at the event was the A/C fan in our room was so loud Mrs.Kep couldn't sleep 2 of the 3 nights.Told them about it the first day and they said they would send someone but never did. The manager did end up giving us back one nights stay.Had a neat experience on the way home...we spent the night at H.I. Express in Marysville,OH and after we ate dinner we stopped at Walmart for a few things and (as usual) some guy in the parking lot commented about the paint job on my Valk. He new it was a Valkyrie because he said he worked at the Honda bike plant from 1997 to 2003 installing the fork/font wheel assemblies on them...WOW...he may have even helped build mine,,I thought that was pretty cool.Looking forward the the Indiana Dragon Round-up and the next Inzane... A great Big thanx to all those that help put this together ,,I know it's a lot of work but it makes for a great time for all.
I have met quite a few up in Marysville area that worked at the bike plant. The builing is known as MMC and now is nothing more than a storage facility for auto parts b/4 assy. and they sometimes do a few specialty projects. To a person these folks long for and miss the old days of putting together the best ever American Bikes. I tell them I have two, Valk and Shadow Ace tourer. Last summer I was at not far away Indian Lake and a group came by admiring my beast. A gal in the group graduated with Joe Boyd and could not have nicer things to say about him.
