Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« on: September 10, 2016, 02:47:59 PM » |
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Brother's Hinckley ... Greg on the left and Paul ( Thumper ) on the right .... Both dead and gone now and both took with cancer :'(  |
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2016, 02:57:08 PM » |
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Another sad day for the VRCC ... 3 Valkyrie's and the bike that hit two of them plus another Valkyrie in a separate accident all on Cherohala Skyline .... The first we had ( 3 ) members hurt when another bike coming the other direction crossed the line at hit Whiskey Man and Sugar then his bike took out Sam as well . The other accident killed VRCC member Ramjet .... Sad day so glad the voice in my head told me not to go with them after we left Deal's Gap , NC.  |
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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2016, 03:05:39 PM » |
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Nice picture Joe!  I miss those guys. Cancer sucks. Lost another friend last week to it. Thumper was something.  |
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Duffy
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« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2016, 03:09:06 PM » |
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That second pic was from the worst day I have had riding.
The loss of Roger on top of the earlier crash on the Skyway was just unbelievable.
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2016, 03:22:29 PM » |
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That second pic was from the worst day I have had riding.
The loss of Roger on top of the earlier crash on the Skyway was just unbelievable.
Agree .... At first I heard about the first crash and then he said " IT GET'S WORSE " I said how can it get worse then Chris said " Roger was killed " ... Sad day indeed. |
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2016, 03:26:52 PM » |
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Thumper was something. You know my story with him ... I didn't much care for him at first however as time passed I got to respect him mostly for the fight he had in him ... He crosses my mind all the time and I can't ride The Dragon or Blood Mountain without thinking about him. |
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« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2016, 03:55:55 PM » |
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Thumper was something. You know my story with him ... I didn't much care for him at first however as time passed I got to respect him mostly for the fight he had in him ... He crosses my mind all the time and I can't ride The Dragon or Blood Mountain without thinking about him. Me too Joe, me too. |
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Mr Whiskey
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« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2016, 04:54:12 PM » |
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I will always regret not blowin' off Hillbilly Highway in '12.
Shoulda rolled South with Brother Thumper,
last time I ever saw him...
Gods Grace & Speed Brother!
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Peace, Whiskey.
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Duffy
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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2016, 05:02:44 PM » |
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Whiskey - I sure am glad you and Sugar and Sam recovered from that day and you are still riding. I don't think Sam is riding except once in a while he would take his son Mike's bike out for a spin. We (the North Georgia Motorcycle Club) are headed back to the Cherohala Skyway next Sunday the 18th. It is still the best motorcycle road around for me. |
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Mr Whiskey
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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2016, 05:12:39 PM » |
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Thanks Brother, miss you too man!
Hope to share some wind with ya soon!
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Peace, Whiskey.
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Patrick
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« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2016, 09:06:49 AM » |
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Cancer, yep, I agree, cancer sucks.
I'm not sure that anyone would like to know what I think of the industry that has grown up around the treatment of this disease. But, having gone thru it I think I'm 'entitled' to speak my mind.
I have been asked to help 'consul' [sp] folks going thru it and am happy to do so, but, its hard to not speak my mind.
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Kindred Spirit
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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2016, 09:06:09 PM » |
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We miss Thumper and still talk about him regularly. He still rides with us on every trip.
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2016, 07:29:06 AM » |
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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2016, 07:29:38 AM » |
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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2016, 07:52:25 AM » |
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Please excuse my off topicness. A great and significant picture, however every time I see it I pucker. Seeing the bike on a wet curvy road riding the yellow line brings back a memory of me doing the exact same thing and going down. That wet yellow line is as slick as owl crap. Hope you guys/gals don't learn the way I did. t. |
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2016, 05:48:31 PM » |
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No need to sweat about the rider in the picture he died in 2012 . Not sure why he crossed the line he was a pretty good rider ??? |
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« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2016, 06:44:12 PM » |
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No need to sweat about the rider in the picture he died in 2012 . Not sure why he crossed the line he was a pretty good rider ??? My comment was not meant to critique Thumper's riding ability. Just saying that curves, roadlines/decals and water provide the ingredients for disaster. |
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